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York Region Ancestors is published
quarterly for branch members, and contains a wealth of information of interest to
researchers with interests in York County. Articles, research tips, and items of
genealogical interest for York County are welcome for publication. Branch members are
entitled to 2 free queries per year,
at 50 words or less each, plus name and address (please avoid using short forms,
capitalize all surnames, include a date and York County location, and add your OGS and
York Region Branch membership numbers). Articles and queries can be e-mailed to the
Newsletter Editor, and are subject to editorial
discretion. Alternatively, articles and queries from non-members, and branch members who
surpass their two free queries, may be submitted at the rate of $3.00 each (pre-paid) and
snail-mailed to the Newsletter Editor, c/o York Region Branch, OGS, Harding Post Office,
Box 32215, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada L4C 9S3.
View sample pages of York
Region Ancestors May/Jun 2006
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Includes "Notes on the
FENTON Family of East Gwillimbury Township", "More "W"
Entries from York Region Estate Files" and "1906 & 1907 Entries from
Anna Burkholder's Death Books".
| 2008, Volume 14 |
May/June,
No. 2  |
| Markham
Economist Index - Apr 1860 - March 1861 New Library Additions
Unusual and Overlooked Sources for Research Muster Roll of
Capt. John Willsons Company, 1st Regt. of York Militia, 1813 Index to History of Newmarket |
| February,
No. 1 |
| York Region
Estate Files - Transcripts of "LO-LY"
Surnames Clendenen Cemetery Dedication Nov 2007 Markham Economist
Index - Oct 1859 to Apr 1860 Roll of the 3rd Regiment of
York Militia 1812/13 Index to History of Newmarket |
| 2007, Volume 13 |
| December,
No. 4 |
| York Region
Estate Files - Transcripts of "U" and "LO"
Surnames The Whilloughby Family of North Gwillimbury Twp. Markham Economist
Index - Nov 1858 to Oct 1859 Lindemann/Smith/Waggoner &
Kramer Connections |
| September,
No. 3 |
| The Houle War
Medals Find a Home York Region in 1846 Markham Economist
Entries from March to October 1858 Ontario Volunteer Awards
York Branch 10th Anniversary Photographs |
| May/June,
No. 2 |
| Pattenden
Family Home in Aurora Bring your Ancestors Alive through their
Death Notices New on the Internet Genealogy &
Genetics - a y-DNA Surname Study Markham Economist Index - Oct
1857 to Feb 1858 Book Reviews & York Branch Library News Book Reviews |
| February,
No. 1 |
| York County
Estate Files, Transcripts, S, T and U Surnames Markham Economist
Vital Statistics Index, July 1856-September 1857 Georgina Township
Pioneer Village and Museum |
| 2006, Volume 12 |
| December, No.
4 |
| York Region
Entries from the "Commemorative Biographical Record of the County
of York" 1909 "Death Book" entries--the Final
Installment
Branch
Member Nanci Pattenden is featured on "Ancestors in the
Attic" Family History in Photographs Notes and
References for the Musselman Family of York Co. |
| September, No.
3 |
| Transcript of
"S" Surname Estate Files from the Archives of Ontario
1907 & 1908 entries from Anna Burkholder's "Death Books"
York Region entries from the "Commemorative Biographical
Record of the County of York" Book Reviews |
| May/June, No.
2 |
| Notes on the
FENTON Family of East Gwillimbury Township Some 1883 Birth
Registrations for North Gwillimbury Twp. More "W"
Entries from York Region Estate Files 1906 & 1907 Entries from
Anna Burkholder's Death Books Branch Library Updates |
| February, No.
