Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre

David Chernushenko knew little of his roots in Ukraine until, in 2021, his Aunt Raya shared with him the family memoir she had been writing. On reading it, he had a powerful response: Why, as he grew up decades earlier, had he been told so little of this amazing story; and how might he work with her to bring this tale to a much larger audience? David Chernushenko will join us on Thursday, May 14 at 2 pm at the Picton Branch Library and our friends at @magrc.pec will be in attendance to share a little about how you can get started researching your own story.

After my afternoon spent with @magrc.pec last week I immediately searched for this invaluable resource. I found it and ordered it promptly! The County by Richard and Janet Lunn Written in 1967 it is older than I am and contains relevant information about the County’s first 100 years. So fascinating and I was able to see my direct lineage to Paul and Solomon Huff of Hay Bay. I have been drawn to the County and its landscape for many years. Since moving here in June I feel as though I have arrived home and completely belong here. Thank you Dianne and Erin of @magrc.pec for all your help. 😍 What a gift your organization is to all communities in The County.

🗓 Join us EVERY TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY @magrc.pec the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre for one - or both - of our public drop-in events, with knowledgeable volunteers on hand to help you preserve and research your family history. ✨ SCANNING PARTIES | 10 AM – 12 PM Have a box of old photos of people and places in PEC and not sure what to do with them? Bring them to a Scanning Party at MAGRC! This informal community event lets you have your photographs scanned for preservation while you keep the originals. 📸 Bring photos of Prince Edward County families and local landmarks • Photos must be pre-1950 • Names must be known or pre-written • Volunteers will scan your photos and record your memories of names and places • Stay while they’re scanned or leave them for Tuesday or Thursday pickup • Bring a USB or purchase one on-site MAGRC will keep a digital copy for our local family history collection. If you no longer wish to keep the originals, they can be safely preserved in our archives for future generations.❤ ☕🔎 SIP & SEARCH | 1 PM – 3 PM Bring your favourite mug and enjoy coffee or tea while researching your family history! The research room will be buzzing with volunteers and fellow researchers ready to help and share in the excitement of new discoveries! 🥪 Want to stay all day? Bring a lunch and spend the full day with us. 💛 Admission by donation | USBs available for purchase on-site 📍 528 County Road 19, Ameliasburgh PEC Come for an hour - or stay all day. We’d love to welcome you!! #flashbackfebruary #pecmemories

Tuesdays in February at MAGRC! Join us EVERY TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY at the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre for one - or both - of our public drop-in events, with knowledgeable volunteers on hand to help you preserve and research your family history. ✨ SCANNING PARTIES | 10 AM – 12 PM Have a box of old photos of people and places in PEC and not sure what to do with them? Bring them to a Scanning Party at MAGRC! This informal community event lets you have your photographs scanned for preservation while you keep the originals. 📸 Bring photos of Prince Edward County families and local landmarks • Photos must be pre-1950 • Names must be known or pre-written • Volunteers will scan your photos and record your memories of names and places • Stay while they’re scanned or leave them for Tuesday or Thursday pickup • Bring a USB or purchase one on-site MAGRC will keep a digital copy for our local family history collection. If you no longer wish to keep the originals, they can be safely preserved in our archives for future generations.❤ ☕🔎 SIP & SEARCH | 1 PM – 3 PM Bring your favourite mug and enjoy coffee or tea while researching your family history! The research room will be buzzing with volunteers and fellow researchers ready to help and share in the excitement of new discoveries! 🥪 Want to stay all day? Bring a lunch and spend the full day with us. 💛 Admission by donation | USBs available for purchase on-site 📍 528 County Road 19, Ameliasburgh PEC Come for an hour - or stay all day. We’d love to welcome you!

Please note our delayed opening for tomorrow, July 22nd!! Our awesome team of dedicated volunteers will be gathered at a meeting in the morning and will then open our doors to help you with your research for the afternoon!! 📚🕵️‍♀️🔎 Other than pausing for this team meeting, we are on-site and ready to support you with your research Tuesdays & Thursdays 10-4 or by appointment.

We are very excited to open our doors to young readers interested in history! On Thursday, March 13th, we will be the first stop when you visit the Ameliasburgh Heritage Hub for a full morning of March Break Fun! FIRST - Start your visit at 10 am with us at the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre and travel through time in Prince Edward County with author, Lynne Grist, as she shares her new book, “Treasure at Long Point”. 🔑 Hear about the continuing adventures of Bella and Joey Wilkins as they travel back to the days of the sailing ships at Long Point and face the power of the Marysburgh Vortex! ⚓️ Geared to young readers, but enjoyable by all, learn about using your own backyard as inspiration to explore the past! NEXT - Pack a picnic lunch or snacks so that you can head across the road to the big stone church at the Ameliasburgh Heritage Village to enjoy the second event in the Heritage Hub. Explore the museum and enjoy a variety of Maple themed activities and crafts! 🍁 Both are family friendly events for a fun heritage themed morning! *While these are free events, donations are always welcome. 📍LOCATION: Both locations are across the road from each other on County Road 19 in Ameliasburgh. 10:00 am ~ 528 County Road 19, Ameliasburgh (MAGRC) 11:30 am ~ 517 County Road 19, Ameliasburgh (Church at Ameliasburgh Heritage Village) *Parking is available at both locations and you can walk across the road for your events! See link in bio for event listing 🔗

