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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]