Barrie Public Library

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Contact Information
Address:

60 Worsley Street

Barrie, ON

L4M 1L6

Telephone: 705-728-1010

Hours of Operation:


 * Click here for Regular Hours
 * Click here for Holiday Hours

Directions/Parking Map:


 * Directions page, including Google map
 * Parking lots are adjacent to the library on MacDonald Street

Email: askus@barrielibrary.ca Website: www.barrielibrary.ca Facebook: BPL Facebook Page

Twitter: BPL_inthecity

Description of Collections
Our print Local History collection is focused on the City of Barrie, with a small number of works on the surrounding areas, such as the 'Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Simcoe, 1881'.

The list of resources below are all in microfilm or microform:

Vital Statistics

Stored in the Peacock Room (Ask staff to retrieve from closed access)


 * Ontario Birth, Marriage and Death Records (up to early 1900s)
 * Canadian Census Records (1842-1911)

Newspapers


 * Banner (1938-1987 with gaps)
 * Banner Advance (1987-1989)
 * Barrie Advance (1997-previous year)
 * Barrie Examiner (1864-2017)
 * Barrie Magnet (1847-1851)
 * Barrie Saturday Morning (1910-1914)
 * Northern Advance (1854-1940)
 * Northern Gazette (1868-1910)
 * Spirit of the Age (1858-1863)

Other Microfilm & Microform


 * The Agricultural Geography of Simcoe, Ontario, 1820-1880: change record format to reflect microfilm
 * Fred Grant Historical Scrapbooks
 * Hurricane Hazel - 'Hurricane Hazel Coverage'.
 * Index of Births, Marriages & Deaths in Barrie Newspapers: (1847-1960).
 * Negroes in Ontario from Early Times to 1870.
 * Telephone Directories 1884-1979.
 * Tweedsmuir History: Allenwood, Bond Head, Cookstown, Simcoe, Crossland, Vespra. LH 971.317 Twe


 * Insurance Plan of Barrie, Ontario, April, 1907.
 * Insurance Plan of Barrie, Ontario, October 1923 (Revised to August 1931).
 * Insurance Plan of Barrie, Ontario, October, 1923 (Revised to July 1946).
 * Loyalist Settlements 1786-1789 - Evidence in the Canadian Claims
 * Ontario Archives Land Record Index Township Listing 1780s -WWI.
 * Ontario Archives Land Record Index Name Listing.
 * Place Names of Ontario. Carter, Floreen Ellen. 971.3 Car.


 * Dufferin County Cemeteries: Spring valley, Melanchthon Township; Roman Catholic, Mono Township; St Luke's Anglican, Perm Methodist, Whitfield Cemeteries.
 * Guide To Holdings Of The Archives Of Ontario (microform).
 * Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Thornhill, Ontario: Registers 1831-1863.
 * Land Records Index, 1979 (Archives of Ontario).
 * Muskoka District Cemeteries: Jackson Family Cemetery, Morrison Township.
 * Ontario Archives Land Record Index Township Listing 1780s - World War I.
 * Ontario Archives Land Record Index Name Listing.
 * Ontario Genealogical Society - Bruce & Grey Branch - Newspaper Clippings by Surname.
 * Registers Of Baptisms 1807-1908 Of The Cathedral Church Of St. James (Anglican), Toronto.
 * Register Of Marriages 1807-1908 Of The Cathedral Church Of St. James (Anglican), Toronto, Ontario.
 * Surrogate Court Records, Ontario ; Index 1793-1858.
 * Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Registers: United Church Archives (Victoria University)

Guides
Microfilm Reader - How to use our digital microfilm scanner (online video & guide)
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