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Published histories of towns, counties, districts or other municipalities, and provinces often contain accounts of families. Many district, county, and town histories include sections or volumes of biographical information. These may give information on as many as half of the families in the area. A county history is also the best source of information about a county’s origin. | Published histories of towns, counties, districts or other municipalities, and provinces often contain accounts of families. Many district, county, and town histories include sections or volumes of biographical information. These may give information on as many as half of the families in the area. A county history is also the best source of information about a county’s origin. | ||
A large collection of local histories is found in the Manitoba Legislative Library. Early histories could be found on microfiche in the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions collection or the Bibliography of the Prairie Provinces to 1953 collection. The smaller histories can be found in local and school libraries, the local church or church archives or among the organization records.<ref>Hanowski, Laura. "Manitoba Local, School, Church, and Organization Histories (National Institute)," '' | A large collection of local histories is found in the Manitoba Legislative Library. Early histories could be found on microfiche in the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions collection or the Bibliography of the Prairie Provinces to 1953 collection. The smaller histories can be found in local and school libraries, the local church or church archives or among the organization records.<ref>Hanowski, Laura. "Manitoba Local, School, Church, and Organization Histories (National Institute)," ''International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Manitoba_Local,_School,_Church,_and_Organization_Histories_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ||
The Manitoba Library Consortium and the Manitoba Historical Society have a website of digitized local histories. [http://www.manitobia.ca/content/en/books/local_histories Manitobia]. | The Manitoba Library Consortium and the Manitoba Historical Society have a website of digitized local histories. [http://www.manitobia.ca/content/en/books/local_histories Manitobia]. | ||
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