I recieved the following information regarding information available at certain
places in the East Ferris TWP:
East
Ferris records do not really appear until the 50's. Birth rates etc. were lumped into the district statistics. I have
made a small data collection regarding Corbeil mainly because nothing had ever been collected here in this village. The Perron
family, headed by Hector(deceased) and Germaine published an historical booklet on Astorville a few years ago. Astorville
and Corbeil are delineated village sites, but the areas beyond the villages are still considered to be of the same name. I
had better explain. If you ask someone in the area of Mcpherson Drive, which is 4-5 miles from the townsite, they will say
they live in Corbeil. In the whole area around the western shore of Lake Nosbonsing, people will claim to be from Astorville.
I would guess that these boundaries are the result of the Roman Catholic parish boundaries and they are very strongly entrenched
in the minds of the older residents. My intention is to sacn most of my collection onto disc, but I am hoping that I may be
able to expand the project with a grant from Culture Ontario. My main problem is time.
Yours
truly. Bill Vrebosch, Mayor, East Ferris Township
I
have the French: Paroisse Saint-Thomas-D'Aquin 1902-2002 as well as various articles the previous librarian had compiled.
Stop in at the library if you would like to have a look through what we have.
We're located in the municipality
called East Ferris (comprised of the towns Astorville and Corbeil), the town being named Astorville - named after Father Astor,
it was originally called Lévesque. I also have the memoirs of Joseph Levesque written in French. The Dionne Quints
were born in Corbeil.
Leslie Larocque, Librarian/CEO
East Ferris Township Public
Library
1257 Village Road
Astorville, Ontario
in Bonfield:
Hi Annette
At the library in Bonfield
we do have historical data that was donated to us by the Rutherglen Women Institute and we also have a copy of our centennial
book on the township. We do not have any microfilms. Our Friends of the Library our applying for a grant to have the Rutherglen
Women Institute genealogical pertinent information digitized and we wish them every success.
Jeannette
Also if you would like to help or possibly even donate
to the digitizing project being done by the "Friends of the Bonfield Public Library" of the "Women's Institute"
Records contact Marilyn Stewart at mstewart@ontera.net. They would be a great asset to the Nipissing District and all those doing research in those areas
as there are PHOTOS and archives that need to be preserved. If you can help them out please do!
in regards to School Records:
Hi Annette.
I hope this helps:
OSR's are kept 55 years after student
retirement
Student Attendance Registers are retained for 6 years
Staff Payroll Registers are kept permanently.
Please note that these records are confidential to anyone but the person the information has been collected about. (Unless
someone has signed third party authorization). If you have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to contact
me.
Regards,
Carrie Girard
Information Officer
Near North District School Board
P.O. Box 3110
963 Airport Road
North Bay, ON P1B
8H1
ph: 705-472-8170, ext. 5010
toll free: 1-800-278-4922
fax: 705-472-9927
www.nearnorthschools.ca
