Lanark County Geneology Society

Each year many patrons from Canada and the U.S. visit the Archives researching family roots and learning more about where their ancestors lived. Local historians and genealogists, families, church groups and school children use the Archives.

In Focus – Wed April 24, 2013 – Irene Spence
Published on April 24, 2013 by Adam Weekes
Maureen Pegg talks with Irene Spence from Archives Lanark.

Intrigued? See for yourself.

The Archives is an independent non-profit organization accountable to its stakeholders, the members of the Lanark County Genealogical Society. It relies on volunteers, the generous support of the Society and users of the facility.

The foundation of the Archive's collections is the land records for Lanark county. At the beginning of this millennium, the land abstracts along with the supporting deeds and legal documents for all land transactions from the 1860s to the mid 20th century were destined for destruction until a lobby group of historians and genealogists convinced Queen's Park to allow organizations in each of the Counties to take and preserve the records. The Lanark Genealogical Society seized the opportunity and undertook to create a County Archive.

Archives Lanark is an incorporated entity within the Province of Ontario and a registered charity within Canada.

Resource Materials Available

The Lanark County Land Registry Abstract Books and Land Deeds dating from 1868 to 1955

Listings for local cemeteries, census records, early church records of baptisms and marriages

Scrap-books of births, deaths and marriages gleaned from local newspapers.

Compiled alphabetically, they complement the published indexes of the Almonte Gazette, Lanark Era and Perth Courier which cover the earlier years up to the 1930's

Original editions of The Almonte Gazette, Carleton Place Canadian, Lanark Era and Perth Courier (also available on micro film);

Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History Books Family histories.

Family genealogy studies and local histories.

Ellen Foster Collection, Smiths Falls area

Leduc/Steele Collection, Almonte/Ramsay area

Microfilm/fiche - local weekly newspapers, Canada Census

R.J. Stead photographic & Glass Slides collection (late 1800s)

School Registers and Inspectors’ Reports

The Poole Papers (County legal documents)

Viola Reid Collection, Pakenham area

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