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Laurel Bishop is a former resident of Belleville and member of the Hastings County Historical Society.

Francis (Frank) Buckley ran the general store in Maynooth, Ontario, with his wife, Annie. They inherited it from Annie's father, Tom Netterville.

The Cooper Remington Women's Institute was organized in Madoc Township, Hastings County in September 1928. It closed in 1998.

The Harts-Riggs Women's Institute was organized in Madoc Township, Hastings County, in April 1955.

Glanmore National Historic Site is a former home in Belleville, Ontario, which opened as a museum in 1973. Website: http://glanmore.ca/
Curators of the museum have been:

• Marten Lewis, 1973-1978
• Mary Simonds, 1978-1988
• Jennifer Gillmor, 1988-1990
• Rona Rustige, 1990-2020
• Jennifer Lyons, 2021-

The first municipal government for Belleville was the Board of Police which held its first meeting on 16 June 1836. The Town of Belleville, Ontario was incorporated effective January 1, 1850 under the terms of the Baldwin Act, Chapter 81, Canada Statutes, 1849. The town became a City on 31 December 1877 after "An Act for the Incorporation of the Town of Belleville as a City, and for the Consolidation of the debt thereof" was passed in March 1877 by the Government of Ontario. In 1998 it amalgamated with the surrounding Township of Thurlow.

The Hastings County Land Registry Office was responsible for recording transactions relating to ownership of land in Hastings County, Ontario.

Springbrook Women's Institute was organized in 1903. It merged with the Wellmans Women's Institute to create the Springbrook-Wellmans Women's Institute in 2011.

Abbots Leigh Women's Institute is based in the village of Abbots Leigh in North Somerset, England. It was paired with the River Valley Women's Institute in Hastings County, Ontario.

Eleanor Herchmer Robertson was a descendant of Johan Jost Herchmer and a librarian in the Douglas Library of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

Stuart Hilton Plante was born in Wiarton, Ontario on 21 April 1898, the child of Frederick William Plante and Florence (McKinnon). He served in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War as ground crew for 90 Canadian Training Squadron, principally at Camp Rathbun in Deseronto and Camp Taliaferro in Texas. He married Fossia Alfretta Dawe on 28 May 1924. He died in Wiarton on 3 June 1979.

Margaret Helena Jean Wilson was born in 11 May 1912 in Belleville, Ontario, the child of Herbert Roy Wilson and Isabel Adella (Ford). She married Henry Wilfrid Dean Thomas in Winnipeg on 21 February 1940. The couple had one son, Herbert Wilfrid Thomas. She died in Langley, British Columbia, on 24 October 1987.

Lorena Marjorie Haight was born in Rawdon Township, Ontario, in 1924, the child of Charles Frederick Haight and Flossie Mabel (Wright). She worked as a seamstress for many years at MacIntosh Bros. in Belleville. She married George Vernon Ashley (1923-2001) in around 1956 and died in 2009. She was buried in the Stirling cemetery.

Albert College was established as Belleville Seminary in 1857; its name was changed to Albert College in 1866, and it affiliated with Victoria University in 1884 and gave up its right to grant degrees, becoming a high school. Wikipedia article: Albert College

Author page at the Canadian Encyclopedia: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/author/natasha-l-henry
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Henry-Dixon

The volunteers of the Friends of Glanmore National Historic Site support the work of the museum. They were formed as the Hastings County Museum Auxiliary in 1973.