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Sources of Historical Material on Early Perth and the Area

A Brief History of the Founding of Perth and Neighbouring Townships [2010]

1816 Routes to Perth [2016]

Perth Military Settlement Soldier-Settlers [2010]
excel file Perth Military Settlement Soldier-Settlers [2010]

Civilian Settlers to the Perth Area, and their ships; 1816-1819 [2010]
excel file Civilian Settlers to the Perth Area, and their ships; 1816-1819 [2010]

Key Dates in the Founding of the Perth Military Settlement [2014]

Advice to Emigrants (1832)

The Post-War Settlement and Founding of North Grenville, 1814-1820 [2012]

THE THIRD WAVE - The Lanark 'Society Settlers' [2015]

FEW PLACES MORE DISADVANTAGED - The Crown & Clergy Reserve Dispute [2015]

MYTH OF THE PERTH 'SCOTS' SETTLEMENT [2015]

VOYAGE OF THE IMMIGRANT SHIP ATLAS [2015]

MECKLENBURG TO LANARK - An Administrative Evolution [2015]

The Dalhousie Saint Andrews Society [2020]

Early Settlement in Lanark County and the Glasgow Colonial Society [2020]

The Voyage of the David of London 1821 - Journal of John McFarlane (1779-c1830) [2022]

Rideau Ferry Road - 1966 Article [2022]

 Bathurst Independent Examiner [2023]

 County Sheriffs [2023]

 Early Days of the Perth Settlement [2023]

 Not So Fine & Healthy - The Ague [2023]

 A Summerless Year, Perth 1815-1816 [2023]

Perth & Area 200th Anniversary

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Perth, the Capital of the District of Dalhousie; from the N-East bank of the River Tay - painting by Thomas Burrowes, 1828, Archives of Ontario, I0002141

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