Genealogy in Ontario: Searching the Records
by Brenda Dougall Merriman, CG.
4th ed. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 2008. 332 pp. Soft cover.
Illustrations and index. www.ogs.on.ca Reviewers, researchers, librarians and archivists have consistently praised this book as a model for regional genealogical guide books. The province of Ontario (and its precursor names Upper Canada and Canada West) has always been an important North American gateway for British and European immigration and settlement. Now the fourth edition of Genealogy in Ontario has been revised for the twenty-first century. The introductory section includes traditional research principles and Internet application. Merriman, a board-certified genealogist, gives details of source material in archives and libraries, in municipal and federal collections, in religious institutions and military fonds. She explains where to find the records, the context for their creation and how to use the finding aids.

Table of Contents
Preface
Set of Maps

1. General Introduction Making Each Step Count The Internet Citing Documents and Research Sources Major Resource Centres 2. Ontario Background Geography Maps, Atlases, Plans Place Names Publications 3. Post-1869 Vital Records Historical Records at Archives of Ontario Registrar General of Ontario Other Post-1869 Sources DNA 4. Pre-1869 Vital Records Religious Records Finding Religious Records Denominations and Archives District and County Marriage Registers 5. Census Returns 6. Land and Property Ownership Records Locating Property Descriptions Crown Land Records Land Registration

7. Court and Related Records Wills and Estate Files Civil and Criminal Justice Other Court Sources 8. Settlement, Immigration, Naturalization Natives and Fur Traders Sponsored and Group Emigration Ships Lists and Border Crossings Home Children Naturalization, Ethnic Cultures 9. Community and Family Development Municipal Records Education Records Professions and Occupations Health and Welfare 10. Military and Associated Records Pre-1870 British Army Post-1870 11. Loyalist Ancestors Appendix I: The Ontario Genealogical Society Appendix II: Government Repositories & Resource Centres Appendix III: Religious, Professional & Other Repositories Appendix IV: Other Genealogical and Historical Societies Appendix V: Genealogical Publishers and Suppliers Index

Merriman researched clusters of Petworth emigrants after their arrival, contributing Canadian sources and information to the list of emigrants in Assisting Emigration and letter writers in English Immigrant Voices.