Microfilmed sacramental records up to and including the year 1910 may be examined by researchers and genealogists at the Family History Centers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (see details below).
City of Kingston Family Searches
For recent Births (95 years), Deaths (70 years) and Marriages (80 years) in Ontario, contact Ontario's Office of the Registrar General at 1-800-461-2156, or 416-325-8305. For information beyond those time periods, contact the Archives of Ontario, Vital Statistics Reference Archivist, 77 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario M7A 2R9, 416-327-1593.
Family History Centers of the Latter Day Saints
The sacramental records (baptism, marriage, death) of the parishes of the Archdiocese of Kingston are available in microfilm form - prior to and including 1910 - from the Family History Centers of the Mormon Church. Family History Centers are branch facilities of the Main Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Centers provide access to most of the microfilms in the Family History Library to help patrons identify their ancestors. Everyone is welcome to come to the centers and use Family History Center resources.
2245 Battersea Rd Glenburnie ON K0H 1S0 Canada
Phone: 613-544-8489
[email protected]
Open Hours: Wednesday 6pm-9pm; Thursday 10am-4pm (Call ahead book a microfilm reader, as this is our busiest day of the week.)
Saturday 9am-1pm (Call within the first hour let the volunteers know you are coming or they may close early.)
Sacramental records post-1910 are not open for public examination except at the discretion of the Archivist or the Assistant Archivist.
Requests for baptismal records after 1910 must be accompanied by additional information. The applicant must disclose his/her relationship to the individual subjects of research and signed authorization of living parties must be submitted. These practices are in conformity with the current practices of the government of Ontario.
Requests for marriage records prior to 1920 may be accessed by the Archivist or Assistant Archivist and released to the public. (Records prior to 1910 may be accessed through the Latter Day Saints’ Family History Centers) This information is also available from the Archives of Ontario.*** Please see the link below for the Archives of Ontario.
Marriage records after 1921 are not open for public examination except by the bride and groom and their children (natural or adoptive). All information relating to the original identity of an adopted child and the natural parents of the child shall remain confidential under all circumstances in conformity with the law of Ontario. This applies to all information obtained by the Church after an adoption order has been made.
The disclosure of original information amended by a new entry in any ecclesiastical register is reserved to the Ordinary of the diocese.