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HCHS Textual Records collection: Files 1500 to 1999 Madoc, Township of
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Madoc : history and churches

File contains a newspaper clipping and photocopied manuscript history of Madoc Township from early French exploration in 1615 to ca. 1965, including a discussion of the creation of roads, schools and local churches. The historical research was composed by Mrs. Ken Bateman for Gerry Boyce as background for Historic Hastings.

Madoc : Hannah family genealogy

File contains a typescript extract from the Hastings County Court Registry Office concerning the ownership of a piece of land in Madoc Township, granted to C. Gordon Hannah in 1861. The lot is not identified, but information from the land index maintained by the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre suggest that it is lot 24 in the seventh concession of Madoc Township.

Madoc : O'Hara's pioneer home

File contains printed announcements and booklets concerning the opening of O'Hara's Mill Conservation Area in July 1957, the restoration of the property and the official opening of the pioneer house in July 1969. Also contains several newspaper clippings regarding the restoration of the pioneer home.

Madoc Township : history of Bannockburn

File contains original and photocopied manuscript histories of the settlement and early development of Bannockburn including the lumbering and sawmilling industries. Includes a printout of a webpage on Maitland House (available on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20010805101431/http://casa-de.vrx.net/buildings/) and an article from the Fall 2019 Country Roads magazine about the conversion of St. Bartholomew Anglican Church in Bannockburn into a private home.

Madoc Township : talc mines

File contains a newspaper article on the history and development of talc mining in Madoc Township. Also contains photocopied printed notes from the Hastings County Directory, 1860-61 concerning Madoc Township and its resources with a list of landowners by concession and lot.