RESEARCH ONLINE

Digital Archives

Explore the digital archives for information that may assist in your Dufferin genealogy research. This database contains:

  • Local war veteran database
  • Dufferin County newspaper transcriptions and indexes
  • Headstone transcriptions
  • Church records
  • Local history book indexes
  • Family trees
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Online Collections

Explore and search artifact and archival records in the Museum of Dufferin Collection. This database contains:

  • W.J. Hughes Corn Flower Glass
  • Historic Photographs
  • Women’s Institute Records
  • Fisher Price Toy Collection
  • MacPherson WWI Collection
  • Orangeville Bottling Works Collection
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Placement List

These placement lists offer names, birthdates, immigration dates and other information about British Home Children that were placed in Dufferin.

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Long Journey Home

This digital platform gives background and context to the history of British Home Children in Dufferin County.

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Historic Landmarks

This map provides information and historic photographs about the villages, schools, churches, businesses, community buildings and industry in the County of Dufferin from 1881 to the Second World War.

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Did you know?

A collection of tales and fast facts compiled by the Archives department. From inventors and innovators to local heroes and outlaws, browse through the unique stories from our region.

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STATEMENT ON LANGUAGE AND DESCRIPTION

The Museum of Dufferin (MoD) Archives collects records and other materials related to all aspects of the history of the place now called the County of Dufferin. Records held by the MoD are historical in nature and contain language or depictions of people that are representative of the time they were created in. This includes harmful wording, cultural references, and stereotypes that are unacceptable today.   

It is the goal of the Museum of Dufferin Archives to maximize the accessibility of our collections to researchers, while minimizing the presence of inappropriate language in our archival descriptions. However, for a variety of reasons, users may encounter offensive, harmful &/or triggering language in legacy (original) collection descriptions that originated from the people and organizations that created the material. While we will retain legacy terminology (assigned at time of creation by the creator eg. photographer) within the record to facilitate retrieval, we are actively working on updating archival descriptions to name instances of discrimination, contextualize records and use descriptive language that respects the people and events represented in the material.  

Museum of Dufferin staff are actively working to: 

  • Replace inappropriate language introduced during legacy (original) descriptive practices while retaining those descriptions for research purposes using the format outlined by Library and Archives Canada 
  • Identify and name instances of racism, sexism, ableism and any other forms of discrimination 
  • Place a “content warning” image ahead of offensive &/or triggering images viewable to the public in the online database 
  • Remain compliant with legislation such as the Canadian Copyright Act and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). 
  • Use current language that respects the people and events reflected in our collections during the redescription of records 

Museum of Dufferin staff are currently implementing practices to address offensive or harmful language as part of routine description and inventory work. We recognize that terminology evolves over time and that efforts to create respectful and inclusive description must be ongoing. 

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