Business
- And a Christmas Walk Down Walton Street (1959), by Pat Bryan
- Charles Nugent's tavern (Hope Twp.)
- Durham County business directory (1902), including Port Hope & surrounding communities
- Goad's Insurance Plan of Port Hope (1901; revised 1904)
- Josiah Haskill's whiskey ledger for 1809 (Hope Twp.)
- Just Facts About Port Hope, an informational pamphlet produced by the Board of Trade (1944)
- Port Hope breweries (c1817-1911), by Doug Mannen
- Port Hope Business Directory (1856)
- Port Hope Fire Brigade (1891)
- Port Hope Harbour history
- Port Hope Harbour letter (1831)
- Port Hope newspapers
- Port Hope: past hotels, inns, and saloons
- Port Hope photographers (1850-1940s)
- Port Hope telephone directory (c1898)
- Port Hope telephone directory (1900)
Census and related
- Augustus Jones' report (1799)
- Elias Smith's report of persons residing in Hope Township (1799)
- Hope Township assessments (1802-1807)
- Hope Township assessment (1842)
- Hope Township assessment (1843)
- Hope Township assessment (1844)
- Hope Township assessment (1845)
- Hope Township assessment (1846)
- Hope Township assessment (1847)
- Hope Township census returns (1803)
- Hope Township census returns (1804)
- Hope Township census returns (1805)
- Hope Township census returns (1806)
- Hope Township census returns (1807)
- Hope Township census returns (1809)
- Hope Township census returns (1810)
- Hope Township census returns (1811)
- Hope Township census returns (1812)
- Hope Township census returns (1813)
- Hope Township census returns (1814)
- Hope Township census returns (1815)
- Hope Township census returns (1816)
- Hope Township census returns (1817)
- Hope Township census returns (1818)
- Hope Township census returns (1819)
- Hope Township census returns (1820)
- Hope Township census returns (1821)
- Hope Township census returns (1822)
- Hope Township census returns (1823)
- Hope Township census returns (1824)
- Hope Township census returns (1825)
- Hope Township census returns (1826)
- Hope Township census returns (1827)
- Hope Township census returns (1828)
- Hope Township census returns (1830)
- Hope Township census returns (1831)
- Hope Township census returns (1832)
- Hope Township census returns (1833)
- Hope Township census returns (1834)
- Hope Township census returns (1835)
- Hope Township census returns (1836)
- Hope Township census returns (1837)
- Hope Township census returns (1838)
- Hope Township census returns (1839)
- Hope Township census returns (1840)
- Hope Township census returns (1841)
- Hope Township census returns (1848)
- Hope Township census returns (1850)
- Hope Township census returns (1851)
- Hope Township Crown deeds
- Hope Township oaths of allegiance (1801-1806)
- Port Hope assessment roll (1847)
Church and related
- Canton Church: A brief history of the church, the community, and its people, by Margaret Langford (1982)
- CemSearch
- Family Bible entries
- Garden Hill Presbyterian Church baptisms (1875-1914)
- Knoxville Bible Christian Cemetery
- Morrish United Church 100th Anniversary programme
- Old Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery (c1833-1874)
- Partial list of baptisms, Our Lady of Mercy Register, Port Hope
- Port Hope Baptist Church 100th Anniversary programme
- Port Hope Presbyterian Pioneer Cemetery
- Port Hope United Church 75th Anniversary programme
- Providence Bible Christian Cemetery
- Rev. John Cassie (1807-1861, by Jim Campbell
- St. Anne's Church (Bewdley)
- St. Marks' Church (Notes on), by Agatha Simister
- St. Mary Roman Catholic Cemetery
- St. Paul's Church (Perrytown)100th Anniversary programme
- The Strange Life of Reverend David S. Kidd-Byrne, D.D.: A $36,000,000 Mystery, by Harold White
