The Georgina Historical Society, as a not-for-profit organization, collects, preserves, promotes and interprets the rich history and heritage of all communities now known as the Town of Georgina.

Links

National Archives of Canada

Civil registration, land records, criminal records, wills and more.
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/genealogy/places/Pages/ontario.aspx

Archives of Ontario

The Archives of Ontario is the largest provincial archives in Canada, and the premier source of information about the history of the land we now call Ontario and its people.
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/index.aspx

University Digital Archives

Ontario, Upper Canada Genealogy Resources

Ontario Historical Society
Founded in 1888, The Ontario Historical Society is a non-profit corporation and registered charity; a non-government group bringing together people of all ages, all walks of life and all cultural backgrounds interested in preserving some aspect of Ontario’s history.
https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/

York Region – Listing of Regional Libraries, Archives, Museums

Georgina Public Library

Georgina Pioneer Village and Archives

Maps

Provincial Heritage Organizations
Railway References

Brown, Ron; Ghost Railways of Ontario, Volume 2 , Polar Bear Press, 2000 – Chapter 14 p. 121

http://www.cnr-in-ontario.com ; – detailed information on Ontario’s CNR subdivisions and stations.

Canadian National Railways |Historical Association; http://cnrha.ca/

Cooper, Charles L.: – Narrow gauge for us: the Toronto & Nipissing Railway (Erin: The Boston Mills Press, 1982) ISBN 0-919822-72-X

https://www.railwaypages.com/northern-railway-of-canada-group
https://www.railwaypages.com/home

Georgina Pioneer Village Archives virtualmuseum.ca – Community Memories; “Waiting for the street car in Georgina.”

Government of Canada – Archives;

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/genealogy/topics/employment/Pages/railways.aspx

Hansen MA, Keith;  Last Trains from Lindsay, Sandy Flats Publications, 1997 – Chapter 4, Uxbridge Sub

– The Toronto Connection, pp. 220 and 250

Holden, R. W. ; Rails to Georgina, 58 pp., Georgina Historical Society Occasional Paper 2015
                             Rails to York North, 90 pp., Newmarket Historical Society  Occasional Paper 2016

Hopkins, Jeanne: – Georgina Advocate – “The Railroad reached Sutton in 1877”, Our History, December 1992 – http://www.georgina.ca/history-rail.aspx.

Stevens, G.R.: – Canadian National Railways, Volume 1: sixty years of trial and error (1836-1896), (Toronto: Clark, Irwin & Company Limited, 1960).
                             Canadian National Railways, Volume 2: towards the inevitable (1896-1922), (Toronto: Clark, Irwin & Company Limited, 1962).

Stamp, Robert;  Riding the Radials, Boston Mills Press, 1989 – p.80 Vera Clark “Memories Regarding the Metropolitan Railway.”

University of Alabama:Online Map Collection; C. S. Hammond & C. New York 1922 from “The New World Loose Leaf Atlas”,

www.trainweb.org

News

New Meeting Venue

Hooray!  The schoolhouse has finally been approved for use.  We have been advised by the Town that we may hold our January ‘Bring and Brag’ meeting there.  Melissa Matt advises that she should have the requisite furnishings in place and ready for use.  Come early to...

We Need Your Help!

Our picture in the GHS calendar for the month of March, the last images of this building in our newsletter showed its demolition.  We are happy to announce that the adaptive reconstruction is almost complete and that the new schoolhouse is expected to be open to the...

GHS 2021 Calendar Sells Out!

The Georgina Historical Society in following its mandate to preserve, protect and promote history has undertaken to restore and refurbish the old 1912 CN caboose that has set neglected at the Pioneer Village for over 25 years. To help provide funds for this project...

Newsletters

Newsletter #2, Volume 6, February 2023

President's WelcomeAs we work our way through this dreary winter, it’s encouraging to note that April is only two months away. Starting off the new year we had a great January general meeting, with many interesting items showing up for our “Bring and Brag.” The...

Newsletter #1, Volume 6, January 2023

President's WelcomeWelcome to 2023. Another year is behind us and the pages of the calendar are flipping over, just like in the movies. Georgina’s fascinating history is still being discovered and explored, but we mustn’t forget that history is being made every day....

Newsletter #11, Volume 5, December 2022

President's WelcomeWelcome to the December newsletter of the Georgina Historical Society. I want to thank you for your support, and as your new GHS President, I hope that I can continue to move the Society forward. The last two and a half years of COVID have been very...