Pontiac Archives

Look for the entry of the Pontiac Archives in the Canada Day Parade.

Pontiac Archives, 358 Main Street, Shawville, Friday, June 30, 10 am to 4 pm. Outside or inside displays.

Duplicate local High School Year Books for sale, many years – All proceeds going to the Archives.

Unknown pictures — Please help us identify them.

Local Books for sale — All proceeds going to the Archives.

All workers at the Archives are volunteers. Donations appreciated.

Open House 2017 for Pontiac Archives, Shawville, Quebec, will be Tuesday – Thursday, July 4, 5, and 6, 9 am – 4 pm.
Everyone welcome. Lots of new material available.

Researching Your Family History

Thursday July 6, 2017 at 1:30 pm

Pontiac Archives, 358 Main Street, Shawville

Information Session led by Gloria F. Tubman

Researching Family History will offer advice, gained through 30 years of research, on
– how to start researching your family history,
– success in uncovering interesting information,
– pitfalls one can encounter, and
– resources available at the Pontiac Archives and elsewhere.

Gloria F. Tubman will have available copies of her just released book, A Genealogists’
Guide to Researching BRITISH HOME CHILDREN

Pontiac Archives, 358 Main Street, Shawville, Quebec, will host their 2017 Open House July 4, 5 & 6, 2017, from 9 am – 4:00 pm. Bienvenu/Everyone Welcome. Their will be an amazing collection of local information, current and historical including records.

Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 1:30 pm, hosted by the Pontiac Archives, Main Street, Shawville, Quebec, a presentation will be given by Gloria F Tubman, on researching your British Home Child.

Records indicate that 180 Home Children came to the Pontiac County.

Closed for the Holiday Season

The Pontiac Archives will close on Thursday, December 14, 2016, at 4 pm and re-open on January 10, 2017, at 9 am.

The Lost Splendour of Chats Falls, (in English sounds like “Shaw Falls”) an illustrated history of the Chats Falls, from the ice age to modern times, written by Terence M. Currie, MN.A. Hist. University of Ottawa, 2005, is available at the Pontiac Archives. Please come to 358 Main St, Shawville, Qc, if you would like to read this book.

A new book, Volume VI, Whiskey and Wickedness. The Turbulent Square Timber era. Renfrew On, Pontiac, and Gatineau. Quebec, writen by Larry D. Cotton from Perth, Ontario, is available at the Pontiac Archives, Shawville, Quebec, for the public to come in and read.

September 2016 the Pontiac Archives received the updated version of the genealogy by Ottawa Valley Genealogist Walter William Brown, Smiths Falls, Ontario. This collection shows mostly Pontiac County families and some from Lanark plus the family tree branches.

There are 273,907 individuals listed and 97,314 marriages, and many clippings, census, headstone photos, just to name a few.

This collection is only available for the public to use for researching at the Pontiac Archives, in Shawville.