1 |
| Some 1890
Death Registrations for the Town of Aurora More of Anna
Burkholder's Death Books - Entries from 1904 and 1905
Transcriptions of York Region Estate Files - "W" Surnames
Some Medical Terms Explained |
| 2005, Volume 11 |
| December
2005, No. 4 |
| Richmond
Hill's Susannah Maxwell, age 117 years Some 1897 Birth
Registrations for East Gwillimbury Twp. Obituary of Russell
(Curly) Lynett of Richmond Hill 1832 Auction Sale of articles
belonging to the late Robert Johnston of Markham Twp. |
| September
2005, No. 3 |
| Teachers at
Mt. Joy Public School, Markham, 1878-1946 Part VIII - Marion
Keffer's Shoebox Index to Richmond Hill Liberal 1882-94 (V-Y)
Robbery and Kidnapping in Aurora, 1931 1873 Birth Registrations
for North Gwillimbury Township Harrington Family Bible
Esther (Willson) Castator |
| May/June
2005, No. 2 |
| Date With a
Tombstone Some 1887 Death Registrations for Markham Township
What's New with Estate Files? York Region Estate Files from MS 638
Reel 73 Branch
Publications Part VII -
Marion Keffer's Index to the Richmond Hill Liberal |
| February
2005, No. 1 |
| Thomason
Family of King Township John Haaacke: A Pioneer of Markham
Township Looking for Battle of York (1813) Documents and Material
Part VI - Marion Keffer's shoebox index to the Richmond Hill
Liberal 1882-94 (P-R) |
| 2004, Volume 10 |
| December
2004, No. 4 |
| Part II -
Markham Primitive Methodist Circuit - Baptisms 1874-1882 • Some
1886 Birth Registrations for Markham Township • 4-Steps to
Pennsylvania Research • Part V - Marion Keffer's shoebox
index to the Richmond Hill Liberal 1882-94 (M-P) • Obituary
of Maria (Bowers) Widdis |
| September
2004, No. 3 |
| Markham's
Past Comes Alive with Paper of Record - Markham Economist • Yonge
Street in 1801 - Surveyor General's Report •
Part IV - Marion Keffer's shoebox
index to the Richmond Hill Liberal 1882-94 (J-M) •
Markham Primitive Methodist
Baptisms - Part I - 1866-1874 •
Some 1901 Vaughan Twp Birth
Registrations • York
Region Strays - Vol14, 2003 •
York Region Branch Book Reviews •
Birth Registration of Anna
Beatrice Patchell, King Twp, 1870 |
| May/June
2004, No. 2 |
| Thomas Clark:
Drunken Tom to Happy Tom - His Life Story • John Williamson &
Family of Markham Township • Family of John & Ann (Mercer)
Porter of Vaughan Township • Marion Keffer's Shoebox Index to the
Richmond Hill Liberal, Pt. III 1882-1894 • OGS Strays Project -
York Region Entries Vol. 13, 2003 |
| February,
No. 1 |
| York County
Families in Trinity Methodist Church Records • Some 1896 Death
Registrations for Markham Township • Notes Stolen in Vaughan Twp
1834--Martin McKinnon • Marion Keffer's Shoebox Index to the
Richmond Hill Liberal, Pt. II
• The Kreider Family |
| 2003, Volume 9 |
| December,
No. 4 |
| McQuarrie
Family of Vaughan Township • 1818 Petition of the Lutherans of
Vaughan and Markham Townships • Marion Keffer's Shoebox Index to
Richmond Hill Liberal 1882 to 1894 • Some Ontario Birth
Registrations - Whitchurch Twp 1875 - Markham Twp 1879
• Family Bible of Josephus & Mary (Klinck) Baker of Markham
Twp. |
| September,
No. 3 |
| Hacking/Graham mix-up in the 1871 Census of Whitchurch Twp •
Maple Presbyterian Church, Vaughan Twp - Baptisms 1865-1871 •
Peter Buckendahl & Family of Markham Twp •
Some 1900 Birth Registrations for King Twp |
| May/June, No.
2 |
| Black
Families in York County--1871 • Some 1871 Birth Registrations for
North Gwillimbury Township • The Family of Johan Engelhard Helmke--the
First Three Generations • 1901 Census Online Indexing Project •
The Brooks Family of Nobleton, King Twp. • Do You Descend from
Samuel Pegg of East Gwillimbury Twp.? |
| February, No.
