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Home > Local History & Genealogy > Genealogy Resources
 Resources pertaining to Richmond Hill and York County are emphasized in the genealogy collection, which houses church records, census returns, land records, cemetery records, and more.
Of particular local interest is the Helen Schwab Collection, which provides background information and data on families who settled in the regions of York, Durham, and Peel.
International genealogical data is available from the FamilySearch databases of the Mormon Church.
For the beginner, there is a good collection of "How-To" books.
Family Histories/Vital Statistics
FamilySearch databases
Vital Statistics for Ontario: births, 1869-1908; marriages, 1869-1923, deaths, 1869-1923 (microfilm)
Indexes to holdings of birth, marriage, and death records from the Registrar General of Ontario (microfilm)
District marriage registers of Upper Canada/Canada West, 1786-1858
County marriage registers of Ontario, 1858-1869
Surrogate Court Records Index for Ontario, 1859-1900
Local Family Histories & Genealogies section of the pamphlet file
"Families" scrapbooks
Cemetery Records
Historic Cemeteries of South York Region is a database with photographs of pre-1930 historic tombstones.
York, Durham, and Peel cemeteries are documented in the Helen Schwab Collection.
Transcriptions of York Region cemeteries in the Ontario Genealogical Society, York Region Branch collection.
Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery index of burial permits, 1948-1995
Aurora Cemetery burial records
Census Returns (on microfilm)
York County 1851, 1861, 1871,1881, 1891, 1901 (microfilm)
1871 Ontario Census Indexes
1790 Census of the United States
Church Records
Parish registers of St. Mary's, Richmond Hill and St. John's, Oak Ridges (microfilm)
Marriage register of Rev. William Jenkins, Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church, c.1820s - c.1840s
Baptismal and marriage registers of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Maple
Baptismal records of Wesleyan Methodist Church, c.1840 - c.1873 (microfilm)
Directories
Richmond Hill telephone books, 1964 - present.
Might's Directories, Metro Toronto satellite cities, 1968 - 1978 and 1990 - 1993
Various historical directories and commercial registers (microfilm)
Land Records
Historical atlases of Ontario counties, c.1878
Ontario Archives Land Record Index (microfiche)
Abstract indexes to deeds for York County for crown grants c.1796-1896 (microfilm)
Deeds for Markham Township, Richmond Hill, and Vaughan Township, 1847-1880 (microfilm)
Newspapers
Except for the current six months of the The Liberal, all newspaper holdings are available on microfilm only. A complete run of The Liberal from 1878 to the present is available, as well as other early newspapers.
Passenger Lists
Indexes to published passengers lists, including Passenger and Immigration Lists Index covering the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Periodicals
Families (OGS) 1969 - present
Newsleaf (OGS) 1971 - present
Heraldry in Canada 1971 - present
Loyalist Gazette 1972 - present
Huguenot Trails 1973 - present
United Empire Loyalists
Histories of Loyalists in Canada and the United States
Loyalist Lineages of Canada, 1783 - 1983
Loyalist Settlements, 1783-1789 (microfiche)
Loyalist Gazette, 1972 - present
Municipal Records
Council By-laws for Richmond Hill, 1873-1931
Council Minutes for Richmond Hill, 1873-1974
Declarations of Office for Richmond Hill, 1931-1951
Property Transfers for Richmond Hill, 1942-1963
Voters' lists for Richmond Hill, 1893, 1935, 1955, 1959 - present
Voters' lists for Whitchurch, 1964
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