The Region One Annual Meeting of the Ontario Genealogical Society hosted by Lambton County Branch OGS will be held on October 19th, 2013 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the John Knox Christian School at 4738 Confederation Road, Wyoming, Ontario.
The title of the one-day conference will be On and Off the Internet Strategies for Effective Genealogical Research.
Steve Fulton, Technical Support and Innovations Committee Chair, OGS/Chair, Niagara Peninsula Branch OGS will talk on Searching the Past with the help of the .com
Alan Campbell, Newsletter Editor and Past Chair, Lambton County Branch OGS will talk about Going Totally Off-line-Almost/On-Site Researching in Libraries and Archives
Heather Lavallee, Archivist -Lambton County Archives, Wyoming, Ontario will talk about Finding the Secrets of the Archives
Advance Registration [Includes Lunch] OGS Members $30.00 CDN Non Members $35.00 CDN Registration at the Door $35.00
Register on-line at http://www.lambton.ogs.on.ca/Bulletinboard.html
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Nuit Blanche Ottawa-Gatineau
The Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ottawa has announced its first-time partnership with Nuit Blanche Ottawa-Gatineau.
It will be held this weekend on September 21, from 6:21 p.m. to 4:22 a.m., and it is Free!
Come enjoy the pop-up lounge, a temporary art installation and special exhibitions.
Too see what available, go to http://www.civilization.ca/event/nuit-blanche
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Records
Starting in 1843, Wesleyan Methodist
ministers kept a book of entries for births and baptisms. Each year, they submitted
their book to the Conference Office.
Entries were then copied into the General Register, arranged by township, town, village and circuit. The records of the Wesleyan Methodist Church are from 1826 to 1910.
The United Church of Canada Archives who hold copyright on these records, but they have allowed the OGS to transcribe and sell these records through its thirty Branches located throughout Ontario.
To obtain copies of these baptismal record indexes, contact the Branch in the area in which you are doing your family research.
You can go to the list of Branches within the OGS at http://www.ogs.on.ca/branches.php
Postscript: Remember that these are copies of the original baptismal record. It is best if you can get the original record so that you can be sure that there are not any mistakes in transcribing the copies.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
UPDATE: Prince Edward Island/Ontario Cemeteries
The
following cemeteries have been upgraded on the GenWeb site as of July 22, 2013 –
PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND
Queen's
County:
-
Hyde & Crosby Pioneer Cemetery
ONTARIO
Brant
County:
-
Bethany Mission Cemetery
-
Hatchley Cemetery
Bruce
County:
-
Chesley Cemetery
Carleton
County:
-
Beechwood Cemetery
Essex
County:
- Annunciation Roman Catholic / L'Annonciation
Cemetery
-
Irwin Cemetery
-
St William's RC Church Cemetery
-
Tecumseh Historical Museum Cemetery
Frontenac
County:
-
Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
-
Point Alexandria United / Horne Cemetery
-
St Lawrence United / Foot Cemetery
-
Trinity Anglican Cemetery
Grey
County:
-
Boyd Cemetery
-
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Halton
County:
-
Colling Cemetery
Hastings
County:
-
Abandoned (Purchase Farm) Cemetery
Huron
County:
-
Maitland Bank Cemetery
Kent
County:
-
Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
-
Duart Cemetery
-
Hyatt Cemetery
-
Ridgetown (Old) Cemetery
-
Smith & Hopper Burying Ground
-
St Thomas Anglican Cemetery
Lambton
County:
-
Alvinston Cemetery
-
St Matthew's Cemetery
-
Thedford Baptist Cemetery
Lennox
& Addington County:
-
Glenwood Cemetery
-
Pentland Cemetery
Middlesex
County:
-
Dorchester Union Cemetery
-
Woodland Cemetery
Norfolk
County:
-
McQueen Cemetery
Oxford
County:
-
Tillsonburg Cemetery
Perth
County:
-
South Easthope / Shakespeare Cemetery
Waterloo
County:
-
Oswald / Hoffer / St Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
-
Pioneer Tower / Doon Pioneer Cemetery
-
Zion United Cemetery
Wellington
County:
-
St Martin's Roman Catholic Cemetery
Wentworth
County:
-
Christ's Church Cathedral Columbarium
These
updates were not be possible if not for the volunteers, such as Alison
Mitchell-Reid, Elizabeth Warwick, Kate Ford, Lorna Eggert, Marilyn Whiting,
Robert Gevaert, Sharon Mattiuz, and William Cooke for indexing.
