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Library And Research Centre

UEL LIBRARY & RESEARCH CENTRE

Our Library and Research Centre encompasses all the resources a genealogist needs to research individuals and families in the Bay of Quinte region. At the core of the archives are our Family Files and Family Books. These resources have been developed over the years by independent researchers and by staff and Branch Genealogists who regularly update them as new information and links are discovered.

We have over 1500 publications in our library collection related to local histories, church records, family genealogies, censuses, birth, marriage, death and cemetery records and the United Empire Loyalists. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff will be happy to assist you in your search for your ancestors, and with some luck you will find what you are looking for.  In 2021 we received a collection of over 400 military related books covering the Seven Years War, American Revolution, and the War of 1812 now available for researchers of these important time periods.

We have also digitized many items in our collection including early documents, photographs, lineages, and other records to assist researchers.  Some items included are the Seymour Store account books, land petition applications, and some early school records from the area.

There are over 1200 different family files published genealogies and family histories in our collection.  Some range from a few pages to a large file or full book on a family.  If you plan a visit to research your family roots, please let us know in advance and our staff can have some of the materials ready for you when you arrive.  You can email us at 1784@uel.ca or phone 613-373-2632.

Happy researching!

GENEALOGIES, FAMILY HISTORIES AND FAMILY FILES AT THE UEL HERITAGE CENTRE & PARK (updated September, 2022)

Abbot, Abel, Abernathy, Abrahams, Ackerland, Ackerman, Acres, Adams, Aelick, Ahagey, Airhart, Akey, Algar/Alger, Alguire, Alkenbrack, Allen, Alley, Allison, Allum, Althouse, Alyea, Amberger, Amey, Anderson, Anglin, Ansley/Anslie, Appleby, Appleton, Apps, Armstrong, Arnold, Arnoldi, Ashley, Asselstine, Auburn, Augustine, Ault, Aurie, Austin, Aylesworth

Babbit, Babcock Backus, Badar, Badgely, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Ball, Ballard, Barber, Barker, Barkley, Barnardo, Barnhart, Barr, Barrick, Barrigar, Bartlett, Bartley, Bastedo, Bate(s), Bauder, Baxter, Beasley, Beaubien, Becker, Bedard, Bedell, Beebe, Beeckman, Beeman, Belanger, Belihouse, Bell, Bellamy, Bellyou/Belyea, Belnap, Bemsley, Benn, Bennett, Benoit, Benson, Berdan, Bergen, Berry, Bethune, Bettes/Bettys, Beverly, Bibby, Bidwell, Biggar, Bilow, Bininger, Bird, Birks, Bissell, Black, Blackburn, Blake, Blakely Bleecker, Bogart, Bonesteel/Bonisteel, Bongard, Bonter /Banta, Booth Borland, Botting, Boulton, Bowen, Bower(s), Bowerman, Bowser, Box, Boyce, Bradshaw, Bradt, Brand, Brandt, Brant, Breakenridge, Breault, Brennan, Brewer, Briant/Bryant, Brickman, Brinkeroff, Brisbin, Briscoe, Bristol, Bristow, Brock, Brokaw, Brookes, Brooks, Brosseau, Brouse, Brower, Brown, Brownell, Brownson, Buchanan, Buchner, Buck, Buell, Bull, Bullard, Bullied, Bunnell, Burdeck, Burdette, Burgess, Burk, Burleigh/Burley, Burnett, Burnham, Burnt, Burr, Burt, Burtch, Bush, Butland, Butler, Butterfield, Bygott

