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The Nunda Historical Society usually meets on the second Wednesday of each month (September to June) at 7 PM. All meetings, except those noted, will be in the Historical Society Building at 24 Portage Street. Any Changes in location or time will be advertised. Note that all meeting places are handicapped accessible. The location and time of special events are noted when the event is advertised.
Program Calendar
Up Coming Events......
Monday, August 23: Meeting of the Friends of Nunda Cemeteries 7 PM at the Nunda Historical Society, 24 Portage Street.Craig Braack, Allegany County Historian and popular speaker, will present “Cemetery Symbolism”. Come and discover what all those symbols on gravestones mean and how they originated. Receive updates on the current status of Nunda’s Cemeteries: Oakwood, Union, Dalton, Seager, Chautauqua Hollow, and Jones. Refreshments served. Everyone welcome. Info: 585-468-5991or email tscook@rochester.rr.com.
Wednesday, September 8: “One Room Schools of Western New York” a power point program by John & Sue Babbitt. Discover the locations of one room schools in the Nunda area and what school was like for scholars in earlier generations. Refreshments served.7 PM, the Nunda Historical Society, 24 Portage Street, presents Everyone welcome. Info: 585-476-2354 or email tscook@rochester.rr.com.
Sunday, September 12 (rain date – Sept. 19): 1st Annual Ancestors Day at Oakwood Cemetery, Nunda, 1 – 3:30 PM. Families may: join a Memory Walk, remembering some of Nunda’s recent citizens and perhaps adding their family’s story; join a tour with Craig Braack, Allegany County Historian, to discover “Gravestone Symbolism”; visit the “Genealogical Table” to learn how to start or expand their family tree; visit the “Find Your Ancestors” table to locate relatives in Oakwood; participate in a “Scavenger Hunt” for cemetery facts and receive a memento or flowers for graves of their ancestors; and receive information on “Getting Started in Cemeteries” and “Caring for Gravestones.” Meet at West Street Entrance to Oakwood. Everyone welcome. Sponsored by: The Friends of Nunda Cemeteries. Info: 585-468-5991 or email tscook@rochester.rr.com.
Wednesday, Oct 13 & Thursday, Oct 14th Nunda History Days
Wednesday, Oct. 13 - "SUNY Geneseo String Band - Jim Kimball & Friends"
Wednesday, Nov. 10 - "Women in World
War II"
- Dr. James Somerville, SUNY Geneseo Retired History Professor
Wednesday, Dec 8 -
"Show & Tell"