Due to poor air quality, Bookmobile will be cancelling all stops today, Thursday, July 16. Regular service is expected to return next week. Thank you for your understanding.
Bookmobile Stops Cancelled
Published:
Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 8:00am
Air Quality Warning
An Orange Air Quality Warning has been initiated for the City of Hamilton by Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks beginning July 15, 2026. This alert will remain in effect until a cancellation notice is issued.
Stay safe, Hamilton. www.hpl.ca/hours
Published:
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - 2:00pm
HPL Catalogue and Online Resources Not Available - Sunday, July 19
Due to online maintenance, Members can not access HPL's catalogue, online services and resources on Sunday, July 19 from 5am-10am. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Published:
Monday, July 13, 2026 - 3:00pm
Express Items via OverDrive - Partner Libraries Update
As of July 1st, partner library Members can no longer borrow HPL Express items via Overdrive. More to Borrow partner libraries will be offering Lucky Express (Skip the line) titles to their cardholders only. This will help manage wait times for popular titles. Lucky Express is a collection of in demand titles with a seven-day loan period, available with no wait.
Our partners will still be able to borrow titles from the rest of our collection.
www.hpl.ca/more-to-borrow
Published:
Monday, July 6, 2026 - 10:00am
What's Happening Guide Changes
The What's Happening Guide has been retired and replaced with different communications channels and tactics. You can find the new Summer Reading Flyer here. Watch for future communications updates.
Published:
Monday, June 29, 2026 - 3:00pm
Sunday Hours Return to Central Library
Sunday hours return to Central Library. Beginning July 5, Central is open Noon to 5pm. Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown branches are also open Sundays, 1 to 5pm. hpl.ca/hours
Published:
Monday, June 29, 2026 - 1:00pm
Study Halls Pause for Summer Break
After Hours Study Hall is not available in July and August. Hours will resume Tuesday, September 8. www.hpl.ca/study-halls
Published:
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 - 3:00pm
OGS Collection Family Histories
MANNEN The John Mannen Genealogy (00523)
MARKLE Recollections of Emma Kemp Markle - Ancaster (00524)
MARTIN A History of the Ancestors & Descendants of Peter P. Martin also a Short Sketch of the Daniel M. Brubacher family (00525)
MARTIN History of the Descendants of Christian B. Martin. 1834-1912 (00526)
MARTIN Thou Art Peter. A Story of the Pioneer Peter Martin and the Woolwich Mennonites (00527)
MAXTED The Maxted Family History (00528)
MAXWORTHY see EMERY
MAYCOCKS Maycocks of Essex County. Genealogy of the Family in Ontario & in England (00529)
MELMOTH The Melmoth Story Through the Years (00530)
MENARD see BOUDREAU
MESSENGER Thomas Messenger (00531)
MILLER The Miller Family 1776-1988 - Daniel C. Miller. A Record of his Ancestors, Family & Descendants (00532)
MILLS The Mills Family (00533)
MIRES/MYERS/MEIRS/MEIERS/MIRES Digging in the Mires (00534)
MITCHELL Descendants of John & Janet Mitchell, Wishaw Lanarkshire (00535)
MOORHOUSES The Moorhouses (00536)
MOOTE Uncle Abram - A Very Singular Moote (00537) - Item is Missing
MORDEN Morden Family History. Photocopy (00538)
MORRISON see ALMAS
MOXHAM The Manitoba Journal, 1885-1889 of William Moxham (00539)
MACARTHUR see ARTHUR
MCCALLUM Descendants of Duncan McCallum & Duncan Taylor of Argyleshire, Scotland. Handwritten (00542)
MCCARTHY McCarthy Family History. John McCarthy Jr. & Mary Jane Sutor. (00543)
MCCARTHY First International Gathering of the clan (00675) [Missing Apr. 2002]
MCCOWANS To Sustene the Personis - McCowans 1994. The Agricultural Revolution (00544)
MCCULLY History of the McCully Family: 1746-1986 (02385)
MCCURDY The McCurdys of Nova Scotia (00545)
MACIVER see SHERMAN
MACKENZIES MacKenzies of the River Raisin 1774-1974 (00540)
MCKEOUGH McKeough Famkily Tree (Section 33: “Woodward”, “James”, “Hewlett”, “Panchen” and “Caswell” Families) (02408)
MCKEOUGH McKeough Family Tree (Section 30: “Askin”) (02498)
MCLAREN McLaren Family (00546)
MACMILLAN Clan MacMillan Newsletters (incomplete) (00541)
MACNAB MacNab & Stuart Family Tree (Sir Allan Napier MacNab) (01974)
MACPHERSON The Posterity of the Three Brethren. A short history of the Clan MacPherson. (01530)
MCPHERSON The Way It Was - With Alex McPherson. Autobiography (00547)
MCQUEEN Kith and Kin of John McQueen & Jane Ferguson (00548)
MCQUEEN McQueen Family History - Descendants of Peter & Amelia (00549)
