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Funeral Home Transcriptions

A veteran in Woodland Cemetery, 1975

Local History & Archives contains a collection of funeral home transcriptions. They can help determine the date of death and sometimes include the date and/or place of birth, cause of death, and possibly their next-of-kin. These records are only available for use in the department or from the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. Questions can also be referred to our AskHPL service.
This collection includes:
Blachford & Wray Funeral Home
1851 - 1952
Archives File
Blachford & Wray
1953 - 1974
Each volume has its own index, except for the last two volumes which are not indexed.
Dodsworth & Brown Funeral Home
August 1, 1897 - December 30, 1952
There is a master surname index for all volumes.
Dwyer Funeral Home Limited
April 20, 1884 - December 29, 1952
There is a master surname index for all volumes.
Green-Guernsey Funeral Home
January 3, 1928 - June 8, 1936
J.B. Marlatt Funeral Home (Dundas)
September 22, 1926 - December 31, 1959
J.B. Marlatt Funeral Home (Hamilton)
September 9 1939 - July 20, 1952
L.G. Wallace Funeral Home
1922 - 1952
Markey-Dermody Funeral Home
May 28, 1923 - December 29, 1952
Robinson Funeral Home
1898 - December 31, 1952