This page was last Updated: Tuesday October 23, 2007

Do you have resources you can look through for others? Please send a note with as much detail as possible and I'll add it to this page... here's hoping we can make research a little easier on those who have limited access to it.  It is recommended that if a resource contains sufficient information that the researcher should attempt to purchase the resource from the OGS, Archives or publisher. 

By County:  

Bruce   /   Carleton   /   Dufferin   /   Dundas   /   Elgin   /  Frontenac   /   Grey  /   Hastings   /   Huron  /  Middlesex   /   Peel / Renfrew   /   Simcoe   /   Temiskaming   /    Waterloo   /   Wellington   /   York

Bruce County Resources
 

Cemetery Transcriptions - Methodist (Carrick twp); Read Oak - Beausoliel Island; Plumeville (near Mount Forest); Balaclava Presbyterian; Emmanuel Evangelical United; Immaculate Conception R.C. Church; Neudstadt Baptist Church; Sacred Heart; St. Francis Xavier R.C.; St. Ignatius R.C.; St. John's Evangelican Lutheran new; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran old; St. Matthew's Lutheran - E-mail Jan
<Can do cemetery lookups at the Owen Sound library as I visit the area>

"Driving Through Bruce County"  - E-mail Jan

"Historic Saugeen & Its Metis People" - E-mail Jan

"Scrapbooks 1850-1950" by J.F. Yemen - includes some family history, pics, etc. of families in Bruce County - E-mail Jan

Carleton County Resources
 

Division of Fitzroy - deaths registered in 1900 - E-mail Jan

Dufferin County Resources
 

"Dufferin County" by Nicola Ross with photography by Rosemary Hasner (This book does not include family histories) E-mail Jan

"East Garafraxa A History" by Steven J. Brown and Krista A. Taylor, 2006 - (This book can be purchased by contacting BookLore, 121 First Street, Orangeville, ON   L9W 3J8, (519) 942-3830  email: booklore@bellnet.ca)

"Into the High County the story of Dufferin -- the last 12,000 years to 1974" by Adelaide Leitch (This publication does not include family histories).  E-mail Jan

"Memoirs of an Old Cog" by Mabel L. Halbert (The autobiography of Mabel Louise Rayfield - Little - Halbert (Volume One - My life as Mabel L. Rayfield 1897-1920; Volume Two - My life as Mabel L. Little 1920-1950; Volume Three - My life as Mabel L. Halbert 1950-)   E-mail Jan

The Orangeville library has: Orangeville Sun completely on microfilm - 1860's to 1930s, The Orangeville Banner early 1900's to 2005ish and cemetery transcriptions (In Amaranth: Bowling Green Primitive Meth.; Crombie's; Hughson Family; Laurel; In East Garafraxa: McKee; Price's Corners; Providence; In Melancthon: Horning Mills; Melancthon United Church; St. Patrick's R.C.; St. Paul's Anglican; Shelburne Cenotaph; Spring Valley; In Mono: Burns; Mitchell's; Mono College; Mono East; Relessey; St. Cyprian's; St. Francis; St. John's; Snell's; Wesley; Zion; In Mulmur: Banda Methodist; Campbell Family (private); Christ Church Anglican Whitfield; Honeywood Cemetery; Honeywood Cenotaph; Mansfield Cemetery; Mansfield Cenotaph; Mulmur Pioneer; Perm Methodist; Primrose Presb.; St. Luke's Anglican; Whitfield Methodist; In Orangeville: Forest Lawn & Greenwood; and Grand Valley Union; Monticello United; St. Alban's Anglican) and Shelburne Cemetery as well as some local histories on families in the area.  In addition, the library also has copies of a couple of publications relating to Ontario deaths & marriages (Reid & Wilson publications).  Click here for a list of resources that can be found at the Orangeville Public Library

To purchase a copy of Forest Lawn Cemetery's transcriptions, please contact Sheila Davidson

Dufferin County Archives has a lot of information.  I enjoy visiting this facility as the people there are great, including the archivist.  I visit the facility specifically for lookups.  While there, I can also look up BMD registration numbers, newspaper articles, cemetery transcriptions, family files, etc. Please visit their website for information on holdings, or contact them for more information.  The research fee is very reasonable and with such a knowledgeable archivist, you'll probably get more information if you pay for an hour of research, then you will get elsewhere.

