6th annual KPL Genealogy Fair
Saturday, April 21, 2018
9 am to 3 pm

Central Library
85 Queen Street North, Kitchener, ON 
N2H 2H1

Keynote Address: Mags Gaulden: "The Power of Genetic Genealogy" 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Lectures and workshops will begin following the Keynote address. Click here to see the program. 

NEW!  
2018 Fair Prize for Students

What is your story?   
Prize money $15.00/$10.00/$5.00
  • Junior competition – for ages 10 -14
  • Senior competition – for ages 15 -18
 Tell us a story about your family, your family home or farm in words and photos. It can be about an interesting time or event from your family's history.  Please don't use original photos in your display as tape and staples will damage them. See the Fair prize booklet for more details.

Wellesley Roots 

Introducing a new section on our website - a place for you to call "home" and find others searching their Wellesley Family Roots.

Send us your written family histories. We will post them on our Wellesley Roots page and perhaps connect you with long lost relatives! 
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Linwood News Clippings
​1868 - 1952

Linwood author, Julie Schnurr has kindly donated digital copies of research gathered when writing her 2002 book "More Than A Pool in the Woods - Linwood Past and Present." These files are a treasure trove of over 1300 newspaper articles about Linwood from the Waterloo Chronicle and its predecessors. 

Click here to learn more about the collection and to access the files.
WTHHS Meeting and Minutes
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, May 14, 2018 at 7:30 in the Historical Room, upstairs at the library - 1137 Henry Street, Wellesley, N0B 2T0. 

Please join the historical society - it's free!! The membership application form is here. 

To read minutes of our past meetings after they have been approved by the board, click here.​

 "Discovering Heritage" 
May 12, 2018 
​10 am to 4 pm
10 Huron Road, Kitchener

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- Free admission the the Waterloo Region Museum and Doon Heritage Village
- Heritage organization exhibits
- Come, talk and learn about what makes us Waterloo Region
- Children's activities in the village all day
Linwood Scrapbook
We were fortunate to be allowed to borrow and scan a scrapbook created during the 1940s and 1950s. Subjects include news of local interest, the war, weddings, funerals and even some international news of note. Click on the image below to see more information about the scrapbook and how to view it. ​   

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