Local History Atlas
Interactive, map-based portals that connect communities to their local heritage. Georeferenced historical photographs, documents, and stories - layered on modern or period maps.
Digital Solutions for Heritage Organizations
Your collections deserve
Your collections deserve
a future as rich as their past.
Affordable, thoughtful technology for small to medium museums, archives, and historical societies - with grant assistance to make it possible.
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Small organizations hold irreplaceable community memory. Digital tools should make that memory more accessible - not harder to steward.
Ben Digital History Canada
Featured Platform
The Local History Atlas
An interactive, map-based portal connecting communities to their local heritage. Browse georeferenced historical photographs, documents, and stories layered on modern and period maps - built for the communities of Southwestern Ontario and beyond.
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Services built for heritage organizations
From digitizing a card catalogue to building a full regional history atlas, every engagement is sized to your budget and guided by genuine expertise in heritage collections.
Collection Management
Hosting, management, theme design, and plugin development for AtoM, Omeka, CollectionBuilder, Tainacan (WordPress), and more. Your collections - properly described, beautifully presented.
Custom Software Development
Tailored tools purpose-built for heritage organizations. If the off-the-shelf solution doesn't fit your workflow or your community's needs, we build something that does.
Data Migrations
Move your collections forward without losing the past. We carefully migrate records from legacy systems to modern platforms, preserving structure, relationships, and metadata integrity.
Landing Pages
Fast, accessible, SEO-optimised web presences for your organization - built on WordPress or on a modern Sanity CMS stack for maximum performance and ease of editing.
Grant Assistance
Limited budgets shouldn't limit your digital ambitions. We work with eligible heritage organizations to identify and apply for federal, provincial, and foundation grants to fund your projects.
Not sure which service fits your needs?
Let's figure it out together → Funding Your Digital Future
Budget is no barrier to great digital heritage work.
Many heritage organizations are eligible for federal, provincial, and foundation grants to fund digital projects. I actively work with clients to identify opportunities and prepare applications - so we can build what your community deserves.
Talk About Grants Rooted in Community
Not just a vendor - a fellow steward of local history
As a board member of both the Bayfield Historical Society and the Huron County Historical Society, I work alongside the same kinds of volunteer-run organizations I serve professionally. That means I understand the real constraints - and the genuine passion - behind every heritage project.
Southwestern Ontario is my home, and the communities along Lake Huron's eastern shore are close to my heart. But the work extends across Canada to any organization committed to making their collections accessible.
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Ready to bring your collection forward?
Whether you're starting a digitization project, migrating a legacy system, or simply wondering what's possible - let's have a conversation.