Hire a researcher

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) maintains lists of freelance researchers who, for a fee, will conduct archival and/or bibliographical research on your behalf. The researchers' names are listed according to their specialty, by type of records or research.

While LAC does not vouch for the quality of their work, it nevertheless believes them to be competent to search the sources most frequently used for research purposes. All inquiries regarding services and fees should be directed to the researcher.

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    NameContact informationSpecializationPoint of serviceType of research
    Bernard, Susan Nightwood PicturesEmail: susanbernard63@gmail.comOttawaPhotography and Documentary Art
    Cobblestone Heritage Consultants ​Contact: Sean StoylesTelephone:
    613-203-4526
    Email:
    spstoyles@hotmail.com
    OttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Genealogy; Photography and Documentary Art; Textual documents
    Dudley, PeterTelephone:
    613-828-7342
    Email:
    peterdudley@sympatico.ca
    OttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Photography and Documentary Art
    Costello, Martha PattersonEmail:
    marpat@costello.ca
    ​Gaspé Peninsula research, QuébecOttawaGenealogy
    Collins, Nancy LynnTelephone:
    613-259-5544
    Email:
    sunlight@storm.ca
    ​British Isles, Canada, First NationsOttawaGenealogy
    Hanwell, VivianTelephone:
    819-459-2124
    Email:
    vivian.hanwell@sympatico.ca
    Film, video, photography and art researchOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Photography and Documentary Art
    Anderson, LesleyTelephone:
    613-447-6477
    Email:
    anderley@sympatico.ca
    ​British Isles, Canada, Ontario, QuebecOttawaGenealogy
    Hadaya, HagitTelephone:
    613-232-5349
    Email:
    hadayah@outlook.com
    ​Heritage consultant with many years' experience in wide-ranging archival research - textual and visual, with a specialization in architecture.OttawaTextual documents; Audio-Visual Documents; Photography and Documentary Art; Cartographic and Architectural Records
    Dixon, DonTelephone:
    506-459-1512
    Email:
    ddixon@nbnet.nb.ca
    Family History
    Land and Estate-Heir Research
    Loyalist Research
    OttawaGenealogy
    Goldring, PhilipTelephone:
    613-729-5607
    Email:
    philipgoldring@sympatico.ca
    Arctic, pre-Confederation West, Aboriginal, Social, Environmental, Political
    OttawaTextual documents; Photography and Documentary Art; Cartographic and Architectural Records
    CDCI ResearchTéléphone :
    613-234-1849
    Fax:
    613-234-0123
    Email:
    info@cdci.ca
    ​Aboriginal, social, cultural, political, property and military historyOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Genealogy; Photography and Documentary Art; Textual documents
    Gervais, Mr. Dale A.Email:
    webmaster@canadianfilm.com
    Experience and knowledge in locating imagery and motion picture film content of Canada’s motion picture film industry, with a focus on early Canadian film history such as, the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau (CGMPB), Associated Screens News (ASN), and the Canadian Army Film Unit (CFPU).

    Experience with film and video production, and understands the urgency of deadlines that are necessary in the Audio and Video production industry.

    For further reference I have two websites devoted to the men and women that have served Canada, both in front and behind the camera; www.canadianfilm.com and https://canadianfilmandphotounit.ca/
    OttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Textual documents; Photography and Documentary Art
    Hunchuck, Suzanne HolyckTelephone:
    613-627-6050
    Email:
    hunchuck.s.holyck@gmail.com
    ​Military HistoryOttawaGenealogy; Textual documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Photography and Documentary Art
    Hall, MargTelephone:
    613-228-9311
    705-636-5058
    Email:
    33marg.hall@gmail.com
    ​Loyalist researchOttawaGenealogy
    Hearnden, BrianTelephone:
    613-526-5759
    Email:
    hearndenb@yahoo.com
    ​Military and political history, theatre, film, TV, mapsOttawaTextual documents; Audio-Visual Documents; Photography and Documentary Art; Cartographic and Architectural Records
    Heide, Rachel LeaEmail:
    rl_heide@yahoo.ca
    Royal Canadian Air Force, Defence Department, Transport Department, Indian Land Patents, Prime Ministers/Politicians' personal papers, and newspapersOttawaTextual documents
    Darch, BradleyTelephone:
    613-808-9892
    Email:
    braddarch@yahoo.ca
    ​Aboriginal history & policy, Canadian cinema, television, music, art & photography, Ottawa Valley & rural Ontario historyOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Photography and Documentary Art; Textual documents
    Fletcher, AlanaEmail:
    alana.fletcher@queensu.ca
    Canadian literary history, social and cultural history, Aboriginal and pre-Confederation history, personal papers, newspaper and periodical researchOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Textual documents; Photography and Documentary Art
    Allan, RobertEmail:
    lanark_links@xplornet.com
    ​Eastern Ontario and Danish researchOttawaGenealogy
    Cook, ChristopherEmail:
    clients7964@gmail.com
    Government documentation, including military records, photographic images, audio-visual and sound recordings, newspaper and periodical researchOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Photography and Documentary Art; Textual documents
    Anderson, PeterTelephone:
    613-290-6568
    Email:
    peter@historyapplied.com
    Website: www.historyapplied.com
    Social and cultural history, history of education, Ottawa history, Ontario history, and agricultural history
     
