Community Books
Here is a current list of our Community Books. The list is based on the different areas of Southwest Manitoba. If you would like to view these community books, please visit our library. If you find a book in our library list and you are unable to come to our library the library volunteers can look up a specific name or names. Another
Library Location: Knox United Church, Lower Level, 451-18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba.
Hours of Operation: Open Mondays, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. except on statutory holidays. To make an appointment, email library@swmanitobagenealogy.ca
Library Opening Dates – March 6th, 13th, 20th
Library Use Fees: Members no charge; non-members $5 per visit.
All photocopies: $0.25 per single copy
List Name: 971.7 Area History Books
| Alb | Reflections Of Time | Albert RM | 20044 |
| Ale | The Ties That Bind- Alexander United Church | Alexander United Church 1887-1987 | 20916 |
| Arc | A Century of Memories | Archie RM 1883-1983 | 20678 |
| Arg | For Those Who Serve – Baldur | Medical Memories of Argyle 1880-1985 | 20945 |
| Arg | Come into our Heritage | Argyle RM 1882-1982 | 20634 |
| Ari | Arizona 1882-1982 | Arizona District | 20225 |
| Ass | The Assiniboine Basin- A Social Study | SW Manitoba | 20972 |
| Bdn | The Way We Were | Brandon 1900-1920 | 20502 |
| Bec | Early Settlers of Woodlea/Now/Ingelow | Woodlea-Ingelow 1875-1983 | 20221 |
| Bel | Our Roots Go Deep | Bellafield Knox United Church | 20944 |
| Bel | The Belgians in Manitoba | Belgians Club History | 20600 |
| Ber | Memories of Beresford | Beresford Spirit of the 70’s | 20614 |
| Bet | Our Story A Legacy | Bethany And Dist | 20838 |
| BHMC | History of Brandon Mental Health Centre | Brandon 1891-1991 | 20658 |
| Big | Forceps,Fin and Feather | MB- Memoirs of Dr.W.A.Biglow | 20707 |
| Bin | Binscarth Memories | Binscarth | 20532 |
| Bir | A View of the Birdtail | Birtle RM 1878-1974 | 20443 |
| Bir | “Passing It On” | RM and Town of Birtle 1884-2009 | 20922 |
| Bir | Birtle’s Beginning – Town of Birtle | Town of Birtle | 20858 |
| Bir | The Birdtail Country | Birdtail Centennial | 20626 |
| Bla | History of Blanshard Municipality | Blanchard RM Vol 2 | 20620 |
| Bla | History of Blanshard Municipality | Blanchard RM Vol 3 | 20442 |
| Boi | Beckoning Hills Revisited | Morton-Boissevain 1881-1981 | 20282 |
| Boi | 75th Anniversary 1893-1968 | Boissevian St Pauls United Church | 20321 |
| Bot | Botany District The First 100 Years | Botany 1887-1987 | 20403 |
| Bra | Bradwardine and District | Bradwardine 1880-2003 | 20689 |
| Bra | The Brandon Hill Connection | How Brandon Got Its Name? | 20967 |
| Bra | BGH 100 years of Brandon General Hospital | Brandon General Hospital 1883-1983 | 20985 |
| Bra | Brandon: a City | Brandon 1881-1961 | 20416 |
| Bra | Brandon A Prospect of a City | Brandon Centennial Board 1982 | 20215 |
| Bra | Millennium Memories | Brandon 2000 | 20641 |
| Bra | Pride of the Land | History of Brandon’s Agricultural Exhibitions | 20889 |
| Bra | Steamboats on the Assiniboine | Assiniboine River Steamboats 1873-85 | 20968 |