Cadman, Cahoon/Colquhoun, Calnan, Calver, Calvin, Cameron, Camp, Campbell, Campney, Campsall, Canavan, Canniff, Cannon, Card, Carl, Carleton, Carley, Carman, Carnahan, Carnian, Carpenter, Carr, Carroll, Carscalllen, Carson, Carter, Carther, Cartwright, Casavan, Casey, Cass, Casselman, Cassidy, Castle, Caton, Caverl(e)y, Cavin, Cecil, Chalmers, Chamberlain, Chambers, Chantler, Chapman, Charbonneau, Chase, Chester, Chevalier, Child, Childerhose, Chisholm, Choate, Chrysler, Church, Clancy, Clapp, Clark(e), Clayton, Cleave, Clement, Clench, Clendennen, Clifford, Cline, Clire, Close, Clothier, Clow, Clute, Coates, Cochran, Colborn, Cole, Coleman, Collins, Commadore, Condon, Conger, Conkey, Conklin, Conway, Cook, Cooney, Coons, Cooper, Copeland, Corbman, Corkey, Cornelius, Cornell, Corner, Cossit, Cotter/Cottier, Couch, Coulter, Countryman, Courvoisier, Covell, Coville, Cox, Cramer/Kreamer, Crandall, Crankshaw, Craven, Crawford, Cronk, Cronkhite, Crook, Cross, Crouse, Crowder, Crowell, Crowley, Crowther, Crysdale, Cryderman,  Crysler, Cummings, Cuncannon, Cunningham, Curlette, Curtis, Curtise, Curwen

Dafoe, Dainard, Dallenbach, Dame, Dancy, Daniel(s), Darling, Daverne, Davey/Davy, Davis, Dawson,  Day, Dayfoot, Deacon, Deane, De Bevoise, Decker, Dedler, Dedrick, DeForest, DeGroff, DeLacourt, DeLancey. Delong, DeLonguil, DeMille, Demorest, Dempsey, Denike, Denison Dennis, Denyesm Derbyshire, Deremo, DeRoybonm, Detlor, Dever, Dewar, Dewit, Diamond, Dibble, Dickson, Dillion, Diminie, Dingle, Dingman, Dingwall, Dixon, Dochstader, Doige, Donovan, Doran, Dorland, Dougall, Dougherty, Douglas, Dow, Downes, Doxsee, Drader, Draper, Dresser, Driskill, Drysdale, Duffett, Duke, Dulmage, Dulyea, Dumond, Duncan, Dune, Dunham, Dunmead, Dunn, Dupre, Dusenbury, Dyas, Dyer/Dyre

Eamer, Eamon, Eastman, Eckert, Edgar, Edison, Edmunds, Ellenor, Ellerbeck, Elliott, Elmslie, Elsworth, Embury, Emerson, Emery, Emichen, Empey, Ennis, Everson Evertse

Fairbairn, Fairbanks, Fairfield, Fairman, Falyard, Farquharson, Farr, Farrell, Farrington, Fauconnier. Faulkner, Feake, Fee, Fennell, Ferguson, Fetterly, Field, Fike/Fyke, File, Fillingham, Filson, Finch, Finkle, Finlay, Fish, Fisher, Fiske, Fitchett, Fitzgerald, Flagler, Fletcher, Flewelling, Flynn, Forge, Forneri, Forshee/Forshay, Forsyth(e), Foster, Fowler, Fox, Foxton, Fraleigh/Fralick, Franklin, Fraser, Frederick, Freel, Freeman, Frees, French, Fretz, Frey, Frink, Frizzell, Froom, Fulford, Fuller, Fulton, Furse/Furze

Gaffield, Gallagher, Gallinger, Galloway, Galt, Gardiner, Garner, Garrison, Garrow, Geddes, Geen, German, Gerolamy, Geroux/Gerow, Gibbard, Gilbert/Gillbert, Gilburt, Gilchrist, Gilcrist, Gillespie, Gilligan, Gilmour, Giroux, Gist, Glassford, Gleason, Gober, Goheen, Golding, Goldsbury, Goldsmith, Gooderham, Gordonier, Gould, Gourley, Graham, Grant, Grass, Green, Greenwood, Greer, Griffin, Griffith/Griffis, Grover, Gunn, Gunsolus, Gunter, Gurren

