History Comes Alive at the Archives . . .

with the archival depository, accessible to the general public, for all genealogical and historical
documents pertaining to Lanark County. Each year many patrons visit the Archives such as local historians, school children, church groups and family members looking for long lost relatives come from all over Canada, the USA and as far away as Europe.   

This concept was developed after the Province of Ontario accepted a proposal from the Lanark County Genealogical Society to preserve the Land Records for posterity.

Resource Materials Available

The Lanark County Land Registry Abstract Books and Land Deeds dating from 1868 to 1955

Listings for local cemeteries, census records, early church records of baptisms and marriages

Scrap-books of births, deaths and marriages gleaned from local newspapers.

Compiled alphabetically, they complement the published indexes of the Almonte Gazette, Lanark Era and Perth Courier which cover the earlier years up to the 1930's

Original copies of The Almonte Gazette - 1920 - 1980 (also available on micro film);

Tweedsmuir History Books

Family histories

or
write to P.O. Box 512, Perth, ON K7H 3K4