Elgin Archives – Newspaper Finding Aid
Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Aylmer Enterprise – Select issues 1869 – 1870
Aylmer Express (1881 to 1989) (some 1990s; and 2009 +) – Issues are now online in PDF format at the Elgin Archives (up to 1974 as of Dec 2021)
Aylmer Herald – 1857 – No direct copies but other newspapers copied content from the Herald
Aylmer Paper – several issue from 1874-1877
Aylmer Saturday Night – 1914 (Elgin Archives)
Aylmer Sun – East Elgin Reformer – East Elgin Tribune – Select issues 1890 – 1916 (images online at Elgin Archives)
Aylmer Warder – 1858 – No direct copies but other newspapers copied content from the Warder
Aylmer Times – 1864 – No direct copies but the London Evening Advertiser copied articles in 1864
Belmont Enterprise – 1917 –
Dutton Advance Issues ranging from 1889 -1969
Dutton Enterprise – online at Canadiana
Port Stanley Beacon – 1976 – (ECA – not online)
The Rodney Chronicle, May 11, 1883 (given in error as 1885)
Rodney Mercury (1887- 1924: many early issues missing)
Rodney Bazaar Vol 1, no 1 Jan 1887 (Canadiana)
Springfield Argus 1885
Springfield Echo – several issues from 1898 – 1900
Springfield Post 1903
Springfield Star 1895
The Times : [1878] – Canadiana images
Middlesex Standard – St. Thomas – 28 Dec 1849 and 22 Jan 1850
St. Thomas chronicle and Middlesex general advertiser : Volume 1, Number 3 (November 4, 1843) (Canadiana)
St. Thomas Daily Times ( 1883 – 1918 ) (online at Elgin Archives)
St. Thomas Evening Journal (1883-1909) (online at the Elgin Archi
St. Thomas Journal – 16 Jul 1887 –
St. Thomas Liberal (1832 -1837) – References found in other papers
St. Thomas Reporter – Selected issues for 1880
St. Thomas Standard (1844 – 1846) –
St. Thomas Times-Journal (1901 -1961)
St. Thomas Watchman 1851
St. Thomas Weekly Dispatch (1853 – 1876)
Vernon’s Directories – St. Thomas, Ontario (1916, 1917, 1919, 1922) – Free Online
Weekly Times – St. Thomas – 2 Nov 1876 (The Eden Shooting Case) – 14 Oct 1880 –
London Evening Advertiser, London Advertiser and Daily Advertiser – Elgin County names and stories – 1864-1865, 1874, 1880-1885
Miscellaneous Extracts of Elgin Names from Other Newspapers
Combined St. Thomas Times-Journal & Aylmer Express (2002 – 2008 (includes Times Journal 2009 +)
Vienna Gazette 1853 (Canadiana)
The Phœnix and Elgin County Conservative 1853 (Canadiana)
Aylmer Express article 30 April 1997- History of Printing Newspapers in Aylmer (partial story)
Historical Canadian Newspapers Online (Google) – Many of these newspapers carry articles on Elgin County residents.