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Local history and The Era newspaper archive

 We have a variety of materials to help you with your local history and genealogy research.

  • The Era newspaper archive (1852-present) on microfilm and The Era Newmarket's Digital Newspaper Collection is online (1852-1979)
  • Family and town histories online and in print.
  • Together in Isolation COVID-19 online archive
  • Atlases
  • Newmarket Historical Society publications
  • Cemetery indexes
  • Census
  • Genealogy how-to-guides
  • Ancestry Library Edition (This is only available within the library)
  • Microfilm readers and digital scanner

 Contact staff in the Adult Services Department with your local history and genealogy questions.

Arts and culture

You can explore local art collections

Bowman Collection

This is a collection of art purchased with funds donated by Dorothy and Jim Bowman and their daughter Carol Bowman. The collection includes four sculptures, forty-eight paintings and art books.  You can view this collection in the library and online.

Frederick Hagan Collection

The Exploration series is a collection of lithographs by the artist Frederick Hagan (1918-2003). The Bau-Xi Gallery represents Frederick Hagan.  

Community Collection

Visual & Performing Arts Newmarket (VPAN) Scrapbook 1988-2018. This is a collection of images belonging to Visual and Performing Arts Newmarket, a not-for-profit cultural group. Select the page you would like to see from the menu below the title.

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