- Wesleyville United Church & Its People: Centennial Service
- Zion United Church Cemetery (1839-1972)
- Zion United Church 100th Anniversary programme
Community
- Beauty Shop, a community play (1933)
- Elizabethville: A history, by Vivian Quantrill
- Excerpts from the "Grapevine" by Pearl Wilson
- FiFi of the Toy Shop, a community play (1915)
- I.O.O.F. (Oddfellows) Decoration Day
- I.O.O.F. Decoration Day (1918)
- I.O.O.F. Decoration Day (1921)
- I.O.O.F. Decoration Day (1923)
- I.O.O.F. Decoration Day (1926)
- I.O.O.F. Decoration Day (1939)
- Kentucky Belle, a community play (1928)
- Local amateur play productions (1908-1933)
- Minister's Bride, a community play (1917)
- Minister's Wife's New Bonnet (1922), a community play (1922)
- Morrish School SS#5: A history, by teacher, Marian Marvin
- Night at the Opera House, a community play (1887)
- Page the Prince, a community play (1930)
- Perrytown: A history, by Edith Carruthers
- Port Britain: A history, by Harold Reeve (1937)
- Port Hope & District Pipes and Drums: A history (1958-1987)
- Port Hope as a summer resort (1896)
- Port Hope Hospital: Highlights of its History (1911-1963)
- Port Hope Historical Sketches (Illustrated), by W. Arnot Craick
- Port Hope Public Library: a brief history
- Port Hope street map (1834)
- Princess Chrysanthemum , a community play (1928)
- Queen Elizabeth II's Royal visit to St. Mark's Anglican Church (1959), a souvenir photo booklet
- Royal CutUp, a community play(1930)
- That's That, a community play (1929)
- Unlucky Thirteen! A Survey of house numbers in Port Hope, by Robert E. Popham
- YMCA fundraising subscription request (1897)
Diaries and letters
- Blenheim ship surgeon's journal (1842)
- Catherine (Bancks) Baines' diary (1836-1867)
- Diaries of William and Elizabeth (Blake) Peters (1830) of England
- Dunain: a history of 345 Lakeshore Road, family home of Mildred Cumberland Wotherspoon (1957)
- Electa Newcombe (Johnson) Haskill's story (1892) & Obituary
- Joseph Spencer Wilson's diary (1841)
- Letter from John Thompson (1819)
- Letters, diaries, and logs dating from 1819
- Letters from the Front (WWI)
- Midland Battalion, during the North West Rebellion (1885)
- Nicholas James Winters' letter (1880)
- Port Hope Harbour letter (1831)
- Sylvan Glen Camp diary (1890)
- Sylvan Glen, Bowen's Park (c1890)
- Thomas Whitfield's letters (c1870)
Education
- Beech Hill Tree Planting Ceremony 2002
- Dr. L.B. Powers Public School (1924-1974)
- Hope Township school registers (1892-1897)
- Model High School (c1891)
- Port Hope High School Blue and White, the 1940 yearbook
- Port Hope High School commencement programme (1899)
- Port Hope High School commencement programme (1983)
- Port Hope High School commencement programme (1990)
- Port Hope High School Testimonial Dinner programme (1966)
Families
- Alexander Currie (c1785) of Scotland
- Ancestors of Ann Peardon (c1770) of Kilkhampton, Cornwall
- Ancestors of Elizabeth Earl/Earle/Erle (c1742) of Hackensack, NJ
- Ancestors of Martha (Maria, Mary) Gray (c1755) of Buckinghamshire, England
- Beatty McCleary (c1812) of Ireland
- Boltons (c1600) of Buckinghamshire, England
- Charles Nicholas (c1790) of England
- Christopher Oliver/Eleanor White (c1800) of Northumberland, England
- Conrad Frederick UE (c1750) of Bergen, NJ
- Cornelius Greenleaf (c1765) of Bergen, NJ
- Edward Holloway (1831)/Mary Ann Peterson (1827) of England
- Family Bible entries
- Family histories (submitted)
- George Powell (c1790) of England
- James Marshall/Margaret O'Connell (c1840)
- John Kyle/Catherine Oliver (c1750) of Northumberland, England
- John J. Turner biography in the 25 May 2001 Evening Guide
- Looking for familiar names?