Hadley, Hagan, Hagedorn, Hagerman, Haggerty, Haight, Haines, Haldimand, Hale, Haley, Hall, Halliday, Ham, Hamilton, Hampton, Hand, Hankinson Hanlon, Hannah, Hannon, Harder, Hare, Haring, Harple, Harrier, Harrington, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Harten/Hartin, Hartman, Hartwick, Harwood, Hastings, Haven, Haviland, Hawes, Hawkins, Hawley, Hawn, Hayes, Hayword, Hazlitt, Hearns/Herns, Heck, Hegadorn, Helmer, Hemetty/Henratty, Henderson, Hendry, Henion, Hennessy, Henry, Herchmer/Herkimer, Hermance, Hess, Hicks, Hill, Hillier, Hitchins, Hodge, Hodgins, Hodgkinson, Hodgson,  Hoffnagle, Hogan, Hogeboom, Hogg, Hogle, Holden, Holditch, Holecomb, Holland, Hollinger, Holmes, Home, Hoolahan, Hooper, Hoover/Hover, Hopkins, Hoppe, Horsey, Horsley, Hough, Howard, Howe, Howell, Hubbard, Hubble, Hubbs, Hudgins, Huff, Huffman, Huffnail/Hoffnagle, Hughes, Hughson, Humphrey, Hunter, Hurlburt, Huston, Hutchins, Hutchinson, Huyck(e), Hymers

Ingersoll, Ingraham, Ireland, Irish, Irwin

James, Jameson, Jarvis, Jayne, Jenks/Jinks, Jenkins, Jenne, Jessup, Jewett, Johns, Johnson,  Johnston, Jones, Joyce/Joice, Jubb, Judd

Kaiser, Kalnan, Kast, Kavanauch, Kearney, Keck, Keech, Keegan, Keeler, Keffer, Keim, Keller, Kelly, Kelsey, Kemp, Kennedy, Kenny, Kerfoot, Kerns, Ketcheson, Ketching, Keyes, Kidd, Kilborn, Kilburn, Killingbeck, Killoran, Kimmerl(e)y, Kimmett, Kincaid, King, Kingston,  Kingsbury, Kipp, Kirkpatrick, Knapp, Knight, Knowles

Lacey, Laird, Lake, Lambey, Lamont, Lamson, Land, Landon, Lane, Langford, Lapp, Lar(r)away, LaRue, Lasher, Latta, Laughien, Laughlin/Laughlen Lawler, Lawrason, Lawrence, Lawson, Layton, Lazier, Leacy/Lacey, Leahy/Lehigh,  Leake, Leavens, Leavitt, Lee, Leeman, Legerwood, Leloughery, Lemoine, Lent, Leonard, LeRoy, Lever, Lewis, Lightheart, Lindsey, Link, Little, Livingston, Lloyd, Lobdell, Lockwood, Loft, London, Long, Longuil, Loring, Losse, Lossing, Loucks, Love, Lovett, Lowe, Lowry, Loyst, Lucas, Luffman, Lyman

Mabie, Macauly, MacDonald, Mace, MacIntosh/McIntosh, MacIntyre/McIntyre, Mack, Mackay, Mackee, MacKenna/McKenna, MacKenzie, Maclean, MacNutt, MacPherson, Madden, Magee, Maguire, Mahoney, Mallory, Malone, Malott, Mandevell, Manery, Mangum, Mann, Manning, Manson, Markell, Markle, Marks, Marr, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Mat(t)hews, Maybee, Mayhews, Mayne, McAdam, McAlpin, McBurney, McCabe, McCargar, McCarthy, McColl, McCombs, McConnell, McCormick, McCornock, McCowan, McCrae, McCready, McCrimmon, McCrudden, McCumber, McCutcheon, McDonald, McDonell, McDougall, McDowall, McFadyen, McGee, McGillivray, McGuigan, McGuin, McGuinness, McIlmoyle, McKay, McKee, McKenzie, McKim,  McKinnon, McKittrick, McLaughlin, McLaughton, McLean, McLeod, Mcllwaine, McMahon, McMaster(s), McMechan, McMillan, McMullin, McNab(b), McNairn, McNiff, McQuoid, McRae, McTaggart, McTeer, Meacham, Meagher, Medd, Medill, Meeks, Membury/Membery, Mercier, Merkley, Merriam,  Merrick, Merrit, Merwims, Meyers/Myers, Mikel, Miles, Miller, Milligan,  Mills, Minaker, Mink, Mitchell, Mitz/Mitts, Mix, Moffat, Monaghan, Monk, Montour, Moon, Moore, Morden, Morey, Morgan, Morris, Morrison, Morton, Mosier, Mowat, Mullett, Mullins, Mulvihill, Mumby, Munro, Munson, Murdoch, Murdoff, Murphy,

