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  A selection of name lists from the LCGS newsletter, the Lanark District Museum, the Perth Museum, the Perth Courier, and from website users.

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A Column of News and Gossip
Taken from Page 1 of the Perth Courier, Friday, Nov. 18, 1904. -- Minutes of the Dalhousie council, and the Countryside Moving Stage, gossip column.
A Few Notes About the Forming of a Military Settlement at Perth and Surrounding Country Added October 21, 1999
By M.G. Armour. Written about 1900, probably for the Perth Historical and Antiquarian Society and most likely was the source for the article below.
Back From The Wars, What the Soldiers Got Updated October 21, 1999
Article published in The Perth Courier, 28 December, 1916. Transcribed by Charles Dobie. Additional information added by website users.
Some British Pensioners Who Settled in Lanark County
By Norman Crowder, from the LCGS newsletter, May, 1996.
Blacksmiths' Price List, 1912
From a broadside in the Perth Museum.
Canada General Service Medals Awarded to Lanark County Soldiers Added November 4, 1999
By Del Dunlop. From the August, 1999 LCGS newsletter.
Community Histories from the Western Provinces
Compiled by Marilyn Snedden, from the LCGS newsletters of April, 1997, February & August, 1998, plus emailed information from Dorothy Nuthall, K. Dale Scheer and Pat Allan. A large (and still growing!) compilation of Lanark County families who moved west.
Constables, 1861
From a broadside in the Perth Museum which lists constables appointed at the General Quarter Sessions at Perth, March, 1861.
Descendants of the York Chasseurs Added December 16, 1999
By Peter Lines. From the November, 1999 LCGS newsletter.
Funeral Cards
From a recent gift to the Perth Museum.
Surnames noted: BROWNLIE, BURGESS, CAVANAGH, FARMER, FERGUSSON, MACNAB, SALTER, WILLOUGHBY.
Funeral Cards
Submitted by Verna MacMillan. Surnames are: BARBER, McCAW, PUTNAM.
Indian Hill Cemetery, Pakenham
Names of people believed to be buried in unlocated graves. 98 entries, many with multiple names.
Lanark County Burials, 18 June 1857 - Jan. 1872 Added May 23, 2000
Transcribed from microfilm for the LCGS website by Pat Roloff.
Lanark County Names on an Algoma District Plaque
Transcribed for the LCGS website by Michelle Skarazinskas. Lanark county names include CALDWELL, GUMMERSON/GUMMERSALL, HEADRICK, KEATING, KEHOE, KHULL, KING, LALONDE, LAROCQUE, McKINNON, SNEDDON, STEWART, WARK, WHITE.
Lanark County Teachers, 1898
Names of 110 teachers extracted from the Perth Courier.
Some Lanark County Century Farms Added January 17, 2000
Transcribed from the Balderson W.I. Tweedsmuir History. This list was compiled circa 1972 and gives the location and ownership list of 23 century farms.
Some Lanark County Wills
Wills for years 1868, 1895 and 1935 noted by Marilyn Snedden during APOLROD tabulation of documents.
Land Patent Index for Lavant Twp.
Transcribed from microfiche by Michael Dawber. 1830's to early 1900's.
Land Patent Index for N. Sherbrooke Twp.
Transcribed from microfiche by Michael Dawber. 1830's to early 1900's.
Lanark Era Subscribers 1935 - 1944 Corrected November 10, 1999
Submitted by Del Dunlop. From the LCGS newsletter, March - Oct., 1999.
Licenses issued in Lanark County -- 1848
Transcribed by Charles Dobie from an abstract by W. Clyde Bell, which he transcribed from the Feb. 11, 1848 Bathurst Courier.
Marriage Records from Elizabethtown, Yonge, Bastard Twp. & Augusta
Almost 950 marriage records and some baptismal records for the era 1812-1842 which seem to be previously unpublished. This website also has other unique records from other Ontario counties. This is a LINK to another website, so please bookmark this page so you can return here.
Methodist Church, Montague Circuit, Membership Lists
Three lists from the Perth Museum -- 1903, 1904 & 1921.

