Our next Toronto Branch meeting will take place on Monday, April 25, beginning at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). It will be entirely online via Zoom and open to all, but please register in advance. We’re looking forward to a presentation by the always entertaining speaker Paul Jones. This month, Paul’s going to tell us about an intriguing character he stumbled upon in his research and why he was driven to find out more about […]
OGS Conference
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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 […]
After a two-year hiatus, our Genealogy Summer Camp will be back on in 2018… Genealogy Summer Camp is an intensive five-day program for family historians with Ontario roots, coordinated by longtime Branch member Jane E. MacNamara. Our campers are on the move throughout the week, travelling to different libraries and archives. Each day starts with a tour or tutorial, and plenty of time is built in for individual campers to focus on their own […]
Just over a week ago we were in the midst of OGS Conference 2016 with some 720+ weekend guests, closer to 800 with speakers and exhibitors. It was a whirlwind for the volunteer committee, the culmination of a couple of years of planning and preparation—and maybe a little dreaming, too. We are so grateful to those guests who came with us to take genealogy “to the cutting edge” like the enthusiastic attendees from Sudbury […]