Library Collection – Vital Statistics

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Through the Simcoe County Branch Microfilm Project, the Simcoe County Branch has been increasing the collection of Vital Statistics microfilms for Simcoe County. The following is a list of reels of microfilm of the various Indexes, Births, Marriages, and Death Registrations available at the Barrie Public Library as of January 2017.

Births
1869-1914 Indexes (MS 931, Reels 1 – 25, [no Reel #26], 27, 28)
1869-1914 Registrations (MS 929, Reels 1-231, [no Reel #s 232 – 236], Reels 237-255)
1861-1897 Delayed Registrations (MS 946, Reel 1)
1914 Delayed Registrations “50” series (MS 930, Reels 73 – 76); “90” series (MS 933, Reels 69-70)
Not included: Delayed Registrations “50 series (MS 930, Reels 1 – 54); “90” series (MS 933, Reels 1 – 54)

Marriages
1808-1857 District Registrations for Bathurst, Brock, Gore, Home District, Huron (MS 248, Reels 1-2)
See Books: The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West, Call # 929.3713 WAL
1858-1869 County Registrations for all of Ontario (MS 248, Reels 5 – 18)
See Book series: County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Call # 929.3713 COU
1869-1929 Indexes (MS 934, Reels 1-27)
1869-1914 Registrations (MS 932, Reels 1 – 292, [Reels 293 – 309 not available], 310 – 330, Plus reels 393, 404, 405, 471, 512, 560, 597, 633, 669)
See Books: Index to Marriage Registrations of Ontario, 1869-1873, Volumes 1-6 Call # 929.3713 RUM
1927 Registrations (MS 932, Reels 794 – 833)
1892-1919 Delayed Registrations (MS 948, Reels 1 – 5)
For registration numbers between 500,000 and 599,999.
Marriage occurred between 1892 and 1919 but was not registered until after 1944. Not available for every year.

Deaths
1869-1939 Indexes only (MS 937, Reels 1 – 28)
1869-1919 Registrations (MS 935, Reels 1 – 261, 297, 309, 320, 332, 344, 356, 367, 379, 381, 406)
1932 Registrations (MS 935 Reels 432 – 456)

Miscellaneous
July-Dec 1869 Original Index Books to Birth, Marriage and Death Registrations (MS 938, Reel 1)
1869-1872 Original Index Books to Marriage Registrations (MS 941, Reel 1)
1892-1896 Direct Clergy Returns for Simcoe County (MS 936, Reel 1)