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| Region/Area | Volunteer | Act of Kindness |
|---|---|---|
| Algoma | Lori Matthews | Willing to do lookups. I have copies of the GOULAIS MISSION INDIAN CEMETERY (Goulais Bay, ON) and WEST KORAH CEMETERY(Sault Ste Marie, ON). |
| Algoma District, Johnson Township | Randy McClelland | Lookups of burials in Mount Pleasant cemetery, Gordon Lake and Desbarats cemetery,Desbarats. Only two cemeteries in Johnson Township. Gordon Lake was formerly called Desert. |
| All | Linda | Have general research knowledge of early Ontario records and some Manitoba.....(doesn't hurt to ask ! ! ) |
| All | Jerry | Ontario MINING ACCIDENTS 1893-1914 nonfatal and fatal 1892-1922 fatal only. With miner's name, can provide date, colliery name and reference source. |
| All | Sherri | Birth Registrations 1869-1909 Marriage Registrations 1869-1924 Death Registrations 1869-1934 Note that compliance for registration was spotty before the 1880's. Cemetery transcript lookups in Brant County and most of Norfolk County (sorry, can't help with other counties at this time). No more than three specific lookup requests at a time please. |
| All counties | Fred Blair | Blairs of Ontario Directory, 1801 to 1901 (Unpublished). Thousands of records of Blairs & their spouses from hundreds of sources. Blair surname queries welcomed. |
| all Ontario | Nicole Patterson | Public Records lookups and copying Ontario Births (1869 - 1909), Marriage (1869 - 1924) and Death (1869 - 1934) registrations. |
| Atikokan, Thunder Bay | Jean Lampi | Public Records lookups and Obits. Full sized photos of tombstones, Atikokan Cemetery, Little Falls Cemetery, Atikokan. All cemeteries in Thunder Bay,Kekabeka Falls, and surrounding area plus select cemeteries in the Rainy River District (all but Fort Frances Cemeteries and 1/2 of Rainy River Cemetery right now) ) |
| Barrie, Simcoe County | Mary Harris | Willing to do gravemarker transcriptions at Barrie Union Cemetery & help with general Barrie history. |
| Beachville | Wendy | Videotaping Cemeteries, Still photos of tombstones I have the compelete Beachville Cemetery listing and can also take still photos digital shots of headstones...submitted to you through email |
| Belleville | Debbie Gaudet | Still photos of tombstones any local cemeteries within a 20km radius of Belleville. |
| Belleville | Wayne Wickson | Still photos of tombstones Belleville (area) |
| Bowmanville | Bill Tanner | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying |
| Burlington | Debbie Dunn | Videotaping Cemeteries, Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying I can go to any cemetery in Burlington |
| Cambridge and area | Melissa Hillie | Public Records lookups and copying, Still photos of tombstones |
| Carleton | Lesley Huppert | still photos of houses |
| Carleton County | Ellen Paul | Roman Catholic parish registers for Notre-Dame, Ottawa 1825 - 1855, St. Philip of Richmond, ON 1836 ? 1910 St. Clare of Goulbourn 1891 - 1910 |
| Central Ontario | Becky | Still photos of tombstones |
| Cobourg | Ryan Ranson | Cemetery Transcription for Cobourg Union Cemetery, Elgin St. |
| Dufferin and Peel Counties | Beverly Hunter | Digital Photos from Alton Cemetery, Alton, Ontario, Peel County Inscriptions from Forest Lawn Cemetery or Greenwood Cemetery, Orangeville, Ontario, Dufferin County Inscriptions from McKee's Cemetery, Price's Corners or The Grove Cemetery, East Garafraxa, Ontario, Dufferin County |
| Dufferin County | Juanita Williams | Public Records lookups and copying, Still photos of tombstones |
| Durham | Ryan Ranson | Public Records lookups and copying Cemetery Transcriptions: Cartwright Union; Hampton Union; St. John's Anglican; also Ballyduff Presbyterian & Pontypool United Church (Manvers Twp.) formerly in Durham and now in Victoria Co |
| Durham Region | Chris Hawkins | Will take gravestone photos of cemeteries in Pickering-Ajax-Whitby-Oshawa. Will also do census & newspaper look-ups for these areas. |
