NORFOLK COUNTY ARCHIVES
The Norfolk Historical Society
at the Eva Brook Donly Museum
Collecting Norfolk County's History and Genealogy since 1900
RESEARCH AIDS IN OUR LIBRARY
(For Your Own Genealogical & Historical Research)
- Family files and Genealogy books
- Thousands of indexed surnames on cards
- Alphabetical files on over 1200 families that are being researched (125 volumes currently)
- Family History books: over 375 published genealogies
- Norfolk Census Records for 1851,1861,1871,1881,1891,1901 (indexed)
- 1851,1871,1901 Census Records for all Ontario
- Simcoe newspapers from 1840 to 1967
- Local papers for Waterford, Port Dover, Tillsonburg and Jarvis
- Indexed newspaper records for Births Marriages and Deaths from 1840 to 1900 for Simcoe and surrounding area.
- 8000 Marriage Records from 1795 to 1870.
- Index to the Vital Statistics (Births, Marriages and Deaths)
for all Ontario from 1869 to current available (1920�s) - Newspaper records
- Marriage, Baptism and Funeral registers from several churches
- Various local township vital statistics records
- 120 boxes of indexed document collections
(including thousands of early papers from 1790-1900's - Wills (indexed from 1795 to 1900)
- Land Records from 1795 to 1950
- Maps from 1856 to 1877 (landowners' names)
- Indexed Upper Canada Land Petitions 1790-1835
- Assessments, Directories and Voter's Lists
- 250 volumes of Norfolk County Genealogy & History indexes
- Many other sources
(Supported by the Grand River Branch,
The United Empire Loyalists' Association)
- Hundreds of books on old Ontario and Canadian genealogy
- 1851, 1871 and 1901 census for all Ontario on microfilm
- Upper Canada land petitions from 1785-1830 on microfilm
- Resources for Niagara, Haldimand, Brant, Oxford and Elgin,
plus other counties of Ontario
- Dozens of volumes on early records
- Canada's largest collection of books on Early American genealogy
- New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, New England
(and the 13 colonies), Michigan pre-1800, etc.
RESEARCH ASSISTANCE - NORFOLK COUNTY
- For a prepayment of $25.00 (which includes up to two hours of research time,
up to 10 pages of photocopying and return mailing costs),
we will search the following records to assist you with your family research:
- Indexed Census records from 1851-1901
- over 1000 microfilms (when relevant)
- over 300 large copy books of Land Records 1975-1955
- Newspaper records for Births, Marriages & Deaths 1840-1967
for Simcoe and the surrounding area - Index to the Vital Stastics (B.M.D.) for all Ontario
from 1869 to currently available - 8000 indexed Marriages from 1795 to 1870
- 120 boxes of indexed document collections, 1790 to early 1900's
- over 1200 families that are being researched
- 375 published and printed genealogies
- 250 volumes of Norfolk County Genealogy & History indexes
- Map indices
- Indexed Upper Canada Land Petitions 1790 to 1835
- Several other sources
- BONUS:
For new members: join the Norfolk Historical Society, and the above research time is free with your membership application. See Membership.
To those already members of the Norfolk Historical Society, a 10% discount is available for research.
On-Line Genealogy Resources
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- John Cardiff's Norfolk Genealogy
Publications For Sale
for Local Area Reasearch
Genealogy Publications General Interest Publications
50% - 80% off Retail Price
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