From Thursday, September 11, until 5 am on Monday, September 15, road closures for SuperCrawl will be in effect in and around James Street North from King to Wilson/York to Cannon to Barton Street. Additional closures will take place on King William, Rebecca, Vine, Mulberry, Colbourne and Murray Streets. If you are planning to visit Central Library over the next few days, we suggest taking HSR for a convenient route to downtown Hamilton. www.hpl.ca/central
SuperCrawl - Road Closures near Central Library
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025 - 10:30am
Central Library - Fourth Floor Temporary Closure
Central Library's Fourth Floor is closed on Tuesday, September 16, from Noon to 6 pm due to a special event. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 1-3 are available as study and work spaces. www.hpl.ca/central
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025 - 10:00am
Bookmobile Service Modifications
Huntington Park is discontinued effective after tomorrow, Friday, September 5 (11 am-noon). A new, nearby bi-weekly Bookmobile site at The Court at Rushdale (1360 Upper Sherman Ave) will start on Friday, September 19 (11 am-noon).
Queen Victoria Elementary School will now visit from 3-4 pm (instead of 3:30-4:30 pm
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Thursday, September 4, 2025 - 1:30pm
Study Halls Return September 2
Study Halls at Central Library and Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park, and Waterdown branches resume on Tuesday, September 2. They will be open after-hours Mondays-Thursdays from 8 pm to Midnight. www.hpl.ca/study-halls
All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
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Wednesday, August 27, 2025 - 2:15pm
Kenilworth Branch - Temporary Closure (Sept 2 - Oct 10)
Due to roof repair maintenance, the Branch is temporarily closed from September 2 until October 10. Please visit the Red Hill, Parkdale, and Barton locations as your nearest branches for your library needs. On August 28-29, there may be some noise disruptions and limited parking spots while the roof repair set-up begins. Thank you for your patience.
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Monday, August 11, 2025 - 8:00am
OGS Collection Family Histories
These books are filed alphabetically by the Family name.
Those books listed in italics were not transferred from the OGS as Local History & Archives or the library general collection already owned them. To access these books please use the library call number.
ADDISON William Addison & Ann Stuart family (00373)
AITKEN Never a Day So Bright. Kate Aitken (00375)
ALLISON Descendants of Wm. M. Allison & Elizabeth Lister. R929.2 ALLIS CESH (00376)
ALMAS (ALMOST), LAND, GURNETT, MORRISON & HILL. Index to data base. (00377)
ARTHUR The Round Table. Quarterly Newsletter. Clan Arthur. (01972)
ASHBAUGH David Ashbaugh (00378)
AUDETTE Family of Antoine Audette & Auralie Bernard. R929.20971352 AUDET WAD CESH (00379)
AWDE The Awde Family History (00380)
BAGLEY The Bagley Family History (00381)
BAGSHAW William Bagshaw & Sarah Bolton. Genealogy charts (00382)
BAKER Baker Family History - Somersetshire to Wentworth. Book 1: Turner. Lyons, Baker (00383)
BALL William Ball & Descendants. R929.209713 BALL CESH (00384)
BANFIELD Banfield Family History (00385)
BARKER - JOSLYN The Barker-Joslyn Family Tree Climber (00386)
BARKLEY Remarkable World of Frances Barkley. 1769-1845. (00148)
BARNARDO Thomas John Barnardo 1845-1905. “The Barnardo Homes” (00387)
BARNES A Family Named Barnes (00388)
BARRETT Barrett Newsletter #14 - 91 (00390)
BARRETT Correspondence List & Registry Index (00389)
BATSON The Batsons of Northeastern United States. R929.209713 BAT CESH (02458)
BAUMAN Family Records of the Descendants of Pioneer Joseph Bauman also some records of David and Henry Bauman (00391)
BEACH Beach in Canada - A Pictorial Genealogy (00392)
BEAMER John Beamer 1759-1854 (00393)
BECK Beck Family. F.W. Beck 1817-1904 & Eve Schwingel (00394)
BERCZY William Berczy - Co-founder of Toronto (00395)
BERCZY William Berczy 1744-1813 (00396)
BETZNER Betzner Family in Canada 1799-1970 (00397)
BIEHN Biehn Family (00398)
BIEHN Biehn/Bean Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Ontario, Canada 1700-1986 (00399)
BISHOP Ancestral Line of Absalom Bishop Sr. 1627-1926 (00400)
BLAGDON Blagdon Family History (00401)
BLAIN The Blain Family Newsletter Vol. 1 1981(00402)
BOCK Frederick Bock (BUCK) 1760-1831 & Maria Reichard 1765-1830. (00404)
BOND Descendants of Silas Bond (00405)
BOUDREAU Ancestors of Exzlia Elizabeth Boudreau. Branch lines of Boudreau, Senezaque, Senet & Menard. Vol. 1 (00406)
BOWINS Bowins Family - J. Bowins Jr. 1839-1925 & E. Payne (00407)
BOWLES The Bowles Family (00408)
BOWMAN The Man Who Could Do Anything. The Story of Simeon Bowman. (00409)
BRIGHAM-DUNLOP The Brigham Dunlop Family 1705-1995 (00410)
BROWN Brown Family History. Haldimand County 1805-1898 (00411)
BRUBACHER see MARTIN
BUTCHER Descendants of John Butcher & Sarah Shank. R929.2 BUTCH CESC (00412)
