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The Grimsby Historical Society welcomes new members. Membership is $18 for a single member and $24 for a family. This includes three newsletters each year and eight meetings plus opportunities to take part in special events. To join, please send your cheque or Canadian money order to the Membership Chairman, c/o Grimsby Historical Society, P.O. Box 294, Grimsby, Ontario L3M 4G5. There is a $5 charge for visitors who attend regular meetings. Look for more information on our meetings page. Have you got Saturday, May 26th marked on your calendar? That's the day for GHS's 2012 House Tour! Tickets are now available for $25. There are six lovely heritage homes on this house tour, plus several "extra" surprises. Go to our Events Page for more information! Or call 905-945-3556 or email ghs.2012.housetour@gmail.com! Over the past 50 years the Grimsby Historical Society has been collecting archival material relating to the history and people of Grimsby. The Archives Committee was established in 1999 to organize and preserve this material to make it accessible to the public. And so the Grimsby Archives was formed.
The Grimsby Archives is located in the renovated premises in the 1911 Carnegie Library Building at the corner of Adelaide and Ontario Streets, just one block north of Main Street. We are sharing this building with the Foundation of Resources for Teens (FORT) and Niagara West Employment & Learning Resource Centres. Hours are Monday and Wednesday from 8:30 until noon and 1 to 3 except for statutory holidays, and Friday from 8:30 to noon, or by appointment. Our telephone number is 905-309-0796, our e-mail address is archives@grimsbyhistoricalsociety.com and our mailing address is P.O. Box 294, Grimsby, Ontario L3M 4G5. The collection includes diaries, directories, local history publications, scrapbooks, school yearbooks, family history documents, material on the government of North Grimsby Township, a microfiche copy of the Ontario Land Records Index. We also have an extensive obituary index, and a growing collection of information on Grimsby streets and homes, and their inhabitants over the years. Any print material relating to the history of our town and residents is gratefully received. We also have files on over 100 local families, some including considerable genealogical information. Visit the Family History page. Genealogists will also be interested to hear that births, deaths, and marriages in Grimsby newspapers are now being indexed. Go to http://news.ourontario.ca/grimsby to search. Grimsby is a town with a long and interesting history. In 1787, a group of about 40 United Empire Loyalists settled here at the mouth of the Forty Mile Creek. As the years have gone by, the town had gone through numerous changes, being first a small rural village, then a centre for the manufacture of farm machinery, hospital furniture and other metal products, and later the hub of the Niagara Peninsula's fruit-growing industry. For many years, Grimsby has also had a successful fishing industry which lasted until the 1960's. Noteworthy Events: Dorothy Turcotte Honoured - Dorothy Turcotte has been awarded the Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Lifetime Achievement. She accepted this award at a ceremony at the Legislative Building, Queen's Park on Friday, February 24, 2012. This award will also be acknowledged at the Grimsby Historical Society annual meeting on May 16, 2012 at 6 p.m., program to follow at 7:30 p.m. 2012 Grimsby Heritage House Tour will take place on Saturday, May 26. Contact the Grimsby Historical Society or the Grimsby Archives for further details. Tickets are $25. Details click here. Happening at the Forty will take place the weekend of July 26-28, 2012. This events combines the former Happening in the Park that took place in June, and the Festival of the Forty, formerly an August event.
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