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 Barrie, ON
-L4M 1L6<br>
+L4M 1L6
-'''Telephone: 705-728-1010'''<br>
+'''Telephone:''' 705-728-1010<br>
 '''Hours of Operation:'''
-*'''[https://www.barrielibrary.ca/about-bpl/about-the-library/branches Click here for Regular Hours]'''
+*[https://www.barrielibrary.ca/about-bpl/about-the-library/branches Click here for Regular Hours]
-*'''[https://www.barrielibrary.ca/about-bpl/about-the-library/holiday-hours Click Here for Holiday Hours]'''
+*[https://www.barrielibrary.ca/about-bpl/about-the-library/holiday-hours Click here for Holiday Hours]
 '''Directions/Parking Map:'''
-* [https://www.barrielibrary.ca/about-bpl/about-the-library/branches Directions page], including Google map
+*[https://www.barrielibrary.ca/about-bpl/about-the-library/branches Directions page], including Google map
-* Parking lots are adjacent to the library on MacDonald Street<br>
+*Parking lots are adjacent to the library on MacDonald Street<br>
-'''Email: [http://mailto:askus@barrielibrary.ca askus@barrielibrary.ca]'''<br>
+'''Email:''' [http://mailto:askus@barrielibrary.ca askus@barrielibrary.ca]<br>
-'''Website: [https://www.barrielibrary.ca www.barrielibrary.ca]'''<br>
+'''Website:''' [https://www.barrielibrary.ca www.barrielibrary.ca]<br>
-'''Facebook: [http://www.facebook.com/barriepubliclibrary BPL Facebook Page]'''
+'''Facebook:''' [http://www.facebook.com/barriepubliclibrary BPL Facebook Page]
-'''Twitter:''' [http://twitter.com/BPL_inthecity '''BPL_inthecity''']<br>
+'''Twitter:''' [http://twitter.com/BPL_inthecity BPL_inthecity]<br>
 ==Description of Collections==
+Our print '''Local History''' collection is focused on the City of Barrie, with a small number of works on the surrounding areas, such as the 'Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Simcoe, 1881'.
+The list of resources below are all in '''microfilm''' or '''microform''':
+'''Vital Statistics'''
+Stored in the Peacock Room (Ask staff to retrieve from closed access)
+* Ontario Birth, Marriage and Death Records (up to early 1900s)
+* Canadian Census Records (1842-1911)
+'''Newspapers'''
+*Barrie Examiner (1864-1979)
+*Northern Advance (1855-1940)
+'''Other Microfilm & Microform'''
+* The Agricultural Geography of Simcoe, Ontario, 1820-1880: change record format to reflect microfilm
+* Fred Grant Historical Scrapbooks
+* Hurricane Hazel - 'Hurricane Hazel Coverage'.
+* Index of Births, Marriages & Deaths in Barrie Newspapers: (1847-1960).
+* Negroes in Ontario from Early Times to 1870.
+* Telephone Directories 1884-1979.
+* Tweedsmuir History: Allenwood, Bond Head, Cookstown, Simcoe, Crossland, Vespra. LH 971.317 Twe
+* Insurance Plan of Barrie, Ontario, April, 1907.
+* Insurance Plan of Barrie, Ontario, October 1923 (Revised to August 1931).
+* Insurance Plan of Barrie, Ontario, October, 1923 (Revised to July 1946).
+* Loyalist Settlements 1786-1789 - Evidence in the Canadian Claims
+* Ontario Archives Land Record Index Township Listing 1780s -WWI.
+* Ontario Archives Land Record Index Name Listing.
+* Place Names of Ontario. Carter, Floreen Ellen. 971.3 Car.
+* Dufferin County Cemeteries: Spring valley, Melanchthon Township; Roman Catholic, Mono Township; St Luke's Anglican, Perm Methodist, Whitfield Cemeteries.
+* Guide To Holdings Of The Archives Of Ontario (microform).
+* Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Thornhill, Ontario: Registers 1831-1863.
+* Land Records Index, 1979 (Archives of Ontario).
+* Muskoka District Cemeteries: Jackson Family Cemetery, Morrison Township.
+* Ontario Archives Land Record Index Township Listing 1780s - World War I.
+* Ontario Archives Land Record Index Name Listing.
+* Ontario Genealogical Society - Bruce & Grey Branch - Newspaper Clippings by Surname.
+* Registers Of Baptisms 1807-1908 Of The Cathedral Church Of St. James (Anglican), Toronto.
+* Register Of Marriages 1807-1908 Of The Cathedral Church Of St. James (Anglican), Toronto, Ontario.
+* Surrogate Court Records, Ontario ; Index 1793-1858.
+* Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Registers: United Church Archives (Victoria University)
 ==Services==
 ==History==
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+[https://my.nicheacademy.com/digitallibraryacademy/course/28089 Microfilm Reader - How to use our digital microfilm scanner] (online video & guide)