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BOOK - Middlesex County (Ontario, Canada) Marriages and Baptisms 1848 - 1858.
Compiled by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai Published by Global Heritage Press Following the move from a district to a county system of local government, counties were responsible for recording all marriages within their boundaries. The clerk of Middlesex County began a separate register for marriages in 1852. The actual entries in the register date as early as 1848 since an early return from a minister included marriages from 1848. This publication includes a complete transcription of the Middlesex County Marriage Register (1852-1856). Marriages for the period 1858-1869 are recorded in a separate Middlesex County Marriage Register which was created by separate legislation. Marriages for the City of London from 1858-1869 were supposed to be kept in a separate register and were not recorded in the Middlesex County register. Unfortunately, at the time of writing this introduction, the London City Marriage Register from 1858-1869 has not been found. These post 1858 registers are commonly known as the "county marriage registers". We do not know why the marriages from 1856-1857 are not found in the earlier Middlesex County Register. The register itself is quite a large volume with many empty pages. To search for marriages before 1852, researchers must use the London District Marriage Register and would be well advised to check surrounding Districts such as the Brock District, Talbot District, Western District, Huron District and Wellington Districts. This publication has been transcribed from the original Middlesex County Marriage Register. This publication also includes the records of First St. Andrews United Church (Baptisms and Marriages 1848-1857) We are also very grateful to the United Church Archives for permission to supplement the Middlesex County Marriage Register with a few of their original records. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, East Williams Township records have also been used to supplement the Middlesex County Marriage Register. Please keep in mind that in most cases the returns were submitted by ministers who were circuit riders. If you cannot find the marriage in the Middlesex County register you would be well advised to search bordering districts and counties such as the Huron District, Talbot District, Western District, Brock District and Wellington District, Perth County, Elgin County, Kent County, Huron County, Lambton County and Oxford County. A minister on horseback in the wilds of Ontario had no idea when he crossed a political boundary such as a District or what we know as counties today. Many clergy simply sent a return to the Clerk of District or County where the majority of their marriages were performed even though the return included marriages that were technically from a different county. 167 pages, map, surnames listed alphabetically, pub 2001. hardcover - ISBN 10894378-55-5
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