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Sarnia: We Built This City
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 12:00 AM
Historypin is a collaborative digital archive that allows users to share and view historic images online. The Sarnia: We Built This City on Historypin encourages museum visitors to experience the history of the City of Sarnia online on their phones, tablets, or computers.
Created in partnership, the Lambton Heritage Museum and Lambton County Archives have shared images and stories from their collections of historic Sarnia landmarks in this tour. Visitors can download the free Historypin app onto their...
Researching the Land: Online and In-Person Resources for Land Records
Posted on Thursday, October 17, 2013 12:00 AM
Land records are a resource that sometimes get overlooked by researchers. Land settlement in Ontario has a complex history that can sometimes be cumbersome to research. This blog post seeks to address the history and dispel the confusion surrounding this informative resource. Land records can fill in the blanks between census records and flesh out how your ancestors lived between birth, marriage, and death registrations.
History of the Land
[IMAGE] The land which is now Lambton County was part of Kent...
Remembering the Women of Lambton
Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 12:00 AM
The Lambton Heritage Museum's current feature exhibit Shine: Spotlight on Women of Lambton offers insight into the history of women in Lambton County and the contributions they have made to our community. I'm using this blog post as an opportunity to explore some wider themes of women's history, including how women's history became an area of study, how the roles of women have changed, and the impact of using a new concept for "work".
[IMAGE] Two women fishing near Grand Bend. Image courtesy of...
Threatening Flames: Early Firefighting in Lambton County
Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2013 12:00 AM
[IMAGE] Great Fire of London, from an oil by Jan Griffier the Elder, produced 1675. Museum of London collection.
Firefighting has an interesting history and the history of firefighting in Lambton County is no exception. Fire has historically posed a major threat to developing towns and cities around the world. Infamous damage occurred in England when the Great Fire of London raged from September 2 to 5 in 1666, destroying an estimated 13,200 homes and 87 churches. Fires were devastatingly common in...
Station Stories: Point Edward's Grand Trunk Railway
Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:00 AM
[IMAGE] Point Edward Grand Trunk Railway Station
I recently presented a talk at the Central Forum (a lecture series held at the Central United Church in Sarnia) entitled, "Passage to Point Edward: Survival of a Railway Town." In this blog I will outline some of "Station Stories" associated with the Point Edward Grand Trunk Railway Station. If you are interested in a more detailed look at the rise and decline of the Grand Trunk Railway Station in Point Edward, you can access my research notes or download...