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.
Contains the exact editions of the Bradford District High School and Holy Trinity High School yearbooks in our catalogue. As well as other miscellaneous school yearbooks.
If you would like to donate any of the missing editions, please contact the Library at lhistory@bradford.library.on.ca
An article about the history and popularity of the game of lacrosse in Bradford, written by Luanne Campbell Edwards.
"At this time in June, 110 years ago, there was only one topic being discussed in every household in Bradford: the Bradford players on the Canadian Lacrosse Associations' All Star Team, then playing across Canada on their way to Vancouver, as part of an around-the-world trip promoting the national game. At that time in Canada's history, that game was lacrosse - not hockey..."
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)