New Arrivals from the Innisfil Historical Society 

Submitted by Kathryn Schoutsen on Wed, 05/08/2013 - 23:54
Have you seen the newest additions to Our Stories? The volunteers of the Innisfil Historical Society have added fifty-four new records to our database. We are always looking for new material, whether it is photos, documents or videos. Let us know if you are interested in donating to th ecollection, or get involved by helping other people in Our Community tell Our Stories!

Doors Open Innisfil - Discover what's in Your Backyard 

Submitted by Kathryn Schoutsen on Wed, 05/01/2013 - 20:08

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Why not come out to Doors Open Innisfil! This is the first year that Innisfil is participating in this province-wide event. Ten amazing locations around Innisfil are being showcased and this is your opportunity to visit them all for fun, FREE activities all day long! When is this amazing day, you ask? It's this Saturday, May 4th from 10 am to 4 pm. Check out as many sites as you can.

There’s something for everyone to explore. These are the “Doors Open Innisfil” 2013 sites:

Travel back in time at the South Simcoe Theatre, in Cookstown. Explore costumes from the past 50 years that have been collected by volunteers from past performances. Take a behind-the-curtains tour of the Olde Town Hall.

Take it to the street in Historical Downtown Cookstown. Cookstown is taking it to the streets with entertainment for all ages, historical walking tours, local artisans, live chainsaw demonstrations and more.

Check Out Our Feature Interview with Local Resident Jean Warrington 

Submitted by Kathryn Schoutsen on Sun, 03/10/2013 - 00:39

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Long-time Innisfil Resident, Jean Warrington, spent an afternoon with us to share some of her favourite memories. Check out this great story about her mother, her dog, Major, and their dog-powered cream separator!

Our Stories is Live 

Submitted by Dan Lerch on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 22:10

We are very excited to share our progress in building a new digital repository for the community. Our site is currently in BETA stage. Please also note that we have not finished importing all of our records from our previous database ibid net. We will post updates as we have them. Thanks for viewing! 

Telling Your Story: Research and Workshops 

Submitted by Kathryn Schoutsen on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 00:51

Are you researching your family history? Do you want to find out more about where you live and who came before you? If you're anything like me you look at the words "census" and "land registry" and have no idea where to begin. Lucky for us, Gordon Wright of Generations Genealogical Services will be offering two fantastic workshops at the end of February to help get us started.

The first workshop, Researching Land Records, will be held on Wednesday February 27 at 7 pm. Learn about early settlement and land division, how to search different sources of land records and what to do when you need to visit the archives or land records offices.

Our Stories are in Our Hands 

Submitted by Erin Scuccimarri on Sat, 02/09/2013 - 13:41

INNISFIL, (June 25, 2012) The Innisfil Public Library is excited to announce the start of a new, community based history digitization project, entitled Our Stories. As a community based initiative, the Our Stories project is looking for volunteers who are interested in helping to preserve Innisfil’s community memory. An information session has been scheduled for Thursday July 5th at 7:00 p.m. in the community room of the Innisfil Town Hall for individuals who are interested in participating. Volunteers are needed to conduct interviews, take photos and videos, scan documents and input information. No prior skills are necessary to participate.

Innisfil Notes: Greetings from the President 

Submitted by Kathryn Schoutsen on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 02:00

Greetings from the Innisfil Historical Society President: Marj Mossman Happy New Year to you all! I am looking forward to being your President. Your executive has planned a year of interesting speakers. We begin with our own Brian Baker. Brian is going to entertain us with pictures from around Innisfil. It is always a treat to see what places he chooses to show and what he is going to tell us about them. So don't miss the January 19th meeting! 

What's your ghost story? 

Submitted by Kathryn Schoutsen on Mon, 10/15/2012 - 21:38

When we heard that Sheila Olesen had a great story about renovating her house in Cookstown, we told her to visit the 100th Anniversary celebration of the Stroud Library. A team of dedicated volunteers and I were capturing the stories of Innisfil on video for the Our Stories project. When Sheila tracked me down at the event we sat down with an iPad and a microphone and boy, did Sheila tell me a story! During renovations of her home in Cookstown; she and her husband were expanding the old summer kitchen and creating more storage space, they discovered that their home was built on a log home foundation.