Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1909-2004 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
30 volumes (9 are digital copies)
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Henry Vernon & Son was a firm of city directory publishers, based in Hamilton, Ontario.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
1978 volume was donated by Tim Fort in January 2023.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Vernon's directories, containing street-by-street listings of residents and alphabetical listings for the City of Belleville for the following years:
- 1909 (Held by Belleville Public Library)
- 1911 (Held by Belleville Public Library)
- 1913 (Held by Belleville Public Library)
- 1915
- 1918 (Held by Glanmore National Historic Site)
- 1920 (Held by Glanmore National Historic Site)
- 1924
- 1926 (Held by Belleville Public Library)
- 1928
- 1930
- 1932
- 1934
- 1938
- 1940
- 1942 (Held by Glanmore National Historic Site)
- 1944 (Held by Glanmore National Historic Site)
- 1949
- 1951
- 1953
- 1957
- 1959
- 1961
- 1963
- 1972
- 1974
- 1976
- 1978
- 1980
- 1982
- 1984
- 1986
- 1990
- 1992
- 1994-1995
- 1998-1999
- 2002-2003
- 2004-2005
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
There is a useful list of online Ontario directories at The Ancestor Hunt site.
Note that the Ontario Genealogical Society has partnered with Library and Archives Canada and Family Search to digitize copies of Vernon's directories held at Library and Archives Canada. As a consequence, many of the Belleville directories are now available through the Family Search site, including issues not available through this site.
Note that to view these directories you will need to create a free account on the Family Search site.
Directories available online only through Family Search are:
- 1947
- 1951
- 1953
- 1957
- 1959
- 1961
- 1963
- 1964
- 1966
- 1968
- 1970
- 1974
- 1978
- 1982
- 1986
- 1988
- 1990
- 1992
- 1994/1995
- 1996/1997
- 1998/1999
- 2000/2001
- 2002/2003
- 2004/2005
- 2006/2007
- 2008/2009
Family Search also has copies of the following directories for Trenton, Ontario:
- 1976
- 1978
- 1981
- 1984
- 1986
- 1988/1989
- 1992/1993
- 1993/1994
- 1994/1995
- 1996/1997
- 1998/1999