Online Settlers Database

One of the major accomplishments of the Simcoe County Branch is the Settlers Database (originally called the Settlers Surname Index Project). This is an ongoing project by many volunteers that has provided an online searchable database containing information about settlers and early residents of Simcoe County as recorded in a number of sources. The project initially began as a database to keep track of the Settlers Forms. This has been updated to include indexes from Pedigree Charts, Family Group Sheets, a number of cemetery transcriptions, the index for the 1861 Census transcription and most recently the Index for the 1891 Census transcription. There are now over 273,000 entries in the Settlers Database. Further details of the sources included in this database can be found in the Settlers Database Project web page.