Starting Monday August 17, public computers on Central 1st floor will undergo maintenance and be limited at times. This work will be staggered over three days and is expected to finish by Wednesday, August 19. Thank you for your patience.
Central Library - 1st Floor Public Computers, August 17-19
Published:
Thursday, August 13, 2026 - 10:00am
Catalogue Maintenance
HPL's catalogue is not available Sunday, August 16 from 5:00 am to 10:00 a.m due to system maintenance. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 - 6:15pm
Construction at Concession Branch
Due to construction at the Concession Branch hours are changing temporarily, beginning Fri Aug 7 to mid-September.
Mon-Thu 5-7pm
Fri Closed
Sat 9am-5pm
Members can change their Holds pickup location in their library accounts or can contact Staff. Or Holds can be paused until after the branch returns to regular open hours.
Some programs will be moved to the Sherwood Branch, 467 Upper Ottawa St. Please check hpl.ca/events for up-to-date program changes.
Published:
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 - 1:15pm
Bookmobile Schedule Modifications
Thu Aug 13
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The 2:30-3pm Visit to Mohawk Gardens is Cancelled.
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The 3:30-4pm Visit to the Meadowlands is Cancelled.
Tue Aug 18:
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The 10:30-11am Visit to the Court at Rushdale is Cancelled
Sat Aug 22:
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Pride Hamilton (Visit Bookmobile 9:30am-4:30pm at Pier 4 Park - 64 Leander Dr.) - All Visits Cancelled (Stoney Creek Arena 10-11am, Riverdale 11:15am-12:15pm and Discovery Centre 2:30-4pm).
Published:
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 - 9:30am
Kenilworth Branch Accessible Washroom Out of Order
The accessible washroom at Kenilworth Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.
Published:
Thursday, July 30, 2026 - 5:45pm
New Loan Periods - Effective Monday, August 31
As of Monday, August 31, new loan periods will come into effect to shorten the wait time for popular hold items.
DVD Express - 3 days
DVDs and Blu-rays - 7 days (fiction, children's and languages)
Magazines - 7 days
Bestseller Express - 14 days
DVDs and Blu-rays - 14 days (non-fiction and TV series)
Books - 21 days
Music/Books on CD and Children's Express - 21 days
Please visit www.hpl.ca/borrowing for more details.
Published:
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 - 2:30pm
Study Halls Pause for Summer Break
After Hours Study Hall is not available in July and August. Hours will resume Tuesday, September 8. www.hpl.ca/study-halls
Published:
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 - 3:00pm
OGS Collection Family Histories
EAGLES Eagles Families of North American (00461)
EAMER Eamer. Cornwall Twp. Stormont Co. Ont. (02228)
EASTON John & Thomas Easton Srs & John Nelson Easton 1767-1969 Genealogical Records (00462)
EATON Eatons, The (02518)
EBY History of the Eby Family (00463) (2 copies: copy 1 with additional handwritten notes)
EBY The Eby Report. Vol. II No. 1. The First Four Generations in America. (00465)
ELDERKIN History of Ancient Windham. Parts XC through XCVII. Elderkin (01196) Compiled by William L. Weaver
ELLIOTTS, THE GORDONS, THE LATIMERS Ireland to Canada (00466)
EMERY - CORNWELL - DAY - HUNT - MAXWORTHY Photocopy (00467)
EVANS Joseph Evans 1804-1883, Hicks, Fletcher (00468)
GAGE Second Gage Update, includes Part 1 and Part 2 (02286)
GAGE see WESTBROOK
GAGE Gage Families. Pt. 2. English-Irish Early American and Canadian Families. R929.2 G121 CESH (00475)
GARTSHORE Gartshore (02073)
GIFFORD The Gifford Family History (00477)
GILBERT Isaac Gilbert - United Empire Loyalist. 1742-1822 (00478)
GLASSELL A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia (00476)
GLOVER, GREEN, LONDON Building Our Pedigree Part I, II, III (00479)
GORDON see ELLIOTT
GORDON House of Gordon Newsletter. 1986-1997 (01973)
GORDONS Gordons of Goulbourn - Lowerys of Huntley & Fitzroy (00480)
GREEN see GLOVER
GREEN Green Genealogy. 4 vol. R929.20971 GREEN CRO CESH (00481, 00482, 00483, 0484)
GREENLY Records of Descendants of John & Dorothea Greenly of Wexford County, Ireland & Perth, Ontario (00485)
GRUMMETT see STRATFORD
GRUNDON Who’s Who at the Grundon Picnic (00486)
GURNETT see ALMAS
HARLEY Our Harley Family Connections. A Study by William A. Harley (00487)
HARRIS John Harris Family in Canada. 1820-1971. A Records of Elisha John Harris and his Descendants. An Index (00488)
HAW The Genealogy of John Haw. 1821-1916 (00489)
HEATH Heath Family - A Maine Branch of the Heath Family (00490)
HENDERSHOT Hendershot Family History (00491)
HENDERSON Family Book of Who When Where. The Ancestors of the children of the marriage of Marie Lucile Hudson-Henderson and Paul Thomas Henderson (02343)
HESS The Hess Family of Barton, Loyalists. R929.2 HESS GAL CESH + index by G. Maxted (00492)
HEWITT Early American Ancestors - Increase Hewitt & Elizabeth Tyler, Ancestors of Frank Lester of St. Clair & Tuscola MI (00493)
HILL see ALMAS
HILTS Godfrey Hilts and his Canadian Descendants (00494)
HORNING Horning Research. Four Generations - US to Canada. Peter Horning and 9 Children, 2 Nephews in Canada (00495)
HUGHSON The Descendants of Thomas Hughson (00496)
HUNT see EMERY
HUNTER Hunter Family Tree - William Hunter and Sarah Earle. Photocopy (00497)
HYSLOP Hyslop Family Reunion. Oct. 24, 1987 (00498)