Nairne. Nash, Nealon/Neelon, Neff, Nellis, Nettleton, Newcombe, Nichol, Nicholson, Nightingale, Niles, Nobles, Noonan, Norton, Novil, Noxon, Nugent, Nuttall, Nutter

Oakley, Odell, Ogden, Ogilvie, Oliver, Oronhyatekha, Orser, Osbourne, Osterhout, Ostrander, Ostrum, Ott, Oulette, Outwaters, Owens

Page, Palmateer, Palmer, Papst, Parcels, Parjons, Parkenson, Parker, Parks, Parliament, Parnell, Parrot(t), Patterson, Paul, Pauling, Payton, Pearsoll, Pearson, Peck/Peake, Peffley, Pells, Pennal, Percy, Perkins, Perry, Peters, Peterson, Petit, Pettifer, Pettingale, Pettit, Philipps, Phippen, Pickard, Pickle, Pickler, Pierpoint, Pillar, Pine, Pitman, Pixley, Plamondon, Platt, Pocahantas, Pomeroy, Post, Potter, Powell, Powers, Powley, Prear, Presley, Preston, Price, Priestman, Prindle, Pringle, Prout, Provins, Puffer, Pulver, Punchard, Purdy, Purvis

Quackenbush, Quaker, Quammadore, Quick

Rabb, Radford, Raines, Ramsey, Rankin, Ranney, Ransier/Rancier, Rapson, Rathbun, Rawlinson, Raynor, Redden, Redding, Redick, Redner/Rednor, Rees/Reece, Reid/Read/Reed, Remsen, Renaud, Rendalls, Rennie, Reppard, Reynolds, Richard, Richards, Richardson, Richmond, Rickey, Ridely, Ridout, Riedesel, Rightmeyer, Rikely, Rittwage, Rixon, Robbins, Roberts, Robertson, Robinson, Roblin, Rockwell, Rogers/Rodgers, Rombough, Rooney, Root, Rorabeck, Rose, Rosebush, Ross, Rourke, Rowe, Ruiter, Ruport, Rush/Rusk, Russell, Ruttan, Rutter, Ryckman, Ryerson

Sage, Sager, Sagriff, Salsbury, Samis, Sanderson, Saunders, Sawyer, Saylor, Schermerhorn, Schneider, Schriver/Scriver, Schryver, Schuyler, Schwartz, Scott, Scout,  Scouten, Seaman, Sear, Secord, See, Seeley, Semple Sero, Serviss, Sexsmith, Shales, Shannon, Sharbot, Sharp(e), Shaver, Shaw, Shelley, Sheperd, Sheridan, Sherwood, Shetlor, Shewell, Shewman, Shibley, Shipman, Shoemaker, Shoeman, Shorey, Shorts, Shouldice, Shurtliff, Sigsworth, Sills, Silverthorn, Silvy, Simcoe, Simmons, Simonds, Simpson, Simser/Silmeser, Sinclair, Sine, Sipes, Skelton, Slack, Slaven, Sloan, Slocum, Sloot/Slote, Smith/Smyth, Snetsinger, Snider, Snook, Soales, Soames, Somerton, Sommerville, Soules, Souter, Spafford, Spencer, Spooner, Sprague, Spring, Springer, Squire, Srigley, St.Cyr, St.John, Staats, Stafford, Stagg, Stalker, Staples, Staring, Stata, Steel(e), Steenburgh, Steers, Stephens, Stevens, Stevenson, Stewart, Stickle, Stickney, Stief,  Stimers, Stinson,  Stitt, Stocks, Stone, Stoneburgh, Stonehouse, Stoness, Storms, Storring, Story, Sweet, Swerdfeger, Switzer, Symonds

