A gentle reminder… the 2021 Ontario Genealogical Society membership season is now underway, and 2020 memberships will expire at the end of December. If you have already joined or renewed for 2021, thank you! If not, now’s the time… Sign up with a partner (one of you must be a renewing member, the other new to OGS) before December 15 and you can take advantage of the Society’s special Grow Our Family discount. Visit […]
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Registration is now open for the winter semester of Toronto Branch courses, beginning in the new year. In January and February 2020, we’re offering back-to-back courses on land records—a rich source of information about ancestors who settled in Ontario. Both courses will be led by instructor Jane MacNamara and held at the Archives of Ontario on Thursday afternoons. Participants will work in small groups following case histories through the records. The first course, Hands-On […]
It’s that time again. 2020 membership renewal and new member registration for the Ontario Genealogical Society and Toronto Branch opened on November 1. The Society’s successful Grow Our Family campaign is back for another year. Join with a returning member, or bring a new member on board when you renew, and you will both get a 50% discount on the basic Society membership fee. That means it will cost you just $31.50 to be […]
Our parent organization, the Ontario Genealogical Society, is holding its annual conference at the University of Guelph this year — from Friday June 1 to Sunday June 3, with a range of local tours being offered on Thursday May 31. With the theme Upper Canada to Ontario: The Birth of a Nation, Conference 2018 promises 27 speakers, 12 Friday workshops, and 35 weekend lectures, as well as opening and closing plenary sessions, a Saturday […]