Oshawa's History

Scugog Carrying Place: A Frontier Pathway (US) by Grant Karcich -- The story of Scugog Carrying Place, the ancient aboriginal trails connecting Lake...

Who Lived on Centre Street - 1851-1869?

1851 - The Canada Directory, containing the names of the professional and business men of every description, in the cities, towns, and principal villages...

Research Resources

Oshawa Town Hall and Williams Piano Works, ca 1900. Source: Ontario.ca Public Domain: Copyright expired JUMP TO: • Researching Your Family Tree •...

My House History Search Continues...

Looking at the Conner and Coltson's Directory for the County of Oshawa for 1869-1870 (Population about 3000), the following people are listed as living...

1921 Canada Census will be released today

Civil servant at trailer park, census 1925. Source: Wikimedia Commons {{PD-US}} Public Domain: Copyright expired Library and Archives Canada is pleased...

Today's Free Book: Canada for Gentlemen

Canada for Gentlemen by James Seaton Cockburn -- a series of letters by the author, James Seaton Cockburn, to his family as he sets out in 1884 from...

Canada Census - 1851 database available

Civil servant at trailer park, census 1925. Source: Wikimedia Commons {{PD-US}} Public Domain: Copyright expired Library and Archives Canada announced...

House Histories: Athol and Albert Street West

28A Albert Street, Athol and Albert Street West Photo Credit: © Catherine McDiarmid-Watt On the 1850's map of Oshawa, Athol Street begins at Union...