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.

Membership

Why join?

Are you interested in history? Are you fascinated by how people lived and worked in the past? Does the preservation of our past matter to you? When you become a member of the Georgina Historical Society, a not for profit charitable organization, your involvement will support our efforts to collect, preserve, and maintain artifacts, documents, and images relating to the history and heritage of Georgina. We also support the Georgina Pioneer Village and Archives as an educational medium and actively assist in its operations and maintenance. We have been an active voice regarding the preservation and maintenance of heritage sites and are currently involved with a restoration project of the caboose in the pioneer village. Membership participation and input in these activities is invaluable. As a member, your voice, opinion, care, and concern become part of a respected resource for the preservation of Georgina’s past as well
as a conscientious voice for shaping the future of your community.

What do I do to join?

You may renew your membership if it has expired by contacting a Board member or by completing the membership form using the link below. Join with us and participate in preserving and promoting your community’s heritage!

Membership Benefits

  • Subscription to our monthly newsletter
  • Updates of events and activities by email
  • A vote and voice at our Annual General Meeting in November
  • Regular general meetings with interesting guest speakers and/or activities
  • Notices of special event supported or sponsored by the GHS

Membership Fees and Information

Our current annual fee for full membership is $20.00.

As of January 1 st , 2020, your Board has introduced a non-voting Student membership for a fee of $10.00 available for any student in the public or separate school systems, or for post-secondary students presenting a current valid student card from a post-secondary educational institution.

Please note, Honorary Memberships are non-voting and do not entitle participation in holding office unless a regular membership is held.

Current members are reminded memberships are due for renewal for the calendar year 2020. Annual membership are from January 1 st to December 31 st . New members and
renewals should check below for fees and further information.

For new memberships or renewals, please fill in the form below or download the form here and send in the mail with your cheque OR *NEW* send an e-transfer to georginahistoricalsociety@outlook.com

Please make all cheques payable to the Georgina Historical Society. They may be sent to:

Georgina Historical Society
Box 282
Sutton ON
L0E 1R0

News

Cemetery Guardians – Volunteers Needed!

We would like to know if any of our members would be interested in forming a group like Bradford’s Cemetery Guardians (see June’s newsletter) to engage with the Town of Georgina in the rehabilitation of our neglected pioneer cemeteries.  At Harvestfest, the Town of...

2023 Annual General Meeting – Wed Nov 22

PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE for AGM - The Annual General Meeting of the Georgina Historical Society will be held on Wednesday November 22, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. at the Sutton Legion. AGM details: Welcome at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Annual General Meeting directly after...

Oct 22, 2023 2-3pm, Presentation by Mary and Hessel Pape

Long-time members of the Georgina Historical Society, Hessel and Mary Pape, have been invited to do a reading and presentation of their self-published historical biography that Mary and her sister have been working on for the past nine years. The presentation will be...

Newsletters

Newsletter #6, Volume 6, September 2023

President’s Message And then it was fall. Wow, those summers just fly by, don’t they? It has been a busy summer, and the Quilters Cabin and the gardens at the Pioneer Village are looking wonderful thanks to our Tuesday morning work crew, who have given the Quilter’s...

Newsletter #5, Volume 6, May 2023

President’s Message They say that April showers bring May flowers, but the showers won’t go away. Oh well, we’ll be complaining soon that it’s too hot and sunny, so let’s make the best of this wet stuff and get on with our lives. As the gardens are starting to wake...

Newsletter #4, Volume 6, April 2023 

President's WelcomeApril is flying by, the ice is slowly going away on Lake Simcoe, and we’ll soon be complaining that it’s too hot! It’s been a strange winter for the ice on the lake, with the ice coming in late after an exceptionally warm fall, then hanging on...