The Meaford Museum houses a wide variety of local reference material and genealogical records in our archives. 

 

The newly developed research room is waiting for you to explore, with family history binders, and subject binders including military and local history. Census records and birth/death records are also available.

 

Research room binders

You can book the entire room for a day for $50 or by the hour for $10/hr.

If you are researching your family history here is a list of some of the surnames for families we have information about.  If your surname is not listed here please contact the Museum as we may have information.

Please contact us if you would like to make a Research Request. 
We offer in depth research assistance for a fee of $25.00 per hour.

 Surnames A-B
 
A
Abbott
Abercrombie
Adams
Agar
Albery
Alcock
Aldrich
Almond
Anderson
Andrus
Anning
Arlidge
Armstrong
Arthur
Ashby
Atkins
 
B
Badgerow
Bailey
Baker
Barber
Barlow
Barr
Barracree
Barry
Batty
Baxter
Beebe
Bell
Belshaw
Benedict
Bennett
Bishop
Bissell
Blanchard
Bole
Bond
Bonesteel
Bowerman
Bowes
Bowser
Boyd
Bracken
Braithwaite
Breese
Brewster
Bridgett
Bright
Briggs
Brinkman
Brown
Bumstead
Buchill
Burley
Burnett
Burritt
Burrows
Burns
Bush
Butchart
 Surnames C-D
 
C
Cain
Callery
Cameron
Cann
Carefoot
Carnahan
Carney
Carpenter
Carre
Carson
Cartwright
Caswell
Challis
Chambers
Chantler
Chapman
Chapple
Charlwood
Charters
Chisholm
Christie
Ciglen
Clark
Cleland
Clement
Clock
Clugston
Cockins
Common
Conmee
Converse
Cook
Cooper
Corley
Cose
Cox
Craig
Cramp
Crawley
Croft
Cronk
Crosskill
Crothers
Cruickshank
Cunningham
Curry
 
D
Daugherty
Davey
Davidson
Davis
Davison
Dean
Deegan
Dennison
Dignard
Doherty
Doran
Dougherty
Douglas
Drummond 
Duff
Dunnill
Durant
Dutcher
Duxbury
Dyce
 Surnames E-H
 
E
Eagles
Eaton
Ellis
Elyea
Emary
Ewart
 
F
Ferguson
Ferris
Finley
Fisher
Fligg
Flower
Ford
Fox
Frank
Franklin
Fraser
Free
Freeborn
Freestone
Frizzell

G
Gardiner
Gawley
Geddes
Gibbons
Gibbs
Gifford
Gilmore
Glover
Godfrey
Gorous
Goudy
Gould
Govette
Govier
Gowan
 
 
H
Haines
Hair
Hall
Hallock
Ham
Hamill
Hamilton
Hammond
Harding
Hare
Harpell
Harris
Hart
Hartman
Hawkins
Hillis
Hogg
Holingshead
Holmes
House
Howard
Howe
Hubbard
Huff
Hughes
Hunt
Hunter
Hunwicks
Hurd
Huss
 Surnames I-L
 
J
Jay
Johnson
Johnston 
Johnstone 
Jolley
Juniper
 
K
Kay
Kennedy
Kernaghan
Kerr
Key
King
Kingston
Kirkpatrick
Kirvan
Knaggs
Knight 
Kroekle 
 
 
L
Lake
Lambe
Lang
Latornell
Law
Laycock
Layton
Leach
Lemon
Leonard
Lewis
Lindsay
Little
Logan
Londry
Long
Lonshway
Loucks
Love
Lovett
Luton
 Surnames M-P
 
M
MacGillvray
Mackey
Mackie
MacMillan
Mallory
Maloney
Manley
Markle
Marsh
Marshall
Martin
McArthur
McCann
McCartney
McCausland
McCormack
McCrae
McDonald
McDougall
McFarlane
McGee
McInnes
McIntosh
McIntyre
McKay
McKnight
McLaren
McLean
McMahon
McMillan
McNally
McNaughton
McVey
McVittie
Merie
Merrick
Miller
Mills
Milne 
Mitchell
Moffatt
Montgomery 
Moore
Morris
Mower
Munyard
Murray
Muxlow
 
 
N
Neely
Nelson
Niccoll
Noble
 
 
O
Oliver
Orser
 
 
P
Palmer
Parkin
Parsons
Patrick
Patterson
Paul
Payne
Pepper
Perks
Petch
Philips
Pilkey
Plunkett
Pollard
Porter
Postill
Price
Purdy
 Surnames Q-Z
 
Q
Quinn
 
R
Randle
Rankin
Raper
Rattray
Raven
Raymond
Read
Redmond
Reid
Rennie
Reynolds
Richardson
Richmond
Riley
Roadhouse
Robbins
Robertson
Robins
Robinson
Rogers
Rows
Rugg
Rumley
Rumsby
Rumsey
Ryan
 
S
Saunders
Scammell
Schmidt
Seaman
Sewell
Sheppard
Shields
Shortt
Shoular
Shunk
Silver
Silverthorn
Simpson
Sing
Skinner
Skippen
Smith
Snelgrove
Snell
Snelling
Snider
Sparling
Speer
Spike
Sproule
Stephen
Stephenson
Stewart
Stirling
Stitt
Storey
Stovel
Stubbs
Sunter 
Sutton 
Symes 
 
 
T
Tait
Tapley
Taylor
Theakston
Thom
Thompson
Thomson
Tomlinson
Tottenham
Treleaven
Tretheway
Trout 
 Tucker
Tupper 
Turner 
Tyson 
 
 
U
Ufland
 
 
V
Vail
VanWyck 
Vaughn
Vernon
Verroll
Vickers
 
 
W
Waddell
Walker
Walmsley
Walter 
Walters
Ward 
Warner 
Watson 
Watt
Weller 
West 
White
Whitney
Whitfield 
Whitelaw
Wilcox
Williams
Wilson
Winters
Woods
Workman
Wright
 
Y
Yoemans
York
Young

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