| Bra | The Wheat City | A Pictorial History of Brandon | 20888 |
| Bra | Instant City: Birth of Brandon | Brandon article from “The Beaver” 1982 | 20914 |
| Bra | From Frozen Ponds | Brandon East End Community Centre | 20126 |
| Bra | Hands Across The Meridian | Brant-Argyle | 20700 |
| Bre | The History of Brenda Municipality | Brenda RM Vol 1 | 20472 |
| Bre | The History of Brenda Municipality | Brenda RM Vol 2 | 20473 |
| Bro | Quest in Roots | Brookdale | 20233 |
| Bro | W.MB. Pictorial of Museums and Historic Sites | MB- Western Manitoba | 20047 |
| Brown | Settlers of The Plains | Gilbert Plains | 20780 |
| Bun | Bunclody Community | Buncloudy 1879-1970 | 20647 |
| Cad | Cadurcis Supplement | Cadurcis Church District 1970 | 20448 |
| Cam | The Mere Living | Cameron RM | 20619 |
| Cam | The Mere Living 2nd copy | Hartney area | 20619 |
| Car | Carberry Plains Century one | Carberry 1882-1982 | 20226 |
| Car | The People of the Big Plain | Carberry – North Cypress | 20882 |
| Car | The Carberry Plains | Carberry-75 Years of Progress | 20839 |
| Car | Foot Prints and Chalk Dust | Cardale 1915-1969 | 20615 |
| Car | Memories Along the Badger Revisited | Cartwright 1885-1985 | 20530 |
| Cha | Memoirs of an Era | Chater 1881-1981 | 20035 |
| Chu | A Study of Church Buildings in MB | MB- Methodist,Presbyterian,United | 20382 |
| Bra | Brandons Politics and Politicians | Brandon | 20018 |
| Cor | List of Electors 1957 | RM of Cornwallis | 20970 |
| Cor | Municipal Memories | Cornwallis 1884-1984 | 20222 |
| Cra | The Chronicles of Crandall | Crandall and Dist. | 20741 |
| Csg | The History of MB Br. of Cdn Seed Growers Assoc. | Brandon Centennial Project 1970 | 20316 |
| Dan | Golden Memories | Dand RM 1882-1967 | 20469 |
| Dar | The Darlingford Saga | Darlingford 1870-1970 | 20841 |
| Del | Deloraine 75th Anniversary | Deloraine 75th Anniversary -1955 | 20949 |
| Del | Deloraine Scans a Century | Deloraine 1880-1980 | 20531 |
| Dou | Echoes of a Century | Douglas 1882-1982 | 20224 |
| Ede | East of the Mountains | Eden-Birnie Story 1877-1984 | 20362 |
| Edw | Harvests Time | Edward RM | 20721 |
| Elg | Echoes of Elgin | Elgin | 20286 |
| Elt | Homesteaders and Homemakers | Elton RM | 20528 |
| Eth | The Ties That Bind | Ethelbert and Dist. | 20773 |
| Eme | History of Emerson | Emerson | 20946 |
| Ewa | Pioneer Profiles | MB – Ukrainian Settlers of MB | 20429 |
| Fai | Farburn Memories | Farburn 1888-1988 | 20320 |
| Fai | Memories of Fairview | Fairview 1878-1982 | 20219 |
| Far | Beside the Buffalo Trail | MB -Edna Frame | 20569 |
| Fox | The Fox’s Tale | Foxwarren | 20766 |
| Fra | Framfari | Icelandic Journal 1877-1880 | 20900 |
| Gho | Ghost Towns of MB | MB- Ghost Towns | 20355 |
| Gla | Third Crossing | Gladstone | 20439 |
| Gla | Memories of Home | Gladstone 1882-1982 | 20437 |
| Gle | Tracks of Time | Glennella and Districts | 20883 |
| Glo | Golden Memories | SteeleBrPalestineWoodsideGoldenStr | 20020 |
| Gra | Pioneers of Grandview and District | Grandview and District | 20769 |
