New! View Our Virtual Exhibit

The newest exhibit in our Historical Room focusses on the founding of Crosshill and a few of the early families.  Since the room is closed to visitors we have created a virtual exhibit. More exhibits to follow in the next few weeks. 
                     VIRTUAL EXHIBITS
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Please have a look and let us know what you think!
We have completed the scanning of original documents relating to the Township of Wellesley. We now have about 12,000 pages of new material  organized and available on our site. They include minutes of various groups from 1866 to 1965, plus Tax Assessment Rolls from 1854 to 1889. 
Check it out here! ​​​

Wellesley Tax Assessment Rolls
​1854-1889

Wellesley Township Tax Assessment Rolls in the Waterloo Region Archives have been scanned with their assistance and permission. Only available here in digital form. 

Waterloo County was incorporated in 1853, so 1854 was the first tax year. The rolls represent very early information about life in the township. 

The forms change over time, but they list - name, age, occupation, Freehold (land owner) Householder (tenant), number of acres, value of real property and personal property, income, statute labour, number of people in the family, religion, livestock and more​. They are a gold mine of information!

Click here to access the rolls. 

WTHHS Historical Room - 
Closed Until Further Notice

In accordance with Region of Waterloo guidelines, our historical room will not be open on our regular  Saturdays until further notice. Check this space for updates. Stay safe! Stay healthy!

 WTHHS Meetings and Minutes​

We are having a Zoom meeting on Monday, June 21 at 2 pm.  Please let me know if you would like to join us and I will send you an invitation.

Click here to read minutes of our past meetings. 

Join us - it's free! membership  form is here.
Online Donations - We do not charge for our research time, but if the information we provide is useful to you, please consider making a donation to our historical society through the Township of Wellesley's website. 
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