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      These abolitionist newspapers were published in Canada West (Ontario) in the decade before the American Civil War and the final abolition of slavery.

     

      Created as part of Black History month programming

      Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different range. The instruments were calibrated against a distance measured with a surveyors chain (also known as Gunter’s chain). One chain …

      A virtual exhibit to portray the increasing popularity of service clubs such as the Kiwanis and the Rotary Club and recreational facilities since the mid twentieth century has coincided with a decline in the overall popularity of fraternal societies. Fraternal societies draw members at a slower rate than in previous …

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burial are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …

     

      First established in 1855 under Bishop Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel, P.S.S., Uptergrove is the oldest parish in the northern part of the Archdiocese of Toronto. The first church to occupy the site was a frame church built by Father John Synnott in 1856. It was located where the vault in the …