Genealogy

Resources in the Research Room & Audrey Webster Underwood Genealogical Library

Some of the genealogical resources available in the Research Room and Archives include:

• Ancestry.com Library Edition, including census information, birth, marriage, and death registrations, and more
• Books:  local town and township history books
• Bruce County directories
• Cemetery transcriptions:
  • The Bruce County Genealogical Society (BCGS) and the Bruce & Grey Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (BGOGS) have transcribed tombstones in many of the cemeteries in Bruce County.
    • Hardcopies are available in the Research Room.
    • Click on the link below for transcriptions of grave markers prepared by the BGOGS:   The Bruce & Grey Branch O.G.S. transcriptions are now available online for free.
• For a list of Bruce County Cemeteries and locations, visit Cemeteries – Bruce County Genealogical Society
• Census records on microfilm, through Ancestry.com, and transcribed specifically for the County of Bruce (in hardcopy in the Research Room)
• Family Histories:  Search our Online Collections for family history books and family trees.  Also browse the Collection by Name.
• FamilySearch.org:  As a FamilySearch affiliate, you may access more records in the Research Room through your free FamilySearch account, than you can at home.
• Land record abstracts and registry copy books
• Ontario Birth / Marriage / Death Indexes and Registrations for Bruce County on microfilm: 1869 – 1914 (births), 1858 – 1929 (marriages) and 1869 – 1939 (deaths)
• Newspaper indexes – identifying births / marriages / deaths from Wiarton, Chesley, Paisley, Lucknow and Port Elgin
• Newspapers (hardcopy and (microfilm), with some digitized and uploaded to BCM&CC’s Bruce County Historic Newspapers website.
• Birth / Marriage / Death newspaper clippings organized alphabetically in the BCGS Surname Clipping Collection
• Books on how to research Scottish, Irish and English genealogy
• Copies of Women’s Institute Tweedsmuir Community Histories (compiled local histories)
  • This link leads to a list of Women’s Institute minutes, administrative records and Tweedsmuir Community History books, categorized by branch, housed at the BCM&CC.
  • This link leads to a list of W.I. Tweedsmuir Community History books at the BCM&CC
  • This link leads to the Federated Women’s Institute of Ontario’s Digital Collections, which include digitized versions of the W.I. Tweedsmuir Community History books.
• Surname Clipping Collection of obituaries, birth notices and marriage notices (created and maintained by the Bruce County Genealogical Society).
• Tax Assessment rolls

These resources are part of the BCGS’ Audrey Webster Underwood Library housed in the Research Room & Archives:

• Bruce County Genealogical Society (BCGS) Audrey Webster Underwood Library Resources List 
• BCGS resources related to Europe
• BCGS resources related to Ireland
• BCGS resources related to Scotland
• BCGS resources related to the UK (excluding Northern Ireland – see the Ireland link above)

The Research Information Page also contains more finding aids and information about resources in our Collection.