Microfilm

The Lions Club Local History Centre features a collection of more than 200 microfilm reels and microfiche, offering access to valuable local, provincial, and national records for researchers and history enthusiasts alike.

Microfilm & Microfiche Collection Highlights

• Ontario and Canada census data

• Delhi News Record

• Simcoe Reformer

• Jarvis Record

• Tweedsmuir Histories

• And more local historical resources

These materials provide in-depth insight into community history, family research, and regional heritage, making them an invaluable resource for genealogists and local history researchers.

Borrow Microfilm from the Archives of Ontario.

The Microfilm Interloan Service allows you to borrow microfilmed archival records through NCPL of about 32,000 of Archive of Ontario's most popular microfilm reels. As a result, you may be able to do extensive research without going to the Archives of Ontario. The material available through interloan will be most useful to people doing genealogical research about their family, but it will undoubtedly be of interest to other researchers as well. Use the links below to access the main categories of records available through interloan.

Ontario Government Records

Non-Government Records

Once you have determined what reel you would like to borrow, please email Interlibrary Loans with the following information.

• The reference code and a brief description of the records.

  The reference code should consist of:

  • "GS 1", "GS 2", "MS", "FS", "B" or "N" fiche, microfilm group code
  • a microfilm reel number/or fiche number
  • a brief description of the records on the reel

  Examples:

  • GS 2, Reel 1246, Court Records, Frontenac Surrogate Court, Estate Files #2261 to #2349
  • MS 937, Reel 10, Vital Statistics, Indexes to Deaths, 1922
  • B 34, Reel 3, Historical Atlases, Atlas of the County of Middlesex, 1878
  • B 70, Reel 1, City of Toronto Directories
  • FS 001, Ontario Land Record Index
    • If you are requesting by Township, FS 001, please enter "1T" in the reel # field
    • If you are requesting by Name, FS 001, please enter "1N" in the reel # field
  • For prompt results please follow the above instructions precisely when typing your request in the required fields.

Patrons will be able to use any reels borrowed for a 4 week period at the Simcoe Branch.