As Toronto Public Library commemorates Holocaust Education Week 2017, I would like to take the opportunity to highlight one of Toronto Reference Library's unique collections: the library collection of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto (JGST). The Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto) was established in 1985 and on January 29, 2014, its name […]
Getting Started Resources relating to Jewish genealogy are located in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department at the Toronto Reference Library, including general handbooks and guides for various countries. The collection includes Canadian, British, European and Holocaust-related material, aided by a strong map and atlas collection. Searching the Library Catalogue Suggested Subjects and […]
Getting Started This guide focuses on the Loiselle Index available at the Toronto Reference Library. The Loiselle Index is a microfilm copy of a card index created by Père Antoine Loiselle, located in the Humanities and Social Sciences department on the second floor. The Index contains references to over one million marriage records for 520 parishes in […]
Getting Started Huguenots were Protestant refugees who fled from religious persecution in France and the Low Countries to Britain and North America in the 17th century. This guide focuses on resources at the Toronto Reference Library. Searching the Library Catalogue Suggested Subjects and Keywords: Huguenots Huguenots –- [Place name] E.g. , Huguenots -– Canada Huguenots […]
By George H. Cook –Second Charlottetown Detachment who volunteered for service with the Canadian Contingent for the war in South Africa. This image is part of the Canadian Copyright Collection held by the British Library, and has been digitized as part of the "Picturing Canada" project. Getting Started This guide describes resources available at the […]
Getting Started This guide focuses on resources available at the Toronto Reference Library. Most of the resources listed are available through the Humanities and Social Sciences Department, located on the second floor. Questions to think about before beginning: To what branch of the military did your ancestor belong (army, navy, militia, etc.)? In what type […]
Slavic and East European Collections, The New York Public Library. "Karta Ukrainy V.Boplana 1650g. Tekst str. 15" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. This guide has had minor revisions in October 2016. Getting Started This guide focuses on resources at the Toronto Reference Library. For help with your genealogy research, please visit the Humanities […]
On January 27, 2015 the world commemorated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In the period following World War II, Holocaust survivors wrote Yizkor (memorial) books to preserve the memory of families — and in some cases entire Jewish communities — destroyed during the war. These books were originally written in Yiddish or […]
Current display marking 50th anniversary of Canadiana Collection The Canadiana Collection was created by North York Public Library in response to frequent requests for local and Ontario history materials. When the library held a book drive in 1961, appealing to the public for book donations to stock 3 new branches, the donated items were […]
Toni Wallachy, RC Harris Water Filtration Plant, 2010 The gallery at North York Central Library is the venue for Building Storeys 2011. A component of the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, Building Storeys is a collaborative effort between Heritage Toronto and a collective of Toronto architectural photographers. This year's photographers include Robert Dyke, Sean Galbraith, […]