Middlesex County Ontario Genweb

If you're planning a trip to Middlesex County include the following places of genealogical interest in your itinerary

Be sure to call ahead to verify that the dates and times of operation are correct

Libraries & Research Facilities

London-Middlesex County Branch OGS Library, Grosvenor Lodge, 1017 Western Rd, London

Phone: (519) 645-2845; Fax: (519) 645-0981
Open: Mon - Fri, 9-4 (OGS volunteers 1-4); Sat 10-4

Family History Centre, (Church of Latter-Day Saints), 1139 Riverside Drive, London

Reservations are necessary, Call early to book your place
Phone: (519) 473-2421
Open: Tue 10-1, 7-10; Wed-Thu 10-4; Sat 10-3
Closed all holidays and two weeks at Christmas (note: summer hours-June, closed Tues., July closed Wed. and August closed Thur. from June to September the Sat. hours are reduced to 10 to 1pm)

London Room, Central Library, 305 Queens Ave, London

Open: Mon-Tue 9-9; Wed 1-9; Thu-Sat 9-5

University of Western Ontario, Richmond Street, London

Weldon Library

Open: Mon - Thu, 8:30 am - 11 pm (Reference Help until 9 pm); Fri, 8:30 am - 10 pm (Reference Help until 5 pm); Sat, 11 am - 8 pm (Reference Help until 6 pm); Sun, Noon - 10 pm (Reference Help until 6 pm)

Regional Collections (Weldon Library)

Open: Mon-Fri 10-4

Special Collections

(Weldon Library)
Open: Mon-Fri, 9 am - Noon

 

Sites of Historical Interest

Eldon House

Corner of Ridout St & Queen's Aven (481 Ridout St, North), London - Built by John Harris in 1834

The Old Court House

Corner of Ridout & Dundas St's - First built in 1830 an adjacent jail was built in the 1840's. Unchanged since 1844

St. Paul's Cathedral

Corner of Richmond St & Queen's Ave, London - Built 1844-1846

Trinity Church

Main intersection, Lambeth - built c1850

St. John's Anglican Church

Corner of 7th Concession & Highway 4, Arva - Built in 1875

Arva Flour Mill

Built c1825 by Mr. Martin; was one of the first grist mills in the area

Fanshawe Pioneer Village

Located in Fanshawe Park, London, opened in 1959 the village is "an authentic reproduction of a typcial crossroads community of the pre-railway era of the 19th century"

Fanshawe Dam

Located in Fanshawe Park, London, built 1955

Komoka Railway Museum

133 Queen, Komoka

Strathroy Middlesex Museum

84 Oxford St, Strathroy, originally a home built by W.H. Murray c1871

Ska-Nah-Doht Indian Village

Located in Mount Brydges. Replica of a Neutral Indian village in pre European contact era

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