One of the teams within the Historical Society is focussed on local genealogy - family histories and land titles. 

One of the first places we recommend people look is 'This Green & Pleasant Land - Chronicles of Cavan Township'.  This resource, produced in 1990, includes over 100 family histories, hundreds of photographs as well as articles by more than 40 local writers on the institutions, social life, economic development and the cultural and religious traditions of the communities of Cavan Township here in south central Ontario.  The history spans the period from settlement in the early 1800s through to 1990.  'This Green & Pleasant Land', long out of print, is available on CD from the Historical Society at a cost of $20 plus $3 for shipping in Canada ($5 for U.S and $7 for International).  

We invite your interest, both in terms of inquiries and as an active participant in identifying and cataloguing photographs, deeds and documents.  We are in the process of scanning and indexing materials including local newspapers and other documents that tell many a story of the earliest days of European settlement in the Millbrook and Cavan area. 

Please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Our mailing address, for payment, is Millbrook & Cavan Historical Society, 5 King Street West, P.O. Box 334, Millbrook, Ontario Canada  L0A 1G0.

At the Cavan Monaghan Libraries you can access Ancestry - Library Edition. Access is available only at the Libraries.