Please make queries very specific as you can imagine what my 'to-do' list is like.  If you have a general query without specific information, you can pass it along, though it may take a long time to find that information out.

Dundas County Resources

Births, Marriages and Deaths from Morrisburg Newspapers, 1874-1877 by Jack Schecter & Robert Whitteker -  Email Jen
 

 Elgin County Resources
 

"Alma College  St. Thomas, Ontario  Centennial Book 1877-1977" - E-mail Jan

Death Registrations in Elgin County 1869-1900 (Indexes - Names, registration numbers & dates)  -  E-mail Jan

Marriages 1853-1873 - E-mail Jan

I also visit the area for my personal research.  If you have very specific queries, please feel free to email me.  If you have queries that aren't specific, please visit the Elgin County message board and/or Elgin County Mailing List.  These links can be found on the Ontario Links page of this site.  The Elgin County Branch of the OGS offers so much online at no cost and I encourage those researching in Elgin County to visit their website before doing anything else... you may not have to do much footwork! Please don't hesitate to contact the Elgin County Branch of the OGS for help in your research. Their fee is reasonable and they know where to find things quickly, saving you time, money and energy.  They are posting BMD indexes from the St. Thomas Times-Journal and offering them online!!!!

Frontenac County Resources

Early Ontario Newspaper Transcription Series Vol 23: The Kingston Chronicle Aug 1826 to June 1832 - Email Jen

Grey County Resources
 

Cemetery Transcriptions - Meaford; Smith Woodville Eldon; Ventry; Bayview Cemetery (Wiarton); Dundalk Cemetery - E-mail Jan

Cemetery Transcriptions - Normanby Twp. - Abandoned Cemetery Con. 4 Lot 15; Ayton Union; Cochrane Cemetery; Evangelical United Brethren, Ayton; Hampden Cemetery, Con. 18, Lot 21; Knox Presbyterian, Ayton; -Maplewood; Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Calderwood; Negro Cemetery (Abandoned); Old Zion, Ayton; Orchardville R.C.; Pioneer Cemetery (Plumeville); St. Paul's Lutheran Church; St. James' Lutheran Church; St. Peter's R.C., Ayton; Trinity Lutheran, Ayton - E-mail Jan

"Beautiful Stoney Keppel Including the Village of Shallow Lake 1855-1986 (A Project of the Keppel Township Historical Society)  - E-mail Jan 

"A History of Dundalk" - E-mail Jan

"Split Rail Country - A History of Artemesia Township" copyright 1986 - E-mail Jan

