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HAMILTON Family Album:
Edited by Laurence G Hamilton. 1987. Photo section. Includes REBURN, MIDDLETON, JACKSON, GROENEVETT, SCHAAK and KNISLEY families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 12

HANSELMAN Family History: HANSELMANs of Huron Co., Michigan and Beyond
Three-ring binder, compiled by Nancy Hanselman Swan. Lots of pictures.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 27

HARE: An Autobiography by Dr. R. B. HARE
Duo-tang binder. 1975.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 16

The Descendants of George HARGREAVES and Mary HASKETT.
By Helen Cowing Stover: 43 pages, Indexed computer printout 1996.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 25

HARRIS. The Eldon House Diaries: Five Women's Views of the 19th Century
by Robin S. Harris and Terry G. Harris. Published by The Champlain Society. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press, 1994. ISBN 0-9693425.
NHS archives reference FAMILIES H 14A

HARRIS: Francis and Rachel (MCDORMAND) HARRIS of Bayham Township, Ontario
Author unknown. Duo-tang folder 1991.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 14 b

Letters of Craig McKenzie HARTLEY 1857-1917.
Compiled and edited by Margaret Ann Hartley in 1994.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 21

William HATCH of Bayham Township, Ontario, Canada
With notes on related families BOWES, BROWN, CULP, HIGH, JOHNSON, MERRITT, MONTROSS, SPEICE, TRAVIS
by Donald G. Lane of London, Ontario, 1972. 82 typewritten, offset printed pages. Self-covered, stapled together.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES H 2

Descendants of William Henry Darius HATHAWAY (1832-1899)
by Anne Hathaway Gloin and Dolena Hathaway Hurst. Self-published computer genealogy report. 130 pages, Combind bound. Includes copies of photos and source documents. Three parts
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES H 20a and H 20 (two separate books)

Canadian HAVILAND Family Genealogy: Descendants of John HAVILAND, U.E., 1751-1839
by F. Eleanor Chapin, Brantford, Ontario: Hurley Printing, 1991. Hard cover, 395 pages.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 15

HAWKSWORTH - "Before and After Adam":
by Janetta Hawksworth Dexter. 94 page history of the HAWKSWORTH family. Typewritten Not indexed. Includes SMITH, BOWLBY, GAATES, MILLER and SOVERINE families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 18

HAYWARD, MURDOCH, PEARCE Family History.
Two small booklets. The original written by Fanny Murdoch PEARCE in 1958. The Second is an expansion and revision of the first in 1979 by Mildred PEARCE and Bruce M PEARCE.
NHS Archive numbers: FAMILIES H 4, H 5 and H 26

HAZELTON Family Matters: The HAZELTON Family 1555-1948
by Paul Hazelton. Soft cover Book and CD, 2007.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 31a

Supplement to HAZELTON Family Matters:
by Paul Hazelton (Book and CD).
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 31b

Ascendants of Daniel HAZEN United Empire Loyalist
1986. Hard cover book by Ross W McCurdy. 198 Pages (Including an addendum.)
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 6

Descendants of Daniel HAZEN, UEL to the 7th Generation
A work in progress.
Booklet published 1997 by Ross McCurdy.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 9a

The Descendants of Edward HAZEN
An extract from The HAZEN Family in America by Tracy Elliot Hazen as published by his brother in 1947. Duo-tang 34 pages. .
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 9b

The Descendants of Edward HAZEN / HASSEN
Duo-tang with selected photocopied pages from The HAZEN Family in America, 1947, by Tracy Hazen. .
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 9c

A Genealogy Table of the Rev. Thomas R. OWENS:
Includes HEATH family plus REECE, SIMMONS, OWEN
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 19

The HELMER Family in Canada in the United States:
by George John Helmer.174 pages, with pictures. Combind bound.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 28

The Family Histories of John HENDRY/ HENRY and his Wife Janet ANDERSON; Edward M HILL and Josepha Amelia OLVER; Francis OLVER and Ann FOADEN
June 1986, Duo-tang folder compiled by June Henry Klassen.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 8

The HENNING Families
William Martin Frederick HENNING, born Jarvis, Ontario (1873-1932), son of John HENNING, married Emma Louise FISCHER, moved to Hamilton, Ohio. No author credited. Undated, approximately 40 loose-leaf typewritten pages.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 1

HIGHLAND Family:
Compiled by Poulette Elizabeth Highland 2005. Three-ring binder. Includes pictures, copies of sources.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 30

The Asher HOLDEN Family Reunion 1974.
Includes FONGER/AXFORD, ROBERTS, and PETERS. Is actually a Family history. 37 typewritten pages.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 17

The Isaac HOLLAND - Elizabeth BUTLER Family History: Ancestors and Descendants
1989 by Shirley Holland Eichenburg. Combind bound25 pages with photos.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 13a

