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Genealogy Coach

Discover online genealogy tools and local history collections available at the library.

During a one hour Genealogy Coach session, library staff can help you learn how to: 

• Find resources to locate census documents or birth, marriage, and death information in newspapers from index citations
• Access the Simcoe County Branch, OGS, Settlers Database finding tool
• Navigate AncestryLibrary.ca or FamilySearch.org
• Locate resources within the Ontario Ancestors Local History Collection
  • The OGS & Local History Collection contains books, microfilms, and other documents covering the history, geography, geology, culture and socio-economic structure of Simcoe County
  • This collection is located at our Downtown location
• Use the Digital Microfilm Scanner

The Digital Microfilm Scanner can also be booked for an hour of independent research through our website.

Reminders:

• Coaching sessions are learning opportunities to introduce patrons to library resources that they may not be familiar with; library staff are not paid genealogy researchers
  • For advanced searches, we recommend contacting the Ontario Ancestors - Simcoe County Branch or the County of Simcoe Archives
• Due to the popularity of these sessions, we ask that you book only ONE individual Genealogy Coach session per month

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