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971 Miscellaneous Holdings

Township Library Item
Box 1
  • The Story of Whitney & Sabine by Father Tom Hunt
  • Ottawa Valley Forestry, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
  • Spirits of the Little Bonnechere by Roderick Mackay
  • Lost Names & Places of Eastern Ontario by Alan Rayburn
  • Over the Hills to Georgian Bay, The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway by Niall Mackay
  • Navigation on the Ottawa by Mary Learmonth, 1933
  • William E. Logan's 1845 Survey of the Upper Ottawa Valley
  • Exploring Our Heritage: The Ottawa Valley Experience
Box 2
  • Renfrew County, People & Places by Bennett & McCuaig
  • The Road Home, Images of the Ottawa Valley by MacGregor & Evans
  • Storylines: An Anthology of Told Stories
  • A Credit to the County, A History of Credit Unions in Renfrew County
  • nvisible Women by Carol Bennett McCuaig
  • The Opeongo by S. Bernard Shaw
Box 3A
  • Geographical Names of Renfrew County by Alan Rayburn
  • Finnigan’s Guide to the Ottawa Valley by Joan Finnigan
  • Wardens of Renfrew County by Carol Bennett
  • Procedure and Responsibilities of County Government, County of Renfrew
  • Some of the Stories I Told You Were True by Joan Finnigan (2 copies)
  • Draw Up A Chair: A Treasury of Renfrew County Storytelling edited by Susan Code
Box 3B
  • Whiskey & Wickedness, Renfrew County 1825-1900 by Larry Cotton
  • Destination Ottawa Valley by Peter Hessel (2 copies)
  • Holy Old Whistlin' by Brent Connelly
  • Victorian Fashions in the Upper Ottawa Valley 1840-1940, presented by The Champlain Trail Museum-on CD NEW (0710)
Box 4
  • Down the Unmarked Roads by Joan Finnigan
  • Legacies, Legends & Lies by Joan Finnigan
  • I Come From the Valley by Joan Finnigan (2 copies)
  • Giants of Canada’s Ottawa Valley by Joan Finnigan (2 copies)
Box 5
  • Faith of Our Fathers, (Anglican) Diocese of Ottawa by Rt. Rev. Robt. Jefferson & L. L. Johnson
  • Roman Catholic Church Directory-2009/2010
  • Lutherans in Ottawa and the Valleys by Barton and Beglo
  • Index to Church Registers in Renfrew County
  • Chart on Unions of Churches Leading Toward the United Church of Canada (also posted on wall)
Box 6
  • An Address Guide to the Catholic Parishes of Ontario
  • Highways of Destiny, (R.C.) Diocese of Pembroke, Ottawa Valley by Rev. William C. O’Dwyer
  • Lift Up Your Hearts (R.C.) by Rev. Joseph C. Legree
  • Frontier Women: Sisters of St. Joseph
Box 7A
  • On Stoney Ground by Lee-Whiting
  • The Way It Was In The Ottawa Valley by Lee-Whiting
  • Harvest of Stones by Lee-Whiting (2 copies)

Box 7B

  • The Poor Palatines by Gene Garman
  • The Book of Names-Relating to Early Palatines in the Mohawk Valley (N.Y.)
  • Various Palatine Records including Naturalization Records, Ships' Lists & Maps
Box 8A
  • The Saga of The Kashub People in Poland, Canada, USA by Aloysius J. Rekowski
  • Polish Kashub History by Father Rekowski
  • A Proud Inheritance, Ontario’s Kaszuby by the Polish Heritage Institute
  • Kashubia to Canada, Crossing on the Agda by Shirley Mask Connoll
  • Kashub/Polish Heritage Stories of Renfrew Co. #1 by Polish Heritage Society
  • Wilno: First Polish Parish in Canada by Lynne Visutskie
  • Kashub-English-Kashub Mini Dictionary by Julian Kulas
Box 8B
  • My Little Log home in the Hills by Elizabeth Fierobin
  • The Polish Hills by Venetia Crawford (2nd copy in Quebec 971.1 Box 3)
Box 9
  • Lowerwendish-English and English-Lowerwendish Dictionary by Dobring
  • From Wendish to German to English - a CD
  • In Search of a Home, Nineteenth Century Wendish Immigration by Nielsen
Box 10
  • Time To Blow Out the Lamp by Mary Cook
  • In Search of the K & P by Bennett & McCuaig (2 copies)
  • Valley Irish by Bennett & McCuaig (2 copies)
  • The Kerry Chain, The Limerick Link by Carol McCuaig
Box 11
  • Notes on the History of Renfrew County for the Centennial, 1961 (2 copies)
  • The Broad Valley of the Ottawa by Bedore (2 copies)
  • The Upper Ottawa Valley by Kennedy (2 copies)
  • A Pictorial History of Algonquin Provincial Park by Tozer & Strickland
  • Poems & Ballads of the Ottawa Valley by Mac Beattie
  • Along the Trail with Ralph Bice in Algonquin Park
Box 12
  • Up The Line, More Portraits of the Ottawa Valley by Evans
  • I’m From Shady Nook by Heslip
  • Legacy: Portraits of a Generation, by valley residents
  • Trailblazers of Algonquin Park by Eleanor Wright
Box 13
  • Tamarack Magazine, Exploration of Valley History, Issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 by Mackenzie High School

