Ancestry Library Edition brings the world's most popular online genealogy resource to our library. It offers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, and photos, and is easily accessible by both hobbyists and professionals. Please note that access is only available within an SDG Library branch.
Research & Reference
Online Resources
Archives Canada
Through the ARCHIVESCANADA.ca national database, hundreds of individual archival institutions across the country (each with holdings such as documentary records, maps, photographs, sound recordings, videos and more) regularly produce descriptions of these holdings, and make those descriptions accessible to the ARCHIVESCANADA.ca portal via their provincial/territorial network.
Canadian County Atlas Digital Project
The County Atlas Digital Project is a searchable database of the property owners' names which appear on the township maps in the county atlases. Township maps, portraits and properties have been scanned, with links from the property owners' names in the database.
Canadian Encyclopedia
The Canadian Encyclopedia plays an essential role in providing Canadians and others with accurate, updated information about our people and country.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) is a registry to honour and remember the sacrifices of the more than 118,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who, since Confederation, have given their lives serving in uniform.
CBC Corner Magazines & Newspapers Movies & TV Online Video
Early Learning by World Book Encyclopedias & Journals
Early Learning is designed for preschool students with tools and content that reinforce early childhood curriculum via short videos, read-aloud stories, printable activities, and matching and tracing games, among others
Encyclopédie Découverte Encyclopedias & Journals
L'Encyclopédie offre des activités pratiques qui inciteront les élèves à s'intéresser à la recherche. Un guide d'enseignement, accompagné des sujets de discussion et d'une matrice d'évaluation, sont disponibles pour chaque activité.
A dedicated French-language database that easily integrates with Kids, contains easy-to-read articles, thousands of images, and additional activities.
Family Search
FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world that has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. They provide access to billions of birth, marriage, death, census, land and court records from more than 190 countries.
We are an affiliate library and if you visit one of our branches you will have access to FamilySearch’s digital genealogical collections that are otherwise accessible only through a FamilySearch family history center. FamilySearch also provides its affiliates with the latest tools and tips for genealogy reference librarians.
Find a Grave
The site provides tools that let people from all over the world work together, share information and build an online, virtual cemetery experience. At Find a Grave you’ll find details about cemeteries and individual memorials for many people buried in those cemeteries. Memorials generally include birth, death and burial information and may include pictures, biographies, family information and more.
Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) helps Canadians gain a better understanding of who they are. It serves as the continuing memory of the federal government and its institutions and as the guardian of Canada’s distant past and recent history.
LinkedIn Learning Online Video
LinkedinLearning is a leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. SDG Library members have full access to LinkedIn Learning's video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts.
Ontario Locator
Ontario Locator is a directory of past and present place names in Ontario, Canada, created for genealogists to assist with locating the township, county or district needed to research family histories in Ontario.
Our Ontario
An online resource designed to help Ontarians of all ages discover the extraordinary stories contained in the digital collections of its culture and history.
SDG and Cornwall Newspaper and Photo Digitization Project
The SD&G and City of Cornwall Online Archives project is a digitized collection of local newspapers and photos dating back to the 19th Century. The archive features thousands of searchable photos and hundreds of thousands of newspaper pages from an array of publications in SDG Counties and the City of Cornwall.
World Book – Student Encyclopedias & Journals
Tailored for students in elementary and middle schools, Student includes all the articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus thousands of additional articles, learning resources, and research tools.
World Book Kids Encyclopedias & Journals
World Book Kids is an online resource developed especially for young students. World Book Kids features a variety of simple search and browse navigation options, thousands of easy-to-read articles with embedded multimedia, challenging games, an Important People feature to help students browse through thousands of biographies, a collection of age-appropriate science projects and activities, an atlas with interactive maps, and educator tools.