Ontario Online Searchable Names Index

The Quinte Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) has just updated its online finding aid to include 1,014,600 names to assist genealogists in finding their ancestors in Hasting, Prince Edward and Northumberland Counties, Ontario. This was one of the first areas settled by United Empire Loyalists in 1784.

This growing database includes names from the hundreds of genealogies, family histories, pedigree charts, cemetery transcriptions, local newspaper indexes and many of the published works in the Quinte Genealogy Centre research library. The resources include business and residential directories, local histories, parish register transcripts, surrogate court wills and funeral cards. The database is available free free of charge although there may be a small fee if additional research is requested.

You can access the database at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canqbogs.

My thanks to Bob Dawes for telling me about this great resource.

Comments

[Zinnchick]

I'm sorry, but I don't see how to use this online. I found a name I was looking for, and the notation "HIS-MIL-O15-01 p. 138". But I was unable to find a list indicating to what this abbreviation referred. I tried several links, but none gave a list of the publications and what publication this abbreviation might indicate. Do I need to contact the Society to help me access the document or book? That's fine, and even a fee is acceptable for doing so -- I just can't figure the site out. Did you, Dick, have an easier time with your research on this site?
Linda in Utah

[Vernalyn Morrow Heale]

Yes you do need to contact the Quinte Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society and they will do a look up in their library under HIS-MIL-015-01 p. 138. This notation points the researchers to a history book in their holdings. The first three letters indicates the type of source. CEM - Cemetery, GEN - Genealogies, BMD - Birth, Marriage, Deaths, HIS - Histories etc.
When you find the name you are looking for add a check mark in the box to the right, then you can click on the boxes under this list
Add to List, Review List, Print List, E-Mail List.
You will then get the following information, which I have used as an example.
______________________________________________________________

Quinte Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society

E-Mail your Names Index List

A small fee is charged for research by correspondence to cover copying, postal and other costs.

If requested, inquirers will be provided with an estimate of the cost of the research before it is carried out.

Quinte Branch members are entitled to one hour of research without charge.

To send your list to our research volunteers by e-mail please complete the information below then click on the "Send" button.

Contact Information (* = required)
First Name *
Last Name *
E-mail *
Address 1 *
Address 2
City *
Province/State *
Country *
Postal Code *
Quinte Branch Membership No. (if applicable) (e.g. Q2137)
Comments

Surname, Firstname Library Call No. Page
Healey, A. Helena (Byrnes) 1906???? - CEM-HAS-HD-09 JO0199
HEALEY, BRIAN PATRICK LIS-BMD-072-01 19750103-P14
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If you go back to search for more you do not loose the list you already have.

Hope this helps you.

[Bob Dawes]

While the online information is a finding aid to the research library there are some things that you can glean from the information provided. As Veralynn Heale explained, in her post, the first part of the library reference indicates the type of document and the last part is the page number within that document. However, in the case of certain big collections you can decypher some additional information. Take LIS-BMD-072-01,02&03 for instance which is the Belleville Intelligencer Newspaper from 1848 to 2005 and 01 is births, 02 is marriages and 03 is deaths. Under the page number field is the date the event was published which is given as 8 digits so 19750103 is Jan 3, 1975 and the P14 indicates the page on which it was printed which in the above case was a birth because the reference ends in 01. Another big resource are the Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms where the reference is LIS-BMD-059CD and the baptism date is included with the name prefixed with "Bap." Finally, under the cemetery (CEM) category, the second group of letters are the county (HAS=Hastings) and the third set are the Township (HD-Hungerford) followed by the cemetery number within that township. In these cases, the page number indicates the stone number in the library transcript but where possible the birth and death dates are included with the name although question marks will indicate missing information so 1906???? means that only the year is known.
As Veralynn pointed out, most simple look ups are provided free via email although a small fee will apply if copies of the information are requested.