The Grimsby Historical Society history archive Ontario

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Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month from September to November and January to April at the Carnegie building, 25 Adelaide St. at 8 p.m., unless otherwise indicated below.
Membership runs from September 1st to August 31st, and includes meetings, three newsletters and GHS support activities. Annual membership is $18.00 for a single membership, $24.00 for a family. Single admission to a meeting is $5.00. The Society is a registered charity with Canada Revenue Agency and issues tax receipts for donations (not membership fees) in excess of $10.

REGULAR MEETINGS - 2011-2012

Unless otherwise noted, meetings begin at 7.30 pm.

Wednesday, September 21st, Memory Hall, Trinity United Church - 7 pm, Pie Social & Grimsby Pipe Band. This starts our season with a bang! Catch up on the summer, renew acquaintances and your membership, all in one evening.

Wednesday, October 19, Carnegie Commons - "Triumph & Tragedy - Ruby and Thomas B. McQuesten", Mary Anderson's acclaimed book on the life & times of the family known for Whitehern. The Hamilton Historical Board as named 2011 as McQuesten Year.

Wednesday, November 16th, Carnegie Commons - "Who Won the War of 1812?" with Ron Dale. Ron is Parks Canada's 1812 Bicentennial Co-ordinator for southwestern Ontario, an amateur historian and War of 1912 buff.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012, Carnegie Commons -" The Mynarski Lancaster Bomber" by Jeff Young, long-time volunteer at the Canadian Warplane Museum.

Wednesday, February 15, Carnegie Commons -"Muslin to Moccasins, A Look at Early 19th Century Clothing in Niagara", by Wendy Chrystian.

Wednesday, March 21, Carnegie Commons - "Rob Roy, Dynamite Luke and Satan in a Top Hat: Terrorist Attacks on the Welland Canal" by Alun Hughes of Brock University.

Wednesday, April 18, Carnegie Commons - "A History of Printing" by Tania Davis of the Mackenzie House Printing Museum in Queenston.

Wednesday, May 16th, Memory Hall, Trinity United Churchy - Annual Pot Luck Dinner, 6.30pm followed by GHS Annual General Meeting. At about 8 pm, Bishop Ralph D. Spence will tell us about "The Heraldry of the Queen's Jubilee". It's bound to be an entertaining evening.

Please join us on any of these evenings!

Interested researchers, genealogists and history lovers are invited to visit the Archives Monday, Wednesday & Friday mornings between 8.30 and noon, and Monday & Wednesday afternoons from 1 to 3 pm or by appointment. Or you may telephone us, or send an e-mail message to archives@grimsbyhistoricalsociety.com.