Elgin County Branch
Ontario Genealogical Society

St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

Donated Online Publications

Talbotville School - by Morley Thomas

Stories of South Dorchester - Compiled by James McCallum

Appleford, Ackert, Whyte Families - South Dorchester Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada - Research by Fred Prong

1924 Cummins Rural Maps - A sample map of North and South Dorchester submitted by Fred Prong

From Almondsbury to Aylmer: The Pearce Letters - A book on the Pearce Family of Jaffa area by David Porter - Index of names

Union Road Company - Stockholder book - Indexed by Robert G. Moore, member Elgin Branch OGS. This incluned signatures of stockholders. Contact OGS for copies of the signatures.

Alma College St. Thomas, Ontario 1877 - 1977, Indexed by Donna Di Lello

Civil War Veterans of Elgin County - compiled by Bruce Johnson and Bob Moore

Bayham Richmond and Port Burwell Road Company 1854 by Robert G. Moore, member Elgin Branch OGS.
(About 117 Bayham and other Elgin Co. settlers given in the stock book)

Dunwich School Attendance 1904 by Robert G. Moore

Garton Scrapbook - Scrapbook of Mary M. (DOAN) GARTON 1891 - 1919

Index to the GENERAL REGISTER - Elgin County Land Registry Office Elgin OGS Volume 1: 1866 - 1873

English Paupers Migrate to North America  by Jack Morter -- Sources for the origins of James C. WATTS and James BRACKENBURY of North Walsham, Norfolk, England.

Ingersoll & Port Burwell Road Company 1849 by Robert G. Moore
(About 200 Bayham Twp. and area names)

Tyrconnel Wharf and Harbour Co. 1853 & Dunwich Pier Co. 1861 by Robert G. Moore
(about 90 Dunwich Twp. and area names)

Port Bruce Harbor Company and Aylmer Plank or Gravelled Road Company 1853 and 1854 by Robert G. Moore-
(About 134 Malahide and other Elgin Co. settlers given in the stock books)

History of the Port Bruce Harbor Company by Capt. Thomas Thompson, compiled by BruceC.JohnsonJr.

Early Malahide Township families - Register Reports (PDF) compiled by BruceCJohnsonJr. (corrections and additions welcome. Send them to me_

Oldtimers, a poem of Port Bruce in about 1896 by Violet Reid Reavie - Transcribed and Edited by BruceC.Johnson Jr.

Emigrants Letters from Elgin County to Scotland 1831 - 1851 - submitted by Colin Cruickshank, Alton, Hampshire, England.

Nicholas Carter Brown Diary entries - Some Extractions of births, marriages, deaths and burials recorded in NCB Diary. He was a resident of Malahide and trustee of Dunboyne Cemetery. Compiled by BruceC.JohnsonJr.

Confirmations recorded in the parish register of St. Peter's Anglican Church 1842-1864 - This church is located in the village of Tyrconnel, Dunwich Twp., Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. Extracted and compiled by Jim McCallum.

Index to Sims' 3 Volume History of Elgin Elgin County, Ontario - Compiled by Jim McCallum. - Note: This is a very large file. Approx. 2.6 MB.

Index to Tremaine's 1864 Map of Elgin County, Canada West - Compiled by Robert Moore

Cenotaphs and War Memorials of Elgin County - Compiled by BruceC.JohnsonJr.  Photos and transcriptions of names on the cenotaphs and Military and War Memorials. Also links to the Veteran Affairs Canada database of burial information for those who died in combat.

Caleb Burdick Register - 72 pages. Rev. Caleb Burdick was an early London District, Upper Canada Methodist Minister who performed Bapisms and Burials in Malahide Twp., Elgin County, Ontario as early as 1821 and Marriages when permitted in the 1830s. Transcribed by B C. Johnson and J. McCallum.

The Family of John Johnson and Mary McLachlin of Malahide and their Mormon brother Edward Johnson -

Much more to come. Check back regularly.

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