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Support Rose City Roots

Reader support keeps Windsor's history research free for everyone. Rose City Roots is part of Windsor News: free to read, owned and run here, with every claim linked to a source.

Who we are

Rose City Roots is published by Windsor News. It covers Windsor and Essex County history chapter by chapter: the Nations of the Strait, the French shore, the border, the factories and the families who made this place home. Every picture is public domain or openly licensed, or waits until the rights holder says yes.

Why support us

That work takes time: reading archives, checking captions, writing for permission and building the chapters so the history stays free. Reader support pays for that time. It means we answer to you, not to anyone we cover.

It keeps Rose City Roots free. The timeline, chapters and galleries stay free to read for everyone.
It pays for archival research. Source records, rights checks and new chapter work take desk time. Support helps us keep doing that.
It stays independent. Money from readers comes with no strings attached. No one who gives can ask us to cover, change, delay or drop a story.

The Museum Windsor and Can-Am Indian Friendship Centre links on this site go straight to those organizations. That money never comes to Windsor News. Support on this page is separate: it funds Windsor News work on Rose City Roots.

Ways to give

Give monthly

Pick the amount that works for you. You can change or cancel any time on the supporter account page.

Reader

$5/month

Helps keep Rose City Roots and every Windsor News story free for everyone.

Give $5 a month

Council Watcher

$10/month

Helps cover council meetings, budgets and votes, and keeps section work like Rose City Roots going.

Give $10 a month

Records Backer

$25/month

Helps pay for freedom-of-information requests, archival research and the records we post for you to read.

Give $25 a month

Suggested amounts in Canadian dollars. Every level gets the same news as everyone else. Supporters get our thanks, not special treatment.

Give once

Prefer a one-time gift? Any amount from $2 helps.

Give once, any amount

Paying by Interac e-Transfer? Email windsornewsdesk@gmail.com and we will reply with the details.

Help for free

Share a Rose City Roots chapter you found useful.
Send copies of old family photographs, films, letters or corrections to windsornewsdesk@gmail.com. Keep your originals. We confirm permission before publication.
Support Windsor News on the main desk page, or send a tip.

Supporters never steer the news

Supporters never influence our coverage. No one can pay to have a story published, changed, delayed or removed, and giving does not buy access, interviews or a say in what we cover. We cover supporters the same way we cover anyone else. Read our ethics and standards.

About tax receipts

Windsor News is published by Kyle L. Stewart, operating as Fenrir Productions, a sole proprietorship. It is not a registered charity, so we cannot issue tax receipts for donations. Your support is a gift to keep local news and Rose City Roots going, not a tax-deductible donation.

Questions about giving? Email windsornewsdesk@gmail.com.