Thanks
to Michael Stephens, Robert Gevaert & Ed McKeon, Doug Smith, Ron Spurr,
Angela M. Clatworthy, Corinna Rumble, Alison Mitchell-Reid, Sharon Mattiuz,
William Cooke, Carolyn Nordin, Lanny Robinson, Lorna Eggert, Beverly Fern
McKenzie, Bonnie Philbin & Patt Preston, Bruce Nuckowski, Elizabeth
Warwick, Ken Monk, and Doug & Donna Gammon for photos of the cemeteries.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Muskoka Parry Sound Genealogy Group
On
Thursday August the 15, 2013, there will be a meeting held by the Muskoka Parry
Sound Genealogy Group from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Huntsville Public Library, Huntsville,
Ontario.
The
topic will be British Home Children, and the speakers will be Bernardo Homes
by Carol Black and Quarrier Homes by Dona Crawford.
The
Muskoka Parry Sound Genealogy Group was formed in 1985, and it covers both the Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts of
Ontario, Canada .
On
their site they have maps of Muskoka Townships, and Parry Sound Townships,
Cemetery
Databases online.
Their
website is www.mpsgg.com
Friday, July 19, 2013
Censuses of Canada West and Canada East, 1842
In this notice received yesterday, here are
the 1842 Canadian Census for Canada West and Canada West -
“Library
and Archives Canada is pleased to announce that Canadians can now access the
Census of Canada West, 1842 as well as the Census of Canada East, 1842 online.
In 1841, Upper Canada was renamed Canada West, whereas Lower Canada became
Canada East. These two jurisdictions are now known as the provinces of Ontario
and Quebec.
Each
census is partly nominal and contains the names of heads of family, their
occupation and the number of residents for each family.
For
the Canada West (Ontario) Census, go to
For
the Canada East (Quebec) census, go to www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1842-Canada-East/Pages/about-census.aspx
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Special Interest Groups
The Ontario Genealogical Society has, at present, four Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
A
SIG is a permanent group of OGS Members with an interest in some other topic,
such as a geographic location outside Ontario (e.g. immigrants from a
particular country), an ethnic or cultural group (e.g. natives or a particular
fraternal organization), or an event (e.g. a particular emigration scheme).
Currently,
the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are
Irish
Palatines - http://www.ogs.on.ca/ip-sig
Ireland
- www.ireland.ogs.on.ca
Scottish
- Currently, there isn’t a website for
the Scottish SIG, but you can contact scottishsig@ogs.on.ca
British
Home Child - www.ogs.on.ca/SIG-BHC/index.htm
If
you are interested in joining this SIG or taking on a role of responsibility,
please contact OGS President, Shirley Sturdevant president@ogs.on.ca.
There
is an interest in establishing a Huguenot SIG and a Métis SIG; both are
currently seeking the necessary 25 Members.
E-mail
the Provincial Office http://provoffice@ogs.on.ca if you would like to see one of
these formed.
The
website is www.ogs.on.ca/branches/sig.php
Toronto Star Obituaries 1999 - April 2000, February 2001
The
obituaries from the Toronto Star have recently been updated on Ancestry.ca.
Over
17,000 images have been added to the database, and the database contains more
than 98,500 names
Sunday, July 14, 2013
OGS Conference 2014
The
OGS Conference 2014 will be held at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario (near Niagara
Falls) May 1st to May 4th. It will be sponsored by the Niagara
Peninsula Branch OGS.
And
already there is a video on the site www.ogs.on.ca/conference2014/index.php,
and you can see what is available in the immediate area.
Watch
for more news on the conference. It sounds as if it is going to be exciting!
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Brant OGS Golf Fundraiser
This
is a really neat idea!
On
Saturday, August 31, 2013, there will be a golf fundraiser held at a local club
called Fescue’s Edge, 18 Hagan Rd., Brant at 11:00 am Shotgun Start.
The
cost will be $80 and it includes cart, lunch and donation to Brant OGS (Receipt for
donation will be provided), and the deadline to register will be August 20,
2013.
You
can contact brantogsgolf@gmail.com,
or go to the web site at www.ogs.on.ca/brant
Saturday, June 22, 2013
UPDATE: TONI (The Ontario Name Index)
Since
last reporting on TONI (The Ontario Name Index) earlier this spring, nearly 2 ½
million entries have been added.
TONI,
as an index, is FREE for everyone the world over. In order to access
information found in the databases you must pay a small fee. All proceeds from
those fees support Ontario's heritage community.
