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ACKERT - Story of the ACKERT's, Peter and Catherine, and their Descendants, 1793-1993
By Anne S. Ackert. Self-published, hard cover, approximately 200 typewritten pages. Many photographs.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 10

AISTON - CHAMBERLAIN: Family History
By Louise Aiston Chamberlain. Published by American Memories, Stuart, Florida, 1981. Hardcover, 556 pages.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 1

ALLEN Family:
By Edward B Kipp, 1990, Duotang Booklet, 5 pages, indexed. Includes Folkins, Parlee.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES A 17 />

ALLANS: The ALLANS from Orkney, Scotland
By R Blake ALLAN, 1998, 10 pages in a Duotang folder. Includes Kennedy, Duncan.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES A 18

ALWARD: Distinguished for Loyalty: A Story of Two Loyalist Cousins and their Descendants from Woodbridge, New Jersey
By Ford M Alward. Four volumes of soft covered books - 1902 pages including photographs. Index is in Volume 1. ISBN 0-919488-80-3
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES A 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d

ANDERSON: Notes on the DOAN and ANDERSON families:
By unidentified author. More a collection of typewritten papers than a genealogy.
Typeset, loose-leaf, approximately 50 pages.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 9

ANDERSON: John ANDERSON Story
By Marion W. Anderson of Waterford, Ontario. Unpublished, loose-leaf binder, typed text, photographs, 1989.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 6

ANDERSON: Pioneer Edison Cemetery Picnic, July 17, 2000: Descendants of Captain Anthony ANDERSON and Elizabeth TAYLOR.
By Lori Mifsud, self-published word processed genealogy.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 14

ANDERSON: Captain Walter ANDERSON
See M 9a

ANDOVER: Four generations: Population, Land and Families in Colonial Andover, Mass.
By Philip J Greven Jr., Soft-cover book that includes the early families of Andover, Mass.
NHS Archives number: MASS 27

ANGER: Descendants of James Richard ANGER:
By Robert L. Heil of St. Thomas, Ontario. Unpublished monograph done by word processing, 9 pages. Undated, but includes references as recent as 1993.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 11

ATKINSON Family Tree
By Edward L. Atkinson. Unpublished monograph, approximately 15 pages, 1989.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 5

AUSTIN: Sources in AUSTIN Genealogy
By William R. Yeager. Published by the Norfolk Historical Society, 1978.
Loose-leaf, typed, 145-page mimeograph, unbound, three-hole punched.
Includes photographs, source notes, genealogy, historical document quotations.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A-2

AUSTIN: Some Ancestors and Descendants of Solomon AUSTIN 1600-2000
By David Austin Avery, self published, hardbound copy, 2007. Contains the history of Solomon AUSTIN of Maryland and North Carolina to descendants including those from Lynn Valley, Norfolk County.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 16

AUSTIN: Family Reunion of 1977, Simcoe, Ontario:
Families of Richard AUSTIN, father of Solomon. Also includes STYLES, POST, BOWMEN, EASTMAN, DECOU names. Three-ring binder donated by David C. Austin.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 4

AUSTIN: Ancestors and Descendants: Edwin Rufus AUSTIN:
by Grace K. (Crewe) Austin. Spiral Bound copy compiled and edited 1977-2000. Self published. From England to New England to New York to Ontario (Norwich, Oxford County - the birthplace of Edwin Rufus AUSTIN).
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 13

ANGUISH: The ANGUISH Family in Canada: Lewis ANGUISH 1794-1868,
His Descendants and Ancestors.
By Robert Harris self-published 1998. Indexed.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 11

AWDE Family History
edited by Hilda Awde.
Published by Murray Awde, 1989.
Indexed, soft cover, coil-bound, 227 pages. Includes text, charts and pictures.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 7

AWDE Family History (Volume 2)
by Hilda Awde and Douglas H. Jones. Unpublished. Duo-Tang, desktop publishing pages. 1997.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 7

AXFORD Family History, 1681-1989
by Shirley M. Ewanick. Self-published, 1989. 321 pages, hard cover.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 3b

AXFORDS of New Jersey
by Donald E. Axford. Unpublished, loose-leaf monograph. 393 pages, soft cover.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES A 3

AXFORDS of Oxford, New Jersey, beginning in 1725
by William Clinton Armstrong of Blairstown, New Jersey.
Reprinted by Genealogical Researchers, Washington, New Jersey, 1984.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES A 3a

