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Archives, Libraries and Museums

Archeion (Ontario’s Archival Information Network / Database)
Archives Canada (Canadian Archival Information Network)
Archives of Ontario
Bruce County Archives
Bruce County Public Library
Grey Roots Museum & Archives
Huron County Library
Huron County Museum and Archives
Library and Archives Canada
Treasure Chest Museum (Paisley)
Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library
West Grey Public Library System

Books

Benchmarks : A History of Eastnor Township and Lion’s Head  (Our Roots)
Bruce Township Tales and Trails : from early days to 1983  (Our Roots)
Experiences of a Backwoods Preacher  (Internet Archive)
The History of the County of Bruce and of the Minor Municipalities therein, Province of Ontario, Canada / Norman Robertson, 1906
Incidents of Pioneer Days at Guelph and the County of Bruce  (Our Roots)
Local Histories of Ontario Municipalities, 1951-1977 : a bibliography with representative trans-Canada locations of copies (Our Roots)
The Story of the Counties of Ontario (Our Roots)
Various reports, including Water Pollution Survey Reports  (Internet Archive)

Cemeteries

Canadian Genweb Cemetery Project
Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
Ontario Cemetery Locator
Search for a Cemetery Owner – Ontario Consumer Protection Branch

Census Returns

1851 Canadian Census (Library and Archives Canada)
1851 Canadian Census (Automated Genealogy)
1871 Ontario Census (Library and Archives Canada)
1881 Canadian Census (Family Search)
1881 Canadian Census (Library and Archives Canada)
1891 Canadian Census (Library and Archives Canada)
1901 Canadian Census (Library and Archives Canada)
1901 Canadian Census (Automated Genealogy)
1906 Northwest Provinces Census (Library and Archives Canada)
1906 Northwest Provinces Census (Automated Genealogy)
1911 Canadian Census (Library and Archives Canada)
1911 Canadian Census (Automated Genealogy)

Church Archives

Anglican Diocese of Huron
The Canadian Baptist Archives
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Lutheran Church – Canada, East District
Mennonite Archives of Ontario
Ontario Jewish Archives
Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives and Records Office
The Quaker Archives and Library of Canada
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton
The United Church Archives

Directories

Canadian Directories, various years
Farmers and Business Directories for Bruce, Grey and Simcoe Counties, 1901, 1903, 1910
Gazeteer and Directory for Bruce County, 1880

Genealogical & Historical Websites

Brockton Heritage Homes
Bruce County Genealogical Society
Bruce & Grey Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
Bruce County Historical Society
Bruce Township Historical Society (including histories of Bruce Township Schools)
Bruce County GenWeb
Canadian Historical Association (including online Journals)
Canada GenWeb – Gateway to Free Canadian Genealogy
Cyndi’s List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet
Deep Roots & Tall Trees  (featuring the Genealogy of the founding families of Paisley)
Deciphering Handwriting – from course taught by Sabina J. Murray
Family Search (LDS)
Glammis:  Memories of Days Gone By
Historic Saugeen Metis
Library and Archives Canada – Genealogy and Family History
Ontario Genealogical Society
Ontario Historical Society (with online indexes to Ontario History)
Postcards from the Bay (focusing on Wiarton and Colpoy’s Bay history)
Roots Web

Immigration

Barnardo’s Family History Service (re: British Home Children)
British Home Children in Canada
Canadian Naturalization records 1828-1850 (Library and Archives Canada)
Canadian Naturalization records 1915-1951 (Library and Archives Canada)
Families of British Home Children
Home Children 1869-1930 (Library and Archives Canada)
Immigrants to Canada, Nineteenth Century (University of Waterloo)
Immigration Records 1925-1935 (Library and Archives Canada)
Isle of Tiree Genealogy
Passenger Lists 1865-1922 (Library and Archives Canada)
Scottish Emigration Database (University of Aberdeen)
Outward Passenger Lists leaving British Isles (ancestorsonboard.com)

Maps & Geography

1880 Bruce County Digital Atlas
Bruce County Interactive Maps
Grey County Interactive Maps
Natural Resources Canada – Aerial Photographs
Ontario Place Names, Past & Present

Marine

Bowling Green State University – Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Maritime History of the Great Lakes
University of Detroit Mercy – Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection

Military

Air Force Association of Canada – Canadians Serving WWI & WWII
British Regiments in Canada
Bruce County Military History (digital images held by Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre)
Canadian Great War Project  (including WWI diary transcripts)
Canada War Museum
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
First World War Campaign Medals
Royal Canadian Navy Awards
Royal Navy Service Records
Second World War Service Files – Canadian Armed Forces War Dead (Library and Archives Canada)
Soldiers of the First World War CEF (Library and Archives Canada)
Soldiers of the South African War 1899 – 1902 (Library and Archives Canada)
Virtual War Memorial
War Diaries of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada)

Municipalities and First Nations

Arran-Elderslie
Brockton
Bruce County
Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation
Explore the Bruce
Huron-Kinloss
Kincardine
Northern Bruce Peninsula
Saugeen First Nation
Saugeen Shores
South Bruce
South Bruce Peninsula