{"id":244,"date":"2017-01-24T19:32:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T19:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madocpubliclibrary.ca\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:24:02","slug":"local-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madocpubliclibrary.ca\/index.php\/our-services\/local-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Local History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/madocpubliclibrary.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/notebook_tabs_grayscale_history.jpg\" alt=\"History Text Book\" class=\"wp-image-595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madocpubliclibrary.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/notebook_tabs_grayscale_history.jpg 160w, https:\/\/madocpubliclibrary.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/notebook_tabs_grayscale_history-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Madoc Public Library hosts a sizable local history collection.&nbsp; Housed in the Archive Room, this collection contains a variety of research material for those tracing their roots. Family histories have been generously donated to the library, and local cemetery records, information about early settlers, homes, schools and businesses, and local history books are available. Ancestry can be used in-library on Patron PCs or a personal mobile device or laptop connected to the Library Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A large collection of birth, death and marriage records are on hand, and a microfilm\/fiche collection of old newspapers can be viewed on-screen, printed, emailed, or saved to a USB stick. If an extended period of time is required for research, please call or email to reserve the machine.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestrylibrary.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/madocpubliclibrary.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ancestrylibraryedition-300x114.png\" alt=\"Ancestry Library Edition\" class=\"wp-image-729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madocpubliclibrary.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ancestrylibraryedition-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/madocpubliclibrary.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ancestrylibraryedition.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ancestrylibrary.proquest.com\/aleweb\/ale\/do\/login\/refurl\"><br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Online &nbsp;Local History Resources<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.ourontario.ca\/results?site=Madoc%20Public%20Library%20%28Centre%20Hastings%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Ontario &#8211; Madoc&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Madoc-and-Local-Area-History-369769019861928\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madoc and Local Area History&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~onhastin\/Places\/madoc78.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madoc Township Pioneers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oharamill.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">O&#8217;Hara Mill Homestead and Conservation Area<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ontarioplaques.com\/Plaques\/Plaque_Hastings16.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Founding of Madoc Historical Plaque<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghosttownpix.com\/ontario\/towns\/eldorado.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eldorado Ghost Town<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhig.com\/2015\/02\/03\/local-history-ontarios-first-gold-mine-near-madoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ontario&#8217;s First Gold Mine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hastingshistory.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hastings County Historical Society<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabhc.ca\/en\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County &#8211; Main Website <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/cabhc_newspapers?&amp;sort=-week&amp;page=6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County Newspapers&nbsp; (includes historical Madoc newspapers)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Archive Information Request Form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking for local  history information?  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