RESEARCH & RESOURCES:
Online Resources:
Ask our Archivist a question via Facebook or Twitter
View our photograph collection on Flickr
Research on Port Hope and its residents can also be done online @ www.nhb.com/hunter
Watch our "How-To" Research at the PHA videos! Click here.
View our photograph collection on Flickr
Research on Port Hope and its residents can also be done online @ www.nhb.com/hunter
Watch our "How-To" Research at the PHA videos! Click here.
Probates Database:
Recently, our probates index has been updated with special thanks to Peter Bolton…
To find a probate listing click here (updated 30 Jan 2012).
Researchers can now find the number of a probate prior to visiting us onsite or can email us for copying information.
To find a probate listing click here (updated 30 Jan 2012).
Researchers can now find the number of a probate prior to visiting us onsite or can email us for copying information.
Our Collection:
In addition to our collection of personal, municipal and business records requiring archivist assistance, we also have a reading room of readily-available resources which researchers can peruse at their own pace.
The Port Hope Archives is happy to provide our researchers and visitors with a space to conduct their research or browse the maps on the wall. The PHA has a great selection of titles on local and Ontario history, as well as immigration and genealogy. The PHA also has a selection of historical atlases. These books are available in the Reading Room for use. Rarer titles are also available and are available upon request.
Our photograph collection is now searchable using our reading room computer. An extensive database project was recently completed to make our nearly 4000 photographs easily accessible for our researchers!
The Port Hope Archives is happy to provide our researchers and visitors with a space to conduct their research or browse the maps on the wall. The PHA has a great selection of titles on local and Ontario history, as well as immigration and genealogy. The PHA also has a selection of historical atlases. These books are available in the Reading Room for use. Rarer titles are also available and are available upon request.
Our photograph collection is now searchable using our reading room computer. An extensive database project was recently completed to make our nearly 4000 photographs easily accessible for our researchers!
On-Site Resources:
CemSearch
Available on the Reading Room computer is CemSearch, a cemetery database managed by the Lakeshore Genealogical Society. At present, more than 316,000 entries are included in the database. Areas included are: Clarington, Haliburton, Hastings and Prince Edward, Lennox & Addington, Muskoka District, Northumberland, Peterborough & Victoria (now City of Kawartha Lakes) and Renfrew. We would be happy to search the database for you. This database is also available at the Port Hope Public Library and the Cobourg Public Library. This database is not available online.
Land Records
The PHA has land documents from 1867 to 1955 for research. These documents are the property of the Government of Ontario, and available to the public through the Port Hope Archives. The PHA also has copies of the land abstract books (indexes) to be able to locate land documents. Only a few of the probates registered during these years are in this collection. Land records for years others than those at the PHA are available on microfilm at the Archives of Ontario or at the Land Registry Office in Cobourg.
To conduct property history, the legal lot description is required. Land abstracts and deeds do not provide the year of construction. Land documents provide owners; dates of transactions, amount of land included in the transaction and the instrument numbers to locate the documents. For more information on conducting property research, please contact the PHA directly.
In 2006, volunteers of the Port Hope Archives indexed the more than 15,000 land records held at the Archives. The database is searchable by Grantor, Grantee, Instrument Number and by remarks and is available in the Archives’ Reading Room.
Vital Statistics Indexes on Microfilm
The Port Hope Archives has the Indexes, produced by the Province of Ontario for Birth, Marriages and Deaths. The dates are as follows:
Births: July 1869 to December 1911
Marriages: 1869 to 1926
Deaths: 1869 to 1936
For more recent registrations, please contact the Archives of Ontario.
Reading Room Collection:
To access our listing of local history, genealogy, and general history publications, click here for our library.
Available on the Reading Room computer is CemSearch, a cemetery database managed by the Lakeshore Genealogical Society. At present, more than 316,000 entries are included in the database. Areas included are: Clarington, Haliburton, Hastings and Prince Edward, Lennox & Addington, Muskoka District, Northumberland, Peterborough & Victoria (now City of Kawartha Lakes) and Renfrew. We would be happy to search the database for you. This database is also available at the Port Hope Public Library and the Cobourg Public Library. This database is not available online.
Land Records
The PHA has land documents from 1867 to 1955 for research. These documents are the property of the Government of Ontario, and available to the public through the Port Hope Archives. The PHA also has copies of the land abstract books (indexes) to be able to locate land documents. Only a few of the probates registered during these years are in this collection. Land records for years others than those at the PHA are available on microfilm at the Archives of Ontario or at the Land Registry Office in Cobourg.
To conduct property history, the legal lot description is required. Land abstracts and deeds do not provide the year of construction. Land documents provide owners; dates of transactions, amount of land included in the transaction and the instrument numbers to locate the documents. For more information on conducting property research, please contact the PHA directly.
In 2006, volunteers of the Port Hope Archives indexed the more than 15,000 land records held at the Archives. The database is searchable by Grantor, Grantee, Instrument Number and by remarks and is available in the Archives’ Reading Room.
Vital Statistics Indexes on Microfilm
The Port Hope Archives has the Indexes, produced by the Province of Ontario for Birth, Marriages and Deaths. The dates are as follows:
Births: July 1869 to December 1911
Marriages: 1869 to 1926
Deaths: 1869 to 1936
For more recent registrations, please contact the Archives of Ontario.
Reading Room Collection:
To access our listing of local history, genealogy, and general history publications, click here for our library.
