The 1870-71 Peterborough County directory (includes Haliburton County townships/villages) is an extremely valuable resource for locating the exact location of your ancestors, especially those in the townships, where Concession and Lot number are given. Town and village directories usually show street addresses. Examination of these directories often gives valuable clues as to family relationships, where properties are close to each other.
Peterborough County townships with your pioneer ancestors names and locations recorded include Anstruther, Asphodel, Belmont, Burleigh, Cavendish (not settled), Chandos, Douro, Dummer, Ennismore, Galway, Methuen, Harvey, North Monaghan, Otonabee and Smith.
Haliburton townships included in the directory include Bruton, Cardiff, Clyde (not settled), Dudley (not settled), Dysart, Eyre (not settled), Glamorgan (not settled), Guilford, Harburn (not settled), Harcourt, Havelock (not settled), Lawrence (not settled), Livingstone (not settled), McClintock (not settled), Minden, Monmouth (not settled), Nightingale (not settled), Sherborne (not settled), Snowdon and Stanhope.
Professional men, tradesmen and laborer names are recorded in many of the various towns, villages and hamlets including Allandale Mills, Apsley, Ashburnham, Blairton, Bridgewater/Bridgenorth, Burleigh, Carnarvon, Chandos, Ennismore, Galway village, Haliburton village, Hall's Bridge/Buckhorn, Hastings village, Haultain, Havelock, Hiawatha, Ingoldsby, Keene, Lakefield, Minden, Norwood, Peterborough town, Selwyn, South Douro, South Dummer, Springville, Warsaw, Westwood and Young's Point.
Land registry records for individual properties may be available. Land registry records contain valuable information, particularily arrival/departure dates for your ancestors.
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Front Page of Peterborough and Haliburton County 1871 Directory
Peterborough and Haliburton County Directory Index - Part 1
Peterborough and Haliburton County Directory Index - Part 2
Page 1 - Allandale Mills, Apsley
Page 7 - Blairton, Bridgewater
Page 8 - Burleigh village, Carnarvon, Chandos, Ennismore village
Page 9 - Galway, Haliburton, Halls' Bridge, Hastings Village
Page 10 - Hastings Village cont'
Page 11 - Hastings Village cont'
Page 12 - Hastings Village cont'
Page 14 - Hiawatha, Ingoldsby, Keene
Page 19 - Minden village, Norwood
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Page 62 - South Dummer, Springville, Warsaw
Page 63 - Westwood, Young's Point
Page 64 - Anstruther Township, Asphodel Township
Page 65 - Asphodel Township cont'
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Page 72 - Asphodel Township cont', Belmont Township
Page 73 - Belmont Township cont'
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Page 75 - Belmont Township cont', Bruton Township
Page 76 - Burleigh Township, Cardiff Township
Page 77 - Cavendish Township, Chandos Township
Page 78 - Clyde Township, Douro Township
Page 79 - Douro Township cont'
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Page 83 - Douro Township cont', Dudley Township, Dummer Township
Page 84 - Dummer Township cont'
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Page 88 - Dummer Township cont', Dysart Township
Page 89 - Dysart Township cont', Ennismore Township
Page 90 - Ennismore Township cont'
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Page 92 - Ennismore Township cont', Eyre Township, Galway Township
Page 93 - Galway Township cont'
Page 94 - Glamorgan Township, Guilford Township, Harburn Township, Harcourt Township
Page 96 - Harvey Township cont', Havelock Township, Lawrence Township
Page 97 - Livingstone Township, McClintock Township, Methuen Township, Minden Township
Page 98 - Minden Township cont'
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Page 100 - Monmouth Township, Nightingale Township, North Monaghan Township
Page 101 - North Monaghan Township cont'
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Page 103 - North Monaghan Township cont', Otonabee Township
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Page 113 - Otonabee Township cont', Sherborne Township
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Page 122 - Smith Township cont', Snowdon Township
Page 123 - Snowdon Township cont', Stanhope Township
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