Origin of the Name HOLTBY
By Frederick Bagwell Holtby . 22 page duotang family history starting with Rev. Mathias Holtby.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 32

HOOVER (Includes BARIN, VINNEY, KNISLEY, STEWART, YOCOM)
A number of computer printouts in a separate box.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 14c

HOOVER Family Tree: (HUBER)
by Jay Hoover. Includes lots of pictures. Indexed.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 24

HORTON Family Tree
by Peter Horton, 1990. Working Copy in a duo-tang folder not indexed. Includes reference to SQUIRES, RYERSE, DEMMING and CALDWELL families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 10

HOUSE
Abraham who married 1. Agnes 2. Prudence.
Duo-tang folder, 1991 No author given. .
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 13b

HOUSE
The McKeough Family Tree: Section #61
By W Darcy McKeough, 2010. Three-ring binder contains numerous Family Trees. Indexed. Starts with Abraham HOUSE and Includes information on Luton, Finch, Gilbert, Piggott, McGraw, Peer, Cummins and Teeple. (The McKeough Family Tree contains 132 Sections of which this is # 61)
This volume also contains Volume #62: COLBOURN and Volume #63: BACON.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 33

HOWELL
(Includes VAREY, BROWN, SIMMONS, EDSAY
Family group sheets in a duo-tang by Kathleen McManus, 1996.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 23

The HOWICKS: From John HOWICK 1719 Sussex England to William HOWICK 1803 and Norfolk County 1835.
By Ms B Callander, 2006.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 29

Sketches and History of the HUFFMAN Family
("A Reference Work containing upwards of 1,000 dates, sketches and data of the HUFFMAN family and other allied groups.")
by David A. Huffman. Toronto, Ontario: Northern Miner Press Limited, 1970. 159 pages, typeset, hard cover book. Includes a few photos and copies of source documents.
NHS Archive number FAMILIES H 3.

HUMBER - "Family Sleuthing: Chasing Sunsets and Fallen Leaves".
By Charles J Humber Hardcover, 439 Pages, photographs. This book is mostly about the HUMBER Family but contains a chapter on the BIDDLE Family from Port Rowan.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES B 58

HUMPHREY - "In My Quiet Hours"
Poems by Bernice RAPSON WILDE, great-granddaughter of Lawrence HUMPHREY. Soft cover, 1986. .
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 11a

HUMPHREY - "My Love, My Faith, My Memories"
Poems by Bernice RAPSON WILDE, great-granddaughter of Lawrence HUMPHREY. Soft cover 1984. .
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 11b

HUTCHINSON (BUTLER) Companion Book to "Moon Through the Trees"
by John BACKUS 1992. Duo-tang with pictures - mostly tombstones.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES H 22



IRWIN/ GAGE
Family history produced by Donna Dosser Gable. Includes some pictures and newspaper articles. Approximately 95 typewritten pages in a three-ring binder. Note name is also spelled ERWIN. Also includes HAMBLY family -
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES I-1

IRVINE Family History:
Written, compiled, researched, computerized and annotated by Kim Irvine, 1996. This book was given to Donna Gable who donated it to the Museum. It is a companion piece to the IRWIN/GAGE Family History ( FAMILIES I 1). Includes an index of names.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES I 2

The Progeny of John Bartholomew JACKSON, 1857-1922
by Wm. B. Jackson of Simcoe, Ontario, 1990. Approximately 50 pages of dot-matrix printed family group sheets, loose leaf, bound, soft cover
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 5

History of the JACKSON Family in Ontario: The Earliest Years.
By Melva Jackson 1986. 72 Pages Combind bound book. Ms Jackson was also a descendant of Abigail BECKER. Includes information on the HERRON, DAVIS and HOLTBY families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 3

J B JACKSON: His Extended Family
by William B Jackson 1998. John Bartholomew Jackson 1857-1922. Includes reference to HARE, MACDONALD, CARDIFF, and TISDALE families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 5

JACKSON Family: George 1786-1870 and Joseph 1831- 1908
by H M Jackson Includes newspaper articles and documentation. About 60 pages, not indexed.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 6

The John JACKSON and Mahala ABBOTT Family of Turkey Point, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada.
Compiled by Howard Jackson, Ron Barrons and Wayne Jackson, 2000.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 8

Descendants of John JACKSON:
2001. No author. This is the same family as J-8. About 45 pages. Includes some land records etc.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 9

Anna JAMESON: Famous English Fraud.
By Duncan C. McKillop, printed by the Talbot Settlement Heritage Society. About 10 pages.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 7

The JOHNSON Generations
by David E. Johnson, U.E. Printed in Canada, 1983. IBSN 0-9691457-0-5. Typeset, hard cover, 277 pages Includes SMITH, TAYLOR and HANES families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 1

