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)
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
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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
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/
Beaverton Historical Society: https://historicbeaverton.org/
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/