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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. 

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 have the signage approved and...

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. 

Melissa Matt is seeking items for a 1970s display to help commemorate fifty years since the Village‘s founding.  Melissa is especially looking for the following items: a braided rug, in shades of brown; Curtains (in shades of brown, beige, orange or yellow);  1970’s magazines, catalogues, etc.;...

Volunteers will be needed to man our refreshment booth at Music in the Streets and for our booth at the opening of the Village; details to follow on times and dates.  Volunteers will also be needed to staff the buildings for the 50th anniversary celebrations on May 31st.

The Pioneer Village is undergoing an image refresh for its 50th anniversary celebration on May 31st.  The name is to be changed to the Georgina Village Museum to better reflect the work of preserving our past which goes beyond just what the pioneers did.  Along with that there are plans to change...

Volunteers are always needed to come out to help in the Georgina Pioneer Village as a work crew when spring returns later in the year.  We are still actively seeking new board members to help us oversee the operations of your historical society.  Give any one of the board members a call if you are...

Happy New Year, GHS members!  If you have not already done so, it is time to renew your membership for 2024.  You can do this easily by providing cash or cheque payment to Kim Brady or by sending an E-transfer to georginahistoricalsociety@outlook.com  How to check if you’ve already done so?  Those...

Digitization of the Archives will soon commence once the consultant report to the Town  has been accepted and approved.  It should go forward in two stages; first the actual process of digitization of the resource and second the determination of how the finished product will be made available.   ...

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 Georgina will have a...