Conference 2010 Sponsors

We are delighted to welcome Ancestry.ca as a top-level sponsor of OGS Conference 2010.

Ancestry will provide free on-site access to their worldwide databases for attendees at the Ontario Genealogical Society’s Conference 2010. Other benefits include:

• a two-hour in-depth lecture on Friday, Working Effectively with Ancestry
• a luncheon on Friday, featuring a presentation on New Projects at Ancestry (special ticketed event)
• sponsorship of the Conference bag
• an Ancestry display in Marketplace

OTHER SPONSORS

FamilySearch—with the world’s largest repository of genealogical resources, a global network of research centres, and thousands of indexing volunteers from around the world—will underwrite two presentations by Stephen C. Young at OGS Conference 2010.

findmypast.co.uk, a leading supplier of online family history for the UK, will provide on-site access to their databases, a subscription discount, and door prizes for attendees at the Ontario Genealogical Society’s Conference 2010.

GlobalGenealogy.com, an Ontario-based supplier of family history publications, software and other products, also publishes books and CDs through Global Heritage Press and produces the online newsletter The Global Gazette. GlobalGenealogy will be sponsoring our “Members’ Soapbox”.

The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, which provides access to Italian cultural activities, a library, and language classes at  its locations in Toronto and Woodbridge, will be sponsoring our Italian Ancestry stream.

Legacy Family Tree, manufacturers of the award-winning genealogical program, will sponsor a two-hour in-depth workshop on Friday, Working Effectively with Legacy Family Tree.

The National Institute for Genealogical Studies, celebrating 10 years of distance-learning for genealogists, will hold its graduation ceremony at Conference 2010 on Friday, May 14, and will sponsor Sunday’s closing plenary with John Philip Colletta.

Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (the Research Program in Historical Demography), a comprehensive site for Quebec French-Canadian genealogy, will provide on-site access to their database.

RootsMagic creates a variety of easy-to-use software products and will sponsor a two-hour in-depth workshop on Friday, Working Effectively with RootsMagic.

The Toronto Public Library’s two reference libraries share one of the best genealogical collections in North America. They are wonderful partners in many of the activities of the Ontario Genealogical Society’s Toronto Branch. For Conference 2010, TPL will help us distribute publicity, and host part of Thursday’s Hands-on Research Excursion.