Mary Clutterbuck publishes new book on the history of the Women’s Institute organisation in Elgin County. http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2018/03/09/womens-institute-launches-book-detailing-local-history “The book is 200 pages filled with 70 personal stories, Women’s Institute histories, Women’s Institute communities and lots of complementary photos.”
Genealogy
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We have now uploaded to the Elgin OGS Ancestors Indexes the St. Thomas Times-Journal Indexes for 2013 July- Dec and 2014. As always our Research Team and Lookup specialists can provide copies through our Lookup Service. Quick service now with our PayPal account. Check out the new Indexes at: Combined […]
The Aylmer Express newspaper serving Aylmer and Malahide area has given their website a new look and is now formatted for mobile devices. Obituaries are now included in the free online shortened addition. The full weekly paper issued on Wednesdays still requires a subscription. Aylmer Express Obituaries And an updated […]
An interesting St. Thomas Times-Journal Veterans Day story of searching and finding Elgin Regiment Trooper Franklin A. LANG (1925-1977) Searching for Uncle Frank, a St. Thomas vet who fell through the cracks by Meghan Lang-Ferguson Special to the Times-Journal
http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2016/08/31/veteran-staffer-heather-robinson-announced-as-new-st-thomas-public-library-ceo
Researchers to the St. Thomas Library, Thorman Room please note: “The elevator at STPL will be out of commission from 6 July to about the 12 August. The only access to the Local History area (George Thorman Room) will be via the stairs. Some of the handicapped people may want […]
NEW Elgin OGS has moved The Elgin County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society is now at https://elgin.ogs.on.ca
We are now linking service file images for Elgin County First World War Soldiers to our Age Shall Not Weary Them publication. Search the Archives Canada First World War Files Here is a sample for Elgin County Soldier Walter Everard Alway Brown