Trafalgar Township Historical Society invites the public to help keep history alive. Learn more at the Society’s AGM in a one-room schoolhouse Scanning historic family photos, surveying important historical buildings in North Oakville, renovating a one-room schoolhouse and holding a Family Heritage Day where costumed historical characters told the stories of some of our area’s earliest families are just some of the activities the Trafalgar Township Historical Society (TTHS) has engaged in since its founding last January. To learn more and to find out how you can participate in this active community group come out to the Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, February 7 at 7 p.m. in the one room schoolhouse, 2431 Dundas Street West, on the north side just east of Bronte Road. The meeting is an excellent way for people who are new to the area to learn more about the history of north Oakville. The AGM is also an opportunity for the descendants of some of Trafalgar’s earliest settlers to reconnect with other family members, friends and neighbours. The meeting will feature a presentation on the previous year’s activities and outline future projects. Special guest speaker will be Sean Fraser of the Heritage Trust and his associate Kiki Aravopoulos, talking about getting designation for heritage properties. A new board of Directors will also be elected. All of the community we now know as Oakville was once Trafalgar Township. Surrounding “Old Oakville”, Trafalgar Township originally extended to the Lake on both the east (Winston Churchill) and west (Burloak Drive) and then stretched over the farmland to the north all the way to Steeles. The TTHS is concentrated on preserving the agricultural history of the northern part of what is now Oakville. The Trafalgar Township Historical Society has four goals: 1. Documentation: by working with the Oakville Library, we have been preserving the history of Trafalgar Township through scanning family photos and collecting oral histories of the Trafalgar families, preserving them for future generations. The scanned photos have become part of a National Archive of historic photos. Hundreds of photos and documents have been scanned to date. We are especially pleased that the Province of Alberta, having heard of our initiative, has now adopted it province wide and has sent vans equipped with scanning equipment around the province to record the history of their towns and villages. 2. Education: we would like to inform Oakville’s citizens, many of whom are new to the area, about the rich history of Trafalgar Township. 3. Celebration: we would like to celebrate our area’s rural roots and give the community, especially the children, a tangible way to connect with the past. To this end, we are currently planning our Second Annual Family Heritage Day. 4. Preservation: we would like to engage the public in the need to preserve buildings of historical significance. Our first step in this area to preserve the one-room schoolhouse on Dundas just east of Bronte and make it the home of the Trafalgar Township Historical Society. For more information about the Trafalgar Township Historical Society call Vice-President Liz Benneian at 905-257-0250 or go to www.trafalgartownshiphistory.ca Jane in Cooksville (Mississauga) Ontario, Canada jwatt@ica.net -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.13/634 - Release Date: 17/01/07