Descendants of Jeremiah JOHNSON
by Dr. Carson E Johnson. Published by the Norfolk Historical Society. This is actually a posthumous memorial to the research of its author who was a well-known genealogist.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 2

Buckskin and Broadcloth: A Celebration of E. Pauline JOHNSON-TEKAHIONWAKE 1861-1913.
By Sheila M F Johnson.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 10

The Life and Times of Sir William JOHNSON, Bart.,
By William L STONE, Vol 1 and 2, Published 1865. This is a microfilm located in Drawer 2 of the Microfilm section.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 11

JONES Family Histroy: 1682-1982
Compiled by A Kathleen Jones and Shirley L Jones, 1982.Edward JONES and his wife Mary WYNNE were Welsh Quakers who accepted William Penn's offer of religious freedom and land in British North America. About 25 pages, not indexed, folder.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 11

The JULL Family
by Jan McKee of Simcoe, Ontario, 1988. Includes a one page 1995 update by the author. Approximately 65 loose leaf laser printed pages in a three-ring binder.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES J 4

Genealogy of the Norfolk Branch of the KELLAM Family
No author credited. 52 loose leaf carbon copy pages, bound. Assembled after 1960. Includes photocopies of original documents, maps, photos and drawings.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES K 2

KELLY- "Imprints on the Sands of Time"
(Supplement to the third edition)
by Henry R. KELLY of Towson, Maryland, 1972. 99 typeset, offset printed pages, soft cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES K 1

KENT Family History
by Doreen Smith. Indexed Three-ring binder with pictures. Not completely numbered (approximately 200 pages.).
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES K 6

Photos from the Album of Jessie May KENT
Donated by Margaret Sharon Jessie was the daughter of Samuel Young Kent and Janet Susan Willson/Wilson. She married Fred Roche ALLEY. Moost of photos are identified and are indexed. It is accompanied by a CD with jpeg files.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES K 9

The KETCHESON Family Story. (copy 165 of the Second Edition)
by The Ketcheson Family Association's Family History Committee, Cecil B. Ketcheson of Halloway, chairman, 1981. The Progeny of William Ketcheson 1759-1848, first published in 1958. Soft cover, 219 loose leaf pages, bound.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES K 7

KINCAID and Some Related Families in Britain, Canada, United States
by Robert Burnham Kincaid. Produced in Brainerd, Minnesota, 1983. Hard cover, 241 photocopied pages.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES K

The KIPP Family: The Descendants if Isaac KIPP and Hannah MEED, A Pioneer Family of Brant and Oxford Counties, Ontario.
By Edward Kipp, 1990, revised. Three-ring binder, 180 pages, indexed.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES K 4b

Master Index to Family Trees prepared by Edward KIPP
1990. Includes ALLEN, EMPEY, FOLKINS, LINK, PARLEE and RATHBURN families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES K 4

The KITCHEN Family: Canada - USA.
The family and descendants of Henry and Ann KITCHEN by D. Anger 1993. 192 Pages, soft cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES K 8

KOWALSKY - "Marriage: The First 50 Years"
(the 50th wedding anniversary of Ruth VOGEL and Jerome KOWALSKY
by their sons and daughters. Printed by Second Avenue Printing, 1980. Family photo album with remembrances and family tree. Typeset, printed, soft cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES K 5



The Genealogy of the LA CHAPELLE Family: Quebec, Ontario, Michigan
by A G Leigh LaChapelle, 1978. Includes PROCUNIER, LEIGH families. Duo-tang folder, indexed.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 7

LACKOR Family
by Mary (McCall) Middleton. Printed by Shenandoah Publishing House Inc., Strasburg, Virginia, 1970. Hard cover book. (This genealogy was voted best of 1966 by U.S. National Genealogy Society, which published it as an example of a good genealogy.)
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES L 1

John LADE Family descendents:
By Anne Wittet (Also see Families W -36) Three ring binder with copies of photos and documents. family originally from Kent England.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES L 26

LAMPKIN Family at Langford:
by Doris Ann Lemon. English Research by Loreen E Myers Russell. Hard cover book, privately published. 234 pages, indexed with pictures and an inclusion of the descendants of Calvin FLANDERS, 1998.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES L 24

Imprints on the Sands of Time Left by Certain KELLY's, LAMPMANs, CRAIG's, FERGUSON's
by Henry R Kelly. First Edition 1939, 5th Edition 1997. Hard cover book, 261 pages plus an index.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 9

The LAMPORT Family: Descendants of Henry and Elizabeth (CLARKE) Lamport, Pioneer Families.
By Carole and Leslie Lamport. About 260 pages with pictures, 1983 in a three-ring binder. (Includes HOLLE, CLARK, EARL, CARTER, WELCH, FORCE and MCCALL families.)
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 2

