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Welcome to the Victoria County Genealogy and History Site.
This site represents an ongoing effort to collect information related to the genealogy and history of Victoria County, Ontario. If you have information or material to add or share, please feel free to contact 
I am a native of the village of Omemee, in the township of Emily, which was the first settled township in Victoria County. My great-grandfather Thomas Stephenson first settled in Port Hope with his father and brothers and moved on to Metcalfe (Omemee) in 1856, and my family has maintained a presence there through the 1990's. I developed an interest in history and genealogy while at Trent University, and much of my work at the university dealt with the early settlement of Victoria County and the surrounding region.
The Victoria County Memories Facebook Group
The Emily Township Memories Facebook Group
The Eldon Township Memories Facebook Group
The Bobcaygeon Memories Facebook Group
The Mariposa Township Memories Facebook Group
The Lindsay Memories Facebook Group
Victoria County Pioneer Land Settlement Database
History of Victoria County - By Watson Kirkconnell M.A. (1920)
Ontario Land Registry Records Research Thousands of your ancestors and where they lived (including Victoria County) in Ontario
Ontario Genealogy Historical Newspaper Collection Historical Newspaper Files from Victoria County and much more...
The Early Settlement of Emily Township - Thesis
Victoria County History Sketches of the early history and pioneer inhabitants of Victoria County
Upper Canada and Ontario CRIMINAL Database Includes Lindsay Jail Register
Upper Canada (Ontario) Newspaper Notices Database
Geography, Topography, and Geology of Victoria
Sketches of the Early Settlement of Victoria County
Sketches of the Early Pioneers of Victoria County
Victoria County Historical Settlement Maps
Victoria County Census and Assessment Records on Microfilm
Biographical Sketches of Influential Victoria County Men
Victoria County Maps Some very useful maps of Victoria and region
Victoria County Historical and Genealogical Sources of Information Local History Books, Articles, Literature, Primary Research Sources
Trent University Archives - Victoria County Collection Great Collection of original material
Victoria County Cemeteries Cemeteries of Victoria County, sorted by Township
Emily Township Assessment and Census Records 1821-1901 Site includes Emily Township, and Omemee Village (post-1871)
Newspapers and Periodicals Published in Canada - 1857 Alphabetical Listing
Postoffices (Settlements) Settlements in Victoria, Peterborough, Durham, Northumberland, Ontario, Hastings Counties - Data From 1857-58 and 1869 Canada and Ontario Directories
Submitted Family History / Links for Victoria County
Can't find an ancestor? Read the queries of other researchers and post your own. In order to conserve space, as well as visitor time, I am asking that only those with demonstrated locations within VICTORIA County, use this resource. New Queries, which should include a MINIMUM of at least Surname, Location, and Approximate Date should be posted to:
1921 Canada Census Explanation and Information
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1865-66 Victoria and Peterborough County Directory Names and locations of your ancestors *Database Subscription Required
1869-70 Victoria County Directory Names and locations of your ancestors *Database Subscription Required
1887 Victoria County Directory Names and locations of your ancestors *Database Subscription Required
Ontario Images of the Past Thousands of images of the places and activities that were part of your ancestors daily life *Database Subscription Required
Victoria County Database Files Featuring thousands of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Wills and Newspaper Records of your ancestors Database subscription required for access