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2 Thumbs Up To Library & Archives Canada for putting digitized images and an index online for Soldiers of the South African War 1899 - 1902 Tip of the Month Huron County Records Cemetery Records Census Records Church Records Court Records Home Children Land Records Lookups Military Records Newspapers Obits Orders in Council Archived Queries Settlers & Biographies Township Records Vital Stats (Births, Marriages, Deaths) Wills Featured Genealogy WALLACE, DEAN, MITCHELL, JOHNSTON Family Album of Bruce & Huron County, Ontario Surnames include Wallace, Dean, Mitchell, Johnston. Locations include Lucknow, Ripley, Kincardine, Bruce Co., Goderich, Huron Co., Clinton, Orangeville, Marquette Michigan Criminal Assize Clerk criminal indictment files, 1853-1929 (210 Huron County names) Quick Links Census Records Canada Naturalization Records Canada Ancestors At Rest Death Records Past Voices: Letters Home Olive Tree Genealogy Genealogy Blog Feeds Genealogy Blogs Olive Tree Genealogy Genealogy updates of free records online and tips for finding those elusive brick-wall ancestors Ask Olive Tree! Submit your genealogy questions to Ask Olive Tree. One question answered each day on AskOliveTree.blogspot.com (Chosen as BEST NEW GENEALOGY BLOG for 2009) The Paper Trail Eclectic mix of old documents - you may just find an ancestor's will, land record or general store receipt here! Past Voices Letters, letters and more letters! Letters from Civil War soldiers, from wives to husbands, sons to mothers, sisters to sisters... Ancestors at Rest - The blog for AncestorsAtRest.com website. Contains death records of all kinds - funeral cards, death notices, cemetery receipts, obits...and more Family Bibles - Another AncestorsAtRest.com blog of Family Bible entries and pictures of the births, marriages and death pages Antique Hunter - If you like antiques or collectibles, this brand-new blog will be one you don't want to miss!

Huron County Books & CDs HURON COUNTY BOOK LIST Please note that wherever possible a link has been provided where these resources can be purchased or viewed online at no cost. Interested genealogists may also consult the Huron County Ontario Genealogical Society Publication List. The Lines of Howick The History of Howick Township - 1856-1995 (2 volumes Jim Lingerfelt, Jenny Versteeg, Editors Howick Historical Society Gorrie, Ontario, 1996 [$] The History of Howick Township Wilderness to Wawanosh: East Wawanosh Twp. 1867-1992 Edited by Lori Jamieson. Family, political and other historical aspects of East Wawanosh township, with complete alphabetical index of all persons included. Published in 1992 by the Township of East Wawanosh. Available from Township of East Wawanosh, Belgrave, Ontario, N0G 1E0. Current price is $45. Ben Ona and the Christmas Carol by H. Isabel Graham. Toronto, The Ryerson Press, 1931. Blyth: a village portrait. Special centennial edition 1877 , 1977 edited by Susan Street, 1977. Blyth Centennial. village of Blyth The book of Turnberry, 1857-1957 by M. Alice Aitken. Wingham, Advance-Times, 1957. The book of Turnberry, 1857-1982 by M. Alice Aitken, Co-written by John Underwood Building Heritage: Huron County by Nicolas Hill. M & T Inasta Print, 1974. Burns' United Church, 1859-1959. Londesborough , Burns' United Church, 1959. The Canada Company by Thelma Coleman, Stratford, County of Perth and Publishers, c1978. The Canada Company and the Huron Tract 1827-1851 by Manuel B. Stevens. McMaster, 1972. The Canada Land Company: the early years: an experiment in colonization 1823-1843 by Clarence Karr. (Toronto), Ontario Historical Society, c1974. The centennial of Brucefield United Church, 1876.1976. Brucefield, Brucefield United Church, 1976. A century of progress: Zurich: 1856.1956. Zurich Historical Committee, Zurich (1956) Century of service 1869-1969. Crediton United Church. Dance of the happy shades. Stones by Alice Munro. Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1968. A drum to beat upon the story of St. Joseph,  Ontario by Joseph L. Wooden. Exeter, the author, 1971. Early building in Colborne and Goderich Townships, Huron County, by Nicolas Hill. Early history of Howick Township in Huron County by R.W.N. Wade. Wingham, Wenger Bros. East Wawanosh Township 1867-1967 by W.H. Scott. 1832-1957. 125 years of Christian witness. North Street United Church, Goderich. Exeter: a history by Joseph L. Wooden. Exeter, Times-Advocate, 1973 Faces and places along the railway by Elizabeth S.Willmot, Toronto, Gage, 1979 First Presbyterian Church. 1867-1967 by James R. Scott. Seaforth, The Huron Expositor, 1967. From forest to thriving hamlets by Isabelle Campbell. Seaforth, The Huron Expositor, 1968. The Galts: a Canadian Odyssey by H.B. Timothy. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1977. Goderich: the beautiful. Pictorial history of the town. Goderich, Colonial Book Store, undated. The Goderich Township History. Vol 1: 1984 Published by the Corporation of the Township of Goderich Golden Leaves by Eloise A. Skimmings. Goderich, Signal-Star, 1904. Grey Township and its people by Marilyn Engel. Cranbrook, Ontario. 1982. Hay Township: a study of industry ... past and present. Opportunities for youth project, 1972. Hensall. a beautiful place to live compiled by M. Ellis. Historic streetscapes by Nicolas Hill, London, Middlesex Printing, 1981. A historical sketch of St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Seaforth, Ontario. 1855-1980 by Rev. James R. Broadfoot. History of Auburn, 1848-1973 Auburn Women's Institute. Blyth, Blyth Printing, 1974. The history of Clinton compiled by Thelma Boon and Brenda Galachiuk. Experience '79. A history of Clinton and surrounding community. Clinton Women's lnstitute, Clinton, 1950. History of Clinton 1875-1975. Clinton Centennial Historical Committee, Clinton, 1975. A history of Dungannon Port Albert and Ashfield and West Wawanosh Townships compiled by Dungannon W.I. Mildmay, Ont., Town Crier, 1980. History of Hullett Township 1848-1977 Londesboro Women's lnstitute. A history of McKillop by Mrs. G. Grummett. Seaforth, Huron Expositor, 1967. History of Morris Township 1856-1956. Morris Historical Committee. Blyth, Blyth Standard, 1956-7. A history of North-East Ashfield compiled by Trinity United Church Women. Mildmay, Ont., Town & Country Crier, 1976. The history of the Ontario West Shore Railway by James Moore and Sandra Robinson. funded by Opportunities for Youth, 1974. A history of Tuckersmith by Isabelle Campbell. Seaforth, The Huron Expositor, 1973. History of Zurich: 125 years of progress, 1856-1981. Holmesville United Church 1879.1979. Clinton, Clinton Commercial Printers Ltd., 1979. Huron County in Pioneer Times by James Scott. Seaforth, Huron County Historical Commiittee, 1954. Huron early houses and their families . v. Book I, 1965. Book II, 1967. Book III, 1969. by William Edmund Elliott. Goderich, 1965-1969. Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Huron Ont.  H. Belden & Co. Toronto, Belden, 1879. Illustrated Historical Atlas of Huron County, Ontario .  H. Belden & Co. 1879. Bellden, Mika. Reprinted 1972. Illustrated Historical Atlas of Huron County, Ontario .  H. Belden & Co. 1879. Edited by Ross Cumming, Port Elgin, Ont.  Reprinted 1972. The importance of Liberty by Fred Van Egmond. Seaforth,  The Huron Expositor, 1975. In Commemoration of one hundred and forty years of faithful witness 1835-1975.  St. Paul's Anglican Church, n.p. In the days of  the Canada Company , he story of the settlement of the Huron Tract 1825-1840,  by Robina & Kathleen Lizars. Toronto, Briggs, 1896. Kippen and its families by Ruth Workman .  Seaforth, Tremeer Commercial Printers, 1982. Lake Huron by Fred Landon ,  New York, Bobbs-Merril, 1944. Lives of girls & women   a novel by Alice Munro. Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1971. Local histories of Ontario municipalities 1951.1977, a bibliography by Barbara B. Aitken. Toronto, Ontario Library Association, 1978. The McGregors ,  a novel of an Ontario pioneer family,  by Robert Laidlaw. Toronto, MacMillan, 1979. Meet me at the station   by Elizabeth Willmot. Toronto, Gage, 1967. Memories of Goderich, the romance of the prettiest town in Canada , by Dorothy Wallace. Inter-Collegiate Press. 1977. MorrisTownship past to present   by Jeanne Kirkby, Clinton, Clinton Commercial Printers Ltd., 1981. Mostly in clover  by Harry Joseph Boyle. Toronto, Irwin, 1961. Museum musings: brief glimpses of Wingham's past   by John W. Pattison. Mildmay, Ont., Town Crier, 1982. The old log house and bygone days in our villages   by Gavin Hamilton Green. Goderich, Signal-Star, 1948. The old log school and Huron old boys in pioneer days   by Gavin Hamilton Green. Goderich, Signal-Star, 1939. One hundred years of memories by Wingham Kinettes.   Edited by Mary Lou Cameron, 1983. One hundred years of municipal government  in the Township of Colborne 1850-1950.  Benmiller, 1950. Our historical heritage 1905-1980. Parish of St. Joseph's. Kingsbridge. Paths of history in Perth and Huron arranged and written by Anthony Leonard Kearsley and drawn by John Martin. Stratford, British Mortgage and Trust Co., 1963. Reminiscences of Auburn, Ontario, 1848-1948 .  Auburn Women's Institute. Auburn, 1949. A selection of songs and poetry  by Celia R. Taylor 1940. 1981. Goderich, 1981. The settlement of Huron County   by James Scott. Toronto, Ryerson, 1966 Smith's Canadian gazetteer comprising statistical and general information respecting the upper province, of Canada West ,  by Wm. H. Smith. Reprinted. 1970. A Souvenir from Goderich Ontario, 1897 .  Toronto. C Souvenir Publishing, 1897. The story of Seaforth  by Isabelle Campbell. Seaforth, The Huron Expositor, 1966. The story of the counties of Ontario   by Emily P. Weaver. Toronto, Bell & Cockburn, 1913. Sutherland's County of Huron Gazetteer and directory, 1869-1870 . Sutherland, 1869. 't aint runnin' no more:  The story of Grand Bend" the Pinery and the old river bed  by William Sherwood Fox. London, Wendell Holmes Limited, 1946. Then and now: the changing Times of rural Ontario and Howick Township by Elmer Johnstone Farrish. Mildmay, Town Crier, 1978. Tiger Dunlop's Upper Canada by William (Tiger) Dunlop.   McClennen & Stewart, 1967. The twenty-first burr  by Victor Lauriston . Toronto, MeClelland and Stewart, c1922. Vanastra: project insight. Part ii. History to 1972.   by Joy Langan. Vanastra, 1980. Varna in Review   by J. Floyd McAsh. Seaforth, The Huron Expositor, 1968. The village of Hensall 1870-1983 .  Hensall Centennial Committee, 1984. William Dunlop   by F.S.L. Ford. 2nd ed. Toronto, Albert Britnell Book Shop, 1934. The Union publishing company's farmers and business directory for the counties of Huron, Middlesex and Perth. -- [Paperback] Union Publishing Company With a pinch of sin   by Harry Joseph Boyle. New York, Doubleday, 1966.,   Local town and township history books available at Goderich Library include County Marriage Registers of Ontario 1858-1869 (26 volumes) Huron County Cemetery Transcriptions Sutherland's County of Huron Gazetter and Directory 1869-1870 Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Registers - 1840-1893.   Books You Can Consult for Ontario-wide Records Death Notices of Ontario - William D. Reid Death Notices from Canada Christian Advocate 1858-1872 Rev. Donald McKenzie More Notices From Methodist Papers, 1830-1857 Rev. Donald A. McKenzie Death Notices From The Christian Guardian, 1836-1850 Rev. Donald A. McKenzie Death Notices From The Christian Guardian, 1851-1860 Rev. Donald A. McKenzie Obituaries From Ontario's Christian Guardian, 1861-1870 - Rev. Donald A. McKenzie Death Notices From The Canada Christian Advocate, 1858-1872 Rev. Donald A. McKenzie ...See details on where these books can be purchased [$] or consulted at libraries [free]