The 1931 Canada Census images are now online and available for browsing. https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census2/index1931 Browse the 1931 Census At this time, you can browse the 1931 Census by sub-district. In collaboration with our partners, Ancestry and FamilySearch International, we are presently indexing and verifying all the fields in this census, including the first […]
Elgin Branch News
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Thanks to family researcher Nancy Tevebaugh in Gilmer Texas we have the rest of the Story on John Fowler of north Yarmouth’s son William who left Elgin Co in the late 1840 and settled in Texas Discovery of an 1869 photo mailed from a girl in Yarmouth to her cousin […]
Elgin OGS Name index Cards Name index cards for people with the surnames of Aaley to Zwig. These index cards were formerly stored in cabinets in the St. Thomas Public Library. Were digitized into pdf format in 2022. NOTE This is a very large 379 MB file of 61892 images […]
Announcement On August 30, 2022, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) launched its brand new website, library-archives.canada.ca. The website is simple, intuitive and more accessible, and replaces the old LAC website. Update your bookmarks! The launch of LAC’s new website is a major milestone in its efforts to re-centre the organization’s […]
Elgin County Atlas Index Now added to the Elgin OGS website Canadian County Atlas Digital Project Index During the period from about 1875 to 1884, publishers produced what were referred to as “historical atlases” of most of the counties of Ontario. These included township and town maps, details of residents and […]
“The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry mapping application showcases Ontario’s best available topographic and imagery data. The map shows topographic information, such as roads, trails, lakes, rivers, wooded areas, wetlands and provincial parks, as well as municipal and township boundaries. You can zoom in and out, find places and […]
Now Linked from the Elgin OGS Land Records We have had the Indexes for some years – Now FamilySearch has the images The Township Land Papers can best be described as a miscellaneous collection of documents relating to early transactions and correspondence to the lots of land in each township. […]
‘One fire away’: Why Ontario communities are digitizing their newspapers As COVID-19 accelerates the closure of publications across the province, there’s a growing sense of urgency to make sure records of local history survive By Marsha McLeod – Published on Dec 09, 2020 https://wwweogncom.wildapricot.org/page-18080/9437566 Congratulations to all OA Branches who are involved […]
Looking for something to do during the pandemic? For Volunteers interested in indexing projects for online books on Elgin County check out the books available online at the Elgin Historical Society website. Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering to index any of these books and have published at […]