- Martin Rush, UE (c1732) of Bergen, NJ
- Robert Taft (c1645) of Ireland
- Samuel Campbell (c1826)/Prudence Thompson (c1825) of Ireland
- William Beatty (1799) of Ireland
- William O. Monaghan/Phoebe Mills (c1800) of Co. Tyrone, Ireland
- William Skitch/Anne Burney (c1820) of Cornwall, England
Government
- Chief Magistrates and Mayors of Port Hope (1832-present)
- Hope Township voters' list (1920)
- Hope Township voters' list Ward 1 (1920)
- Hope Township Voters' list ward 2 (1920)
- Hope Township voters' list Ward 3 (1920)
- Hope Township voters' list Ward 4 (1920)
- Hope Township voters' list Ward 5 (1920)
- Hope Township voters' list Ward 6 (1920)
- Police Board ByLaws (1834)
- Property information
- Reeves of Hope Township (1850-2000)
- Under the Town Hall Clock: A recounting of the adventures and responsibilities of Arthur James Chesher, town employee of many talents, who lived in the Town Hall (1908-1940), as told by his daughter (1984)
Military
- 46th Battalion Band (1869)
- Book of Remembrance (1919)
- Canadian Patriotic Fund, Port Hope Branch (WWI)
- Durham Regiment (1856)
- Empire Tea Room (1914-1918)
- Farmerettes (WWII)
- Fenian Raid Veterans, 46th Battalion (c1880)
- Fenian Raid Veterans' banquet (1915)
- First Regiment of Durham Militia (1837)
- Hope Township soldiers (WWI)
- Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (WWI)
- Leo Gordon Ware, WW1 survivor
- Letters from the Front (WWI)
- List of Appeals for Deferral (1918)
- Lost Soldiers WWI
- Midland Battalion, during the North West Rebellion (1885)
- Midland Regiment: Last Parade Ceremony (1954)
- Militia list for Canada west (1847)
- Military awards on the Field of Honour (WWI)
- Military Contributions of a Small Town, by George Sweanor
- Nursing Sisters (WWI)
- Officers of the 136th Durham Overseas Battalion (1916)
- Port Hope Cenotaph - WWII soldiers
- Port Hope Honour Roll (WWI)
- Port Hope Light Infantry Volunteer Company (1865-1866)
- Port Hope soldiers who won distinction on the Field of Honour (WWI)
- Presentation Ceremony (1919), Book of Remembrance
- Prince of Wales Canadian Dragoons (c1857)
- Pushing the Boundaries: Canadian Women's Experiences in World War II, by Susan Rafuse
- Pushing the Boundaries: Canadian Women's Experiences in World War II: Additional information about the local women presented by Susan Rafuse in her thesis
- Royal Hospital Chelsea (UK) outpensioners in the Toronto area (1859)
- The Seven-Year Hitch", WW2 reminiscences of Dick Holmes
- Supreme sacrifice (WWI)
Vital statistics and related information
- CemSearch
- Church of St. Mary Roman Catholic Cemetery
- Garden Hill Presbyterian Church baptisms (1875-1914)
- Hope Township funeral notices (1861-1916)
- Inquest of James McCabe (1883)
- Inquest of Robert Best (1867)
- Joseph Scriven's boarding house
- Louis Bertolotto's Flea Circus
- Northumberland-Durham Court Records: Inquests
- Northumberland-Durham vital statistics (1838-1855): Additions
- Port Hope/Hope Township births (1832-1899)
- Port Hope/Hope Township births (1869-1872)
- Port Hope/Hope Township deaths (1832-1899)
- Port Hope/Hope Township marriage notices (1804-1854)
- Port Hope/Hope Township marriages (1832-1899)
- Port Hope/Hope Township marriages (1869-1872)
- Port Hope/Hope Township BMDs from the local newspapers (1832-1994)
- Port Hope relocations to the US (1889)
- Probates (1821-1997)
- St. John's & Union cemeteries: original burial records (1863-1965)
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