Projects

Cemeteries

The Ottawa Branch has recorded and published indexes and transcriptions of approximately 200 cemeteries in Carleton, Lanark, Leeds, Russell, Renfrew Counties, and West Quebec. More transcriptions are being prepared for publication. In Ontario more than 3,000 cemeteries have been recorded and published, with many of these recordings held in our Branch Library. Many are now indexed in the our online database.

Places of Worship

The goal of this project is to identify and catalogue all churches and religious denominations that were in Ontario prior to the 20th Century. All religious registers held locally are being inventoried. A massive amount of data is being gathered and compiled by volunteers. It is planned that the data will eventually be published.

From 1990 to 2000, Jim Heal was coordinator of the Region 8 Places of Worship Project. Jim and his team collected a great many records. We are grateful for all the work they put into this project.

Tania Jones has accepted the task of taking over the Places of Worship Project for the Ottawa Branch. This is a huge job and we are indeed grateful to Tania for taking it on. She would be happy to hear from anyone who would be interested in working with her, giving her information they might have that should be included, or just letting her know we appreciate what she is doing so she won’t get discouraged. Tania’s can be contacted by email.

If you have suggestions about new projects we could undertake or questions about these projects, just complete the “Reply” below.