In the table below you'll find a list of some of the more common family names in the Kingston-Frontenac area.
Sources
The list was compiled from indexes and tables of contents to the books listed below, and from selected articles that appeared in the Kingston Whig-Standard (approx. 1970 - 1995) and Profile Kingston magazine (approx. 1985 - 2006). It also includes names from some of the family histories in the OGS Kingston Branch collection, and from some public websites created by individuals sharing their own research about Kingston / Frontenac family histories.
Resources
Books
Buckskin To Broadloom: Kingston Grows Up
Stories first appeared in Kingston's Whig-standard.
Community Spotlight: Leeds, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington and Prince Edward Counties
Heritage Kingston
"Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada, June 3 to October 28,1973", exhibition book.
Kingston 300: A Social Snapshot
Kingston Heritage: Historical Buildings, Plaques, And Monuments
Kingston, The King's Town
Kingston: Building On The Past
Kingston; Cataraqui, Fort Frontenac, Kingstown
The City Of Kingston Portrait Collection: Historical Sketches & Portrait Views
The book is chiefly concerned with the mayors of the city of Kingston and tells about prominent Kingston residents and their families.
The Old Stones of Kingston: Its Buildings Before 1867
Lists
Kingston-Frontenac Family Names
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| Name | Reference | 
|---|---|
| Boyd, Tommy | Kingston Whig Standard. 22/1/79 p. 112 portrait. Kingston Whig Standard. 25/1/79 p. 21 portrait. Kingston Whig Standard. Sept. 14/90 obituary. portrait. | 
| Boyd, William | Kingston Whig Standard. 6/11/79 portrait. | 
| Boyd family | Family tree of the Cookes and Kinsellas and the Martins and the Boyds, by Malcolm Allan Cooke. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.2 COOK | 
| Boyle, Edmund | Horsey, Edwin E. Cataraqui-Fort Frontenac-Kingston [typescript], p. 100 | 
| Boyle, William | Horsey, Edwin E. Cataraqui-Fort Frontenac-Kingston [typescript], p. 176 | 
| Boyle family | Outline of the families of John Boyle | 
| Bracken family | Pedigree of Susan Bracken of Winnipeg : notes on the McWilliams family | 
| Bradish, Alvah ; | Heritage Kingston, published by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. | 
| Bradish, Alvah | Simmons, Marjorie. The City of Kingston Portrait Collection: Historical Sketches and Portrait Views. | 
| Bradshaw family | A genealogical chart of the Crouse families : with related families of Bradshaw - Grieve - McTaggart in the Napanee District, showing the Ackerman, Fairbairn, McLeod & Morden connections, by Charles Gordon Crouse. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.2 CROU | 
| Bradshaw family | Roots and branches : prepared for the Weese Reunion 1978, | 
| Bradstreet, Col. | Peck, Gary, Bradstreets Campaign, 1758, Kingston 300--A Social Snapshot, p. 32. | 
| Bradstreet, John | Andrews, Robert J. John Bradstreets Raid: An Account of the Expedition Mounted Against Fort Frontenac in August September 1758, Historic Kingston, Vol. 52, 2004. | 
| Bradstreet, John | Osborne, Brian and Donald Swainson, Kingston: Building on the Past, 15ff. | 
| Bradstreet, Lieut. Col. John, XII | Heritage Kingston, published by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. | 
| Bradstreet, Lieutenant-Colonel | Roy, James. Kingston: The Kings Town. | 
| Bradstreet, Lt. Col. John (1711-1774) | Mika, Nick & Helma. Kingston Heritage: Historical Buildings, Plaques and Monuments, p. 8, 48; Horsey, Edwin E. Cataraqui-Fort Frontenac-Kingston [typescript], page, p .16-17, 19, 23, 30; Buckskin to Broadloom : Kingston Grows Up p. 37-8, 41 | 
| Brame, Henry | Horsey, Edwin E. Cataraqui-Fort Frontenac-Kingston [typescript], p. 394 | 
| Brannigan, Dinny | Horsey, Edwin E. Cataraqui-Fort Frontenac-Kingston [typescript], p. 330 | 
| Brant, Chief Joseph (Thayendinaga) (1742-1807); | Horsey, Edwin E. Cataraqui-Fort Frontenac-Kingston [typescript], p. 23, 26, 30, 46,66; Buckskin to Broadloom : Kingston Grows Up, p. 40, 44, 47, 54, 64 | 
| Brant, Joseph | Roy, James. Kingston: The Kings Town. | 
| Brant, Joseph | Heritage Kingston, published by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. | 
| Brant, Joseph | Quinn, Kevin, Joseph Brant: Kingstons Founding Father? Historic Kingston, Vol. 28, 1980. | 
| Brant, Joseph | Osborne, Brian and Donald Swainson, Kingston: Building on the Past, 29. | 
| Brant, Molly | Angus, Margaret. The Old Stones of Kingston, p. 40 | 
| Brass, Lieutenant David | Buckskin to Broadloom : Kingston Grows Up, p. 46; Horsey, Edwin E. Cataraqui-Fort Frontenac-Kingston [typescript], page p. 23-4 | 
| Brassington, Richard | Heritage Kingston, published by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. | 
| Braton | Horsey, Edwin E. Cataraqui-Fort Frontenac-Kingston [typescript], p. 46 | 
| Bray, Dick | Kingston Whig Standard. 20/5/78 portrait. | 
| Breck | Horsey, Edwin E. Cataraqui-Fort Frontenac-Kingston [typescript], p. 78 |