AXFORD: Descendants of Joseph AXFORD:
as well as Benjamin BACON, James HENRY, William JULL, MARLATT, James SMILEY and Thomas WOOD
By Douglas and Marilyn Cross. Black three-ring binder - self-published.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES A 15



BACKHOUSE: Early BACKHOUSE Roots:
By Julie Rinard-Scott 1997. Combind bound book, self published.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 54

BACKUS: Annie Ameli BACKUS (1856-1938) Doctor of Aylmer West, Ontario
By William G. Stewart of St. Thomas, Ontario, undated. 8 pages, typewritten, photocopied. Loose leaf, bound, soft cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 11

BACON - ALLEN: The BACON - ALLEN Connection
By Rosemary Allen Steenstra of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1986. 16 page loose leaf bound, photocopied pages (including several pages of photocopied photos) detailing connections with the BURTON, HOWE, LEACH and MILLS families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 15

BACON - BECKON: The Descendants of Nathaniel BACON and Jeremiah BECKON Jr., two sons of Jeremiah BACON and Eunice CULVER of Monmouth, New Jersey
By Charles Lawrence Beckon of Lansing, Michigan, undated. Photocopies of 12 typewritten pages. Loose leaf, bound, soft cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 9

BAIRD - EDMONDS: "I Remember":
By Mabel Baird Hegler. Memories of the BAIRD and EDMONDS Families. Also MUNRO and NICKOLL. Self -published 1968 in spiral bound booklet.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 5

BAKER: The Families of William BAKER and Margaret (HICKS) BAKER: From Cornwall to Elgin County, Ontario
By Karen Boucher and Marjorie Wilson, 1998, Published by the Aylmer Express. Pictures, maps, Indexed
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 55

BALCOMB: Amanda Wilson BALCOMB and her Sister May WILSON:
By Sandra Hamilton. About 40 pages of Family History in a three-ring binder, includes some copies of documents. Also included is a CD with information taken from the internet.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 60

BALL: Jacob BALL, U.E.L., who married Mary Elizabeth MANN
By John and Lorraine Rogers of London, Ontario, 1990. Approximately 100 pages, photocopies of handwritten originals, in a three-ring binder. A collection of BALL resource materials from various sources.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 19a

BALL: The BALL Family of Guysborough
By Cecil M. Ball of Tillsonburg, Ontario, 1988. Approximately 225 loose leaf typewritten pages, Combind bound.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 27

BALL: A Genealogy of William BALL and his Descendants (1783 to 1982)
Compiled and published by Ida Florence Wright Crozier, U.E.; Hard cover, 315 pages.
ISBN 0-96990727-4-0.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 19

BANFIELD: Family Record of James BANFIELD and Martha McGRAW of Walpole Township, Haldimand County
By Keith Nathan Topp of Etobicoke, Ontario, 1988. Approximately 30 loose-leaf pages in a duo-tang folder.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 24

BANNISTER Family:
By Family Members. 34 page loose leaf photocopy of previously published booklet in a duo-tang folder. Mixture of hand-written and photocopied text. Not Indexed.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 30

BANTAM: John BANTUM and his wife Ann from England to New Jersey in 1802.
By Donald M. Smith and Gerald W. Smith, 1992.
One of their sons, William C. BANTAM married Mercy Ethel WHEELER and settled in Port Rowan in 1845. This is their story. Approximately 100 typewritten manuscript pages, which includes Bantam genealogy.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 33

BARBER: The BARBER Family
By Frank Blain Barber 1995 Complete with maps, pictures. Not indexed. Soft cover binding.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES: B 42

BARNUM: Genealogical Record of the BARNUM Family of Danbury, Conn. and Norfolk County, Ontario
By Clarence W. Wood of Chelsea, Michigan, 1994. Donated to the NHS by Mrs. Annie Davis of Woodstock, Ontario. This is a photocopy of: "Genealogical Record of the BARNUM Family Presenting a Conspectus of the Male Descendants of Thomas BARNUM (1625-1695)".
Compiled by Eben Lewis Barnum and Rev. Francis Barnum, S.J. Gardner, Mass.: Meals Printing Co., 1912. Indexed.
NHS archive number: FAMILIES B 36

BARRETT: Short and Simple Annals: Diary of T.B. BARRETT 1911-1920
Reproduced by Harry B Barrett. 1974.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 10

BARRETT: International Register Index
By Dan E. Barrett of Streetsville, Ontario, 1995 ISBN 0-921723-12-1 Soft cover, 95 pages. Provides hundreds of current (to 1995) Barrett descendants' mailing addresses.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES: B 10a

