Lord Tweedsmuir was Governor General of Canada in 1933. Lady Tweedsmuir was a devoted Institute member in England and took a great interest in Women's Institute of Canada. In 1936 Lady Tweedsmuir stressed the need to preserve the history of our Canadian people, places, customs and activities. This went to the Provincial Board of the Federated Women's Institute of Ontario and in 1940 Village History books were started. In 1945 it was named Tweedsmuir Village History. The Village was later dropped and now stands as Tweedsmuir History so all branches could start a book whether village or community. FOREWORD I am so glad to hear that the Women's Institutes of Ontario arc going to compile village history books. Events move very fast nowadays; houses are pulled down, new roads are made, and the aspect of the countryside changes completely sometimes in a short time. It is a most useful and satisfying task for Women's Institute members to see that nothing valuable is lost or forgotten, and women should be on the alert always to guard the traditions of their homes, and to see that water colour sketches and prints, poems and prose legends should find their way into these books. The oldest people in the village will tell us fascinating stories of what they remember, which the younger members can write down, thus making a bridge between them and events which happened before thev were born. Alter all. it is the history of humanity which is continually interesting to us, and your village histories will be the basis Of accurate facts much valued by historians of the future. I am proud to think that you have called them "The Tweedsmuir Village Histories". —Written by Lady Tweedsmuir.