Services We Offer

Research Services:

G&DHS offers research services provided by unpaid volunteers. All proceeds go towards the maintenance of the society equipment and resources, and acquisition of additional materials.

Send us your request to contactus@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca write to 178 McKellar, Glencoe, ON, N0L 1M0 or leave a detailed message at (519) 287 3897.

Minimum charge of $20 per research visit excluding vault research, plus copying charges.

Vault research on properties will be an extra $20 per research visit.

Research done by staff volunteers will be $15 per hour or 3-4 hours for $40, plus copying charges.

Microfilm / computer printouts / scans are $.50 per page.

Photocopies $.25 per page.

Genealogy Sources

  • Southwest Middlesex 1841-1921 Census Microfilm
  • Southwest Middlesex Transcribed Cemeteries 1981-2015
  • Glencoe Transcript per 1873-Current Indexed
  • Over 100 Family Histories
  • Wills of Southwest Middlesex from 1840-1940
  • Local Funeral Homes Records 1915-1969
  • Land Registry Records 1795-1971 for West Middlesex
  • We have 40 years of collecting information on local history
  • Access to worldwide information
  • Research of land titles of West Middlesex
  • Home child project information

Family Histories in the Archives

In addition to the original land registry records, 140 years of Transcript & Free Press, genealogical and local history books, and a wealth of local historical documents, we also house family histories for over 40 local families.

  • Allen
  • Buchanon
  • Campbell
  • Cooper
  • Copeland
  • Corneille (Corneil)
  • Cunningham
  • Dobbyn
  • Dudley
  • Duncanson
  • Eddie
  • Elliot
  • Fleming
  • Gardiner
  • Gilles
  • Gough
  • Gow
  • Hasson
  • Hull
  • Hyndman
  • Kellestine
  • Kirkwood
  • Lewis
  • Livingston
  • Lucas
  • Leitch
  • MacKellar
  • MacLachlan
  • MacMillan
  • Mason
  • McEachren
  • McAlpine
  • McBean
  • McCallum
  • McColl
  • McKellar
  • McKenzie
  • McLandress
  • McLarty
  • McLean
  • McVicar
  • Moore
  • Moorhouse
  • Munro
  • Munroe
  • Rankin
  • Stalker
  • Stoeckle/Steckle
  • Sutherland
  • Thornicroft
  • Thorpe
  • Towers
  • Ward
  • Walker
  • Welch
  • Willey

Updated: December 2023