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      Tweedsmuir History Books, compiled by local branches of the Women's Institute, are a valuable resource for genealogists, historians, students, teachers and anyone with an interest in local history.

      The story of a woman who finds herself in the middle of the Great War is told at the Grey County Archives. Read her touching letters written home to a friend.

      Find out about these pioneers in the virtual exhibit based on our award winning exhibit From Slavery to Freedom: African-Canadians of Grey County.

      Find out about the life of an Anglican Reverend who served in Grey County. See his sermons and journal at the Grey County Archives.

      What was life like in Grey County at the turn of the 20th century? Find out from someone who was there. This collection of 26 diaries, spanning from 1867 to 1920, was written by Mary Williams Trout, a school teacher turned housewife from Meaford.

      Find out about figures who have shaped our fair County, or whom you may know, but may not know that they have Grey County connections.

      A virtual exhibit to compliment our popular community-based exhibit of the same name.

      Discover more about this fascinating industry once located in Owen Sound. Find out what types of material is available to see, first hand at the Grey County Archives.

      A tribute to the boys of Grey who served in the Great War, 1914-1918, with a special focus on the 147th and 248th Battalions.

      Candid group photo of Gertha McPhail (left), Agnes McPhail and Lilly McPhail (right), with two unidentified men, likely taken at the farm in Artemesia.

      Lilly (Lillian) Bailey (née McPhail) and Hugh Bailey (Agnes Macphail's sister and brother-in-law)

      Both sisters of Agnes Macphail married before 1921.

      Inscription on a photocopied version of this image says: "1953 Agnes Macphail just a while before she died. Taking her home from hospital"; "far left Gertha Reany, Jean Clunas, Agnes, Sandy Macphail [sic]". A family member has since identified the identity of the woman on the left as Lilly Bailey.

      Agnes Macphail in a garden with a canine companion.

      [See link to the photo 'Agnes Macphail as one of the Chautauqua Series Lecturers' to view the framed photo on the wall behind].

      The girl on the right has been identified in the records at Grey Roots Museum and Archives as Lilly Bailey. However, a family member asserts that Lilly had different coloured eyes and thinks this woman may be a friend of Agnes' from school.

      Wearing a light coloured, short-sleeved dress with embroidery, lacework or beading, with pince-nez spectacles and 'marcelled' hair, this portrait of Agnes Macphail was taken in Ottawa shortly after her election to Parliament in 1921.

      Agnes Macphail's parents, Henrietta Campbell McPhail and Dugald McPhail at their farm in Artemesia Township, Ontario.

      Dougald and Henrietta bought and moved into this house at Highway 4 and Jane St. in 1925. Dougald died in 1930 and Henrietta in 1937, at which time Agnes Macphail took over the house. A family member helped identify the group members.

      Agnes attended Owen Sound Collegiate Institute from 1906-1908 when this photograph may have been taken.