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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 ghsarchives@becon.org 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.
NEW! NEW! NEW!
Our latest venture! 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.

The Coming of the Loyalists 1783 - 1787

Fifty Years of Municipal Government 1790 - 1840

Loyalist and Pioneer Families - A to B

Loyalist and Pioneer Families - C to F

Loyalist and Pioneer Families - G to K

Loyalist and Pioneer Families - L to N

Loyalist and Pioneer Families - N to R

Loyalist and Pioneer Families - R to S

Loyalist and Pioneer Families - T to Z

Grimsby Settlement to Village 1816 - 1876

Greetings From Grimsby Park
by Dorothy Turcotte - soft cover - $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 - $50

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"X16½". Retouched by Grimsby's own Garth Dittrick. $10.00

No tax on books or print. Postal rates as of May 31, 2003:
10 volumes of Annals of the Forty - $12 within Canada, $15 USA
one volume of Annals of the Forty - $2 within Canada, $5 USA
Once Upon A Little Town - $8.50 within Canada, $9 USA
People and Places from Grimsby's Past - $3.00 within Canada, $5 USA
Stone From the Mountain - $2.50 within Canada, $5 USA
Greetings from Grimsby Park - $2.50 within Canada, $5.00 US
Two Hundred Years at "The Forty" - $5.00 within Canada, $6.50 for US

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