| Gre | Gregg District Pioneer Families Index | Gregg District | 20504 |
| Gri | Bridging the Years | Griswold 1882-1982 | 20019 |
| Ham | Hamiota Grains of a Century | Hamiota 1884-1984 | 20027 |
| Ham | Hamiota Grains of a Century | Hamiota 1984-1996 | 20426 |
| Ham | Place Names of MB | MB- Place Names | 20043 |
| Har | They Called It Odanah | Odanhah | 20765 |
| Har | Minnedosa and her Neighbors | Minnedosa | 20764 |
| Har | Pioneers of MB | MB- Pioneers of | 20233 |
| Har | The Rookhurst Story | Rookhurst | 20763 |
| Har | Home To Harding 1879-1981 | Harding | 20132 |
| Har | Binding Our Districts | BossHill,Hargrave,Pacific,Parkland,…. | 20740 |
| Har | Hartney and District Veterans `1939-1945 | Hartney Veterans | 20935 |
| Har | A Century of Living | Hartney 1882-1982 | 20720 |
| Haz | Hazeldell 1890-1960 In Review | Hazeldell | 20474 |
| Heb | Memories of Hebron and Riverview | Hebron and Riverview | 20415 |
| Hol | By The Old Mill Stream | Homefield& Dict. | 20128 |
| Hsm | Local History in MB | MB – A Key to Dist.,Schs.,& Transport Rts. | 20205 |
| Ice | The Icelandic People in Manitoba | Icelandic History in Manitoba | 20925 |
| Ice | Icelandic River Saga | Story of North American-IcelandicHistory | 20924 |
| Ing | Summer Storm | MB – A Manitoba Tragedy | 20431 |
| Isa | Rural Reflections Vol 2 | Isabella & Blaris 1879-1982 | 20754 |
| Isa | Rural Reflections Vol 3 | Isabella & Blaris 1883-2000 | 20755 |
| Isa | Rural Reflections Vol 3 | Isabella & Blaris 1883-2000 | 20608 |
| Joh | Manitoba Montage | MB | 20598 |
| Ken | Cradle to Combine Vol 2 | Kenton 1881-1981 | 20742 |
| Kil | Kilarney High School Year Book 1966-67 | Kilarney H.S. Year book 1966-67 | 20983 |
| Kil | Stories of Pioneer Days | Killarney | 20648 |
| Kil | Reflections | Turtle Mountain Mun. and Killarney | 20288 |
| Knox | Knox United Church 50 Years | Brandon Memories of Knox 1906-2006 | 20821 |
| Lan | The Lansdowne Story | Lansdowne RM | 20287 |
| Lar | Turning Leaves | LaRiviere and Dist. History of | 20657 |
| Lau | The Rise and Fall of a Prairie Town | Lauder 1973-1978 Vol 1-5 | 20046 |
| Ldb | Logs and Lines Fr. The Wpg River | Lac du Bonnet Area | 20722 |
| Lea | A History of the Blue Bombers | Wpg. | 20220 |
| Len | Lenore and Districts Homcomings | Lenore and Dist 1906-1979 | 20726 |
| Lesy | Sifton then and Now | Sifton A Reminiscence of the Pioneer Era | 20777 |
| Lil | Memories of Lily 1885-1985 | Lily Dist. | 20284 |
| Lit | Dog Town to Dauphin | Dauphin | 20778 |
| Lor | Memories of Lorne 1880-1980 | Lorne RM | 20653 |
| Lou | Echoes of the Past | RM of Louise 1968 | 20923 |
| Lou | Louise and her farmers | Louise RM 1879-1979 | 20643 |
| Lyl | Gnawing at the Past | Lyleton 1869-1969 | 20723 |
| Lyl | Gnawing at the Past | Lyleton 1869-1969 | 20537 |
| MacD | Canadian Tales from the Past | MB – Early Canada | 20772 |
| MacD | Hugging the Meridian | MacDonald RM | 20699 |
| Mam | Manitoba Agricultural Museum | MB -25 years of progress | 20718 |
| Man | Sections,Township & Range The Prairie Wasp | MB | 20266 |
| Man | A Place of Honour | Manitoba’s War Dead Commemorated … | 20917 |
