Check out the Markham Library for its selection of books and publications related to Markham's history. Some excellent titles include:
General
- "Markham Remembered - A Photographic History of Old Markham Township"
Author: The Markham District Historical Society, Editor - Isabel Champion
1988
- "Markham 1793-1900"
Author: Markham Historical Society, Editor - Isabel Champion
1979
- "Rural Roots - Pre-Confederation Buildings of the York Region of Ontario"
Author/Publisher: Mary Byers, Jan Kennedy, Margaret McBurney and the Junior League of Toronto
1976
- "Canadian German Folklore - Pioneer Hamlets of York County - Historical Sketches 1956-1977"
Author/Publisher: The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Canada
1977
- "Canadian German Folklore - More Pioneer Hamlets of York"
Author/Publisher: The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Canada
1985
- "Markham - Our Life Our Community"
Author/Publisher: Michael Lai
2005
Thornhill
- "Thornhill Bicentennial Photo Album 1794-1994"
Author/Publisher: Society for the Preservation of Historic Thornhill
1994
- "Thornhill Heritage Conservation District Plan 1986 (An Overview of Thornhill’s History)"
Author/Publisher: The Town of Markham, Development Services Commission
1986
Markham Village
- "Markham Village Heritage Conservation District Plan (History of the Area)"
Author/Publisher: The Town of Markham, Development Services Commission
1990
Unionville
- "Unionville Heritage Conservation District - The District Study (History of the Study Area)
Author/Publisher: The Town of Markham, Development Services Commission
1997
William Berczy
- "German Pioneers of Toronto and Markham Township - The Story of William Moll Berczy"
Author: Historical Society of Mecklenburg Upper Canada Inc.
1976
- "Berczy"
Author: Mary Macaulay Allodi, Peter Moogk, Beate Stock
National Gallery of Canada
1991
- "First Three Generation Charts of the Markham Berczy Settler Families"
Author/Publisher: Markham Berczy Settlers Association
1994