Box 13B
  • Pioneer Sketches in the District of Bathurst by A. Haydon book on CD NEW (0710)
  • The Hub & the Spokes or The Capital & Its Environs by A.A. Gard-book on CD NEW (0710)

971.2EO - Eastern Ontario

971.2EO
Shelf
  • Ottawa Waterway by Legget
  • Carleton Saga by Harry & Olive Walker
  • Beckwith, The Township, 1816-1991 by Lockwood
  • History of the Counties Argenteuil, Quebec & Prescott, Ontario by Thomas
  • Ottawa, The Capital of Canada by Woods
  • The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth: A History of Almonte United Church and Its Roots, 1821-1981, by Winston A. MacIntosh
  • Founding Families of Beckwith Township 1816-1846 by Carol Bennett McQuaig
  • Leinster to Lanark by Carol Bennett McCuaig NEW (0710)

971.2EO
Box 1

  • Peter Robinson's Settlers by Bennett
  • The Lanark Society Settlers by Bennett
  • History of the Rideau Waterway by Robert Leggett
  • Revised Rideau Waterway by Leggett
  • The Ottawa Country by Bond
  • Founding Families of Beckwith Township ,1816-1846 by Carol Bennett McQuaig

971.2EO
Box 2

  • Perth, Ontario, 150th Anniversary of the Tay Canal
  • When The Sugar Bird Sings, History of Maple Syrup in Lanark County by Smith
  • Rock of Faith: St. Peter Celestine R.C. Church, Pakenham,
  • Glimpses of Osgoode Township, 150 Years Later, 1827-1977
  • Lanark Legacy by Brown
  • Narrative of a Voyage to Quebec & Journey from Thence to New Lanark in Upper Canada by John McDonald, 1823 (Photocopy)
971.2EO
Box 3A
  • A Pioneer History of the County of Lanark by McGill
  • In Search of Lanark by Bennett (2 copies)
  • The Canadian Mississippi River by Geddes
  • Mississippi Valley Conservation Report History, 1970
971.2EO
Box 3B
  • A Family Record of Pioneer Scottish Families in Lanark County & Their Descendants compiled by Edna Gardner Lowry
  • St. Paul 's United Church, Perth: A Chronicle of 183 Years 1817-2000
  • The National Capital Region Towns and Villages
971.2EO
Box 4
  • The Romance of Fitzroy Harbour by Sadler
  • A Boy's Cottage Diary, 1904 by Turner
  • A History of Drummond Township by Ebbs
  • Torbolton Township: Its Earliest History by Hope
  • Yearning for Learning, The Story of Education in Lanark County, 1804- 1867 by Sutherland
971.2EO
Box 5
  • A Narrative of the Rise & Progress of Emigration from the Counties Lanark & Renfrew to New Settlements in Upper Canada
  • Leeds & Grenville, First Two Hundred Years by McKenzie
  • The People of Glengarry, Highlanders in Transition 1745-1820 by McLean
  • Alexandria: Yesterday, A Souvenir 100 Anniversary
971.2EO
Box 6
  • Carleton Place, Founded Upon a Rock by Brown
  • Tracing Your Ottawa Family in the City of Ottawa Public Archives by Elliott
  • The Great Fire of Ottawa
  • A Speech by Dr. Charlotte Whitton to the Ottawa Historical Society on the Chelsea Club of Ottawa
  • National Capital Region Heritage (a pictorial)
  • Old Scores, New Goals, The Story of the Ottawa Senators by Joan Finnigan
  • Tracing the History of Your House in Ottawa by Seaver
  • His Silver Cord of Faithfulness: the story of Metropolitan Bible Church, Ottawa, by Anne Brown McGregor

971 Aboriginal

 
  • Aboriginal Peoples: A Guide to Sources in the Archives of Ontario
  • General Inventory of Records, Relating to Indian Affairs, National Archives of Canada
  • Miscellaneous Native Heritage Information
  • Understanding Ontario: First Nations Genealogical Records, Sources and Case Studies by David K. Faux
  • Various General Information of Aboriginals from Census Records
  • The Algonkin Nation (Hessel)
  • Guide to Researching Your Aboriginal Ancestry at Library & Archives Canada

971 Adoption

 
  • Gone To An Aunt's by Petrie
  • Address by Jean Campbell re Adoption Research
  • Search Manual For Adoptees and Birth Relatives
  • Information on Ontario 's New Adoption Information Disclosure System (2007)

971 Immigration & Home Children

Box 1
  • Immigrant Domestic Servants in Canada by Barber
  • The Little Immigrants: The Orphans Who Came to Canada by Bagnell
  • Home Children's Researchers Kit by Lorente (2 copies)
  • Atlantic Migration, 1607-1860 by Hansen
  • The Emigrants Guide to the Canadas, published 1822
Box 2
  • Marchmont, Distributing Home, Belleville, ON, 1870-1925, by James S. Gilchrist
  • The Home Children by Phyllis Harrison
  • Leaflet: Home Children - Aids to Research found at Brian O'Regan Memorial Library at the City of Ottawa Archives