| Man | Pioneers of Manitoba | Manitoba Pioneers | 20937 |
| Man | Pioneers and Early Citizens of MB | MB | 20672 |
| Man | A Bibliography of MB Local History | MB | 20673 |
| Man | Tales of Early MB | MB-from The Winnipeg Free Press | 20404 |
| Man | Eco Odyssey Voices of Experience | MB-Oral Histories of MB | 20533 |
| Man | The Story of Manitoba’s Weekly Newspapers | MB | 20616 |
| Man | The story Behind MB Names | MB | 20756 |
| Man | Manitoba The Province and The People | MB | 20886 |
| Man | Many Trails to Manitou-Wapah | Manitou-Wapah | 20768 |
| Mar | Echoes of our Heritage | Mariapolis and Dist. | 20649 |
| Mar | Footsteps Trough The Years | OssowaReaburnMarquette …. | 20770 |
| Mar | there’s lots of bush between the tee & the green | Dauphin | 20265 |
| McC | Little Town Lost | McConnell | 20319 |
| McC | On Wings of a Dove | MB- Lillian McCullagh | 20364 |
| McP | The Brandon Hills Story | Brandon 1879-1979 | 20017 |
| Med | We Remember Media | Media S.D. No. 402 | 20124 |
| Med | Glimpse Through the Years History of Medora | Medora 1870-1970 | 20921 |
| Mel | Our First Century | Melita,Town of, and RM of Arthur | 20036 |
| Mhs | Historical Atlas of Manitoba | Man.1612-1969 | 20209 |
| Min | Trails to Rails Railroading History of Minnedosa | Minnedosa 2006 | 20990 |
| Min | Hold Back The Dam | Minnedosa May 4, 1948 | 20988 |
| Min | History of the Minnedosa Churches | Minnedosa 1879-1969 | 20402 |
| Min | Tent Town | Minitonas and District 1898-1979 | 20768 |
| Mit | The Grey Nuns Of Montreal and the Red River | Winnipeg 1844-1984 | 20268 |
| Mor | FURROWS IN THE Valley | Morris RM 1880-1980 | 20024 |
| Mor | Morden Mort Cheval | PinancewaywinningLakeAgassiz | 20819 |
| Mpe | Service At Cost | MB Pool Elevators 1925-1975 | 20317 |
| Nee | Heritage Neepawa Land of Plenty | Neepawa 1883-1983 | 20701 |
| Nee | 75 Years Neepawa Land of Plenty | 1958 | 20906 |
| New | Newdale | Newdale 1870-2000 | 20621 |
| Nin | and so Ninette 1879-1919 | Ninette | 20300 |
| Oak | Oakburn MB Centenial 1870-1970 | Oakburn 2nd copy | 20833 |
| Oak | Oakburn MB Centenial 1870-1970 | Oakburn | 20776 |
| Oak | Oakland Echoes 1879-1970 | Oakland | 20633 |
| Oak | The Prairie WASP | RM of Oakland | 20964 |
| Ochre | Between Mountain and Lake | Ochre River RM 1885-1970 | 20782 |
| O’su | BY Steps Not Leaps 1881-1981 | ST. Augustine of Canterbury Parish | 20141 |
| Ox | Ox Trails to Blacktop | Oak Lake | 20820 |
| Pas | The Pas-A History | The Pas 1970 | 20831 |
| Pem | Pembina Manitou 100th Anniv. And Reunion | Manitou July 2-8, 1979 | 20642 |
| Pem | Pembina Country Land of Promise | Pembina Country | 20952 |
| Pim | Pilot Mound 50 District 75 Reunion | Pilot Mound 1954 July | 20655 |
| Pin | Hardships to Happiness Hist.Flows From | Pine River and District | 20774 |
| Pin | Pine Valley Echoes | History of Badger, Menisino and Piney | 20885 |
| Por | Portage La Prairie 1870-1970 | Portage La Prairie | 20584 |
| Por | The Tread of the Pioneers | Portage La Prairie | 20585 |
| Rap | Our Past for the Future | Rapid City and District | 20037 |
