Local History

ABOUT HAWKESBURY:

The following scrapbooks contain pictures of historic Hawkesbury.

Hawkesbury Scrapbook 1

Hawkesbury Scrapbook 2

Hawkesbury Scrapbook 3

Hawkesbury Scrapbook 4

Hawkesbury Scrapbook 5

Hawkesbury Scrapbook 6

More about Hawkesbury:

www.villedehawkesbury.ca

photos of early Hawkesbury in the McCord Museum.

More photos of early Hawkesbury in the McCord Museum.


Workers at the Hawkesbury Lumber Company

A panoramic shot of the Hawkesbury Lumber Company mill.

ABOUT VANKLEEK HILL:

Vankleek Hill is located in Champlain Township. Visit Champlain Township's website.

The Vankleek Hill Historical Society.

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES ONLINE:

The Review (First publication date: 1893. Our back issues will be online soon for your research purposes. Check back here for a link to these archives.)

Newspaper archives online

Ancestry.ca: online newspapers

Google News Archive Search

The Toronto Star: Front pages from the past

- The Prescott Journal - Obituaries
http://www.prescottjournal.com/2004_Obits.html

OTHER SITES OF INTEREST:

A Glengarry County historian posts his favourites online.

- United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada
http://www.uelac.org/

- United Empire Loyalist Directory
http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/loyalist_list.php

- Canadian Genealogy Centre
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-607.003-e.html

- 1871 Vankleek Hill Trade Directory
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onpresco/van71.htm

- 1878 Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Marriage Index
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/sdg78.htm

- 1899 Prescott County Marriage Index
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/presc99.htm

- Ottawa Branch Ontario Genealogical Society - Cemetary Search
http://www.ogsottawa.on.ca/cemeteries/

- Alberta Provincial Archives
http://www.archivesalberta.org/walls/paa.htm

- British Columbia Archives
http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca

- Manitoba Provincial Archives
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives

- New Brunswick Provincial Archives
http://archives.gnb.ca

- Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Archives
http://www.therooms.ca/archives

- Northwest Territories Archives
http://www.pwnhc.ca/programs/archive.htm

- Nova Scotia Provincial Archives
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm

- Nunavut Archives
http://www.gov.nu.ca

- Ontario Provincial Archives
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca

- Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office
http://www.edu.pe.ca/paro

- Quebec Provincial Archives
http://www.banq.qc.ca/portal/dt/?bnq_langue=en

- Saskatchewan Provincial Archives
http://saskarchives.com

- Yukon Archives
http://yukon.minisisinc.com

- Ancestry.ca
http://www.ancestry.ca

- Archives Canada - Canadian Archival Information Network
http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/index.html

- Library and Archives Canada - Archivianet
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html


- The Peerage - A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe
http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm

- Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
http://www.biographi.ca/index-e.html?PHPSESSID=ychzfqkvzape

- House of Names - Surname and armorial history
http://www.houseofnames.com

- Alcatraz Federal Inmate Roster 1934 - 1963
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/roster.htm

- Ontario Genealogy Links
http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/ontario/index.html

- Ontario and Upper Canada Genealogy and History
http://www.ontariogenealogy.com/

- Cyndi's List - Canada Genealogy
http://www.cyndislist.com/ontario.htm

- The Canadian Tree Genealogy Links
http://www.kenora.net/manitoba/links.htm

- Archdiocese of Kingston
http://www.romancatholic.kingston.on.ca/genealogical%20research.htm

- Ontario Genealogy Services
http://www.ontariogenealogyservices.com/my_services.htm

- About Ontario Genealogy
http://genealogy.about.com/od/ontario/Ontario_Genealogy_Family_History.htm

- Canada Census Records Online
http://www.censusfinder.com/canada-census-records.htm

- Ontario Genealogy and History Resources
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/

- CanGenealogy: Ontario Genealogy Sources
http://www.cangenealogy.com/ontario.html

- The National Archives of the United Kingdom
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

- Public Record Office United Kingdom
http://www.pro.gov.uk

- The National Archives of Scotland
http://www.nas.gov.uk

- The National Archives of France
http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/an/en/Index.html

- The National Archives of Germany
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult.asp?lctry=Germany

- The National Archives of the United States of America
http://www.archives.gov

- The Ships List: Canadian Immigration Records Online
http://www.theshipslist.com/Research/canadarecords.htm

- List of Slaves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_slaves

- Genealogy Magazine.com
http://www.genealogymagazine.com/

- Swedish Genealogy Online
http://www.genline.com

- American Name Society
http://www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/ans

- Behind the Name
http://surnames.behindthename.com

- Common Irish Surnames
http://hickeyclan.com/irelhistory.htm#Surnames

- Danish Naming Traditions
http://homepage.mac.com/sootica/Sites/DenmarkFAQ/namingtraditions.htm

- Distribution of Surnames in Great Britain
http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk

- German Names in America
http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/surnames.htm

- Old Irish Gaelic Surnames
http://rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/irenames.htm

MAGAZINE:

Family Tree Magazine
http://www.familytreemagazine.com


TELEVISION:

"Who Do You Think You Are?" CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/whodoyouthinkyouare/

"What's My Story?" US Spinoff of above

"Ancestors In The Attic" History Channel
http://www.history.ca/ontv/titledetails.aspx?titleid=110820&/