Fees
Our fees and memberships assist with the operating costs of the Port Hope Archives, and in particular the purchase of vital archival-safe containers and materials to house and protect the collection. Thank you for your support of our local history!
Fees are as follows:
$10.00 simple research request (non-members)
*This fee is charged for simple and direct research requests and inquiries. This fee is waived for members.
(A simple request may be something like: 'what year was my house built?')
$25.00/hr for detailed research request
*For more in-depth and open-ended research and inquiries. You can determine the maximum number of hours that the Archivist will conduct research on your topic. You will be provided with a digital research report and copies of any associated materials at the conclusion of research. If we cannot find any information at all, you will not be charged.
(A detailed request may be something like: 'Can you tell me who were the past owners of my house, what year was it built, and do you have any old pictures?')
0.50 cents per 8.5x11” b&w copy ($1.00 colour copies)
0.75 cents per 8.5 x 14" b&w copy ($1.25 colour copies)
$1.00 per 11x17” b&w copy ($1.50 colour copies)
$5.00 per document scan from the collection
$5.00 per photograph image scan (600 dpi quality, images will be watermarked)
The Port Hope Archives now accepts debit and credit payments. We still also accept cash, but ask that you consider paying by card to minimize contact.
Annual Membership:
$25.00 Household
$50.00 Business
Copyright
Consider copyright when making all research and copying requests. It is the researcher's responsibility to seek proper authorization. All copies are made for the sole purposes of private study or research.
If you would like to publicly publish, exhibit, or broadcast materials from our collection, please contact the Port Hope Archives for the 'Request for Permission to Publish, Exhibit, or Broadcast Materials from the Port Hope Archives' form and details.
RESEARCH & RESOURCES
Online Resources
Ask our Archivist a question via Facebook or Twitter
View our photograph collection on Flickr
Watch videos about the history of Port Hope on YouTube!
Research on Port Hope and its residents can also be done online @ http://www.alivingpast.ca/
*Download our "Starting Your Genealogical and Family History Research" Information Pamphlet!
View our photograph collection on Flickr
Watch videos about the history of Port Hope on YouTube!
Research on Port Hope and its residents can also be done online @ http://www.alivingpast.ca/
*Download our "Starting Your Genealogical and Family History Research" Information Pamphlet!
Probates Database
To find a probate listing click here (updated 6 Dec 2013). Researchers can contact us for copying information.
Our Collection
In addition to our collection of personal, municipal and business records requiring archivist assistance, we also have a reading room of readily-available resources which researchers can peruse at their own pace.
The Port Hope Archives is happy to provide our researchers and visitors with a space to conduct their research or browse the maps on the wall. The PHA has a great selection of titles on local and Ontario history, as well as immigration and genealogy. The PHA also has a selection of historical atlases and maps.
Our photograph collection is now searchable using our reading room computer. An extensive database project was recently completed to make our over 7000 photographs easily accessible for our researchers!
The Port Hope Archives is happy to provide our researchers and visitors with a space to conduct their research or browse the maps on the wall. The PHA has a great selection of titles on local and Ontario history, as well as immigration and genealogy. The PHA also has a selection of historical atlases and maps.
Our photograph collection is now searchable using our reading room computer. An extensive database project was recently completed to make our over 7000 photographs easily accessible for our researchers!
On-Site Resources
Directories
The PHA is home to copies (and originals) of directories, phone books, and voters' lists from the following years: 1799, 1856-57, 1857-58, 1871, 1880, 1892, 1900, 1901 (Old Boys Reunion Souvenir), 1912, 1934-1936 (Voters' Lists), 1949, 1953 (Ploughing Match Directory), 1955, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1973, 1975, 1983 (Industrial Directory), 1987, 1992, 1994, 1999-2015.
Click here to view the Old Boys Reunion Souvenir video!
Click here to access the database of student listings from historic Hope Township schools, c1892-1897.
Land Records
The PHA has land documents from 1867 to 1955 for research. These documents are the property of the Government of Ontario, and available to the public through the Port Hope Archives. The PHA also has copies of the land abstract books (indexes) to be able to locate land documents. Only a few of the probates registered during these years are in this collection. Land records for years others than those at the PHA are available on microfilm at the Archives of Ontario or at the Land Registry Office in Cobourg.
Land abstracts and deeds do not provide the year of construction. Land documents provide owners; dates of transactions, amount of land included in the transaction and the instrument numbers to locate the documents. For more information on conducting property research, please contact the PHA directly.
In 2006, volunteers of the Port Hope Archives indexed approximately 25 000 land records held at the Archives. The database is searchable by Grantor, Grantee, Instrument Number and by remarks and is available in the Archives’ Reading Room.
*For our land records research "cheat-sheet" click here.
CemSearch Website
CemSearch is a cemetery database. At present, more than 316,000 entries are included in the database. Areas included are: Clarington, Haliburton, Hastings and Prince Edward, Lennox & Addington, Muskoka District, Northumberland, Peterborough & Victoria (now City of Kawartha Lakes) and Renfrew. www.cemsearch.ca
Ancestry Website
We have on-site access to www.ancestry.ca available on the reading room reference computer.
Reference Collection
For a listing of our vertical subject files, click here. To access our listing of local history, genealogy, and general history publications, click here for our librarylibrary_catalogue_2021.pdf.
The PHA is home to copies (and originals) of directories, phone books, and voters' lists from the following years: 1799, 1856-57, 1857-58, 1871, 1880, 1892, 1900, 1901 (Old Boys Reunion Souvenir), 1912, 1934-1936 (Voters' Lists), 1949, 1953 (Ploughing Match Directory), 1955, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1973, 1975, 1983 (Industrial Directory), 1987, 1992, 1994, 1999-2015.
Click here to view the Old Boys Reunion Souvenir video!
Click here to access the database of student listings from historic Hope Township schools, c1892-1897.
Land Records
The PHA has land documents from 1867 to 1955 for research. These documents are the property of the Government of Ontario, and available to the public through the Port Hope Archives. The PHA also has copies of the land abstract books (indexes) to be able to locate land documents. Only a few of the probates registered during these years are in this collection. Land records for years others than those at the PHA are available on microfilm at the Archives of Ontario or at the Land Registry Office in Cobourg.
Land abstracts and deeds do not provide the year of construction. Land documents provide owners; dates of transactions, amount of land included in the transaction and the instrument numbers to locate the documents. For more information on conducting property research, please contact the PHA directly.
In 2006, volunteers of the Port Hope Archives indexed approximately 25 000 land records held at the Archives. The database is searchable by Grantor, Grantee, Instrument Number and by remarks and is available in the Archives’ Reading Room.
*For our land records research "cheat-sheet" click here.
CemSearch Website
CemSearch is a cemetery database. At present, more than 316,000 entries are included in the database. Areas included are: Clarington, Haliburton, Hastings and Prince Edward, Lennox & Addington, Muskoka District, Northumberland, Peterborough & Victoria (now City of Kawartha Lakes) and Renfrew. www.cemsearch.ca
Ancestry Website
We have on-site access to www.ancestry.ca available on the reading room reference computer.
Reference Collection
For a listing of our vertical subject files, click here. To access our listing of local history, genealogy, and general history publications, click here for our librarylibrary_catalogue_2021.pdf.
