One of the longest ongoing projects undertaken by the Simcoe County Branch involves compiling genealogical records of the Simcoe County settlers. All members are encouraged to participate in this programme and are asked to fill in a standard form for their earliest known ancestor in Simcoe County and submit it to the Branch.

This is an excellent way to share information about your pioneer ancestors in Simcoe County and find others with similar interests. Simply fill out and mail in the form that comes with your welcome package when you join the branch. If you have not already submitted your information, here are links to different formats of the Settlers Forms (PDF / Word / WordPerfect)), that you can fill in and mail it to the branch.

The completed forms are deposited at The Simcoe County Archives in Midhurst with copies kept in binders, “Settlers Forms Volume 1-23”, in the Simcoe County Branch Collection located at the Barrie Public Library. Copies are also filed with the Publications Co-ordinator for indexing and the information entered in our Settlers Database that can be searched online.

We also encourage members to submit family group sheets and pedigree charts. These may be hand written on standard forms or computer generated and are treated in a manner similar to the Settlers Forms. Pedigree Charts Volumes 1 to 4 and Family Group Sheets Volumes 1 to 3 are on file in our Branch collection. Information from these forms has also been entered in the Settlers Database.