BARRETT PARKE: Hobnobbing With a Countess and Other Okanagan Adventures: The Diaries of Alice BARRETT PARKE 1891-1960.
Edited by Jo Fraser Jones. Hard-cover book, published 2001 by UBC Press, Vancouver
Donated by Harry B BARRETT. Indexed.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 45

BAUC, BOUK and BOUCK: Family of Niagara and Walsingham:
Donated by B. Young 1990. Duo-tang bound booklet, indexed. Family tree.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 26

BAUSLAUGH Family History
By Norma Nelligan, 1990. Self published - Three-ring binder.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES: B 23

BEAMANS: The BEAMANS in Southern Ontario. Descendants of Joseph James BEAMAN and Anne Elizabeth RECTOR
By Gerald Lee Beaman 2004.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 44

BEAMER Lore
By Nancy J. Beamer of Thorold, Ontario, originally published in 1928. 40 photocopied pages of the original booklet. Loose leaf, bound, soft cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 16

BEAUPRE: Your BEAUPRE Heritage
The descendants of Francois-Martial Count De CHOISEUL (1717-1782) and Madeline, Countess MEDAVY (1782) by Irene (Beaupre) Irving and Ruth (Beaupre) Ankerman, 1983. 157 Typewritten self-published pages printed by Harold I. Pond of Simcoe, Ontario. Indexed. Soft cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 7

BECK: Ancestors and Descendants of Frederick Ludwig BECK (11 Mar 2023 - 14 Oct 2023) married Eve Schwingel (18 Nov 2022 - 21 Jun 2023) of South Cayuga, Haldimand County
By Keith Nathan Topp, 1988. 41 pages, loose leaf, bound, soft cover (duo-tang).
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 20

BECK: Descendants of Michael BECK and Margaret McCAFFREY
By Mrs. Sharon Dupre of Napanee, Ontario, 1981. Approximately 40 photocopies of unnumbered typewritten pages. Loose leaf, bound, soft cover. Includes photos. Also mentions McDONALD, COLE, and MASON families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 8

BECKER:, Abigail. A Proposal for A Contextual Biography with References
By Patrick Young, 1990. Approximately 75 pages in a Duo-Tang binding. Includes a play "Abigail or the Gold Medal" as well as a biography.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B-3

BECKER:, Abigail. A Contexual Biography with references
By Patrick Young, 1994 - Three ring binder of several hundred pages including the Play, Refences, Illustrations etc.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 3a

BECKER: A Genealogy.
From Johann Ludwig BECKER 1728 to John Adams BECKER 1932. Self published, hard cover book by John Adams Becker 1992. Becker Associates Publisher, Concord, ON. Includes notes on the SCHNEIDER and BELTZER families who immigrated in 1710.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES: B 31(See also FAMILIES B 3)

BELLAS: I've been Lucky! By Alexander S. BELLAS
An autobiography. Las Vegas, Nevada, 1986. Alexander S. BELLAS married Leila TURNBULL at Langton, Ontario in 1932. Hard cover, 111 pages, includes photos.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 17

BERTRAM: A Private Study of Our BERTRAM and MONTGOMERY Genealogy
Compiled for the family by Margaret Brown Rodger and Patricia Bowes-Rowlandson. Published 1999. Abstracted from a study of the BOWES and MURRAY Genealogy that includes INMAN, CHEESMAN, DUBOIS, HATCH, STURGIS, TREVITHICK (WALKER) and POTTS families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 49

BERTRAN: Family of Hunterdon and Sussex Counties, New Jersey.
13 Page booklet. Date and Author unknown.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 48

BEVANS: The Travels of Moses BEVANS
Transcribed by Christopher Newton, Includes information from Jabez COLLVER and Gabriel COLLVER. Duo-tang booklet. No Index. 2 Copies
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES: B 40

BIDDLE: "Family Sleuthing: Chasing Sunsets and Fallen Leaves".
By Charles J Humber. Hardcover book of 439 pages, photographs. This book is mostly about the HUMBER Family but contains a chapter on the BIDDLE Family from Port Rowan.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 58

BIGGAR: The Combined BIGGAR Genealogy
By Kathryn Newkirk Graham of Vancouver, Washington, 1996.
Desktop published 102 pages in Duo-Tang folder.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 37

BIRDSALL Family
By George A. Birdsall of Annadale, Virginia. Copyright 1958. Revised 1964. 153 page book. Soft cover. Typewritten. Offset printed. Indexed by BIRDSALLs and In-laws.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 34

