District Marriage Registers - 1780-1858

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, 77 Grenville St., 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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