    OttawaTextual documents
    Agar, DavidEmail:
    dagar@ncf.ca
    OttawaGenealogy
    Ingram, DarcyEmail:
    darcyingram.research@gmail.com
    Website:
    www.darcyingram.com
    Government documents, social and environmental policy; law; political history; non-governmental organizations (NGOs); social movements; environmental issues; conservation and parks; biography; arts and cultureOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Genealogy; Photography and Documentary Art; Textual documents
    Joan Holmes & Associates Inc.Telephone:
    613-722-7675
    Fax:
    613-722-0787
    Email:
    research@joanholmes.ca
    Website:
    www.joanholmes.ca
    Performing research and analysis for litigation and claims projects concerning variety of research areas including Indigenous, Northern, social, political, environmental, legal, genealogical and military history as well as health issues.OttawaCartographic and Architectural Records; Textual documents
    Kay, ArnoldTelephone:
    613-837-3384
    Email:
    cef.research@rogers.com
    ​Military and RCMP researchOttawaGenealogy; Textual documents
    Joyce, KenTelephone:
    613-596-4769
    Email:
    k-sjoyce@rogers.com
    ​Military and General History ResearchOttawaTextual documents; Photography and Documentary Art; Cartographic and Architectural Records
    Know History Contact: Ryan ShackletonTelephone:
    613-700-8677
    Email:
    ryan@knowhistory.ca
    Website:
    www.knowhistory.ca
    ​Aboriginal, Arctic, Diplomatic, Government, Military, RCMP
     
     
     