1 |
| Family Bible
of Abram Pipher & Sophia Smith of Whitchurch • Some 1884
Vaughan Twp. Birth Registrations • The Crossland Triplets •
The Size Will Case-Anthony Size's Probate Goes to Trial •
Overseas Deaths Reported in the Markham Economist |
| 2002, Volume 8 |
| December, No.
4 |
| Birth, Marriage & Death Index, Markham Sun,
Apr 1881-Apr 1882 • Eliza Naish Diary - Final Installment •
Some 1905 King Twp. Birth Registrations •
The Sisler Family of Whitchurch Twp. •
The Hamlet of Hope, Vaughan Twp. • Margaret Sisley - A Centurion in Richmond Hill, 1887 |
| September, No.
3 |
| Arnolds of York County •
Early York County Place Names, Part II, N to Z • Part 4 - Eliza Naish Diary - Deaths •
The Humphrey Family • Dorothy Shier's Presentation "Home Children of Canada" |
| May/June, No.
2 |
| Part 3 -
Deaths recorded in Eliza Naish's Diary • Ontario Marriages
1800-1924: Mary Crandall's website • Part I - Early York County
Place Names - A to M • John George Stiver and his long-lost son,
1895 • Recent York Branch Library Acquisitions |
| February, No. 1 |
| The Family of John &
Catherine (Dains) WINFIELD of Georgina Township • Vaughan Township SNIDER &
FISHER Families, New Information Found • Small Pox in Markham Township, February
1880, Newspaper Accounts • Elizabeth Naish's Diary, Part II, Marriages 1852-1882
• Publication Notice: York County Men & Women Who Gave Their Lives In World War
1. Vol. 2, Toronto City |
| 2001, Volume 7 |
| December, No. 4 |
| The Diary of Elizabeth NAISH of
Whitchurch Township -- Birth, Death & Marriage Entries, 1884+ • Quaker Resources
in Newmarket • 1800 Tax List of Muncey Township Pennsylvania, listing some Quaker
Families that later came on to York County • Birthplaces Found in Henry R. Corson's
Enumeration - District 13, Markham Township 1861 |
| September, No. 3 |
| Part IV--Old Country Residences
from the "Markham Economist" January 1893 - December 1899 • The German
Family Bible of Abraham & Sarah HEISE • A History of Pine Grove Mills in Vaughan
Township • Some York County Multiple Birth Registrations for 1876 |
| May/June, No. 2 |
| Mrs. COBER's Christian Name
• St. James Cemetery, Toronto • Anna (HOOVER) BURKHOLDER's "Death
Books" 1900-1901 • Unionville Circuit Methodist Financial Report, 1899 •
Toronto Emigration Office Records (1831-1892) • Principles of old naming patterns |
February, No. 1
(Winner of the 2003 Marion Keffer Award for Best Overall Newsletter) |
| Triplets born in Unionville, May 1865 to
William & Martha (COXWORTH) PADGETT • Anna BURKHOLDER's "Death Books",
Book 1, 1898/99, Deaths recorded by Anna in her Notebook • From Markham to
Temiskaming in 1897 • Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Plaque Dedication
• More Georgina Township Birth Records, 1900-1902 • Looking for A.J. CLARK
(1878-1933) of Toronto & Richmond Hill |
| 2000,
Volume 6 |
| December,
No. 4 |
| Is this your "Grandma BURGESS"?
Unidentified Photograph • Report on Colloquium 2000 • Old Country Residences
from the Markham Economist, Part III, Jan.1883-Dec.1892 • Where Can I Find That
Record? Boundary Changes in York County • 1924 Ontario Death Registrations - A Wealth
of Information, example is Death Registration of Thomas Gabriel MASON (1835-1924) of North
Gwillimbury • A Centenarian - Azella Hotstock (1824-1924) |
| September,
No. 3 |
| The Cemetery Cairns of Vaughan
Township • The Family Bible of Maxson JONES of Whitchurch Township
• Some Georgina Township Birth Records 1897-1900 |
| May/June,
No. 2 |
| Wm. ASHTON's Common School List, Whitchurch
Township, 1833 • Epidemics in East Gwillimbury Township • Why
Did My GG-Grandfather Settle Where He Did? • Old Country Residences from
the Markham Economist, Part II, Jan 1867-Dec 1882 • More York Region Militia Lists
for 1865 • You Know When You're An Addicted Genealogist... • Robert
Simpson Co. • Creative with Troublesome Kin • Obituary of Mrs.