We are open and ready to welcome you today for our second #flashbackfebruary 📚JOIN US for a Book Reading With Author, Jane Simpson, U.E. Author Jane Simpson will read excerpts from her newest book, Shades of Allegiance: Hidden Loyalties of the Giraud/Gerow Family in the American Revolution, which explores the story of members of a Loyalist family and what they experienced before coming to Prince Edward County. The author weaves fact and fiction as she traces her family’s history as tensions rise through the intricacies of deceit, loyalty, and dangers of the American Revolution. In addition to learning about the Gerow family, this would be a great event for anyone with an interest in Loyalist History or for people whose ancestors shared a similar path! 🗓 Thursday, Feb 22nd 11am 📍The Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre | Seventh Town Historical Society in Ameliasburgh 🕰 These events are part of Prince Edward County’s FLASHBACK FEBRUARY with @thecountymuseums For full event details and listings, please visit: Follow us! @magrc.pec ..let us help you with your research or join our team of volunteers!! #PEC #princeedwardcounty #princeedwardcountyhistory #flashbackfebruary #genealogy #visitpec #ameliasburghheritagehub

It’s FLASHBACK TIME!! JOIN US for one of TWO exciting events this week at the MAGRC! MAGRC EVENT # 1: 📚GENEALOGY...BEYOND THE TREE! Join us at the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre for an exploration of genealogical research beyond the gathering of names and dates. Hear from author Jane Simpson, whose genealogical research inspired the writing of her most recent book, Shades of Allegiance: Hidden Loyalties of the Giraud/Gerow Family in the American Revolution, an amazing example of how genealogy can be a gateway to deeper historical narratives. Joining Jane, a researcher from MAGRC will share additional examples of how genealogical pursuits have evolved into broader historical projects to help people breathe life into their ancestors. 🗓 Wednesday, Feb 21st 7pm 📍 The Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre | Seventh Town Historical Society in Ameliasburgh MAGRC EVENT # 2: 📚JOIN US for a Book Reading With Author, Jane Simpson, U.E. Author Jane Simpson will read excerpts from her newest book, Shades of Allegiance: Hidden Loyalties of the Giraud/Gerow Family in the American Revolution, which explores the story of members of a Loyalist family and what they experienced before coming to Prince Edward County. The author weaves fact and fiction as she traces her family’s history as tensions rise through the intricacies of deceit, loyalty, and dangers of the American Revolution. In addition to learning about the Gerow family, this would be a great event for anyone with an interest in Loyalist History or for people whose ancestors shared a similar path! 🗓 Thursday, Feb 22nd 11am 📍The Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre | Seventh Town Historical Society in Ameliasburgh 🕰 These events are part of Prince Edward County’s FLASHBACK FEBRUARY with @thecountymuseums For full event details and listings, please visit: Follow us! @magrc.pec ..let us help you with your research or join our team of volunteers!! #PEC #princeedwardcounty #princeedwardcountyhistory #flashbackfebruary #genealogy #visitpec #ameliasburghheritagehub

JOIN US for one of TWO exciting events at the MAGRC during #flashbackfebruary here in Prince Edward County!! MAGRC EVENT # 1: 📚GENEALOGY...BEYOND THE TREE! Join us at the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre for an exploration of genealogical research beyond the gathering of names and dates. Hear from author Jane Simpson, whose genealogical research inspired the writing of her most recent book, Shades of Allegiance: Hidden Loyalties of the Giraud/Gerow Family in the American Revolution, an amazing example of how genealogy can be a gateway to deeper historical narratives. Joining Jane, a researcher from MAGRC will share additional examples of how genealogical pursuits have evolved into broader historical projects to help people breathe life into their ancestors. 🗓 Wednesday, Feb 21st 7pm 📍 The Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre | Seventh Town Historical Society in Ameliasburgh MAGRC EVENT # 2: 📚JOIN US for a Book Reading With Author, Jane Simpson, U.E. Author Jane Simpson will read excerpts from her newest book, Shades of Allegiance: Hidden Loyalties of the Giraud/Gerow Family in the American Revolution, which explores the story of members of a Loyalist family and what they experienced before coming to Prince Edward County. The author weaves fact and fiction as she traces her family’s history as tensions rise through the intricacies of deceit, loyalty, and dangers of the American Revolution. In addition to learning about the Gerow family, this would be a great event for anyone with an interest in Loyalist History or for people whose ancestors shared a similar path! 🗓 Thursday, Feb 22nd 11am 📍The Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre | Seventh Town Historical Society in Ameliasburgh 🕰 These events are part of Prince Edward County’s FLASHBACK FEBRUARY with @thecountymuseums For full event details and listings, please visit: Follow us! @magrc.pec ..let us help you with your research or join our team of volunteers!! #PEC #princeedwardcounty #princeedwardcountyhistory #flashbackfebruary #genealogy #visitpec #ameliasburghheritagehub

