News & Events

News & Upcoming Events

Please note our new address: 16 Sussex Street, Halifax NS, B3R 1N9

One Person's Search for An Ancestor - Finding Peter Martin (Ketch Harbour)
Watch Alannah Ryane, a Martin descendant, on Youtube:

You can view the series at http://www.youtube.com/user/RyaneInc

Jackie's Place, Roman Catholic Cemeteries, Halifax

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jackiesplace

- Meeting dates for the year 2012 posted! Please see our Meeting Dates page so you can mark your calendars!

Meetings

The Mainland South Heritage Society meets regularly at the Captain William Spry Community Centre at 7:00 p.m. on the last Thursday of the month during the months of September to May, with the exception of December. All guests are welcome! Please see our Meeting Dates for 2012.

Historic Walks

The Society has handouts of a series of guided historic walks in Mainland South, including Sambro Walk, Jollimore Walk, Spryfield Walk and Rockingstone Walk and are available, free of charge, at all of our events.

Heritage Teas

The Society creates a yearly heritage display each February and hosts a Heritage Tea. Past topics include:

2010 –“Old Fashions”, clothing and costumes worn by our ancestors from the Victorian era until World War II.

2009 – Remembering Peter Saulnier. Display of Peter’s replicas of heritage houses and the many historic photographs he collected over the years.
2008 - "Milestones of Mainland South" - celebrating Democracy 250 (100th anniversary of the foundation stone for the Memorial Tower at the Dingle, built to commemorate the 150th anniversary of representative government in this province); the 250th anniversary of Sambro Lighthouse; and 200 years for the officers' residence (now Armdale Yacht Club) on Melville Island
2007 - "Remembering our Teachers"
2006 - "Wartime in Mainland South - In our of Year of the Veteran"
2005 - "Historic Buildings of Mainland South"
2004 - "Local Heroes: People Who Made a Difference"
2003 - "Churches of Mainland South"
2002 - "Kitchens and Pantries of Yesteryear"
2001 - "Historical Buildings"
1999 - "Combination of Displays from 1995 to 1998"
1998 - "Early Families"
1997 - "Early Pastimes and Pleasures"
1996 - "Early Industries in Mainland South"
1995 - "History of Schools in Mainland South"

To see some pictures of our past Heritage Teas, click here!