District Marriage Registers - 1780-1858

RG 80-27-1, Appendix A18

The table below lists marriage registers from the districts across the province and indexes for these registers. These registrations were compiled by the District Clerks of the Peace under the authority of the 1831 Upper Canada Marriage Act and date predominantly from 1831-1858. They are among the earliest registrations of marriages available at the Archives of Ontario.

This series of records also includes some marriage certificates from the Johnstown District, as well as the personal registers of the Rev. James Harris (Home District) which include baptisms and entries concerning the dispensing of the Eucharist.

Use the table below to identify the reel of microfilm that contains the register that you need. You may then:

Consult the appropriate reel at our reading room on the ground floor, 134 Ian Macdonald Blvd., Toronto.
Borrow the reel through the Interlibrary Loan Department of your public library. Quote MS 248, MS 205 or MS 412 and the appropriate reel #. These reels cannot leave the borrowing library, so make sure to request them from a library that has a microfilm reader.
Borrow the film from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through their Family History Centres. The Family History Centres have a different numbering system than the Archives of Ontario. These Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) conversion numbers have been provided in the right hand column of the table below or, for a complete list of all GSU conversion numbers, consult the Microfilm Conversion List.

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District Marriage Registers - 1780-1858
District	Vol.	Description	Archives of Ontario Microfilm Reference	Genealogical Society of Utah Microfilm Reference
Bathurst Lanark County; Western part of Carleton County to 1838; Eastern Part of Renfrew County.	1	Registrations 1831-1848	MS 248, Reel 1	1030051
Bathurst Lanark County; Western part of Carleton County to 1838; Eastern Part of Renfrew County	1A	Index to volume 1	MS 248, Reel 1	1030051
Brock Oxford County after 1850; Burford Township, Brant County	2	Registrations 1839-1858	MS 248, Reel 1	1030051
Brock Oxford County after 1850; Burford Township, Brant County	3	Index to volume 2	MS 248, Reel 1	1030051
Colborne Peterborough County; Victoria County	55	Births & baptisms 1841-1858, marriages 1841-1859 and deaths 1857 are listed in Series RG 80-27-2 (County Marriage Registers) in Volume 55 for Peterborough County	MS 248, Reel 13	1030063
Eastern Stormont County; Dundas County; Glengarry County	25	Registrations 1831-1865	MS 412, Reel 1	928968
Gore Halton County; Wentworth County; Brant County except Burford Township; Seneca and Oneida Townships, Haldimand County	4	Registrations 1842-1855	MS 248, Reel 1	1030051
Gore Halton County; Wentworth County; Brant County except Burford Township; Seneca and Oneida Townships, Haldimand County	5	Index to volume 4	MS 248, Reel 1	1030051
Home Ontario, York and Peel Counties to 1850; Simcoe County; East half of Grey County to 1821	6	Registrations 1816-1830 Fifteen marriages registered by Stephen Heward, Home District Clerk of the Peace. Back of volume contains Oath of Allegiance sworn by Richard Beasley, Colenel, and 23 others of the 2nd Regiment of the York Militia on March 25, April 4 and 10, 1812; and Extracts of all Inquisitions involving 22 persons declared aliens under The Alien Act and whose lands were vested with the Crown	MS 248, Reel 1	1030051
Home Ontario, York and Peel Counties to 1850; Simcoe County; East half of Grey County to 1821	7	Registrations 1823-1841 Marriages (1823-1825) and Baptisms (1806-1844) registered by Rev. James Harris (Presbyterian). Also includes entries re the dispensing of the Eucharist. Index at front of volume. Baptisms are also indexed in the Original Index Books to Birth and Stillbirth Registrations RG 80-12-0-3, 1869, R-Z on MS 939, Reel 1	MS 248, Reel 1	1030051
