Due to network maintenance, online resources and Guest Wi-Fi will not be available on Sunday, October 12, from
6 am to 5 pm. Thank you for your patience.
On Wednesday, October 8, the Helen Detwiler (320 Brigade Drive) visit has been changed to 11-11:30 am this week. Thank you for your understanding.
The following locations have upcoming delayed openings due to Staff training drills.
Monday, October 20
Ancaster Branch, 10 am
Tuesday, October 21
Central Library, 10 am
Sherwood Branch, 10 am
You may visit nearby Branches for your library needs. www.hpl.ca/hours
All HPL Branches are closed on Thanksgiving Monday, October 13. Bookmobile is off the road. Extended Access and Study Hall services are not available. Regular service hours resume on Tuesday, October 14. Our Virtual Branch is open at hpl.ca.
All branches close on Sunday, October 12, 2025 for Thanksgiving. This includes branches with Extended Access.
Due to the ongoing Mohawk College Support Staff strike, the Bookmobile visit on Monday, October 6, is cancelled. You may select Terryberry Branch as an alternative location to pick up your Holds. On Wednesday, October 8, the Helen Detwiler visit is changed to 11-11:30 am this week.
Interlibrary Loan (ILLO) service will be temporarily paused starting Friday, September 26, due to continued negotiations between CUPW and Canada Post. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Bring back your borrowed library items (due Oct 1 or later) within 28 days to avoid a replacement or lost fee. We'll remove the fee when you bring back your overdue items.
Due to roof repair maintenance, the Branch is temporarily closed from September 2 until October 14. Please visit the Red Hill, Parkdale, and Barton locations as your nearest branches for your library needs. Thank you for your patience.
Barton Books in the OGS Collection
Barton 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, Barton, #01750
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.
BARTON
1875. Map of Barton. Augustus Jones. Newsclipping (01750)
Barton Township. First Survey (01752)
Barton Township. Early Families (01753)
Barton on the Mountain. R971.352 BUR CESH (01754)
Burials Elsewhere of Persons Associated with Barton Stone Church. R929.50971352 ALL CESH (01755)
Burials in Barton Stone Cemetery - opened in 1847. R929.50971352 ALL CESH (01756)
Burials in St. Peter’s Cemetery, Mohawk Rd. W. R929.50971352 ALL CESH (01758)
Full Census: Male & Female inhabitants. Barton Twp. 1816. (01759)
History of Barton Stone Church. R287.92097135 ALL CESH (01760)
Marriages. Bartonville Methodist Circuit. 1896-1917 (01762)
Members - Wesley Methodist Church. Barton. 1866-1920 (01763)
Ministers of Barton Stone Church 1811-1984. R387.92097135 BAR CESH (01764)
Some Families of Ryckman’s Corners Area (01766)
Burials in Old Barton Cemetery. 1853-1882 (01984)
Death Notices - Barton (Spectator Obits) (01988)
Index to Surtees’ Map 1859: Barton Twp. R929.3713 WEN CESH (02126)
Imperial Atlas 1903 Barton Township. R346.713045 WEN CESH (02217)
1901 Census: Barton Township. R929.371352 NIN CESH (02424)
For Cemetery indexes for Barton ask for the Finding Aid at the Local History & Archives Information Desk