Events

Four-session online series: 7:30 pm to about 9:00 pm November 17, 18, 24 and 25, 2021 $20 OGS members / $25 non-members This four-session series will take a detailed look at census records for Ontario. We’ll look at why and how the records were created, how the process changed over the years—and how those factors impact on the ways we search for our families. We’ll go way beyond the quick snapshot of a household[...]

Three-session online course: 7:00 pm to about 8:30 pm October 13, 20 and 27, 2021 $30 OGS members / $35 non-members This online course will focus on the process involved in acquiring (or attempting to acquire) land from the Crown in early Upper Canada, and the records that were generated. Understanding the process is key to navigating the complicated but wonderfully rich set of records. An astounding quantity of material from the late 18th[...]