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676 Simcoe St. N. — Oshawa, Ontario — L1G 4V7

Genealogical and historical resources in our Branch Library are located at the Branch Office.

HELPFUL GENEALOGICAL URLS for 2022 - assembled by Stephen Wood [also as a Word file]

HELPFUL GENEALOGICAL URLS

 

Ontario Ancestors (Ontario Genealogical Society): https://ogs.on.ca/

Durham Region Branch, O.G.S.: https://durham.ogs.on.ca/

 

General Register books: https://www.onland.ca/ui/

By map: https://help.onland.ca/en/property-search/

Note: easier to use (rural): https://www.familysearch.org/en/

 

1851/2 census Oshawa: http://images.ourontario.ca/whitby/3307477/data?n=29

(Anglican entries only / names only)

 

Pioneer Days at Greenbank

byTill, Mary A. 

https://archive.org/details/pioneerdaysatgre00till

 


The Craggs of Greenbank by Georgina Fandrey (nee Cragg)
https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/archive/The-Craggs-of-Greenbank-2R3BF1FJ4NNDD.html

The Rural Diary Archive has 10 diaries from Ontario & Durham Counties

https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/

Newspapers:

Whitby Newspapers: http://vitacollections.ca/whitbynews/search

Oshawa Newspapers: http://news.ourontario.ca/oshawa/search (index only)

Clarington (Bowmanville) Newspapers: http://vitacollections.ca/claringtonnews/search

Port Perry (Scugog) Newspapers: https://vitacollections.ca/lshs-news/search

Ontario Newspapers List:

  https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/ontario-online-historical-newspapers-summary/

 

Trent University Library and Archives: http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/digital_resources

 

Coroner’s Inquests Index (Durham): http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/84-020

Prisoners: Cobourg Jail: http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/84-020

 

Newcastle District Marriage Records (additional entries only): http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/83-016

 

Newcastle District Census & Assessment: http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/84-021

(Supplement to the microfilm)

 

Barbara Kyle & Peter Bolton’s Port Hope website: http://alivingpast.ca/

 

Early Ontario website: Michael Stephenson: https://www.ontariogenealogy.com/

 

Early Ontario website: Bill Martin: http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/earlyont.htm

 

Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register (with images): http://bowergenealogy.ca/resources/methodist/IndexM.htm

 

Maps:

 

1861 Tremaine’s Maps: https://utoronto.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8cc6be34f6b54992b27da17467492d2f

 

McGill University Historical Atlas (ca. 1870’s): http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/CountyAtlas/

 

Directories:

 

Vernon’s Directories: Oshawa 1921 – 2002

  Whitby 1960 – 2002

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/?search=&sort=_score&perpage=10&page=1&fulltext=1&&page=1&refine[OwningInstitution][]=The%20Ontario%20Genealogical%20Society

Search Oshawa Directories 1921-1969 online: https://bit.ly/2UQzcpz #2020AAW

(Includes 1916/17 Ontario & Durham Counties Vernon’s Farmers & Business Directory & 1911 Oshawa Business Directory)

 

Gazetteer and Business Directory for the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham 1865-6: https://archive.org/details/gazetteerbusines1865suth

 

Farmers’ and Classified Business Directory for the Counties of Durham, Northumberland, Peterborough and Victoria for 1887.

https://archive.org/details/farmersclassifie1887unio

 

Farmers and Business Directory for the Counties of Durham, Northumberland, Ontario, Peterboro and Victoria. 1890 https://archive.org/details/farmersbusinessd1890unio

 

Farmers and Business Directory for the Counties of Durham, Northumberland, Peterboro and Victoria. And Districts of Haliburton, Muskoka Nipissing and Parry Sound. 1897-8

https://archive.org/details/farmersbusinessd1897unio

 

Farmers and Business Directory for the Counties of Durham, Haliburton, Northumberland, Peterboro and Victoria. 1903 https://archive.org/details/farmersbusinessd1903unio

 

1866 Directory of Ontario County: https://durham.ogs.on.ca/resources/Ontario_1866_Directory/index.html

 

1869 Directory of Ontario County: https://durham.ogs.on.ca/resources/Ontario_1869_Directory/index.html

 Thanks go to Wyatt Avery, for organizing this list of County Directories...

Directories will list heads of house, with a concession and lot number, as well as whether they are a tenant or freeholder (owner). If they are a freeholder, you can look up land records for that lot via https://www.onland.ca/ui/ and be able to see when they bought and sold that property.