| Great Lakes area | Diane Green | Lookups in the INDEX in Vol 2 of "History of the Great Lakes", 1st Published in 1899, reprinted in 1999 by Freshwater Press. Small bios of many Captains, Engineers, shipbuilders, etc. Birthplaces, spouses, children |
| Greater Toronto Area (Brampton, Toronto, Mississauga) | Eneida Paulo | Still photos of tombstones cemeteries in Brampton, Mississauga and Toronto |
| Grey | Brenda MacDonald | Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying; Pictures of Houses |
| Grey Bruce | Jane Scea | Ontario BMD indexes, cemetery transcriptions, local history books and surname
collection (microfiche of newspaper articles) lookups for Grey-Bruce counties,
census records, early marriage records of grey-Bruce, Wesleyan Methodist records. I do NOT photograph tombstones. |
| Haldimand County | Barbara Roadhouse | Public Records lookups and copying ***Please note: Halidmand Twp is not in Haldimand County have had many requests for that Twp which is in Northumberland |
| Haliburton County | Carol Simmons | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying 1861 - 1901 census
for Haliburton County Cemetery transcriptions Local history books |
| Halton | Karyn Snelling | Still photos of tombstones |
| Halton, Milton, Georgetown, Acton | Maggie Kirch | Public Records lookups and copying |
| Hamilton | Robin McKee | Videotaping Cemeteries, Still photos of tombstones Any cemetery in the City of Hamilton, Ontario. Large files. Pioneer cemeteries. |
| Hamilton | Wendy Thompson | Still photos of tombstones I can do BMD lookups for the Hamilton Spectator. Lookups in the City Directories of Hamilton. I can visit cemeteries in the Cities of Hamilton and Burlington to take still photos of tombstones. |
| Hamilton Wentworth | Joe Mielko | Public Records lookups and copying Newspapers, city directories, cemetery transcription lookups |
| Hamilton Township | Joan Slocombe | Hamilton Township ONLY
which is part of Northumberland
County Will do look-ups and digital pictures in the following cemeteries:Baltimore United Church,St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery Cobourg, St. Peter's Churchyard Cobourg,Cobourg Union,Precious Corners,St. Paul's United Church Cold Springs,St. George's Anglican Gore's Landing,Bible Christian Plainville,Plainville United Church and Camborne United Church. |
| Hamilton-Wentworth | Stephanie | Still photos of tombstones Waterdown Union Cemetery(Waterdown), Hamilton Cemetery(Hamilton), Woodland Cemetery(Hamilton) |
| Hanover, Grey County, Bentinck, Normanby and area | Theresa Seim | Public Records lookups and copying I will research birth, marriage and death records, as well as census records. |
| Huron County | Brenda Scott | Public Records look ups and copying, Still photos of tombstones Any Cemetery in Huron County |
| Kawartha Lakes | Colleen Moriarty Furnell | Public Records lookups and copying, Still photos of tombstones, Videotaping Cemeteries |
| Kenora - Keewatin | Bob Gray | Still photos of tombstones Lake of the Woods Cemetery. Obituaries lookups. Family research in area if possible. |
| Kenora, Keewatin area | Judy Stockham | Public Records lookups and copying, Still photos of tombstones Lake of the Woods Cemetery, look up obituaries from Kenora Daily Miner and News |
| Lambton County | John Bayly | Will look for obits in the Sarnia Lambton, Ontario Area as listed in the Sarnia Observer 1860-forward |
| Lambton County | Don Wilson | Public Records lookups and copying Obits |
| Lanark | Keith Thompson | Will do free look-ups for the 128 cemeteries (approx 46,500+ names)located in and around Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. I also will take 35 mm or digital pictures of cemetery headstones in Lanark County, in return for minor expenses incurred |
| Leeds | M. Miller | Still photos of tombstones. I can do digital photos and copy the transcriptions off of tombstones in the Leeds County area. |
| Leeds | Beca Lehr | I can do burial look -ups for the Willowbank Cemetery located in Leeds, Ontario, Canada. The history, map and directions of the cemetery is included. |
| Lincoln | Sylvia Droughan | Still photo's of tombstones in Grimsby Will do look ups in 1881 Canadian Census Index |
