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 […]
Linda Corupe
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 […]
The first Toronto Branch meeting of the fall 2022 season took place on Monday, September 26, beginning at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). Our main September speaker was Linda Corupe, U.E., the author of more than 50 books on genealogy and history. Linda introduced us to a truly unique Upper Canada couple. Amable Dusang was of French extraction, while Sophie Solomon was half Chippewa and half Jewish, and their marriage brought together two very […]
Registration is now open for a new value-packed series of Toronto Branch lectures on Ontario records and research! These lectures will take place on four evenings in August, all online. Our Late Summer Lecture Series will kick off on Tuesday August 18 with Jane E. MacNamara speaking about Ontario Records on FamilySearch — how to search for records and digital images, and make the most of what you discover. On Wednesday August 19, Janice […]