Description
The names of landowners from the 1861 Tremaine map have been copied exactly as they appeared. Sometimes a name has been indecipherable, often a letter, or letters were obscured by a line or mark on the original. In that period of time due to lack of education, names frequently were misspelled or spelled phonetically. Searchers are thus reminded to look beyond their name’s spelling as they know it, as well as watching for letters dropped from the beginning or ending of the name.Â
Originally transcribed as 6 separate townships in July 1989 by Dorothy Brown & published by the Whitby-Oshawa Branch (now Durham Region Branch), Ontario Genealogical Society. This current publication has included the 6 transcripts in 1 volume, with an additional map of Durham County and referencing a virtual link to the The Ontario Historical County Maps Project.
The historic County of Durham contained 6 townships:
Cartwright – now Regional Municipality of Durham
Cavan – now Peterborough County
Clarke – now Regional Municipality of Durham
Darlington – now Regional Municipality of Durham
Hope – now Northumberland County
Manvers – now City of Kawartha Lakes