Getting started

Your local branch is a good place to start your family history research.  Each branch has a collection of resources:

• local histories

• family histories

• cemetery records

• Middlesex County history and 1878 historical atlas

Strathroy library has an extensive local history collection for Middlesex County with a special emphasis on the Strathroy area.

Microfilm

• Newspapers

  • Strathroy Age (1870 - 2005)

  • Glencoe Transcript (1873 - 2000)

  • Dorchester Signpost (1959 - 1994)

  • Parkhill Gazette (1893 - 2003) 

• Census records by township (1851 - 1901)

• Tweedsmuir histories

• Ontario Vital Statistics - index to births, deaths and marriages

• Microfilm readers, scanners  & printers available

Maps

• Current and historical maps relating to Middlesex County

Files for Middlesex County municipalities

• Newspaper clippings

• Pamphlets

• Other materials

Electronic Resources

• Ancestry Library Edition
       * Available at the public workstations in all branches

  Who do you think you are?

Ever wondered about the people who came before you?  Ancestry Library Edition can help you find answers.  Whether you’re just starting your tree, or you need to fill in that one missing branch, Ancestry is an invaluable tool. With Ancestry, you have access to databases such as Ontario Marriages 1857-1924; 1851 Census of Canada; Canadian Soldiers of WWI, 1914-1918, and thousands more, with records from countries all over the world.
Ancestry Library Edition can be used on public access computers at any of our 18 branches.  Questions - Ask a Librarian

These links are a great start to researching your family history.

Library & Archives Canada

Ontario Archives

LDS Family Search

Ontario Genealogical Society

Cyndi's List of Useful Sites

Canadian Genealogy & History

Ancestry Library Edition

Genealogy.com

Middlesex County Library Genealogy & Local History Guide

Ontario Cemetery Finding Guide