BLAKE: This Shall Endure: A Play in Three Acts
By Eric BLAKE Three-ring Binder. Time period of the play is 1943.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 56

BOHMER: Philip BOHMER Family History and Genealogy of Three Sons, John BEMER of Simcoe, Joseph BEEMER of Alymer, Henry BEEMER of Waterford, 1739-1964
Compiled by Vera E (Baldwin) Van Lynegraf, 456 North Second St., San Jose, California, 1964. Three ring binder of mimeographed pages, approximately 150 pages. Unpublished. No index. Includes: VAN PETTEN, BRADT, LEWIS, KEMP.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 1

BOWINS: Family History: The family record and history of the ancestors and descendants of John BOWINS Jr. and Elizabeth PAYNE.
Compiled by Keith Topp, 1989. Duo-tang booklet.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 25

BOWLBY: A Sketch of the Lives of Thomas BOWLBY and Joseph CULVER and their Descendants:
By Leslie. Quanbury. 1971. Self published. Two copies in duo-tand booklets. With photos.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 6 and B 6a

BOWLBY: Families in England and America - Part 1
by Raymond Edwin Bowlby of St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, 1988. Approx. 9 loose leaf pages.
See also "Our BOWLBY Kin"
NHS Archive numbers: FAMILIES B 12 and B 21

BOWLBY: Our BOWLBY Kin Volume 1
By Miss June B. Barckman of Chicago, Illinois, 1974; and Our BOWLBY Kin, United Empire Loyalists: The Richard BOWLBY Family, by Raymond Edwin Bowlby, 1978. Two publications in one volume. Loose leaf, bound, soft cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 12 and B 21

BOWLBY, Adam
Author unknown. Richard Bowlby was born 1761 in New Jersey. Includes mention of: HAWKSWORTH, SOVEREIGN, CHRYSLER, DUNCOMBE and MURPHY families. Includes some pictures and newspaper articles.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES: B 32

BRADSHAW and Related Families
By Evelyn M. (Bradshaw) Wright. Published by Generations Press, Agincourt, Ontario 1985. ISBN 0-920830-28-5. Hard-cover book. 586 pages. Indexed.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 13

BRANT THAYENDANEGEA, Joseph
By Mary M. Fraser. Published by The Board of Management of the Joseph Brant Museum, Burlington, Ontario, 1969. 16 pages.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B-2

BRAUN / BROWN: Through Fire and Water: The BRAUN / BROWN Family 1660 to Present.
By Anitra Rustemeyer Streett 1998, Published by Stepping into the Light Inc. 280 pages with photographs and maps.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 53 and B 52

BRAUN: Research Notes: Descents of Johann Joost BRAUN, Benedict BRAUN and Wendell BRAUN.
By Anitra R Streett, 1999. Published by Stepping in the Light Inc, VA.
The story of Palatine German Families moving in the early 1700s to New York, Pennsylvania and Ontario. Indexed.
NHS Archive, number: FAMILIES B 52

BROCK: Descendants of Thomas BROCK
By Daniel J Brock and Robert Grant Espie. Self-published in West Hartford CT, 1991. Three-ring binder, desktop published, Not Indexed.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 22

BROCK, Sir Isaac
By David James Hockin. Includes MATTHEWS and HOCKIN. Three-ring binder 1999.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES: B 41

BROOK: Descendants of Benjamin BROOK his son Richard BROOK 1815-1878 and wife Martha THOMPSON 1817-1896
By Harry Joseph Brook of Simcoe, Ontario, 1945.
Approximately 75 photocopied pages of typewritten (double spaced) manuscript in a three ring binder. Primarily a collection of transcripts from the Simcoe Reformer newspaper about the births, marriages, deaths and career highlights of members of this family. Includes a limited genealogy of Eva (BROOK) DONLY, who left her home to the town of Simcoe to be used as a Museum (and where these Archives are located. Also Brook Woollen Mill.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 35

BUCHNER/ BOUGHNER:
Variety of sources researched through the archives and/or provided to the archives. Some data and inquires re: Buchner family go back to 1937. Not indexed. Some detailed biographies and genealogies, newspaper articles, death certificate, maps..
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 60

BUCHNER/ BOUGHNER Genealogy:
Compiled by Neil Daniels, grandson of Annie Melissa Buchner. CD in FTW format. (Note: Filed with CD/DVD's)
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES B 61

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