The St. Mary’s Genealogy Research Centre at Sherbrooke Village was founded in 2011 by a group of community-based genealogists and local historians in response to the need for a place in which to collect, preserve, and share the historic records and resources of the St. Mary’s municipal area (the western portion of Guysborough County).
The Research Centre is a volunteer-run organization operating under a Memorandum of Agreement with the Nova Scotia Museum & Sherbrooke Restoration Commission, with premises above the Village Treasures & Gifts Shop
generously supplied by Sherbrooke Village.
In 2023 the Research Centre incorporated under the Registry of Joint Stock Companies as the non-profit Society of the St. Mary’s Genealogy Research Centre at Sherbrooke Village and, in 2024, was granted charitable status by the Canada Revenue Agency, enabling the Society to issue tax receipts for donations.
In addition to the many materials donated directly to the Research Centre since its founding, the holdings include the gathered genealogical and archival materials donated to Sherbrooke Village over many years.
The Research Centre is an institutional member of the Council of NS Archives and information on many of its holdings may be found at the CNSA website MemoryNS.
For more information on the Society of the St. Mary’s Genealogy Research Centre at Sherbrooke Village, or to enquire about making a donation, please call (902) 522-2400 ext. 239 or email SMGResearchCentre@gmail.com.