Such records are generally indexed, and they are usually available on microfilm at the Archives or through Microfilm Interloan Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. These registers contain over 12,000 marriages and cover the years 1896 to 1948. Database with images. View Images in this Collection Browse through 1162449 images Citing this Collection "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927." This database is a collection of 18 volumes of marriage registers compiled by the clergy under the Registration Act of 1896. How to Use this Collection » Search Collection. Description. Those researchers interested in using my very fast and convenient research services to obtain complete marriage records, may direct e-mail database enquiries to: Upper Canada (Ontario) Newspaper Notices Database Created December, 2011. Ontario, Canada Marriage Registers by Clergy, 1896-1948. They are the starting point for most genealogical investigations. Only a few localities are included and the time period varies by locality. Extracts from the Montreal Herald, 1814, 1816-1820, Canadian Magazine, Montreal, July 1823-Feb 1824, Upper Canada Gazette & U.E. Most of the registers were compiled by Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian ministers. The year range represents most of the records. Marriages from York County, Durham County, Peel County, Simcoe County, Northumberland County, Prince Edward County, Victoria County, Peterborough County, Haliburton County, Muskoka County, Hastings County and 'Old' Ontario County have been indexed. Births, Marriages & Deaths were recorded initially by the church through their logs of baptisms, marriage ceremonies and burials. The marriage entries provide the date of the marriage, the names of the bride and groom with their town or county of residence, usually the names of their fathers, and the name of the officiating minister. All persons referred to in Reid's Marriage Notices may be found in the 16,000-name index prepared for the publication by Thomas B. Wilson. Index to selected Ontario marriages. A few records may be earlier or later. Perhaps ten percent of the records, it should be noted, refer to persons with connections to other parts of Canada, the United States, and Great Britain. Index to marriage records housed at Archives of Ontario in Toronto. Reid's Marriage Notices of Ontario is a massive collection of marriage records. The Archives of Ontario holds many different kinds of records, with a few of the most heavily used being listed below. Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927. Reid's Marriage Notices of Ontario is a massive collection of marriage records. Ontario Marriages, 1800-1910. The following databases have been recorded from marriage registers dating from the early 1800's for Upper Canada (Central Ontario.) Look-ups from "Ontario Marriage Notices 1830 to 1856" by Thomas B. Wilson. contact Pat Gunson Email address: pgunson "at" rogers.com. It consists of extracts of marriage entries from more than thirty Canadian newspapers and periodicals published between 1813 and 1854, papers such as the Kingston Gazette, Christian Guardian, Correspondent & Advocate, Patriot, Toronto Herald, [Hamilton] Gazette, [Toronto] Globe, and many more. Western Ontario Marriage Database 1200 Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Methodist and Church of Scotland Marriages indexed . It consists of extracts of marriage entries from more than thirty Canadian newspapers and periodicals published between 1813 and 1854, papers such as the Kingston Gazette, Christian Guardian, Correspondent & Advocate, Patriot, Toronto Herald, [Hamilton] Gazette, [Toronto] Globe, and many more. Loyalist, York (Toronto) 1826-1828, Colonial Advocate, York Dec 1828- Oct 1834, Christian Guardian, Toronto 1830, Dec 1831-Nov 1835, Canadian Correspondent, Toronto, Feb 1833-Oct 1834, Correspondent and Advocate, Toronto, Nov 1834-1837, Patriot, Toronto, 1833-1838, 1841-1845, 1849, Bathurst Courier, Perth Sept 1834- Oct 1836, Cornwall Observer, Cornwall, Stray Issues 1835-1846, Upper Canada Herald, Kingston, Jan 1839-Jan1840, Christian Guardian, Toronto, Jan-Apr 1843, Christian Guardian, Toronto, Oct 1851-Dec 1854, Operated by Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company.