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Welcome to REQUESTS FOR RESEARCH for Lanark County

Volunteers at the Archives Lanark may conduct research for people who are unable to get to Archives Lanark themselves. This research is limited to material that is contained within the Archives Lanark and the LCGS Library.

1. Archives Lanark volunteers cannot spend time researching non-Lanark County-specific information or information that is readily available from other sources. Civil registration started in Ontario in 1869 and birth, marriage and death registrations are available on microfilm through the Latter Day Saints' Family History Centres and online at http://www.ancestry.ca.

2. A person requesting information must provide;

• their full name and mailing address
• as much information as possible with the initial request, such as names and dates of known relatives, religion and any known contacts with Lanark County.

To prevent duplication of effort, a person requesting information must supply all pertinent information they have already discovered. Archives Lanark reserves the right to suggest sources for information that must be supplied in order for the Archives Lanark search to have a reasonable chance of success.

3. LCGS MEMBERS there is no charge for the first hour. For significant research the research rate is $20 per hour.

• Non-members the minimum charge is $40 to cover the first two hours, payable in advance. Charges cover time expended by Volunteer researchers and do not guarantee successful results.

At the discretion of the Research CoOrdinator there will be no charge for a "minimal effort" response such as a very simple lookup or suggesting alternate research sources.

4. Copies will be charged at $1 dollar a page, except for deeds, wills, land record books and other difficult-to-copy documents which will be charged at $2.00 per page.

5. Cheques are payable to;

Archives Lanark.
P.O. Box 512,
Perth, Ontario, Canada, K7H 3K4