The LANDON Family of Norfolk County
(associated families MONROE, HUNTER, EDINGTON) photocopy of a book compiled by Robert M. Landon of Simcoe, Ontario, 1974. 66 page typeset booklet, soft cover. Includes pictures, sources.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES L 4

The Descendants of Jacob LANGS and Elizabeth FOWLER:
Data collected by Dr. W O Langs with an introductory sketch "The Langs Family of Pennsylvania" by John Pierce Langs. Duo-tang folder, photocopied. (Includes: FOWLER, SOVEREIGN, ROBINS, VANDERLIP, YOUNG, WESTBROOK)
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 8

The Richard LANNING Family of Ontario and Some of Their American Relatives
by Jean I Griffin and Jeanette Tyson. 291 pages, soft cover, indexed.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 17

Descendants of Edward TUTTY and Wealthy LeBARRE of Houghton Township, Ontario,
including the ascendants of Wealthy LeBARRE. By Ross W McCurdy, 1990. Soft cover, 21 pages, indexed.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L16
(See also T 12)

Elizabeth LEE: An Episode in 1814. (Her Encounter with the American invaders) (McATHUR's Invasion)
By D T McCall 5 Page duo-tang.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 11

Pioneer LEMON Family of Niagara and Norfolk
by Edgar Lemon 1984. DUFF, KNIGHT, HARDY and MARR). Duo-tang with copies of documents and pictures not indexed nor numbered.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L5 and a duplicate at L 15.

The LEIGH Genealogy: England, Ontario, Michigan.
By A G Leigh LaChapelle, 1979. 15 pages, indexed in a duo-tang binder.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 6

Thomas LILLIBRIDGE of Newport RI and his Descendants:
by Joel N Eno, AM, Boston Press of David Clapp and Son, 1909 Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogic Register for Jan 1909. 11 pages.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES L 7b

LITTLEHAYS - "Journal"
written by Edward BAKER LITTLEHAYES
Exploratory tour partly in sleighs but chiefly on foot from Navy Hall, Niagara to Detroit, made in the months of February and March A.D. 1793 by his Excellency Lieut.Gov. SIMCOE
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES L 26

History of the LINDSAY Family
by Fred Lindsay, published by the Elgin County Library Board 1973. 22 pages. Photocopied. Not indexed. (Families included; NEWELL, MC MILLEN, NESBITT and MARTIN
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 5

The LINK Family
by Edward B Kipp, 1990 Duo-tang folder, 60 pages indexed.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 14

William and John LITTLE: County Sligo to Chinguacousy Township, Peel County, 1831.
Compiled by Elva Davis, great-great-granddaughter of William and Esther LITTLE. Donated by Robert Little. 1999 87 pages with some pictures.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 22

Descendants of Alexander LOGAN and Anna SECORD.
38 page, indexed duo-tang folder by Joan Hapeman Somers
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 21

Descendants of Patrick LONG (1748-1809) and Elizabeth STEWART (1751-1810) of Woodhouse and Walpole Townships
by Peter B. Kett, Simcoe, Ontario, 1993
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES L 18

The Donegal County, Ireland Roots of Patrick LONG
Includes Elizabeth STEWART LONG plus an Ancestry Chart of F Mae LONG. By Mae Pagdin, 2001. Duo-tang, 21 pages with maps - Information from Ulster Ancestree.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 23

The Descendants of Henry and Sara (SLUYTER) LOUKS / LOUCKS of Highgate, Vermont to the 7th Generation
by Ross W McCurdy 1993. Soft cover, 89 page booklet, indexed.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 19

Some Descendants of Richard LOUNSBERRY of Rye, New York.
Compiled by John M Freund. . 398 Pages, 1993.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 20

Returning to Port Dover: A Genealogy of the LOW / LOWE and RANKIN families.
FAWCETT, JACKSON, WEST and HALES.
Compiled by Nancy Carol Rankin 1987 published by Lakeshore publishers. Soft cover, 133 pages, indexed with pictures.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 12

A LUND Family History:
A hard bound book of 236 pages with pictures. Includes LUND, ENMAN, MORRISON, MCNAUGHTAN, CULVER/COLVER, MYERS, MCNAMARA, STEINHOFF families. By Neil Lund, 2004.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 25

LUNDY> Family and their Descendants of whatsoever surname with a Biographical Sketch of Benjamin LUNDY
by William Clinton Armstrong, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1902. 485 pages, indexed with illustrations
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES L 13

LUNDY: Eli LUNDY and Hannah Jane MONTROSE (MONTROSS). Family Group Sheets in a three-ring binder produced by Linda Lowrey in 1998 with supporting documentation.
NHS Archives number: FAMILIES L 10

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