The Ontario Genealogical Society’s annual Conference is taking place in September this year, with the theme of Diversity in Genealogy and a particular focus on the Grand River and the communities along its banks. Over three days from September 8 to 10, Conference 2023 will offer 24 hour-long sessions, a plenary keynote presentation, an open-chat genealogy lounge with expert historians, information on many of Ontario’s heritage organizations, an interactive genealogy road-trip map for Brant […]
Janice Nickerson
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Our first Toronto Branch event of 2023 is a series of online talks about one of the key areas for early Ontario family history research—land! Over three Thursday evenings in January, three in-demand speakers will explore some of the lesser-known but richest sources of land and family information—many of which are now digitized and available for free: January 12—7:30 pm (Eastern): THE BEGINNING: FROM INDIGENOUS TO LOYALIST HANDSLinda Corupe will explain how land formerly […]
We were delighted to be able to host our annual celebration of Great Moments in Genealogy both online and in person! On Monday November 28, eight Branch members entertained us with moments of success, surprise and serendipity in their family history research in our traditional series of short and inspiring presentations. Here’s a quick list of this year’s speakers and presentation topics: Janice Nickerson—Barking up the Wrong TreeDebi Eatherly—My Great Grandfather, the Imposter, a.k.a. […]
We’re delighted to announce that all ten of our terrific 2021 Great Moments in Genealogy presentations are now available for you to enjoy at your leisure over the holiday season and right through until the last week of January 2022: You Can’t Just Ignore Something Like That!—Paul Jones takes up the challenge of researching the elusive date of birth of architect Eden Smith, the subject of the 2021 Toronto History Lecture. Edward Francis Kelly […]