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Craft Show Saturday

by Pat Worboys

🎨 Join us Saturday, October 25, 2025 for a Craft Show at the Greece Historical Society & Museum
🕙 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
📍 595 Long Pond Road, Greece, NY 14612 greecehistoricalsociety.org

Get ready for a delightful autumn day of handmade treasures and local charm! Our craft show will feature a wonderful lineup of vendors offering unique, handcrafted items you’ll love to give — or keep! Vendors include:

  • Diane Gilbert
  • Diane Rivoli
  • Kim Covert
  • Sue Power
  • Linda Johnson
  • Mary Natalello
  • Lisa Manioci
  • Wendy Peeck
  • Lift Bridge Church Group

Whether you’re looking for one-of-a-kind décor, artisan gifts, seasonal crafts, or something special for yourself, you’ll find it here.
Bring a friend, come explore local creativity, and support our community and the mission of the Greece Historical Society—an all-volunteer nonprofit committed to preserving local history.

✨ Why come?

  • Discover handmade goods from talented local artisans
  • Find early gifts for holidays or treat yourself
  • Enjoy a cozy, friendly setting at a charming historic venue
  • Support the efforts of the Historical Society in maintaining the past for our future

📝 Details to remember:

  • Free to attend (unless otherwise noted)
  • Plenty of parking on site overflow parking will be at the Greece Town Hall
  • You’ll be inside or under cover, so weather won’t spoil the fun
  • Come anytime between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

We can’t wait to see you there — spread the word and bring someone who loves artisan crafts as much as you do! 🎁

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The Kannewischer Family Live Stream

by Pat Worboys

Historian Cynthia Howk presents an illustrated talk about the remarkable local Fetter family, covering 150 years of their life, work, and experiences through an extensive archive of historical photographs and documents previously unseen outside the family. This tribute honors 102-year-old Betty Fetter, custodian of this unique American story.

The Stream Will Go Live at this link here https://www.youtube.com/live/scsHuvT0nz4?si=VPrQMBjQO19kdgjM at 6:45 pm to ensure the video and audio settings are working and then the program will start at 7 pm broadcasted from the Greece Central School District Transportation and Student Services building on Latta Road at Mount Read Blvd.

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Museum Closed in January and February

by John Gilbert

The Greece Historical Society museum will be closed from December 24th through February. We will resume our Sunday hours on March 3rd, 2024.

We will continue our Tuesday evening educational programs on January 9th and February 13th. With Christmas Day and New Year’s Day exceptions, we also plan to maintain our regular 10 AM to noon Monday office hours. Please view our calendar in the Upcoming Events section for details.

If you would like to speak with us during January or February or would like to schedule a private tour, please stop in during our regular Monday office hours, call us at (585) 225-7221 to make an appointment, or email us at greecehistoricalsociety@yahoo.com

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BICENTENNIAL SNAPSHOT COLLECTION ON DVD

by Pat Worboys
Bicentennial Snapshot Logo

From March 2022 through March 2023, in celebration of our town’s bicentennial, the Greece Historical Society produced 54 multimedia podcasts called Bicentennial Snapshots. Each snapshot, averaging five to 10 minutes, explored a different aspect of Greece’s history.

Even though all of them are available on our website, the complete series of Bicentennial Snapshots is also available on a set of four DVDs for $15.00. Click on the Buy Now button below to order your DVD set of our Bicentennial Snapshots.

Bicentennial Snapshot DVD Cover
GHS Bicentennial Snapshot Collection On DVD
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Bicentennial Snapshot Series Completed

by Pat Worboys
Bicentennial Snapshot # 54: Gone but not Forgotten
Bicentennial Snapshot No. 54: Gone, but Not Forgotten

If you liked our bicentennial snapshot series that was released on YouTube from March 22, 2022 through March 28, 2023, and like this short video podcast style of presenting Greece History, please let us know by sending an email to VideoProgram@GreeceHistoricalSociety.onmicrosoft.com.

If there is sufficient interest in seeing Greece history presented in this way, we will look into expanding the series beyond the snapshots that have already been produced.

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Greece Pioneer Family Project, Vol. 2

by John Gilbert
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 August 1, 2022. You will be contacted by Marie or Jo Ann within 30 days.

Form #1- Checklist (Word doc)Download
Form #2- Questionnaire (Word doc)Download
Form #3- Release Form (Word doc)Download
Form #4- Six-generation Pedigree Chart (Fillable PDF)Download
Form #5- List of Photos and Documents (Word doc)Download

Submit all 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

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.)

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Apply for a Bicentennial Pioneer Certificate

by John Gilbert
Example of a Bicentennial Certificate
Example of a Bicentennial 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 include your family name, a GHS bicentennial logo, an embossed gold GHS “Pioneer Family” seal, and the signature of GHS president William Sauers. (Additional copies will be available for purchase.) To date, we have created and distributed nearly 200 individual Pioneer Family certificates.

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 the paperwork discussed below. 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-Six-Generation-Pedigree-Chart-FILLABLEDownload
FORM #6 -Pioneer CERTIFICATE applicationDownload

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

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