     
    OttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Photography and Documentary Art
    Kropf, JoelTelephone:
    613-297-9028
    Email:
    joelkropf@yahoo.ca
    Criminal-justice history; political, diplomatic, cultural, and religious history; Arctic history; RCMP; Indigenous history; Colonial Office records; archival and newspaper researchOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Photography and Documentary Art; Genealogy; Textual documents
    Krug, JohnTelephone:
    613-220-2215
    Email:
    Research@ResearchOttawa.ca
    Pre-Confederation, Newspapers, Canada Co records, Ottawa history, Military, Government documentsOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Genealogy; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Photography and Documentary Art; Textual documents
    Kruzich, NoreenTelephone:
    613-406-3293
    Email:
    noreenkruzich@gmail.com
    Website:
    www.noreenkruzich.com
    First Nation/Metis Genealogy and History research/rights clearances: documents, photos, film, audioOttawaGenealogy; Textual documents; Audio-Visual Documents; Photography and Documentary Art
    Lacroix, LisetteTelephone:
    613-234-7375
    Email:
    lisettezlacroix@gmail.com
    Multidisciplinary research (English and French); historical research including genealogy; World War 1 (soldiers, diaries, maps ); life histories (genealogy, articles, personal papers); fully bilingualOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Photography and Documentary Art; Textual documents
    Lowell, Marc S. and David LafranchiseTelephone:
    343-961-8013
    Email:
    househistory11@yahoo.ca
    househistory@tricolour.ca
    Website:
    http://househistory.tricolour.ca
    ​Ottawa house / property researchOttawaTextual documents
    Mackenzie, CelesteTelephone:
    613-262-3361
    Email:
    celestemackenzie@yahoo.ca
    All subjects, rights clearances, material in English, French and SpanishOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Photography and Documentary Art
    McConnell, DavidTelephone:
    613-723-2504
    Email:
    mccpar@hotmail.com
    ​Canadian history generally, military history, Ontario history (1793-1914), expert on British smooth-bore artillery; experienced researcher for 40 yearsOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Photography and Documentary Art; Textual documents
    McLeod, KenTelephone:
    613-826-3119
    Email:
    mcwreck@gmail.com
    ​Ship research, Naval researchOttawaCartographic and Architectural Records; Genealogy; Textual documents
    More, Sarah E.Telephone:
    613-461-0102
    Email:
    recce100@gmail.com
    ​War of 1812, Loyalists, American Revolution (1775-1783) in Ontario, Quebec and New York StateOttawaGenealogy
    Native Family Trees Research CentreEmail:
    info@nativefamilytrees.com
    ​Specialist in deciphering, transcription and translation of old French script records, church and other records, fur trade voyageur contracts, Métis scrip and other microfilmed records.OttawaGenealogy; Textual documents
    Newfield, GarethTelephone:
    613-857-0665
    Email:
    ganewfield@gmail.com
    Canadian military history 1750-1950; personnel records, art & iconography, maps, property & architectural records, military equipment & uniforms; War of 1812, First World War & Second World War.OttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Genealogy; Photography and Documentary Art; Textual documents
    Public HistoryTelephone:
    613-236-0713
    Fax:
    613-236-3961
    Email:
    s.manson@publichistory.ca
    Website:
    www.publichistory.ca
    ​Large Indigenous and non-Indigenous projects involving land claims; institutional abuse; natural resources and land use; financial management; social and government policy; health-product liability; class actions; contract disputes; taxation; archival and government records management systems; Access to Information Requests; and additional subject matter in litigation, claims, and other contexts.OttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Genealogy; Photography and Documentary Art; Textual documents
    Soloway, KenTelephone:
    613-729-9126
    Fax:
    613-729-9853
    Email:
    kpsolo@bell.net
    ​Locating heirs and owners of unclaimed propertyOttawaGenealogy
    St.Croix, BradTelephone:
    519-317-2326
    Email:
    bstcroix03@gmail.com
    Cultural, military, and political historyOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Photography and Documentary Art; Textual documents
    Stafford-Wilson, ArleneTelephone:
    613-695-7888
    Email:
    arlenestaffordwilson@gmail.com
    Genealogy of Lanark County, OntarioOttawaGenealogy
    Stone, HelenTelephone:
    613-599-6509
    Email:
    helenestone@rogers.com
    Research and analysis of Aboriginal treaty and land claims and litigation projects; Northern, legal, genealogical, cultural, and general Canadian historyOttawaTextual documents
    Tittley, ConradTelephone:
    819-434-6888
    Email:
    conrad.tittley1@gmail.com
    ​Research in English or French language documents, in all fields of genealogy, with a special focus on Ontario, Quebec and French-Canadian genealogyOttawaGenealogy
    Trim, HenryTelephone:
    613-324-7022
    Email:
    henry.trim@alumni.ubc.ca
    Social and Political History, Economic History, Energy History, Environmental History, History of Science and Technology, and the Counterculture in North America.OttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Textual documents; Photography and Documentary Art
    Vallerand, JoséeTelephone:
    514-374-3227
    Email:
    josee.vallerand@gmail.com
    ​Professional archivist with more than 23 years of experience in archival management, research for the public, and exhibition creation.OttawaTextual documents; Photography and Documentary Art; Genealogy; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Audio-Visual Documents
    Anderson, AnneTelephone:
    613-632-3049
    Email:
    info@nativefamilytrees.com
    ​Native Family Trees. Specialist in locating missing records, deciphering, transcription and translation of old French script records, church and other records, fur trade voyageur contracts, Métis scrip and other microfilmed records. 60s scoop survivors, Indigenous persons who were adopted or are estranged from their biological families.OttawaGenealogy; Textual documents
    Gélinas, MichelleTelephone:
    819-790-0647
    E-mail:
    michelle.gelinas@hotmail.com Social media:
    Facebook: Service de recherche généalogique - Michelle Gelinas

    ​Genealogy and canadians registers for all provinces, but specifically Quebec-Ontario.

    Transcription, indexing and translation French-English-French

    OttawaGenealogy
    Haimerl, Holly (Elizabeth)Email:
    hhfamilyfootprints@gmail.com
    Social media:
    Twitter: @EHFamilyFeet
    LinkedIn
    Website:
    https://familyfootprints.ca/
    Vice Chair OCAPG (Ontario Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists), Genealogist for the Sir Guy Carleton & Heritage Branches of UELAC (United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada). Research services in English and French.OttawaGenealogy
    Claude CrégheurEmail: ​cregheurclaude@outlook.com​Certified genealogist specializing primarily in Quebec research, but also the other Canadian provinces, the United States, France, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom.OttawaGenealogy
    Widdes, KirstenEmail:
    Kirsten.Widdes@outlook.com
    ​Research background; Canadian social and cultural history. Interests in this area of study includes gender history, the examination of consumer culture, teenage and youth culture, as well as space and place.OttawaTextual documents; Audio-Visual Documents
    McAlister, LynnTelephone:
    ​613-974-0010
    Email:
    l.mcalister@lmgenohistory.ca
    ​Scottish history & emigration, Palatine immigration to New York, Loyalists, Home ChildrenOttawa
    Salmon, StephenEmail: ​Steamer.Research@gmail.com​Business, economic and maritime archival researchOttawaAudio-Visual Documents; Textual documents; Photography and Documentary Art; Cartographic and Architectural Records
    Mantel, HannahTelephone:
    519 520-0119
    Email:
    hannahmantel@live.com
    Canadian military history, genealogy, immigrant groups in Canada (1800s- mid 1900s), history of heritage properties in OntarioOttawaGenealogy; Textual documents; Audio-Visual Documents; Cartographic and Architectural Records; Photography and Documentary Art