Why aren all Local Church Records microfilmed?
Due to privacy concerns, only those minute books and vital record books (primarily baptisms, marriages and burials) having entries beginning and ending before 1925 have been microfilmed and made available to the public through interlibrary loan. Search our holdings for availability. • Why aren’t there many baptism, marriage or burial records predating 1896? There are few early local church records for nineteenth-century churches. In 1869, Ontario legislation required the reporting of all marriages. It was not until 1896 that the legal requirement for keeping all church registers was passed. • Where are civil birth, marriage or death records kept? The Office of the Registrar General, of the Government of Ontario has information on Ontario births (from 1908 onwards), marriages (1923 onwards), and deaths (1933 onwards). An “Application for Certificate Search” form may by picked up at a local Land Registry office or Municipal office and should be sent, along with the fee ($22 for simple in