"While We Still Remember  Corporation Egremont Township  A History of Egremont  1840-1983"
(Aside from the history of Egremont, it also includes photos & small write-ups of the following families: ABERDEIN; ADAMS; AITKEN; ALLAN; ALLES; ARTHUR; BARBOUR (BARBER); BILTON; BROWN (James); BROWN (Thomas, England); BROWN (Thomas, Ireland); BRYANS; BUCHANAN; BUNSTON; BURROWS; BYE, CALDER (Alexander); CALDER (John); CAMERON; CLARK; CONNOLLY; COUTTS; COWAN; CURRIE; DALY; DICKSON (Thomas); DIXON (William); DODDS (James); DODDS (Thomas); DODDS (William); DONALD; DOWLING; DRIMMIE; DURANT; DYCE; ECCLES (Albert); ECCLES (James); ECCLES (Joseph); ECCLES (Major); ECCLES (William); ELLIS; FAIRBAIRN; FERGUSON (Daniel); FERGUSON (John); FETTES; GARDINER; GREENLEY; GILLIES; GORDON; HAMILTON; HARRIS; HARRISON; HASTIE; HATTLE; HENDERSON; HENRY; HINCKS; HOOPER (James); HOOPER (Matthew); HOPKINS; HORSBURGH; HUNT; HUNTER (Hugh); HUNTER (John); HUNTER (William); IRVIN; ISAAC; ISLES (ILES); JOHNSTON (George); JOHNSTON (James); KEITH (Nicholas); KEITH (Peter); KELLY; KLEIN; LAMONT (Angus); LAMONT (James); LAWRENCE (John); LAWRENCE (William); LEE; LEITH (David); LEITH (William); LEVERSAGE; LEWIS; LOGAN; LONG, LOVE; MAIN; MacCANNELL (Dougald); MacCANNELL (Malcolm); MacDONALD; MacEACHERN (Gilbert); MacKENZIE; MacLAUCHLAN; MATTHEWS; McARTHUR; McBRIDE; McDONALD; McDOUGALL (Allan); McDOUGALL (James); McEACHERN (Peter); McGILLIVARY; McGUIRE; McINNES; McINTYRE (Alex); McINTYRE (Archie); McKELVIE; McMILLAN; McNAIR; McPHEE; McQUEEN (Charles); McQUEEN (Donald); McQUEEN (Peter); McROBB; McTAVISH; MENARY; MERCHANT; MICKLEBOROUGH; MILNE; MOORE; MORRISON; MOYER; NICHOLSON; PATTERSON; PHILP; PINDER; PLESTER; RAE; RAWN (Alexander); RAWN (George); REEVES; REID (Hugh); REID (James); REID (William); RENTON (Jack); RENTON (John); RENWICK; ROBB (Charlie); ROBB (Erwin); ROBB (George); ROBB (Joseph); ROBB (Samuel); ROSS (James); ROSS (John); RUNCIMAN; RUSNELL; SCHENK; SEAMAN; SEIFRIED; SHIER; SIM; SLESSOR; SMAIL; SNELL; SPENCE; SPICER (John); SPICER (Richard); STEVENSON; SWANSTON; SWITZER; TAYLOR; TEBBY; TROUP; TUCKER; WALMSLEY; WATSON (Charles); WATSON (George); WATSON (Tom); WATSON (William); WEIR; WELLS; WHEELER; WHYTE; WILSON (George); WILSON (James); WILSON (William J); YAKE -  E-mail Jan

Hastings County Resources

"The Movie Years Trenton, Ontario 1917-1934" by Peggy Dymond Leavey  -  E-mail Jan

Huron County Resources 
 

Cemetery Transcriptions - Clifford Cemetery (Howick twp); Redgrave Cemetery (Howick twp); Huron City - Homesville; Wellington City Arthur Petherton  -  E-mail Jan

Cemetery Transcriptions - Howick Twp. - Brethern in Christ; Fordwich Presbyterian; Fordwich Public Church; Gorrie Public; Harris / Howick abandoned Baptist; Hayden; Molesworth; Old Hunter; Old Southern; Wroxeter Pioneer Anglican; Wroxeter Pioneer Presbyterian; Wroxeter Public - E-mail Jan

"An Odyssey in Faith 1892-1992 From Generation to Generation... Gorrie-Wroxeter United Churches"  by Julie Anne Stewart Hawkins  -  E-mail Jan

"The Settlement of Huron County" by James Scott, 1966 - E-mail Jan
"This book is the story of how the County of Huron was settled...how an imaginative and unique plan was conceived, of the difficulties and successes which went into the making of a great county, and of the kind of men and women who were involved as, year after year, a vast primeval forest was transformed into rich, productive farmland dotted by large and small settlements which were centres of education, religion and commerce." (From the Prologue)
The first book to be written exclusively on this area, The Settlement of Huron County is a complete, factual, but warm and often fascinating account of the settlement of a portion of the Huron Tract in Upper Canada. James Scott's readable style brings to life Huron County's early pioneers, including John Galt, who first conceived the idea of settlement, a bustling Scot with "almost sublime confidence in himself," and the colourful Colonel Van Egmond, wealthiest landowner in the district who opened his heart and his purse to the settler but died a wretched man in prison following the Rebellion of 1837.  Other chapters recount the development of agriculture, the struggle for schools, detailed accounts of the growth of townships in the north and south, the towns of Goderich and Seaforth, Clinton, Wingham and Exeter, and the villages which began as crossroads.
"Huron County is today, one of the most self-sufficient areas to be found in the nation.  The Huron County pioneer always had his eye on the future, a future which the ensuing generations would build on a firm foundation of thrift and hard work.  When a visitor comes to Huron County, he feels he has come to a prosperous, progressive area, the kind of place where he would like to stay.  And this was precisely the dream of the founding fathers."