971 Miscellaneous

 
  • Mennonite History, Separate and Peculiar by Isaac R. Horst
  • Ladies of the Five & Ten (Creighton, Morrison, Woolworth Connection) by Carolyn Love
  • Scottish Pioneer Settlements in Upper Canada —an address by A. Margaret MacLaren Evans
  • The Rumrunners - A prohibition scrapbook by G. H. Gervais
  • Ontario, 1784-1984, An Informal History of thye Land and Its People by Robert Choquette
  • Our Parliamentary Heritage
  • Family Tree Page Ideas for Scrapbookers purchased by UOVGG

971 Loyalist

Box
  • Loyalist Settlements 1783-1789
  • Loyalist & Land Settlement in Nova Scotia, Loyalist Stragglers inMontreal, 1784 & The Loyalist Gazette
  • Butler 's Rangers by Cruikshank
  • How to Trace Your Loyalist Ancestors by Kennedy
  • The Loyalist Trail by Bruce
  • Captain Mackay and the Loyal Volunteers
  • Loyalist Regiments & the Settlement of Prince Edward County, 1784
Loyalist Shelf
  • King's Royal Regiment of New York by Cruikshank and Watt
  • Loyalist Vignettes and Sketches
  • Loyalists of New Brunswick by E. C. Wright
  • The Old United Empire Loyalists List by Rubincam
  • Upper Canada Sons & Daughters of United Empire Loyalists, Vol. 1
  • The Loyalists by Chidsey
  • Redcoats and Loyalists, 1760-1815
  • United Empire Loyalist Information (Binder)
971 Shelf
  • Reports of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario: 1903, 1905, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933
  • With Axe & Bible-the Scottish Pioneers of New Brunswick, 1784-1874 by Lucille H. Campey
  • St. John’s Church, Riverside Heights, 200 Years by Vanderbaaren
  • Story of Martintown, A Pioneer Village
  • The Story of Dundas, Eastern Ontario (Stormont/Dundas/Glengarry)
    The Kennedys-MacDairmids, McDermids-Munros & Other Glengarry Pioneers
  • Away Back in Clarendon and Miller by Armstrong
  • Pioneer and Memoirs, St. Bridget’s, Stanleyville & N. Burgess
  • Index to Lunenburgh, or The Old Eastern District Lunenburgh or The Old Eastern District by Pringle
  • Now and Then, More Footnotes to Parry Sound History by Macfie
  • The People of South Himsworth Reflections of Restoule by Hampel
  • Pioneer Log Church, Sand Lake, Parry Sound District, 1884-1984 by Bice
    Zion Lutheran Church, Wawabewawa, Ontario, 1912-1987 by Kainola (2 copies)
  • Haileybury Fire by McFarlane
  • The Way North by Pain
  • Nipissing From Brule to Booth by Murray Leatherdale
    An Intimate History of New Brunswick by Stuart Trueman
Blue Shelf at end of room
  • To Preserve and Defend, Essays of Kingston, Ontario
  • Forgotten Leaves of Local History, Kingston, by Dr. H. C. Burleigh
  • Old Cataraqui Village by Smithson
  • St. Andrew’s Chronicles, Presbyterianism Before 1879 in the Belleville, Hastings Co, Quinte Area by Boyce
  • The Village of Angus, Simcoe County (photocopy)
  • Forty Years in the Forest 1820-1860, Reminiscences From the Pen of a Backwoodsman by Rorke
Blue Shelves
  • For Friends at Home, 1844-1864 by Richard A. Preston
  • Canada Invaded 1775-1776 by George Stanley
  • Upper Canada: The Formative Years 1784-1841 by Gerald M. Craig
  • Early Travellers in the Canadas by Gerald Craig
  • “Coming Canadians” An Introduction to a History of Canada’s Peoples by Jean R. Burnet with Howard Palmer
  • Pioneer Settlements in Upper Canada by Edwin C. Guillet
  • The Northwest Company by M. W. Campbell
  • Under Whose Shade, Story of Pioneers in Swan River, Manitoba by Wes Henderson
  • Canadian Writings from the Beginning to the Present Day by Margaret Fairley
  • Historic Houses of Canada by Katherine Hale
  • Historic Ontario Ladell
  • Looking for Old Ontario by Thomas F. McIlwraith
  • Life in Ontario by G. P. deT. Glazebrook
  • Steam into Wilderness—Ontario Northland by Albert Tucker
  • Forest Stream and Seashore, Intercolonial Railway of Canada
  • Independent Telephone Industry in Ontario by Thomas Grindlay
  • Logs & Lines From the Winnipeg River-A History of the Lac du Bonnet Area, Manitoba
  • Trails to Rails to Highways- A History of the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth, Manitoba
  • New & Naked Land- Making the Prairies Home by Ronald Rees
  • Ellis Island, Gateway to the American Dream by Pamela Reeves
  • Baptist Heritage in Atlantic Canada - The Diary of Joseph Dimock, Volume 1

Updated July 10, 2010