5 Middlesex County Libraries have digital microfilm readers and collections of local materials on microfilm. Please note that a time limit may be enforced by staff in order to ensure all researchers have access to needed materials and equipment.
The Parkhill Library's microfilm machine is temporarily unavailable.
If visiting from out of the area, it is suggested that you contact the library directly to make arrangements prior to your visit. Contact information for all branches can be found on our Locations page.
Microfilmed newspapers in the Strathroy collection include (some years may be incomplete):
- "Strathroy Age" (1870-2020)
- "Glencoe Transcript --The Gazette Transcript & Free Press" (1893-2017)
- "Dorchester Signpost" (1959-2015),
- "Lambeth News-Star" (1963-1990)
- "South Middlesex News" (1963-1965)
- "Mount Brydges and South Middlesex - The News" (1975-1977),
- "Lucan Towne Crier" (1983-1988), "Parkhill Gazette -- The Gazette Transcript & Free Press" (1873-2017)
- "Nissouri Nudger" (1910-1914)
- "North Middlesex Review" (1867-1869)
- "St. Mary's Weekly Argus" (1867), "St. Mary and North Middlesex Argus & Review" (1870), "St. Mary's and North Middlesex Argus & Review" (1870-1873), "St. Mary's Argus and County of Perth" (1873-1874)
- The North Middlesex Village News (1995-1996).
- Other microfilmed materials in the Strathroy Collection include: Census records, Tweedsmuir histories, Ontario Vital Statistics (an index to Ontario births, marriages and deaths), and Ontario Land Record index.
The Dorchester microfilm collection includes (some years many be incomplete):
- "The (Dorchester) Signpost” (1959-2020)
- “Nissouri Nudger” (1910-1914).
The Lucan microfilm collection includes (some years many be incomplete):
- “Ailsa Craig Banner -- Ailsa Craig Times -- Lucan Enterprise -- Lucan Record -- Lucan Sun -- Lucan Shamrock” (1895-1965)
- The North Middlesex Village News (June 1995 - July 1996)
- Donnelly Collection: Legal Papers; Miscellaneous Legal Papers; Accounts & Receipts, etc.
The Parkhill microfilm collection includes (some years many be incomplete):
- “Ailsa Craig Banner-Ailsa Craig Times, Lucan Enterprise-Lucan Record, Lucan Sun & Lucan Shamrock Newspaper” (1895-1965)
- “Lambton-Middlesex Standard – Standard Newspaper” (2019-2020)
- “Lucan Towne Crier” (1983-1988)
- “North Middlesex Review” (1867-1869)
- “Parkhill Gazette -- The Gazette Transcript & Free Press” (1893-2018)
- “St. Mary’s and North Middlesex Argus & Review” (1870-1873), “St. Mary’s Argus and County of Perth” (1870), “St. Mary’s Weekly Argus” (1869)
- “Women’s Institute Tweedsmuir Histories Riverview Branch N. Middlesex County” “Women’s Institute Tweedsmuir Histories & Minute Books Ailsa Craig Branch N. Middlesex County Minute Book” (1921-1923) and Women’s Institute Tweedsmuir Histories & Minute Books Riverview Branch N. Middlesex County Mar24 (1938-1971).
The Glencoe microfilm collection includes (some years may be incomplete:
- “Glencoe Transcript -- Glencoe Transcript & Free Press -- The Newspaper of Glencoe and Alvinston and Area Transcript and Free Press -- The Transcript and Free Press -- The Gazette Transcript and Free Press” (1873 – 2018),
- “Lambton - Middlesex Standard” (2019 – 2020).