| Lincoln & Niagara | Gail Collins | Still photos of tombstones Louth and Niagara cemeteries |
| Lindsay | Linda Carder | Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying; newpaper archives, reference books, church records. |
| Middlesex | Mark Edlund | Will do searches for Middlesex county, Ontario. Includes marriage, birth and death records. |
| Middlesex | Judy Zander | Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying |
| Middlesex County | Michael Carroll | Take digital photos of graves in Woodland or Mt Pleasant Cemeteries in London (Middlesex County)- You must however identify the section within the cemetery in which the grave is located |
| Middlesex County/London | George DeKay | Census info 1851/61/71/81/91 (if location is given)/01/11. Digital photos of tombstones in London and surrounding area. Lookups for available births, deaths and marriages and copying. Answers to general questions for this areas including newspaper obits. |
| Middlesex Strathroy | Ann Tonge | Public Records lookups and copying |
| Middlesex, City of London only | Laura Williscraft | I can do lookups and photos at St. Peter's Cemetery only. (Standard film: no digital available) With notice, I can sometimes contact Woodland, Mount Pleasant and/or Forest Lawn by telephone. |
| Mississauga, Cooksville | Sandra Evans | Still photos of tombstones. I can take some pictures of cemeteries in the Cooksville area, in Mississauga |
| Muskoka | Jenny Thompson | Public Records lookups and copying, Still photos of tombstones Will do lookups, copying of Public Records, as well as still photos of tombstones for Washago, Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Huntsville, Baysville and surrounding area. Includes microfilm of local newspapers for BMD notices. |
| Niagara Falls | Rod MacDonald | Obits and digital photos of tombstones of gravestones in Fairview and other
Niagara-area cemeteries sent to you by e-mail. Please provide person's name, d.o.d. and cemetery name. |
| Niagara Region St. Catharines | Edie Williams | Will do lookups in city directories for St. Catharines/Thorold, Niagara Falls and Welland |
| Norfolk County, Simcoe, Delhi, North & South Walsingham | John Minns | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying the Long Point Settlement, Loyalists from the U.S., Methodist, Baptist and Anglican origins, Canada's First Saddlebag Preacher Rev. Major George Neal. |
| Northumberland | Ryan Ranson | Public Records lookups and copying Cemetery Transcriptions for Cobourg Union; Centenary United & Merrill Cemetery (Alnwick Twp.); Bethel United Cemetery (Haldimand Twp.) |
| Northumberland | Ryan Ranson | Public Records lookups and copying Cemetery Transcriptions for Cobourg Union;Centenary United & Merrill Cemetery (Alnwick Twp.); Bethel United Cemetery(Haldimand Twp.)***ALSO Public Records lookups and copying 1891 Haldimand & Alnwick Twp. Census Returns*** |
| Nottawasaga Township | Shirley Cook | Still photos of tombstones Saint Patrick's Pioneer Catholic Cemetery on the 4th Line near Creemore. |
| O'Connor Township | Ray Montgomery | Still photos of tombstones. Will photograph tombstones in either the O'Connor Township Cemetery or the O'Connor Township Free Methodist Church Cemetery. O'Connor Township is 20 miles west of Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Oakville | Debbie Dunn | Videotaping Cemeteries, Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying I can go to any cemetery in Oakville |
| Ontario | Stan Kellington | Public Records lookups and copying Have access to Ontario provincial Births (1869-1904), Marriages (1873-1919), Deaths (1869-1929). Send name and I'll do my best to find them! |
| Ontario | Ryan Ranson | Public Records lookups and copying I have digital images I can send of Births (1869-1909); Marriages (1857-1924); Deaths (1869-1934) via e-mail |
| Ontario Eastern | Art Foley | Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying |
| Orangeville Dufferin | Sheila Davidson | Will send digital photos of headstones in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orangeville, ON. Will do look-ups in personal transcripts of Forest Lawn, Orangeville, and St. John's Cemetery in Mono Township, Dufferin County, ON. |
