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.
Available for in-library use only
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.
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.
The Canadian Encyclopedia plays an essential role in providing Canadians and others with accurate, updated information about our people and country.
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.
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.
Available for in-library use only
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 (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.
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.
The Archives of Ontario receives Vital Statistics records from the Office of the Registrar General of Ontario on an annual basis. These records contain indexes (where they exist) and registrations capturing information about births, marriages and deaths in 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.
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.
