Archives - Services and Fees

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Services and Fees

Researching in Person

  • Perth County Residents researching in person: no charge
  • Non-Perth County Residents researching in person: $5.00 per day or $25.00 per year

Researching by Mail, Telephone and E-mail

  • General Research (like checking indexes) $25.00 per hour
  • Specific Inquiry (like searching for an obituary with exact date) $5.00 per item

Please make cheques payable to County of Perth.

Photocopying

Use of personal cameras to make copies of archives holdings is prohibited.

Photocopies of archives holdings can be requested at each branch of the Stratford-Perth Archives. Generally, copies are prepared upon request though you may have to wait for large orders. The Archives reserves the right to limit or refuse requests for photocopying depending on the condition of the material to be copied and restrictions set by donors.

Please note that copies are provided for personal research only.  Permission to use material for publication in printed or electronic form must be cleared with copyright holders.

  • Photocopies: $0.30 per copy (all paper sizes)
  • Reader/Printer photocopies: $0.50 per copy

Other Types of Copies

As with photocopies, the Archives reserves the right to limit or refuse requests for copies of materials in any media depending on the condition of the material to be copied and restrictions set by donors. Please note that copies are provided for research purposes only.  Permission to use material for publication in printed or electronic form must be cleared with copyright holders.

Use of personal cameras to make copies of archives holdings is prohibited.

  • Photographs:
    • Image scanning: $10.00 per image
    • Photo Reprint 5 X 7: 10.00 per item
    • Photo Reprint 8 X 10: 15.00 per item
       
  • Microfilm Scans at Stratford and Listowel branches:
    • CDs for electronic copies of microfilm: $1.00 per CD
    • Only CDs supplied by the Archives can be used. CDs that have left the Archives cannot be reused. Memory sticks, external hard drives etc supplied by the researcher may not be used.
       
  • Certified Copies of Documents: $5.00 per document

Custom Conservation Work:

Archives staff can do conservation work on your documents such as cleaning and encapsulating in mylar.

The base fee is $25.00 per hour plus the cost of any materials needed.