| Oshawa | Nicole Pattterson | Obituary transcriptions from Oshawa Times, Oshawa Daily Times, Oshawa This week. Some 1920s, 30s and 40s papers available, plus 1955 - present. Death dates are necessary for lookups. |
| Ottawa | Bruce Kettles | Digital photographing of tombstones located in Central and East Ottawa some rural cemeteries included also obits from the Ottawa Citizen and Journal |
| Ottawa | Carolynn Irvin | Lookups of obituaries/births appearing in the Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun, Ottawa Journal and Toronto Star by microfische lookup. |
| Ottawa | Marilyn Clay Adair | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying. I am able to provide still photos of Notre Dame Cemetery if the person requesting can give name and date of death. I am also willing to do lookups of civil registrations in Ontario: Births (1869-1908), Marriages (1869-1923) Deaths (1869-1932), if the event was registered and the microfilm is available at our local Family History Centre. |
| Ottawa/Eastern Ontario | Bob Corson | Still photos of tombstones eastern Ontario |
| Ottowa | Lesley Huppert | still photos of houses |
| Owen Sound & North Half Grey-Bruce | Gord Calder | Public Records lookups and copying, Still photos of tombstones |
| Oxford County | Dave Cooper | Free still photos of headstones in Oxford County, Ontario. |
| Perth | Carol Bauman | Lookups in "Water Under the Bridges". This is a history of the township of Fullarton and includes family histories. |
| Peterborough | Gordon Young | Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying. Altho not in genealogical study per se, we will try and help for the City of Peterborough, the County of Peterborough and in particular the historic village of Lakefield. If we can't find it,we will try to direct you where to look or ask. Will do the photos of cemeteries in Lakefield, and the City of Peterborough only. |
| Peterborough | Judy North Schramayr | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying |
| Pickering | Ron Cushman | (includes current Pickering and Ajax), York, Scarborough (former Borough => City of Scarborough, Toronto) Digital photos of tombstones, or other sites, in the mentioned areas. |
| Port Rowan on Lake Erie | Ingrid Spiegel | Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying |
| Prince Edward Island | Bert Christie | I live in the Province of Prince Edward Island, but do have access to some records for the province of Ontario. |
| Quinte area | Cindy Vance | Still photos of tombstones. Public Records lookups and copying. Newspaper look ups/copying. |
| Rainy River District | Linda Gouliquer | Dryden, Ignace, Upsala, Hwy 599, Atikokan Videotaping Cemeteries, Still photos of tombstones Public Records lookups and copying also computer searching, and will travel |
| Renfrew County | Christina Lueders | Public Records look ups and copying, Still photos of tombstones, Videotaping Cemeteries |
| Renfrew County | Garry Dowd | Tombstone transcription/BMD lookups for Renfrew and Arnprior towns |
| Renfrew County | Diane Dillon | Will take & email digital photo of specific headstones in Renfrew & surrounding area cemeteries, within a half hours driving distance from Renfrew. |
| Sarnia | John Rochon | Will be happy to search Sarnia resources for Sarnia-Lambton families. Will also photograph Sarnia buildings. Still photos of tombstones in Lakeview Cemetery and search my private collection for historic Sarnia families. I do not drive, so fees may be charged if I have to travel for information. Fees will be charged for Records Office searches. |
| Sault Ste. Marie | Sue Maville | Public Records lookups and copying All records found in our local library. Specific names and times, please. |
| Scugog Twp area | Kathy Wray | Willing to get digital pictures of tombstones in the Scugog Twp area |
| Simcoe County | Shirley Cook | *STAYNER ONLY* With my digital camera I can take photos of tombstones at Saint Patrick's Catholic Cemetery on Highway 9l and forward them via e-email. |
