Our Branch would be pleased to receive your research request using the form below or by post at Kent Branch OGS, c/o Chatham Kent Public Library, 120 Queen Street, Chatham ON N7M 2G6. Please provide as much information about your request as possible. Once your research fee (see below schedule of suggested research fees) has been received, either by cheque or money order or through PayPal or Stripe, your request will be completed. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Basic Research per Individual
Members $25/Non-Members $40 [ Details ]
- Members $25.00 CAD suggested fee
- Non-Members $40.00 CAD suggested fee
Research can involve at least 3 to 4 hours of research per individual name within our library. Due to high demand, it may take several weeks before your research can be undertaken by our volunteers. The suggested fee is $25.00 for Kent OGS Members and $40.00 for non-members. Each individual person to be researched can include up to 10 pages. Digitized copies of findings will be sent electronically at no additional cost. Postage and handling charges will be applied to items sent by post. Research will be undertaken only after payment has been received. Fees are for research. We cannot guarantee information will be found. Resources search include but are not limited to below list.
- Kent County Census (1851 – 1901) – about 74 separate books to be checked
- Kent County Transcribed Cemeteries – about 115 cemeteries with thousands of names
- Kent County Church Records – an assortment of register entries
- The Commemorative Biographical records of the County of Kent – 874 pages (plus index), some 25,000 names
- The Western District Marriage Register (1786 – 1856)
- County Marriage Register (1858 – 1869)
- Kent County Marriages (1869 – 1911)
- Kent OGS Obituary Collection (1981 – 2015)
- Local Histories
- Kent County Newspaper Collection – a variety of county newspapers and indexes
- CKPL Newspaper Collection (1840s – 2000s)
- Family Histories Collection – there are over 800 family histories in our archives
Specialized or Extended Research
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If you feel you need more in-depth research, you might like to contact the Association of Professional Genealogists. We do not assume responsibility for agreements contracted between individuals. Kent Branch does not have volunteers who will do individual contracted research.
Cemetery Transcription Pages
$5 per digital order [ Details ]
Copies of single pages of Cemetery Transcription are $5.00 per digital order. An additional fee of $1.00 per page is required for postage and handling. To determine which entries you want from the tombstone inscriptions, consult OCFA and/or the OGS The Ontario Name Index. These transcriptions were made from the tombstones at the time the branch did the transcribing (circa 1978 -1982) and inscriptions made subsequent to that time have not been added.
Lookup Fees (Digital Only)
$5 per name per digital order [ Details ]
Lookup requests of our branch resources/indexes are $5.00 per name per digital order. Please identify the source of the resource i.e. John Smith Obituary Collection Year 1988 Page 20 or F Arnold Page 105 Dresden or James Smith Obituary Chatham Daily News 1912.
Members of the Kent Branch are allowed one FREE digital lookup or digital cemetery transcription request per year. Please contact the branch at [email protected] and provide your OGS number.