JOIN US for one of TWO exciting events at the MAGRC during #flashbackfebruary here in Prince Edward County!! MAGRC EVENT # 1: 📚GENEALOGY...BEYOND THE TREE! Join us at the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre for an exploration of genealogical research beyond the gathering of names and dates. Hear from author Jane Simpson, whose genealogical research inspired the writing of her most recent book, Shades of Allegiance: Hidden Loyalties of the Giraud/Gerow Family in the American Revolution, an amazing example of how genealogy can be a gateway to deeper historical narratives. Joining Jane, a researcher from MAGRC will share additional examples of how genealogical pursuits have evolved into broader historical projects to help people breathe life into their ancestors. 🗓 Wednesday, Feb 21st 7pm 📍 The Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre | Seventh Town Historical Society in Ameliasburgh MAGRC EVENT # 2: 📚JOIN US for a Book Reading With Author, Jane Simpson, U.E. Author Jane Simpson will read excerpts from her newest book, Shades of Allegiance: Hidden Loyalties of the Giraud/Gerow Family in the American Revolution, which explores the story of members of a Loyalist family and what they experienced before coming to Prince Edward County. The author weaves fact and fiction as she traces her family's history as tensions rise through the intricacies of deceit, loyalty, and dangers of the American Revolution. In addition to learning about the Gerow family, this would be a great event for anyone with an interest in Loyalist History or for people whose ancestors shared a similar path! 🗓 Thursday, Feb 22nd 11am 📍The Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre | Seventh Town Historical Society in Ameliasburgh 🕰 These events are part of Prince Edward County's FLASHBACK FEBRUARY with @thecountymuseums For full event details and listings, please visit: /flashback-february #PEC #princeedwardcounty #princeedwardcountyhistory #flashbackfebruary #genealogy #visitpec

Get ready for a great week during Flashback February in PEC! 📚JOIN US for a Book Reading With Author, Jane Simpson, U.E. Author Jane Simpson will read excerpts from her newest book, Shades of Allegiance: Hidden Loyalties of the Giraud/Gerow Family in the American Revolution, which explores the story of members of a Loyalist family and what they experienced before coming to Prince Edward County. The author weaves fact and fiction as she traces her family's history as tensions rise through the intricacies of deceit, loyalty, and dangers of the American Revolution. In addition to learning about the Gerow family, this would be a great event for anyone with an interest in Loyalist History or for people whose ancestors shared a similar path! 🗓 Thursday, Feb 22nd 11am 📍The Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre | Seventh Town Historical Society in Ameliasburgh 🕰 This event is part of Prince Edward County's FLASHBACK FEBRUARY with @thecountymuseums For full event details and listings, please visit: /flashback-february . . About MAGRC: Located in the heart of the hamlet of Ameliasburgh, The Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre collects and preserves family histories for the benefit of family historians, genealogists, and history lovers! During February & March, you can visit us 10-4 Tuesdays...or by appointment! If you have a project that you need help with, you can also email us at [email protected] before you arrive so we can prepare for your visit! #princeedwardcounty #visitpec #pec #countymuseums #flashback #magrc #familyhistory #genealogy #loyalisthistory #historicalwriting #shadesofallegiancebook

JOIN US for an evening of GENEALOGY...BEYOND THE TREE! Join us at the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre for an exploration of genealogical research beyond the gathering of names and dates. Hear from author Jane Simpson, whose genealogical research inspired the writing of her most recent book, Shades of Allegiance: Hidden Loyalties of the Giraud/Gerow Family in the American Revolution, an amazing example of how genealogy can be a gateway to deeper historical narratives. Joining Jane, a researcher from MAGRC will share additional examples of how genealogical pursuits have evolved into broader historical projects to help people breathe life into their ancestors. Come and explore the possibilities with us! 🔍 🗓 Wednesday, Feb 21st 7pm 📍 The Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre | Seventh Town Historical Society in Ameliasburgh 🕰 This event is part of Prince Edward County's FLASHBACK FEBRUARY with @thecountymuseums For full event details and listings, please visit: /flashback-february #PEC #princeedwardcounty #princeedwardcountyhistory #flashbackfebruary #genealogy #visitpec