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Books available from the Grimsby Historical Society and Grimsby Archives Books may be ordered from the Grimsby Historical Society, P.O. Box 294, Grimsby, Ontario L3M 4G5, by e-mail archives@grimsbyhistoricalsociety.com  or by visiting the Grimsby Archives, 25 Adelaide Street, Grimsby, Ontario (905) 309-0796
Cheques or money orders should be made payable to Grimsby Historical Society. When sending a money order from outside of Canada, please be sure that it is an international money order.

In partnership with the Grimsby Heritage Advisory Committee, Grimsby Archives has published a booklet The Streets of Grimsby A to W with reproductions of postcards and a map. Booklet is available from the Archives for $5 (plus $2 postage for mail orders)

Annals of the Forty - by R. Janet Powell. Soft cover. A history of Grimsby and West Lincoln 1783 - 1883 in ten volumes. $10 each, $95 for the set of ten.
  1. The Coming of the Loyalists 1783 - 1787
  2. Fifty Years of Municipal Government 1790 - 1840
  3. Loyalist and Pioneer Families - A to B
  4. Loyalist and Pioneer Families - C to F
  5. Loyalist and Pioneer Families - G to K
  6. Loyalist and Pioneer Families - L to N
  7. Loyalist and Pioneer Families - N to R
  8. Loyalist and Pioneer Families - R to S
  9. Loyalist and Pioneer Families - T to Z
  10. Grimsby Settlement to Village 1816 - 1876


People and Places from Grimsby's Past by Dorothy Turcotte - just reprinted - soft cover - $20

NEW!Gleanings From Grimsby by Dorothy Turcotte - soft cover $25

Target: An Account Of My Life as a R.C.A.F. World War II Lancaster Bomb Aimer by H. Lawrence Cosby - soft cover - $10

Greetings From Grimsby Park
by Dorothy Turcotte - soft cover - $20

Bearing Witness. The tale of a people and their legacy. (An Immigrant's Story) by George Djuro Budimir - $20

Indian Oratory & Letters of Rev. Abram Nelles
by R Janet Powell - soft cover - $5

Once Upon A Little Town
a history of Grimsby 1876 - 1976 - hard cover - $10

The Life and Work of Ruby Janet Powell
by Jean Powell - soft cover - $5

Grimsby & District 1901
Illustrated and descriptive souvenir of the Fruit Belt Area - soft cover - $15

Ride Through The Garden of Canada
by William E. Blaine - history of the Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Railway - soft cover - $15

Life and Times of Grimsby High School
by Margaret Gibson - A history of Grimsby High School - hard cover - $20

Stone From the Mountain by William Rannie - $10

The Lady and the Manor by William Rannie - $10

Names in Lincoln by William Rannie - $2

Lincoln - The story of an Ontario town by William Rannie - $10

The Story of Soccer in Canada by William Rannie $2

"Home" Children From Abroad and other stories about Lincoln by William Rannie $10

Wines of Ontario - An Industry Comes of Age by William Rannie $2

Canadian Whisky - The Product and The Industry by William F. Rannie $2

Saint Pierre & Miquelon by William F. Rannie $2

Two Hundred Years at "The Forty"The Official History of Union Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 7, G.R.C., Grimsby, Ontario. Compiled by Robert J. Brooks 1999. - $20

Also available at Grimsby Archives -beautiful tinted print after the original by Elizabeth Simcoe, May, 1793. View of Forty Mile Creek and Main Street West with saddle-bags preacher in foreground. 12"X16". Retouched by Grimsby's own Garth Dittrick. $10.00


No tax on books or print.

Postal rates:
10 volumes of Annals of the Forty - $18 within Canada, $22 to the U.S.A.
one to three volumes of Annals of the Forty - $6 within Canada, $10 to the USA
Once Upon A Little Town - each $6 within Canada, $10 to the USA.
People and Places from Grimsby's Past - each $6 within Canada, $10 to the USA.
Gleanings From Grimsby each $6 within Canada, $10 to the USA.
Stone From the Mountain - each $6 within Canada, $10 to the USA.
Greetings from Grimsby Park - each $6 within Canada, $10 to the USA.
Two Hundred Years at "The Forty" $10 within Canada, $12 for US

OTHER SERVICES
Photocopy (in house) 50 per page
Photocopy (by mail) 50 per page ($2 minimum)
Transcriptions (including postage) $2 per page (minimum $5)
Research $15 per hour (as time permits)
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