| Simcoe County | Juanita Williams | Public Records lookups and copying, Still photos of tombstones |
| Simcoe County | Donna Paul | Sunnidale, Stayner, Nottawasaga Township obits, birth and marriages. |
| Simcoe County - Collingwood | Jenn Adams | Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying |
| Simcoe County - Innisfil | Wayne Wright | Digital Tombstone Photo's, replies by email only |
| Simcoe County (Barrie) |
Lisa P | Still photos of tombstones. Digital photos of headstones are available only through email. |
| Simcoe, Peel, Wentworth | Deborah Glover | Do look ups of births, deaths, marriages in Ontario (Specifically Simcoe County, Peel County) |
| South Grey | Chris Hawkins | Will do look-ups for: 1861 & 1871 Normanby Census, St Peter's RC Cemetery Ayton,
Normanby Reflections History Books. Will also take gravestone photos cemeteries in Ayton. |
| St Catharines | Gail Collins | Still photos of tombstones Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St Catharines |
| Stratford (in Perth Co.) | Elaine | Still photos of tombstones, digital photos in the Avon
Cemetery in Stratford & email them to you. If possible please give me as much detail as you know about the deceased person including the location in the cemetery if known. |
| Sudbury | Martin Neva | District of Sudbury was created
from parts of Nipissing and Algoma East Districts Obituary lookups, land ownership lookups, digital cemetery grave marker photos, cemetery grave marker transcriptions, city directory lookups. |
| Thunder Bay | Lynda (Sproule) Chicorli | Newspaper and cemetary lookups. |
| Thunder Bay | Rita Campeau | Willing to take digital photos of headstones, homes, historical places in immediate area. Will do some photocopying of obituaries in local public library if dates provided. All info sent to you via email. |
| Thunder Bay | Nelly Reedhead | Still photos of tombstones. Public Records lookups and copying. Our library has microfilm of all the local newspapers so I can do obituary lookups. The city directory microfilms go back to the early 1900's. |
| Timmins | Lynn | Still photos of tombstones transcriptions & photos for Timmins Memorial, Whitney &
Tisdale cemeteries, willing to look up obits if death date provided |
| Toronto | Nicole Patterson | BMD notice transcriptions from the Toronto Star (1894 - present) and the Toronto Globe and Mail (1849 - present). Specific dates are required for a search. |
| Toronto | Paul Turner | Digital photos of tombstones and possibly homes via email. Due to the high cost of gasoline, expect small charges for my services |
| Toronto | Leueen MacFarlane | I can search the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail newspapers. A date is not
essential, but will improve the odds of success. Please give me as many names as you can which might occur somewhere in the item, especially if the request is for the 19th or early 20th centuries. I can occasionally do other kinds of look-ups, but, as I receive a great many requests, there is no guarantee that I can do them, or when. |
| Vars | Agathe Robinson | Public Records lookups and copying. Pictures of any tombstones in the St-Guilaume (Vars) and Bearbrook cemeteries, (old) local homes and businesses. I have a lot of information on the "pioneers" of the village of Vars. |
| Victoria | Ryan Ranson | Public Records lookups and copying 1891 Anson & Hindon Twp. census return |
| Waterloo - Cambridge | Bob McMullen | Still photos of tombstones Will take digital photos of gravestones in and around
Cambridge, Ontario. If necessary, will try to search for grave locations, but will not do record searches. |
| Wellington | Ryan Ranson | Public Records lookups and copying Cemetery Transcription for Mount Forest Cemetery |
| Windsor | Kim Beaulieu | Digital photos of tombstones, in any cemetary in Windsor. Some idea of where gravesite is located would be helpful! |
| Windsor | Tracey Rizea | Obituary lookups, public record lookups and most cemetery lookups, as well as pictures of gravestones |
| Windsor | Valerie Henley-Newell | Still photos of tombstones |
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