• Museum & Gift Shop
    595 Long Pond Road
    Greece, New York 14612
    (585) 225-7221

    Museum hours:
    Sundays 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
    (Closed May 29th, Memorial Day)  

    Office hours:
    Mondays 10 a.m. – Noon
    (or by appointment)

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  • Latest Snapshot

    Bicentennial Snapshot # 9 – Giles H Holden

    May 17, 2022
    This week we introduce you to Giles H Holden, the first keeper of the Charlotte-Genesee ...
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  • The Society Newsletter

    32x32 The Corinthian May 2022

    32x32 The Corinthian April 2022

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  • Help Us Fulfill our Mission

    Your contributions to the Society are greatly appreciated. They help us achieve our mission to discover, research, and preserve the history of the Town of Greece and to share that history with its residents and the local community.




  • GHS Annual Report

    2021 GHS Annual Report

Apply for a Bicentennial Pioneer Certificate

If you have documentation that proves that your family was living in the Town of Greece before 1872, you can apply for a PIONEER CERTIFICATE to be issued by the Greece Historical Society. The certificate will be issued to you with your family name, a GHS bicentennial logo, an embossed seal, and an engraved cover. Additional copies will be available for purchase.

If yours is one of the featured families in the Pioneers of the Town of Greece book, you will automatically receive a certificate for that family and do not have to supply this paperwork. If you have another family who was in Greece before 1872, you will have to submit an application and pedigree chart for that surname.

To  request a certificate, please download and complete the certificate application and “fillable” pedigree chart using the links below:

Form #6 – Pedigree Chart
 
Submit those two completed forms, and any additional supporting documentation, to us by e-mail at greecehistoricalsociety@yahoo.com or via US mail to: Greece Historical Society, PO Box 16249, Greece, NY 14616

New Online Store

We have a new online store featuring merchandise with our Greece Historical Society bicentennial logo to celebrate the Town of Greece’s 200th birthday.

All orders come with Free shipping, Just enter promo code FREESHIP at checkout.

GreeceHistoricalSociety.shop

Here are a few of the items that are available now

Woman's Graphic Tee Featuring the Greece historical Society Bicentennial's Design
Woman’s Tee – GREECE HISTORICAL SOCIETY DESIGN -1
Coffee Mug Featuring the Greece historical Society Bicentennial's Design
GREECE HISTORICAL SOCIETY DESIGN 1 -Mug
GREECE HISTORICAL SOCIETY DESIGN 1 Classic Pullover Hoodie

GREECE HISTORICAL SOCIETY DESIGN 1 -Classic Pullover Hoodie

To see more of the items that are available, visit GreeceHistoricalSociety.shop today.

Greece Pioneer Family Project, Vol. 2

If you are a member of a Pioneer Family who was living in the Town of Greece before 1872, we would like to hear from you. Co-authors Marie Villone Poinan and Jo Ann Ward Snyder are now accepting additional family submissions for Pioneer Families of the Town of Greece, Volume 2, which will be published in the fall of 2022.
 
This second volume will honor families who settled in the area before 1872 but were not included in volume 1. It will contain vignettes, photos, and input from current family members, highlighting each family’s contribution to the town.
 
If your family qualifies and you would like to be included in volume two, please download and submit the five documents below by May 1, 2022. You will be contacted by Marie or Jo Ann within 30 days.
 
Form #2- Questionnaire (Word doc)
Form #3- Release Form (Word doc)
Form #4- Six-generation Pedigree Chart (Fillable PDF)
Form #5- List of Photos and Documents (Word doc)
 
Pioneer Families of the Town of Greece – Vol. 1 is available from Amazon, from our online museum gift shop, or by visiting our gift shop in the museum during our regular office hours. (Visit our “200 years” section above to see the complete list of included families.)

Greece Olympia Exhibit

“The History of Greece Olympia” exhibit, which opened on Sunday, October 24th, is available once again now that our museum has re-opened for 2022.

Please plan to stop in to see memorabilia and pictures of how the school has developed over the years and the changes that have occurred.