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Fairview
Heritage Centre™
The
Century Building where Trent Valley Archives is Located
567
Carnegie Avenue , Peterborough Ontario
Canada K9L 1N1
705-745-4404
Research
The
reading room is open to members from Tuesday to Saturday, 10 to 4:00, and
other times by appointment.
Annual memberships: $52.50
Family: $63.00
Day
Rate: $26.50
Trent University students: $25 (if using the archives for university projects)
The major benefits of membership
are unlimited use of the reading room at Trent Valley Archives,
subscription to Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley, invitations to
special events, and opportunities to help in the diverse work of the
Trent Valley Archives, specializing in local history, families, places and archives.
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Some
of the resources at the Centre include......
Large text collection of regional genealogical and historical resources
Cemetery transcripts for over five Counties in the Trent Valley region
Submitted Family Histories
Genealogical Research Directory (international who's looking for who -
published yearly, 2003 edition now in the library)
Peter Robinson immigration (1825) ships lists and land records
Local Newspaper extracts of birth marriage and deaths - 1800s
Peterborough Irish resource collection
Extensive microfilm collection of assorted Church & Municipal
records from the area.
Computer work stations for automated searches of many databases
Searchable historical index to the Peterborough Examiner (1890-1965)
Obituaries
from The Peterborough Examiner 1980 - 2002
The
Peterborough County Land Records pre 1950
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Trent
Valley Archives Research Rates:
TVA
Members no charge / non members 26.50 per day
As a volunteer non
profit organization, donations are always most welcome
All donations receive a receipt suitable for income tax
deduction. We
encourage the submission of printed family histories, texts , pedigree
charts, gedcom files, or any other related resources you may consider
providing. As an experienced group of genealogists, and a functional
division of a Professional Archives, submitted materials will be handled
and preserved in an appropriate manner.
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