Tanner, Taverner, Taylor, Teal, Teeple, TenBroeck, Tennant, Terhune, Terrill, Terry, Terwillager, Teskey, Thayer, Thomas, Thompson, Thoms, Thomson, Thorn, Thornton, Throop, Tibbutt, Tice, Ticknor, Tobey, Tofflemire, Tomlinson, Tompkins, Tovell, Townsend, Tripp, Trousdale/Truesdell, Truax, Trueman, Trumble, Trumpour/Trumper, Tryon, Tubbs, Tufts, Turcotte, Turncliff, Turner, Tuttle, Tyler

Ubdegrove, Underhill, Unger, Urquhart, Utter

Vail, Valentine, Vallance, VanAllen, VanAlstine, VanBlarcom, VanBuskirk, VanCamp, Vance, VanClief, Vandebogart, Vandeburgh, Vandecar, Vandervoort, Vandewater, Vandusen, VanDuyn, Vanevery/Vanavery, VanHorn, VanKleek, Vankoughnet, VanLuven, VanOrder, VanScott, VanSickler, VanSlyck, Vanslyke,  Vanvalkenburg/VanVolkingburg, VanWert, VanWinkle, Varney, Varty, Vaughan, Veenstra, Vent, Vincent, Vine, Vos, Vrooman

Wagar/ Wager, Wainman, Waldec, Waldron, Wales, Walker, Wall, Wallbridge, Wallis, Walmsley, Walt, Walter, Wannamaker, Ward, Waring, Warner, Wartman, Washburn, Waters, Watson, Wattam, Way, Weagant, Weager, Weaver, Webster, Weekes, Weese, Welbanks, Welsh, Wemp, Wert, Wessels, Westervelt, Wetzell/Witzell, Whaley, Whan, Whattam, Wheeler, White, Whitehead, Whitesell, Whitley, Whittier, Wiggins, Wilcox, Wilde, Wilder, Wiley, Wilkins, Williams, Wilmot, Wilson, Wiltsie, Windover, Wing, Winter, Wolfe, Wolfreys, Wood, Woodcock, Woodruff, Woolsey, Worden, Wright, Wyatt

Yagar, Yarker, Yateman, Yates, Yeoman/Youman, Yerex, York, Yott, Youart, Young

Zimmerman, Zufelt

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What’s New

  • PLEASE NOTE:  The UEL Heritage Centre & Park is currently closed for the 2022 season.  For camping inquiries, please email us at  camping@uel.ca. Our phones are not regularly monitored during our closed season.  For museum or branch contact us at 1784@uel.ca 
  • MUSEUM AND RESEARCH CENTRE is closed for the season until May, 2023.
  • FOR RESEARCHERS:  More surnames added in August 2022 on our list of genealogies and family histories in our library.  To view the surnames, go to our UEL Heritage Centre & Park menu and scroll down to Library & Research Centre.
  • For general inquiries or Bay of Quinte Branch UEL contact us at 1784@uel.ca 

 

  • UPCOMING DATES OF INTEREST:
  • Friday October 7 through Monday October 10, 2022, Thanksgiving Weekend will be final weekend for camping for 2022 season.
  • Saturday November 12, at 1:30PM Regular Branch meeting for Bay of Quinte UEL held at St.Matthews Church, Belleville, speaker is Doug Knutson, topic is The Story of Trenton: Hollywood North.  All welcome.
  • Saturday January 14, 2023 at 1:30PM Bay of Quinte UEL meeting held via ZOOM, speaker Phelps Bell talking on the history of the Bell Family of Quinte. Contact us for the zoom link.

 

  • NEW POSTINGS: See our Campground Activities Calendar Page for details on tentative campground events for 2022.
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