Names From The Smith's 1846 Canadian Gazetteer
The names listed below are contained in The Smith's 1846 Canadian Gazetteer in the Voters' Lists & Directories section. Click on a link below and scroll down -- the Post Offices and Magistrates lists are at or near the bottom of each District page. Each post office also lists the name of its postmaster.
Magistrates and Post Offices of the Bathurst District.
Magistrates and Post Offices of the Dalhousie District.
Magistrates and Post Offices of the Eastern District.
Magistrates and Post Offices of the Johnstown District.
Magistrates and Post Offices of the Midland District.
Magistrates and Post Offices of the Ottawa District.
Names from a Wedding Guest Log, 1945 & 1969
Does this book belong to your family? Transcribed by Charles Dobie, from the September, 1998 LCGS newsletter.
Out In Dakota Added November 5, 1999
Submitted by Marilyn Snedden. From the LCGS newsletter, October, 1999. From the Almonte Gazette, 11 March 1898. Short bios of Lanark County families who settled in and near Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
Paisley Townhead Emigration Society List (1)
From the LCGS newsletter, Nov., 1994. A listing from 1820 of people from the Paisley area in Scotland who were being recommended to the British Government as being worthy of assistance to emigrate to Upper Canada.
Paisley Townhead Emigration Society List (2)
Transcribed by John Pellowe for the LCGS website. Lists the names of all members of the Paisley Townhead Society who actually did emigrate, everyone who was on board the Earl of Buckingham, and everyone who settled in Ramsay Township as part of the 1821 Scottish immigration.
Pakenham, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Communion Roll, 1896-1900
By Marilyn Snedden, from the LCGS newsletter, June, 1998.
Perth Collegiate Institute Honor Roll, 1917
Transcribed by Charles Dobie from the Perth Courier.
Perth Collegiate Institute Commencement Program, 1927
Transcribed by Charles Dobie from an original in the Perth Museum.
NEW Perth Old Home Week Souvenir Booklet, June 27th to July 4th, 1948
Transcribed by Vivian Dickinson TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:  This booklet has been reformatted from the original in order to make it easier to read; All grammar and spelling has been maintained. Added October 17, 2000
Perth Volunteers Served Along St. Lawrence in 1866
Transcribed by Charles Dobie, originally published in Perth Expositor in 1915.
Ramsay Twp. Cess Roll, 1837
Transcribed by Charles Dobie from photocopies of an original partial roll provided by Elaine Kirkham.
Ramsay Free Church Communion Roll, 1846
From the LCGS newsletter, Nov., 1996.
Record Book of the Mission Station of Poland & Lavant
Transcribed by Charles Dobie from the original book, which was donated in late 1998 to the Perth Museum. The book contains 45 Presbyterian baptisms (1906-1915), about 80 names in the communion roll and 60 names in the list of contributors (many names appear in two or more lists).
Reserve Militia Company Roll, 1871
Transcribed by Charles Dobie from an original in the Lanark District Museum. This is a list of 508 men between the ages of 18 & 59, residing in Lanark Village, Lanark Township & Darling Township. The totals were tallied & dated January 13, 1871.

The 1905 Perth Old Boys' and Girls' Reunion Updated August 28, 1999
Contains thousands of names of ex-Perthites, along with their addresses. Nearly every state in the US, every province in Canada, and many countries world-wide are mentioned. All material is transcribed from the Perth Courier, starting with the first news stories of the organization of the reunion in Sept., 1904. The 16-page reunion special edition of June 30, 1905 was devoted to Perth and Lanark County history, and it has all been transcribed. More articles concerning reunion activities and people will be added as time permits.

St. John's Catholic Church, Perth, Early Marriages
Transcribed by Rita Meistrell
These listings were obtained from microfilm sheets. Researchers should verify the information directly where possible. Added October 17, 2000
St. John's Catholic Church, Perth, Early Baptisms
Transcribed by Rita Meistrell
These listings were obtained from microfilm sheets. Researchers should verify the information directly where possible. Added October 17, 2000
Shipping Lists Of The Hebe And Stakesby
A list of 567 people who sailed from Ireland to Canada in July, 1823. By F.H. Dobbin, and published in The Perth Courier, Nov 23, Nov 30 and Dec 7, 1923. Transcribed by Ann MacPhail.
31 Names from a WW1 Autograph Book
Transcribed by Charles Dobie from a book in the Dawson Kerr collection in the Perth Museum. All men list their (mostly eastern Ontario) addresses and 29 give their birth dates.
POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS
OF LANARK & RENFREW COUNTIES
Transcribed from a set of Hart's Canadian Almanac found in the Perth Museum.


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