Anyone interested in using the 1851 Ontario Directory as a resource, Linda Adair has posted a notice to the Niagara list that she is scanning it to put on her website. You can check out her beginning efforts at the following url: http://members.home.net/lyna/lyna/1851_ontario_directory.htm By clicking on the Port Hope link I pulled up a page with Marshall, Beamish & Trick surnames. I haven't searched all the linked pages, but, there's bound to be lots of good leads. FYI Linda