"Tuckersmith Memories  1835-1985" Nulli Secundus - E-mail Jan
(Aside from the history of Tuckersmith Township, it also includes photos & small write-ups of the following families: BROADFOOT (Alexander, The Mains Farm; Spring Hill Farm; James, Brig-end Farm; Sarah McCARTNEY; Agnes MARTIN); BELL; CHALK-GOUINLOCK; CARNOCHAN, MIEFIELD, MULOCK Farms; COOPER; CRICH; CHARTERS; DICKSON (Castramont Farm); John DOIG/Janet MacLAREN; FORD-HORTON; HORTON; JACKSON; McGREGOR/MacGREGOR; ELGIE, McLAUCHLAN, SIMPSON; McLACHLAN; SIMPSON; McLEAN; John McLEAN; James McLEAN; NOTT; PARKER; RANSFORD; ROWCLIFFE; ROUTLEDGE; The Brucefield SCOTTs; TRAQUAIR; TURNER; WALTERS; VAN EGMOND; ARCHIBALD; CAMERON; CAMPBELL; DOIG; DEVEREAUX; FINLAYSON; GEMMEL; LAIDLAW-DOIG; MacKAY; McINTOSH; OLDFIELD; SPROAT; WILSON, Silver Creek Farm; SCOTT

Middlesex County Resources

Cemetery Transcriptions: Lobo Twp.  - Hume Cemetery - E-mail Jan

Peel County Resources

"Caledon" by Nicola Ross with Photography by Gord Handley - E-mail Jan

Renfrew County Resources
 

>>The Eganville Leader "covered a wide area of Renfrew County, often including Osceola, Killaloe, Barry's Bay, Calabogie and occasionally Renfrew and Arnprior when Eganville people were involved."<<

Genealogical Extracts from "The Eganville Leader" 1902-1913  - E-mail Jan
(Births, marriages and deaths from 1902-1909; death notices and obituaries 1911-1913)

Death Notices & Obituaries from "The Eganville Leader" 1914-1921 - E-mail Jan

Death Notices & Obituaries from "The Eganville Leader" 1922-1927 - E-mail Jan

(PLEASE NOTE: The extractions in these publications may not be the full article and it would be wise to contact someone in the area to go further with the information supplied)

Simcoe County Resources

"Simcoe County The Recent Past" by John Craig - This book doesn't include family histories but does have names indexed. - E-mail Jan

 Temiskaming District Resources

"Births, Deaths & Marriages and Subject Index from The Temiskaming Herald 1905-1912" -  E-mail Jan

"Births, Deaths and Marriages from The New Liskeard Speaker 1906-1912" - E-mail Jan

"Births, Deaths and Marriages from The New Liskeard Speaker 1913-1920"  - E-mail Jan

"Births, Deaths and Marriages from The New Liskeard Speaker 1920-1924" - E-mail Jan

"Births, Deaths and Marriages from The New Liskeard Speaker 1925-1929"  - E-mail Jan

(PLEASE NOTE: The extractions in these publications may not be the full article and it would be wise to contact someone in the area to go further with the information supplied)

Waterloo County Resources
 

Cemetery Transcriptions: First St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley; St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Bamberg; St. Mark's Lutheran Cemetery; St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville; St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, South Erb's Road; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg - E-mail Jan

Wellington County Resources

Cemetery Transcriptions: Minto Twp. - Darroch Family Plot (just history no names); Drew Anglican; Salem Methodist Church Cemetery; St. Thomas Roman Catholic  - E-mail Jan

"Index to the 1851 Census of Canada West (Ontario) Wellington County" by Renie A. Rumpel  - E-mail Jan

"The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West Volume 9: Part 1 Wellington District 1840-1852" (by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai  - E-mail Jan

York Region Resources

"Whitchurch Township", The Whitchurch History Book Committee  - E-mail Jan

Ontario Obituaries Services

This page was last Updated: Tuesday October 23, 2007