Hamilton Historical Resources
As a researcher, I've gotten a lot of requests for information sources on the internet. So to help, I've put together this page of links to Hamilton specific sources. I'll be adding to
this as time goes on, but if you've got your own that I don't know about, give me a shout and I'll add it.
City Directories
Cherrier & Kirwin
1872-1873 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3,
C. W. Cooke
1853 Part 1, Part 2
Hutchinson
1862-1863 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
W. H. Irwin
1874
1875-1876
1877-1878
1878-1879
1879-1880
1880-1881 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
March 1881-March 1882
March 1882-March 1883?
March 1883-March 1884
March 1884-March 1885
March 1885-March 1886
March 1886-March 1887
March 1887-March 1888
March 1888-March 1889
March 1889-March 1890
March 1890-March 1891
March 1891-March 1892
March 1892-March 1893
March 1893-March 1894
March 1894-March 1895
March 1895-March 1896
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
McAlpine's
1875
Mitchell
1865-1866
R. L. Polk
1888
William A. Shepard
1856
1858
Sutherland's
1866 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1867-1868
1868?
1870
1871-1872 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
Vernon's
1896-1897
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
Newspapers
Brantford Courier
Jan 6-Mar 3 1913
Mar 4 1913-Dec 28 1918
Grimsby Independent
1885-1949 (gaps)
Hamilton Spectator
Jan 21, 1858 - Aug 20, 1858
Hamilton Times
Aug 22, 1864 - Dec 24, 1868
1864-1907 (gaps)
Hamilton Gazette
Jan 5, 1852 - Dec 31, 1855
