Our Geoffrey Moyer Local History and Archives room at the Main Branch features a wide range of books and equipment needed to research local and family history.

The Geoffrey Moyer Local History Room is equipped with:

• Computers
• Microfilm and Microform machines
• Large-format book scanner

Local History resources:

• Free access to Ancestry.com (available only in Library)
• Cemetery transcripts
• Census records
• City directories/Telephone books
• Family histories
• Newspapers (on microfilm) dating back to the 1850s.
• Ontario Archives Indexes (on microfilm)
• Genealogy reference books
• Scrapbooks
• Local History vertical files

For assistance or to get tips and research best practices, book 30-minutes of one-on-one help with a library staff member through our Ask a Librarian service.

In addition to the collection in our Geoffrey Moyer Local History Room, our Digital Archives features many digitized books, biographies, newspapers, school yearbooks and pictorial histories.