Township of Stirling-Rawdon
234 North Street
P.O. Box 40
Stirling, Ontario K0K 3E0
Municipal Office –
Phone: (613) 395-3380
Fax: (613) 395-0864
Municipal Email -
info@stirling-rawdon.com |
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Welcome to the Genealogy Room
The Stirling-Rawdon Historical Society maintains a genealogy and local history reference room at the Stirling-Rawdon Public Library located at 43 West Front Street, Stirling. Whether you're just getting started with your family history or are an experienced researcher, we hope that there is something in our collection that will help your research. While our primary focus is central Hastings County our resources go far beyond with some covering all of Canada and others going beyond our shores. Since our collections are always growing it is important to check back with this site from time to time to see what has been added. Our volunteers help staff the reference room on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons to provide personal assistance with your research .
The Stirling-Rawdon Genealogy Fair - August 25, 2007
The 2007 Stirling-Rawdon Genealogy Fair program and registration for are available here in PDF format.
Please allow time for the 531 KB file to download. If your browsers does not have the Acrobat Reader plug-in required to view this file, you can obtain it, free of charge, at this site.
Our Location:
The 2006 Stirling-Rawdon Genealogy Fair takes place in Stirling, Ontario, Canada. If you need directions to Stirling, please enter the search terms "stirling ontario canada" into Google maps.
In the village of Stirling, our specific location is at the Senior School. See this map.
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Library Hours
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| Sunday |
Closed |
| Monday |
Closed |
| Tuesday |
3 – 6 PM |
| Wednesday |
3 – 8:30 PM |
| Thursday |
3 – 7 PM |
| Friday |
3 – 7 PM |
| Saturday |
11 AM – 4 PM |
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New! View transcripts from 1838.
We are always available to provide assistance by special request either through our email address at
history@stirling-rawdon.com
or by making arrangements through the SRHS President, Lewis Zandbergen, at 613-395-3022.
(If you are unable to view these documents you may need to download the Adobe Acrobat reader, which is available here .) |
For those just starting out in their ancestor quest here are a few valuable points to follow:
- Always start with what you know and work backwards. ( Go from the known to the unknown )
- Record your research even if you find nothing. ( You don't want to repeat the same steps )
- Prove your relationships using government, census, church and other official records.
- Document the sources of your research. ( 1 st on paper and then on the computer )
- Interview your family elders now, before it's too late. ( But, don't push into uncomfortable areas )
- Join a local genealogy / historical society to get guidance and assistance.
- Stay focussed with one family line at a time.
To help you get started the SRHS has provided two basic forms you can use: An Ancestral Chart to document your direct blood pedigree and a Family Group Sheet to record the details of each family.
The resources available in the research room include the following:
| Microfilm |
- Women's Institute Tweedsmuir Histories – North Hastings
- Ontario Marriage Registrations (1868-1885)
(NOTE: These are the actual registrations and not just an index. Since more than one county are on some reels, click here to see the entire list) |
| CD-ROM's |
- An ever growing collection of LDS and FTM titles. Click here to see the list. |
| Databases |
- We have tried to assemble a range of helpful, searchable databases. Click here to see the full list. |
| Books, etc. |
- A wide range of helpful guides, maps, directories, local histories, family genealogies, cemetery transcripts and much more. |
| Computers |
- There are 4 computers available for public access free of charge. These include one connected to the Internet, two for CD-ROM use and one dedicated to the CemSearch program. There are several printers available to help document your research. To see a list of the ready to use web sites on the Internet Computer click here . |
| Reader/Printer |
- A new reader/printer is available for use with the microfilm reels. |
| Projects |
- Stirling-Rawdon Historical Society volunteers are just getting started with several genealogical transcript projects which include the early Rawdon assessment rolls and local cemeteries. |
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