Tweedsmuirs (W.I.)


Tweedsmuir (W.I.) Shelves

TWEEDSMUIR HISTORIES AT BRANT COUNTY OGS RESOURCE CENTRE

Private Collection of Helen Doctor

 

Did your ancestor live in any of the places listed below? If so you are in for a treat. The Tweedsmuir Histories are a goldmine of genealogical and local history.

The Tweedsmuir Histories were born out of an idea given to the Womens Institute by Lady Tweedsmuir, wife of Governor-General Lord Tweedsmuir (John BUCHAN: 1935 -1940). As an active member of the English Womens Institute she suggested preserving community and local histories of rural Ontario as had been done in England. Lady Tweedsmuirs suggestion was widely and enthusiastically accepted and the project was underway by 1945.

Clippings from newspapers, interviews with local citizens, photographs of villages, homes, people and events, historical accounts of an area and much more were collected and preserved in scrapbooks and binders. Some were even published in book form.

Helen DOCTOR, volunteer extraordinaire, and ardent Womens Institute member, continues to seek out and copy books from all over Ontario to add to our shelves.

The Ontario Genealogical Society is gradually digitizing these important sources of our history and culture. In the meantime you can come and visit us in the Resource Centre. Be prepared to work, however, as the material is not indexed.

BRANCH NO.  OF VOLUME CURRENT DISTRICT HISTORIC DISTRICT ACTIVE YEAR ORGANIZED YEAR ENDED
ALFORD & PARK ROAD 24 Brant Brant North Yes 1914  
AUGHRIM 2 Lambton Lambton South Yes 1907  
BEAMSVILLE 10 Lincoln Lincoln Yes 1905  
BEECHWOOD 3          
BINBROOK 1 Wentworth Wentworth South Yes 1903  
BLOOMSBURG 1          
BLUE LAKE & AUBURN 11 Brant Brant North No 1917 1992
BOLTON 1 Dufferin-Peel Peel North No uncertain 1984
BOSTON 1 Norfolk Norfolk North No 1928 1945
BURFORD 12 Brant Brant South No 1899 2003
CAINSVILLE 9 Brant Brant North No 1907 1985
CANBORO 4 Haldimand Haldimand East No 1909 2012
CANFIELD   Haldimand Haldimand East Yes 1902  
CANFORD            
CANNING SCHOOL 2          
CATHCART 4 Brant Brant South Yes 1903  
CENTRAL ONTARIO 1          
COWAL 2 Elgin Elgin West No 1925 2012
ECHO PLACE 3 Brant Brant North No 1913 1955
EYNSFORD 1          
FALKLAND 3 Brant Brant South No 1909 2005
GLEN MORRIS 14 Brant Brant North No 1907 2008
GRANDVIEW   Brant Brant North No 1913 1976
HARTFORD 1          
INWOOD 2 Lambton Lambton Centre No 1909 1994
ISLE OF MAN 1 United Kingdom United Kingdom      
KENT WEST 2          
KLEINBURG/NASHVILLE 7 York Centre York West No 1900 post 1995
KLEINBURG 3          
LANGFORD 3 Brant Brant North No 1911 1989
LOUTH 1 Lincoln Lincoln No 1916 2006
LYNNVILLE 1 Norfolk Norfolk North No 1911 2006
MAPLE GROVE 6 Brant Brant South No 1921 post 1995
MCKAYS CORNERS 3 Kent Kent West No 1958 2009
MOUNT HEALY 1 Brant Brant South No 1906 1988
MOUNT PLEASANT 1          
MOYLE 8 Brant Brant North No 1903 2005
NEW CREDIT 1          
NEWPORT 2 Brant Brant South No 1925 2008
NIAGARA FALLS 5 Niagara Welland East No 1947 post 1995
NORFOLK NORTH 1          
NORFOLK SOUTH 1          
OAKHILL 1 Brant Brant South No 1916 1993
OAKLAND 4 Brant Brant South No 1913 2005
ONONDAGA 11 Brant Brant North No 1906 post 1995
ORKNEY 10 Wentworth Wentworth North No 1908 2010
OSWEGO 1 Haldimand Haldimand East No 1993 2008
OTTAWA (COOK BOOK) 1          
PEACEBRIDGE 1 Niagara Welland East No 1930 1983
PELHAM 1          
PORT ROWAN 1 Norfolk Norfolk South No 1923 1972
PRINCETON & WOODBURY 5 Brant Brant South No 1919 2004
RIDGETOWN 3          
RIPLEY AND VICINITY 1 Bruce Bruce South No 1904 1994
RIVERSIDE 3 Brant Brant North No 1945 2012
SCOTLAND 6 Brant Brant South No 1906 1988
SOUTH  BRANT 1          
SOUTH  LAMBTON 3 Lambton Lambton South      
SOUTH RALEIGH 2 Kent Kent West No 1961 2005
SPRINGFORD   Oxford Oxford South Yes 1903  
ST. GEORGE 16 Brant Brant North Yes 1903  
SUNNY BROOKE 1 Lambton Lambton East Yes 1982  
TANSLEY 2 Brant Brant South No 1915 2008
TEETERVILLE 1 Norfolk Norfolk North No 1928 1989
TERRACE HILL GRANDVIEW 1 Brant Brant North No 1913 1976
THAMES RIVER 2 Kent Kent West No 1961 2005
TRANQUILITY FAIRVIEW 1 Brant Brant North No 1950 1985
TYRRELL 1 Norfolk Norfolk North No 1913 1987
UNION 2 Norfolk Norfolk North No 1941 1985
VIRGIL 5 Lincoln Lincoln Yes 1916  
WABASH 4 Kent Kent East Yes 1947  
WALSINGHAM 1 Norfolk Norfolk South Yes 1939  
WELLAND 1 Niagara Welland West No 1901 1914
WELLAND EAST 6 Niagara Welland East      
WHITEMAN’S CREEK 7 Brant Brant South No 1911 2008
WILVANCREST 3 Norfolk Norfolk North No 1953 2004
WOODBRIDGE/ BOLTON 2 York Centre York West No 1904 1964
ZIMBABWE 1 Africa Africa