Archival Research Guides

• Arthur
• Arthur Township
• Clifford
• Drayton
• Elora
• Eramosa Township
• Erin
• Erin Township
• Fergus
• Guelph Township
• Maryborough Township
• Minto Township
• Mount Forest
• Nichol Township
• Palmerston
• Peel Township
• Pilkington Township
• Puslinch Township
• West Garafraxa Township
• West Luther Township

• Town of Erin
• Township of Wellington North
• Town of Minto
• Township of Puslinch
• Mapleton Township
• Township of Centre Wellington

Archival Collection

• Over 90,000 photographs, postcards, slides
• Over 3000 maps and plans
• Over 900 family history files
• Cemetery tombstone transcriptions
• Manuscripts - diaries, letters, scrapbooks
• Business and club records including the Beatty Bros. fonds
• Farmers, business and telephone directories
• County atlas, 1877, 1906
• County wills index, 1840-1931
• Municipal records: designated repository for the Municipal and Records generated by Wellington County member municipalities; consisting of minute books, by-laws, tax assessment and collectors rolls, and voters lists.
• Land Abstract Indexes (property ownership from first settlement)
• Census for Wellington County, 1851 (no Erin Twp. or Guelph), 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 (no Maryborough Twp.), 1901, 1911, 1921.
• Ontario Vital Statistics indexes: births (1869-1914), marriages  (1869-1929), deaths (1869-1939)
• Upper Grand District School Board records relating to one room schools
• Women's Institute records; Tweedsmuir Histories
• Couling Collection: architectural inventories, photographs and 13,000 slides documenting significant architectural structures in Guelph and Wellington County.