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.

Newsletters

Newsletter #6, Volume 5, June 2022

President's MessageWelcome to the June edition of the Georgina Historical Society newsletter. Looking forward to seeing you at our meeting on Tuesday, June 21 at the Pioneer Village; we will meet in the bandstand area, meet and greet at 6:30pm, meeting at 7:pm. There...

Newsletter #5, Volume 5, May 2022

President's MessageWelcome to the May 25, 2022 edition of the Georgina Historical Society Newsletter. Wow, for the second month in a row we were able to hold a General Members Meeting! It was great to welcome so many enthusiastic members to our meeting and to hear a...

Newsletter #4, Volume 5, April 2022

President's MessageWelcome to the April 2022 edition of the Georgina Historical Society.  It was great to see such a good turnout for our “Bring and Brag” General meeting on April 19 at De La Salle Hall. Lots of photos, documents, books, artifacts and stories were...

Newsletter #3, Volume 5, March 2022  

President's MessageWelcome to the March, 2022 edition of the Georgina Historical Society.  We are planning to hold our first General Meeting of 2022 on Tuesday, April 19 at 7:pm. We are in the process of arranging a venue for the meeting with the town so we will send...

Newsletter #2, Volume 5, February 2022 

President's MessageWelcome to the February, 2022 edition of the Georgina Historical Society Newsletter.With the recent easing of public health and safety measures, we are more optimistic that we will soon be able to return to normal activities and events.  As soon as...

Newsletter #1, Volume 5, January 2022

President's MessageWelcome to the January, 2022 edition of the Georgina Historical Society newsletter.  Hopefully, you were able to spend some time with your family and friends over the Holiday Season.  It was certainly very enjoyable to see so many of you at our...

Newsletter #9, Volume 4, December 2021

President's MessageWelcome to the December edition of the Georgina Historical Society newsletter.  Thank you to our members who were able to attend the 2021 Annual Meeting of the GHS at De La Salle Hall on November 18, it certainly was good to good to see everyone...

Newsletter #8, Volume 4, November 2021

President's MessageWelcome to the November edition of the Georgina Historical Society newsletter. The 2021 Annual Meeting of the GHS will be held on November 18 at 7:00 pm at De La Salle Hall. Covid protocols will be followed for this meeting, please bring your proof...

Newsletter #7, Volume 4, October 2021

President's MessageWelcome to the October Newsletter of the Georgina Historical Society! A thank you to all the members who have renewed their membership in the Georgina Historical Society during the past year, your support is very much appreciated. We are hoping to...

Newsletter #6, Volume 4, September 2021

President's MessageWelcome to the September, 2021 issue of the Georgina Historical Society Newsletter. I would like to thank all our members who were able to attend our much delayed 2020 Annual Meeting on August 03 in the Pioneer Village. It certainly was good to see...

News

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...

On May 16th Allan Morton Will Be Our Guest Speaker

 Gavin Morton will be the subject of this talk about the origins of the Georgina Pioneer Village. Gavin Morton worked with Nena Marsden and others in the early 1970’s to bring some historic structures – destined for demolition – to the Civic Centre in order to...

Volunteers Wanted!!!

Volunteers are needed to come out to the Georgina Pioneer Village as a work crew, probably Tuesday mornings, to rehab the gardens and refinish the Quilters Cabin for use as the GHS office. Give any one of the board members a call if you are interested in getting...