Home Ontario, York and Peel Counties to 1850; Simcoe County; East half of Grey County to 1821	8	Registrations 1826-1831 Marriage Register of Rev. James Harris (Presbyterian	MS 248, Reel 1	1030051
Home Ontario, York and Peel Counties to 1850; Simcoe County; East half of Grey County to 1821	9	Index to Volume 8	MS 248, Reel 1	1030051
Home Ontario, York and Peel Counties to 1850; Simcoe County; East half of Grey County to 1821	10	Registrations 1831-1840 Index at the start of the volume (lists A-Z surnames, followed by supplementary overflow index pages) Registrations are on reel MS 248, Reel 2	MS 248, Reel 1	1030051
Home Ontario, York and Peel Counties to 1850; Simcoe County; East half of Grey County to 1821	10	Registrations 1831-1840 (cont.) Remainder of supplementary overflow index pages at the start of the volume Registrations, pages 1 to end Additional supplementary "overflow" index pages at the end of the volume	MS 248, Reel 2	1030052
Home Ontario, York and Peel Counties to 1850; Simcoe County; East half of Grey County to 1821	11	Registrations 1839-1848 Index at front of volume	MS 248, Reel 2	1030052
Home Ontario, York and Peel Counties to 1850; Simcoe County; East half of Grey County to 1821	12	Registrations 1848-1857 Index at back of volume	MS 248, Reel 2	1030052
Huron Huron County except Morris and Grey Townships; Perth County except Wallace Elma and Mornington Townships; Biddulph and McGillivray, Middlesex County	13	Registrations 1841-1849 (to pg 11) Index at front of volume	MS 248, Reel 2	1030052
Huron Huron County except Morris and Grey Townships; Perth County except Wallace Elma and Mornington Townships; Biddulph and McGillivray, Middlesex County.	13	Registrations 1841-1849 (cont.)	MS 248, Reel 3	1030053
Johnstown United Counties of Leeds and Grenville	14	Registrations 1801-1850	MS 248, Reel 3	1030053
Johnstown United Counties of Leeds and Grenville	14A	Registrations 1804-1896 Marriage certificates issued by some of the Justices of the Peace in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. Arranged in chronological order.	MS 248, Reel 3	1030053
Johnstown United Counties of Leeds and Grenville	15	Index to Volume 14. For a more complete Johnstown District Index, use Library and Archives Canada reel C-3031 in the self-serve cabinets with the orange labels.	MS 248, Reel 3	1030053
London Middlesex County; Elgin County	16	Registrations 1833-1855. For the London District marriages during 1784-1833, use Library and Archives Canada reel C-3031 in the Reading Rooms self-serve cabinets	MS 248, Reel 3	1030053
Newcastle Northumberland County; Durham County	17	Registrations 1839-1851. Index at back of volume for Books "A" and "B". Book "A" is at Trent University Archives, Peterborough, Ontario. Book "B" forms Volume 17	MS 248, Reel 3	1030053
Newcastle Northumberland County; Durham County	18	Registrations 1850-1854. Index at front of volume	MS 248, Reel 3	1030053
Ottawa Prescott County; Russell County; Glengarry County; part of Carleton County; Argenteuil, Hull, Grenville and Chatham Townships in Province of Quebec	19	Registrations 1816-1853	MS 248, Reel 3	1030053
Prince Edward Prince Edward County	21	Registrations 1833-1846. Index at back of volume	MS 248, Reel 4	1030054
Talbot Norfolk County; Walpole and Rainham Townships, Haldimand County	21	Registrations 1838-1857	MS 248, Reel 4	1030054
Talbot Norfolk County; Walpole and Rainham Townships, Haldimand County	22A	Index to volume 22	MS 248, Reel 4	1030054
Victoria Hastings County after 1850	23	Registrations 1839-1858	MS 248, Reel 4	1030054
Victoria Hastings County after 1850	24	Index to Volume 23	MS 248, Reel 4	1030054
Western District Essex County; Kent County; Lambton County	26	Register A, 1780-1835	MS 205, Reel 13	N/A
Western District Essex County; Kent County; Lambton County	27	Register B, 1822, 1835-1856	MS 205, Reel 13	N/A

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