Local Archives
- Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County
- Durham Region Area Archives Group
- Kawartha Lakes Museum and Archives
- Lang Pioneer Village Museum: also holds land registry books
- Northumberland County Archives and Museum
- Peterborough Museum and Archives
- Trent Valley Archives
Local History and Genealogical Organizations
- Historical Society, Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan
- Kawartha Ancestral Research Association Inc.
- Lakefield Historical Society
- Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society
- Ontario Genealogical Society: Kawartha Branch
- Peterborough Historical Society
- Smith-Ennismore Historical Society
Provincial and National Archives
Union Catalogues
Use these databases to search holdings across many archives.
- Archives Canada a database of archival holdings in Canada
- Archeion: a database of archival holdings in Ontario
Online access to digitized archival collections
- The Trent University Library subscribes to a number of primary source databases. Note: some may be limited to members of the Trent community.
- The Canadian National Digital Heritage Index (CNDHI): digitized Canadian heritage collections located at Canadian universities and provincial and territorial libraries
- Canadiana: access digitized Canadian archival collections.
- Digital Museums Canada: browse digitization projects from archives and museums across the country.
- Community Stories Project: browse 500+ digital projects funded by Digital Museums Canada
- McCord Stewart Museum: This Montreal Museum has many collections available online