 
He states, "In my research, I have collected 12 Durham directories spanning the following years:"
 
• 1865 - https://archive.org/details/gazetteerbusines1865suth
 
• 1869 - https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/355341/the-county-of-durham-directory?ctx=fc2db5b6e293f559aa038cd9d56d1a856b2c05e9&idx=0#
 
• 1880 - https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/355540/directory-and-book-of-reference-for-the-west-riding-of-the-c#
 
• 1884 - https://archive.org/details/unionpublishingc01unse
 
• 1886 - https://archive.org/details/unionpublishingc02unse
 
• 1887 - https://archive.org/details/farmersclassifie1887unio
 
• 1889 - https://archive.org/details/unionpublishingc04unse
 
• 1890 - https://archive.org/details/farmersbusinessd1890unio
 
• 1893 - https://discover.cabhc.ca/uploads/r/community-archives-of-belleville-and-hastings-county/0/a/3/0a3feb8a4217d59bc05cebbcee242f855feebe512a818ff3fb3d39872470ca31/1893Directory.pdf
 
• 1898 - https://archive.org/details/farmersbusinessd1897unio
 
• 1903 - https://archive.org/details/farmersbusinessd1903unio
 
• 1917 - https://archive.org/details/vernonsdirectory19167

 

Local History Books on-line:

 

“Past Years in Pickering” by William R. Wood 1911: https://archive.org/details/pastyearsinpicke00wooduoft/page/18/mode/2up

 

Reach / Scugog Townships: https://www.scugogheritage.com/historybooks/index.htm

 

 

 

Church Records Collection:

 

An assortment of transcriptions and photocopies of local church records are held in the office.

 

 

Yearbook collection:

 

See our collection list at: https://durham.ogs.on.ca/publications/yearbook-index.htm

 

[Other yearbooks available in various Archives and Libraries, including the Town of Whitby Archives.]

 

 

Museums, Archives and Historical Societies:

 

Beaverton Thorah Eldon Historical Society: https://btehs.com/

Cannington & Area Historical Society: http://www.canningtonhistoricalsociety.ca/home.html

Clarington Museums & Archives: https://claringtonmuseums.com/

Durham Region Area Archives Group: https://durhamregionarchivesgroup.com/whitby-archives/

Lake Scugog Historical Society: https://lakescugoghistoricalsociety.com/

Manvers Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/ManversHistorical/

Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society [Archives]: https://millbrookcavanhs.org/

Newcastle Village and District Historical Society: https://newcastlehistorical.ca/

Oshawa Historical Society: https://oshawahistoricalsociety.org/

Oshawa Museum [& Archives]: http://oshawamuseum.org/

Pickering Local History Collection Digital Archive:

  https://corporate.pickering.ca/PLHCWebLink/Welcome.aspx?cr=1

Pickering Museum Village:

  https://www.pickering.ca/en/discovering/pickering-museum-village.aspx

Pickering Township Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/PickeringHistorical/

Port Hope and District Historical Society [Dorothy’s House Museum]

  http://www.porthopehistorical.ca/museum.htm

Port Hope Archives: https://www.archeion.ca/port-hope-archives

Port Perry / Scugog Township Heritage Gallery:

  https://www.scugogheritage.com/misc/hamlets.htm

Scugog Shores Museum Village:

  https://www.scugog.ca/en/live-and-play/Scugog-Shores-Museum-Village.aspx

Sunderland & District Historical Society: http://sunmus.ca/

Town of Ajax Archives: https://www.ajax.ca/en/play-and-discover/history-and-archives.aspx

Town of Whitby Archives: https://www.whitbylibrary.ca/archives-and-local-history

Uxbridge Historical Centre [Museum & Archives]: https://www.uxbridgehistoricalcentre.com/

Uxbridge Scott Historical Society: http://www.ushs.ca/

Whitby Historical Society [Lynde House Museum: https://whitbyhistoricalsociety.com/

 

  May 2022

 

FUNERAL CARDS - Two resources are given regular updates. Firstly, the oldest funeral cards are posted online. Secondly, Newer funeral cards, mainly from Clarington, have been stored alphabetically at our office.

 

LOCAL REPOSITORIES - updated June 2012 [archived]

High Speed Internet is available at the Branch Office, as well.

In 2001, Durham Region OGS Branch became an active contributor to the Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index Project (OGSPI), committed to transcribing the 1891 census of Durham and Ontario Counties; and also parts of Muskoka and York Region due to electoral boundaries.

Our branch collection of web links contains many web resources located in the Durham Region, as well as genealogical portals and short cuts to government sites.

A special set of web links has been developed by the Education Committee - for those Starting on the Internet.

 

Thank You for visiting - the Durham Region Branch OGS.