Dundas and Turner Park Branches - Period Promise Campaign
From April 15 - May 31, you may drop off menstruation products at the Dundas and Turner Park branches which are community collection locations. For more information, please visit www.uwhh.ca/periodpromise.
Solar Eclipse Glasses - Return to HPL Branches
If you would like to donate your ISO safety solar eclipse glasses, return them to any HPL Branch or Bookmobile visit. HPL and McMaster University have teamed up with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Hamilton Centre to collect and redistribute. Thank you for returning your glasses.
Phishing Scheme
Please be aware of online phishing attempts impersonating Hamilton Public Library and Library Staff. HPL does not solicit paid freelance opportunities through social media or other messaging applications. HPL does not request personal or banking information through social media or require financial compensation when reviewing job applications. Please report phishing schemes to communications@hpl.ca. If you think you are a victim of fraud, please call the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.
Ancaster Books in the OGS Collection
Ancaster Books in the OGS Collection
To request any of the Wentworth County records please cite the county name, the town or township name, and the book number on the request slip.
For example, to access the first book listed below you would request:
Wentworth County, Ancaster, #01739
Those books listed in italics were not transferred from the OGS as Local History & Archives or the library general collection already owned them. To access these books please use the library call number.
ANCASTER
Ancaster Twp. Gore District. 1816-1819 Assessment. 1842 Census (01739)
Ancaster’s Early Settlers. R971.35202 ZSI CESH (01741)
Ancaster’s Heritage. History of the Township. Vol. 1. R971.352 ANC CESH(01742)
Book Cemetery. Ancaster Township. Recorded by Crowell Smith in 1890 (01744)
Crown Patentees of Ancaster & Barton Townships. R971.3521 Sm61 CESH (01745)
Discover Ancaster. A Walking Tour of Ancaster Village (01747)
Fieldcote Memorial Park and Museum Archives and Library. Inventory, 1997 (01748)
Surname Index of Rev. John Miller’s Records. 1830-1838. Ancaster Parish Records (01749)
Ancaster’s Heritage. Vol. 2. R971.352 ANC CESH (02044)
Surname Index, Ancaster’s Heritage. Vol. I. 1973 (02112)
The Hermitage. George Leith Family home (02115)
Index to Surtees’ Map 1859: Ancaster Twp. R929.3713 WEN CESH (02125)
Imperial Atlas 1903: Ancaster Twp. R346.713045 ANC CESH (02134)
Anglicanism in Ancaster from 1790 to 1830. R283.71352 PIN CESH (02141)
Index to Anglicanism in Ancaster from 1790-1830 (02142)
1901 Census: Ancaster Township R929.371352 NIN CESH (02415)
Ancaster and the Effects of the War of 1812 R971.352 ANC CESH (02496)
For Cemetery indexes for Ancaster ask for Pathfinder - Cemeteries at the Local History & Archives Information Desk
