Newspaper article from a Barrie newspaper about John William "Jack" Parks (1884-1983).
Jack was the son of Margaret Parks (nee Lee) (1851-1919) and Richard Parks (1854-1895). Margaret was the daughter of Thomas Lee (1794-1868) and Ann Graham (abt. 1825-1903).
Photograph of John William "Jack" Parks (1884-1983) with his sister Sarah Ann Margaret Parks (1886-1893) and mother Margaret Parks (nee Lee) (1851-1919).
Margaret was the daughter of Thomas Lee (1794-1868) and Ann Graham (abt. 1825-1903).
Complete index of all miscellaneous microfilms available in the George and Helen Jackson Heritage Room, including:
Assessment Rolls for Tay Township (1940, 1943)
Land grants for Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (1914)
Innisfil Township Minute Books
Indexes to Births and Marriages in the Barrie Newspapers (1911 – 1930) *Maclean’s Magazine (1979-1986)
Digitized versions of old audio tapes, which include various interviews conducted with residents of Bradford West Gwillimbury. They are comprised of various interesting stories on everyday life in Bradford and surrounding areas over the past century.
Accompanying these recordings are written transcripts outlining each conversation in detail. Due to the age of the tapes, the sound quality of some may be a bit poor. These transcripts are provided to facilitate listening and complement the audio recording. All of these transcripts have been compiled into a book, which we have catalogued for anyone interested in reading them in a collected format.
Personnel files of one hundred and seventy-eight personnel who served in World War I with ties to South Simcoe. Research was commenced by Jan Coward. After her passing, a group of research assistants are working to verify the research and share this publicly. Original database exists as an online spreadsheet. Reseach assistants have identified which personnel files have been verified.