Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Ontario Canada Voter's Lists 1867-1900 ONLINE

Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Ontario Canada Voter's Lists 1867-1900 ONLINE

I discovered this blog article this morning concerning the addition of the Ontario Canada Voter's Lists to Ancestry.com.

I am not seeing this database yet on Ancestry.ca but I can search it through the link provided to Ancestry.com with my Ancestry.ca subscription.

I am not sure yet if there are more voter's lists to be added to the collection. There are no lists for Manitoulin Island townships and only Osprey Township within the County of Grey is listed.

For Markham Township, there are none for the early years listed for the database. The first I find the family is in 1896 and the family had been in the Township since 1794.

This new database is great. I hope there are more townships and years to come.

When I have more time, I will do the necessary searches and make note of the information provided.

Agnes Macphail website

The Agnes Macphail website with its digital collection is now available online. This is a project of the Grey Highlands Public Library. The following is the introduction to the website. I hope you will take time to look at this project that highlights a fascinating woman who played an important role in Canadian parliamentary history.

Welcome to the Agnes Macphail Website
Agnes Macphail was the first woman elected to Canadian Parliament. During her lifetime, she was a dutiful daughter and sister, a willful teenager, dedicated schoolteacher, and champion for equal rights and fair treatment for everyone. This website and the Digital Collection showcase not just her political life, but the personal side of Agnes Macphail as she lived in Grey County and explored the world at large.