| Rap | It’s Time To Remember | Tremaine-Hunterville Area 1874-1974 | 20601 |
| Ree | Along The Old Melita Trail | Melita | 20779 |
| Ree | A Dict. of Pioneer Families of theDauphinValley | Dauphin | 20771 |
| Rid | History of Riding Mountain and Area | Riding Mountain 1885-1984 | 20652 |
| Riv | History of Riverside Municipality | RM of Riverside 1879-1970 | 20905 |
| Riv | Riverside Heritage | RM of Riverside 1896-1996 | 20702 |
| Rmt | Riding Mountain Yesterday and Today | Riding Mountain | 20665 |
| Rol | Roland Manitoba | Roland, MB -Illustrated Souvenir | 20951 |
| Rol | Roland & Myrtle Family Histories | Roland 1890-1990 | 20975 |
| Rol | 50 Years of 4H in Roland | Roland 1913-1963 | 20438 |
| Ros | Rosedale Remembers | Rosedale 1884-1984 | 20650 |
| Ros | On The Sunny Slopes Of Riding Mountains | Rossburn and Dist | 20617 |
| Ros | On The Sunny Slopes Of Riding Mountains | Rossburn and Dist | 20618 |
| Ros | The First Hundred Years | Rosser RM 1893-1993 | 20829 |
| Ros | The Iron Rose | MB-Life of Charlotte Ross, MD | 20380 |
| Sho | Shoal Lake Businesses | Shoal Lake 1874-2004 | 20834 |
| Sho | Ripples on the Lake Vol 1 | Shoal Lake | 20835 |
| Sho | Ripples on the Lake Vol 2 | Shoal Lake RM+Town of, & Oakburn | 20836 |
| Sli | People and Progress | MB Co-ops | 20040 |
| Sou | The Souris Story | Souris 1881-1981 | 20356 |
| Sou | The People of Souris and Glenwood | Souris and RM of Glenwood >2006 | 20961 |
| Sou | Sourisford and Area from 1879 | Sourisford | 20363 |
| Str | 100 Years of Working Together to 1984 | Strathclair | 20837 |
| Str | Strathcona Mun. Re-Visited Genealogically | Strathcona | 20627 |
| Swa | 80 Years in Swan River Valley | Swan River | 20781 |
| Tar | Tarbolton Memoirs 1988 | Tarbolton United Church | 20586 |
| Tar | Tarbolton Pioneer Trails | Tarbolton 1880-1969 | 20588 |
| Tho | Hills of Home | Rm of Thompson including Miami | 20948 |
| Tho | As Years Go By | Thornhill | 20842 |
| Tol | Kelwood…..My Cradle | Kelwood | 20562 |
| Tro | A Horseman and the West | MB Novel | 20706 |
| Tur | Fifty Years Young | MB-HolyGhostUkrainianOrthodoxChurch | 20775 |
| Uni | Growing With the Years | MB-1925-1950 United Church of Cdn. | 20322 |
| UofM | Brown and Gold-1932 | MB-U of M | 20197 |
| Vir | Hometown Virden Pioneers and Progress | Virden | 20630 |
| Vir | The Virden Story | Virden 1882-1957 | 20379 |
| Waw | Sipiweske Light Through The Trees | Wawanesa | 20849 |
| Was | Waskada Memoirs | Waskada 1867-1967 | 20656 |
| Waw | Old Pathways New Horizons | Wawanesa Mutual Ins Co. 1896-1996 | 20423 |
| Wel | Wellwood Then and Now | Wellwood | 20218 |
| Wes | Beyond Third Crossing | Gladstone | 20703 |
| Wes | When the West was Bourne | Westbourn and Dist.1860-1985 | 20471 |
| Whi | The History of Our Districts | Whitefield and Breezelawn | 20651 |
| Whi | Threads of the Past | White Banklea | 20354 |
| Whi | Whitehead Wanderings | Whitehead RM 1883-1983 | 20828 |
| Wom | Treasured Memories | MB-Women’s Institute in SW MB1910-94 | 20470 |
| Wpg | A Century of Service | WPG Police Force 1874-1974 | 20456 |
| Woo | Proudly We Speak | Woodworth RM 1878-1967 | 20381 |