Local Indexes & Directories

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This index covers notices for births, marriages, and deaths as published by the Thunder Bay Sentinel from 1875-1879 and 1891-1895. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for births, marriages, and deaths as published by the Fort William Daily Times Journal from 1900-1913. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for deaths as published by the Fort William Daily Times Journal from 1900-1972. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for births, marriages, and deaths as published by the Port Arthur Daily News / Port Arthur Daily News-Chronicle from 1906-1972. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for deaths as published by the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal from 1972-1989. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for deaths as published by the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal from 1988-1997. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for deaths as published by the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal from 1998-2017. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for deaths as published by the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal in 2018-2025. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for deaths as published by the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal from January to June 2026. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Fort William Daily Times Journal from 1914-1929. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Port Arthur Daily News or the Port Arthur News-Chronicle from 1915-1942. This index also includes WWI References from August - December 1914. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Fort William Daily Times Journal from 1930-1939. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Fort William Daily Times Journal from 1940-1949. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Port Arthur Daily News or the Port Arthur News-Chronicle from 1943-1951. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Fort William Daily Times Journal from 1950-1954. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Port Arthur Daily News or the Port Arthur News-Chronicle from 1952-1961. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Fort William Daily Times Journal from 1955-1959. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Fort William Daily Times Journal from 1960-1965. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Port Arthur Daily News or the Port Arthur News-Chronicle from 1962-1972. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Fort William Daily Times Journal from 1966-1972. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal from July 1972-1979. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal from 1980-1984. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal from 1985-1989. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal from 1990-1994. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal from 1995-1999. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal from 2000-2009. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal from 2010-2019. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

This index covers notices for birth, marriage, news, retirements, anniversaries, divorce, military records and more as published in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal from 2020-2025. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca

The Thunder Bay Index is a subject index bringing together periodical/newspaper articles covering Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. Full text articles can be viewed on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library. To request an accessible version of an index or request an article, please email research@tbpl.ca