Phoebe HORNER 1915 • A Touch of Romance in the History of the TEAL Family |
| February,
No. 1 |
| Colloquium 2000 • Capt. James
STOUTENBURGH and his Claim to a Fortune • York Region is on the Web • The
Draft, 1865 Militia lists, Newmarket, Aurora, King, Georgina • Genealogies in
Grandma's Cookbook, Milliken & Stonehouse • Georgina Archives, Family
Histories in their Collection • Bible entries for the family of James STEWART & Magdalene
RANNIE of King Twp. (1820-1953) • Richmond Hill Public School, Top Marks, July 1881 |
| 1999,
Volume 5 |
| December,
No. 4 |
| The Value of Unclaimed Mail - Listings of
Unclaimed Mail in Local Newspapers • A Portrait of James GOLDFINCH, born 1773, of Elham Parish, Kent,
England • The Meanings behind Gravestone Art • Longevity and the
Obituaries of David (1807-1890) and Jacob (1798-1895) WISMER of Markham Twp. • York
Region Publications/Places of Worship: Complete Listing • Gold Watches
Presented in 1919 to Vaughan Twp. WWI War Veterans • Former "Old Country"
Residences listed in the Markham Economist 1856-66 • In Search of George & Mary
WINN of Lloydtown • Diphtheria in Whitchurch Twp. in 1888 - Children of Jonas COOK
Recorded • Book Reviews |
| September, No.3 |
| Lloydtown Pioneer Cemetery,
King Twp., Restoration Project • The Home Children in Canada • Buried Treasure: US
Revolutionary War Pension of James & Sarah RINDRESS of North Gwillimbury Twp. • A
Letter to James MUSTARD of Markham Twp., Dated 1815 • Cemeteries in Markham Twp. •
Obituary of Dunkard Preacher, Rev. Frederick ELLIOTT (1852-1919) • Useful
Addresses for Research in York County |
| May/June, No.2 |
| Jacob GROFF's 1845 Mennonite
Subscriber's List • Finding the SANDERS Family - Bible Entries for George & Fanny
Sanders • CLIMENHAGA Genealogy: Information on the Children of Johann
Hendrick Climenhaga/Kleimenhagen of Waldeck, Germany • Purchasers at the Feb. 1812
Estate Sale of Adam GOHN of Markham Twp. • More on the 1911 Census Issue • Book
Review - Local Histories of Ontario Municipalities 1987-97: A Bibliography (1999) Barbara
Aiken |
| February, No.1 |
| Pennsylvania Fraktur found in
York Co: Birth Record of the Family of Johann Nicholas & Anna (WEBER) KIMMEL of
Pennsylvania • Birth Registrations of the Children of Isaac Mark and Catherine
SHAVER (1869-1880) • Grace Anglican Church, Markham Twp., Baptism Index 1849-62 • York
County War of 1812 Veterans in 1875 • Changes to Research in London, England •
Obituary of Joseph BARKEY (1811-1886), Mennonite Preacher |
| 1998, Volume 4 |
| December, No. 4 |
| ROGERS Family Connections • The
Junior Farmers Association |
| September, No. 3 |
| Account of Day Trip to
Sunnidale Twp., in Simcoe Co. • Story of John POWERS of Sunnidale Twp. • 1885
List of Justices of the Peace in the North Riding of York • Obituary of John
Clinton HOGABOOM of Newmarket |
| May, No. 2 |
| Personal Experiences of
Canadian Immigrants • List of Markham Pioneers and their Loyalist Connections •
Inscribing on a Gravestone |
| February, No. 1 |
| The Quarriers Story, Orphaned
Children Sent to Canada in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries • Early
Settlers of York County |
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