Genealogy
The Chestico Museum & Archives is an invaluable resource for anyone researching their Port Hood roots. Our holdings include such items as:
- Census Records
- Land Grant Maps and Information
- Cemetery Records
- Photographs
- House Histories
- Family Histories
- Veteran Profiles
- School Registers
The following lists contain names of early settlers in the Port Hood area.
Early Loyalist Settlers in Port Hood
| Name | Date to Port Hood | Place of Origin |
| Clark, John | 1788? | Unknown |
| Hart, Joseph Lee | 1874 | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Hawley, Captain Matthew | 1789 | Waterbury, Connecticut |
| Roper, John | 1788 | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Smith, Captain David | 1786 | Truro, Massachessetts |
| Watts, Captain Hugh | 1784 | Scotland, South Carolina and Poole, England |
Early Irish Settlers in Port Hood
| Name | Date to Port Hood | Place of Origin |
| Bairdsley, John | 1814 | Ireland |
| Barren, William | 1818 | Ireland |
| Breen, Peter | 1799 | Ireland |
| Bull, James | 1816 | County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Doran, Andrew | 1815 | Ireland |
| Doran, Laurence | 1818 | Ireland |
| Downey, Patrick | 1816 | County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Fitzpatrick, John | 1817 | Ireland |
| Green, John | 1814 | Ireland |
| Hammond, John (Loyalist) | 1795 | County Monaghan, Ireland |
| Hayes, Edward | 1788 | Co. Wexford, Ireland |
| Minchin, William | 1816 | Ireland |
| Moran, Walter | 1815 | County Wexford, Ireland |
| Murphy, Dennis | 1797 | County Wexford, Ireland |
| Murphy, James | 1804 | County Wexford, Ireland |
| Murphy, Thomas | 1795 | Ireland |
| O’Connor, Daniel | 1812 | Ireland |
| Shanahan, Michael | 1813 | Ireland |
| Shea, James | 1817 | Ireland |
| Walsh, Simon | 1815 | Ireland |
| Whitty, Walter | 1816 | Ireland |
| Wright, William | 1811 | County Cavan, Ireland |
Early Scottish Settlers in Port Hood, 1775 – 1820
Early Scottish Settlers in Port Hood, 1775 – 1820
| Name | Place of Origin |
| Beaton | Lochaber |
| Cameron | Lochaber |
| Campbell | Lochaber |
| Chisholm | Strathglass |
| Gillies | Morar |
| MacDonald (Clanranald) | Morar, Moidart, Eigg, Canna, Muck, South Uist, Eilean Shona |
| MacDonell | Lochaber, Glengarry |
| MacEachen / MacEachern | Moidart, South Uist |
| MacInnis | Eigg |
| MacIsaac | Moidart, Eigg |
| MacKinnon | Eigg |
| MacLean | Eigg |
| MacLellan | Morar |
| MacLeod | Eigg |
| MacMaster | Moidart |
| MacMillan | Lochaber |
| MacNeil | Barra |
| MacQuarrie | Eigg |
| MacVarish | Moidart |
| Morrison | South Uist |
| O’Hanley | South Uist |