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

Attendance at Georgina Farmers Market

We will have a booth at the Georgina Farmers Market on Sunday June 8, 2025 and Sunday July 13, 2025.  We'll be sharing some historical photographs and artifacts.  Volunteers to help out at the booth are welcome!  Or just drop by for a visit - we'd love to see you. 

Mann Cemetery Signage Update

We have received the preliminary draft of the new signage for the Mann Cemetery.  There will be two plaques explaining the history of the cemetery and the layout of burial plots.  Courntey Rennie of the Town of Georgina has been working through the steps needed to...

Pioneer Village Museum – Rebrand

New signage will be replacing the Georgina Pioneer Village signs to read Georgina Village Museum to reflect its newer mandate.  A new logo has been designed, shown below, that features the Noble House. 

Newsletters

Newsletter #5, Volume 8, May 2025

President’s Message Another summer season is upon us, but we haven’t seen many of those lovely warm spring mornings that we like so much. On the other hand, I’m sure that it won’t be too long before we are complaining that it’s too hot and sunny, could we please have...

Newsletter #4, Volume 8, April 2025

President’s Message Spring has finally sprung, but Mother Nature is reluctant to let us enjoy the warmth that usually comes with the change of season. As I am writing this, a week after the big ice storm, some people are still struggling with no power and continue to...

Newsletter #3, Volume 8, March 2025

President’s Message As the snowiest, coldest winter in recent memory draws to a close, brighter days are coming and we will soon replace snow shovels with gardening tools. As far as world events are concerned, events spinning both close to home and around the world...