In August 2009, the Simcoe County Branch initiated a “Members Only” section to their web site. Information that can be found includes lists and indexes of names found in miscellaneous documents pertaining to Simcoe County as well as past issues of the Branch newsletter, SCAN.
If you are a current Simcoe County Branch member, use the login fields to the right to access the following content.
If you are not a member, here is what you could have access to should you chose to join us.
Miscellaneous Files
- County of Simcoe Agricultural Society – List of Members for 1851
- Pioneer Society – Nottawasaga Twp, 1892
- Instructions for Conveyances, Ledger of W.H. Hewson, Penetanguishene, 1921-1927
- 1837 Militia Volunteers – South Simcoe Regiment
- Voter’s List, 1896 – Village of Allandale
- Hawkers, Peddlers and Petty Chapmen of Simcoe County, 1854 – 1940
- Appendix from the Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Simcoe 1872-3
- The County of Simcoe and Hamilton and North Western Railway
- Gazetteer and Directory for 1878, List of Masonic Lodges, Royal Arch Chapters and Oddfellow Lodges
- The County of Simcoe Gazetteer and Directory for the Years 1884-5-6, Military and Society Lists
- Grace (Beattie) Carson’s Childhood in Barrie
Religious Material
- St. Paul’s Anglican, Innisfil – Burial Records (1851-1861)
- St. Paul’s Anglcian, Innisfil – Baptismal Records (1854-1865)
- Chronological List of Anglican Churches Located in Simcoe County
- A Brief History of the Churches of Tosorontio Township, Past and Present
- Marriage Register of Reverend William Fraser, West Gwillimbury
- Communion Roll of the First Presbyterian Congregation of Essa
Land Records
- Return of Settlers located in the Township of Heytesbury (Oro) by Mr. O’Brien, 1831
- Locations in the Townships of Adjala, Erin, Caledon, and Mono, c. 1824
- Sales of Clergy Reserves in Simcoe County
– Adjala
– Collingwood
– Flos
– Innisfil
– Mara
– Medonte
– Mono
– Mulmur
– Nottawasaga
– Orillia
– Oro
– Sunnidale
– Tay
– Tecumseth
– Tiny
– Tosorontio
– Vespra
– West Gwillimbury
Education Records
- Essa Township, Public School No. 4 – Records for 1896, 1899 – 1905, 1909
Past Newsletters
- Simcoe County Ancestor News (SCAN) – issues from 2018 to date
Speakers Notes from Past Meetings
- Family Search Family Tree – Shirley Addy & Elizabeth Barrick
- They Came From Scotland, Tracking Your Scots Emigrant Ancestor – Christine Woodcock
- Navigating the Scotland People Website – Christine Woodcock
- New England Research – Fran Murphy
- Simcoe County GIS Maps – Nancy Leveque
Branch Webinars
- Janice Nickerson – Case Study in Irish Protestant Immigration to Upper Canada
Recorded: Jan. 30, 2021 – with handout
Additional material will be added regularly so check back often. This section is for you, the member. If you have suggestions for something you would like to see added here, or if you have material of a genealogical nature that pertains to Simcoe County that would benefit other members, please contact us.