Go
to www.ogs.on.ca/integrated/toni_database1.php to read more about TONI, and to
see if the name who are researching, is there.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Quinte OGS Branch Meeting
On
15 Jun 2013 at 1:00 pm, the Quinte OGS Branch will present the talk Why Can't I
Find It Online? Other Resources to Help with Your Search. The talk will be
presented by Ruth Blair, from The Passionate Genealogist blog.
A
good deal of research can be done online, and many believe this is all we need,
but only about 1% of genealogical data has been digitized and been made available
on the Internet. Great strides are being taken to get more data online, but it
is a costly process and sometimes what is available is only a small reference
to a certain record group, and not the actual image.
Libraries
and archives are still the main sources of information for the genealogical
researcher, especially when you want to dig deeper. Ruth Blair will present
case studies using such resources.
The
talk will take place at Quinte West City Hall Library, 7 Creswell Drive,
Trenton, Ontario
The
Quinte OGS Branch web site is at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canqbogs/index.htm
The
Passionate Genealogist web site is at http://blog.familyhistorysearches.com
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Spirit Walk at the Crown Cemetery
A Spirit Walk will be held on Tuesday June 11th at 7
p.m. at the Crown Cemetery at Aberfoyle, Ontario.
Join them as they tell the life stories of five people
buried in Crown Cemetery
two pioneer settlers
a World War Two soldier
a travelling music teacher
a pioneer storekeeper
in Morriston
A 'tailgate lunch' will follow, and you are asked to meet
at the rear entrance to the cemetery off Nicholar Beaver Road (at Tim Hortons
on Brock Road), Aberfoyle, Ontario.
The web site for the Puslinch Historical Society is at www.puslinchhistorical.ca/Mtgs.shtml
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
History and Importance of the Duff-Baby House
The Essex Branch of the OGS will be held on Monday June 10, 2013 from 6:00 pm at the Windsor Public Library, 850 Ouellette Ave., Windsor.
The talk will be entitled History and Importance of the Duff-Baby House, and the person giving the talk will be Evelyn McLean.
The meeting will be Free, and you can go to www.essex.ogs.on.ca for up to date info the meeting.
The Buff-Baby house was built between 1792 and 1798. It is considered to be the oldest building in Windsor. The house was built by Alexander Duff as a fur trade post, and bought in 1807 by James Baby. It and was used as the headquarters of U.S. General Harrison. The British ravaged the building during the War of 1812.
The Duff Baby House is also one of the best-preserved and oldest Georgian-style houses in Ontario. Today the building is owned by the Ontario Heritage Trust and houses government offices.
The talk will be entitled History and Importance of the Duff-Baby House, and the person giving the talk will be Evelyn McLean.
The meeting will be Free, and you can go to www.essex.ogs.on.ca for up to date info the meeting.
The Buff-Baby house was built between 1792 and 1798. It is considered to be the oldest building in Windsor. The house was built by Alexander Duff as a fur trade post, and bought in 1807 by James Baby. It and was used as the headquarters of U.S. General Harrison. The British ravaged the building during the War of 1812.
The Duff Baby House is also one of the best-preserved and oldest Georgian-style houses in Ontario. Today the building is owned by the Ontario Heritage Trust and houses government offices.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Niagara Peninsula Branch Indexes Updates
Steve Fulton U.E., Chair of the Niagara Peninsula Branch OGS, tells us about the following indexes on the web site -
Surname Index - Contains over 24000 Pedigree Charts
Morse & Sons Funeral Home Records - Contains 19229 Funeral Records from 1828 to Sept 1963
Neff Young Index - Contains 19136 records of family histories, notes, newspaper clipping and memorabilia from Welland County
*NEW* Branch Publications Index - Contains 7998 various publication records for the Lincoln/Welland Area
Please check back often as indexes are being worked on.
Canadian Headstones Project - The Niagara Peninsula Branch continues to work on photographing headstones in the old Lincoln/Welland Counties. Just recently we crossed over the 20,000 mark and the number is continuing to climb.
Please visit http://canadianheadstones.com for your old Lincoln and Welland research needs.
For more information, please go to Niagara Peninsula Branch O.G.S. at www.ogs.on.ca/niagara
Surname Index - Contains over 24000 Pedigree Charts
Morse & Sons Funeral Home Records - Contains 19229 Funeral Records from 1828 to Sept 1963
Neff Young Index - Contains 19136 records of family histories, notes, newspaper clipping and memorabilia from Welland County
*NEW* Branch Publications Index - Contains 7998 various publication records for the Lincoln/Welland Area
Please check back often as indexes are being worked on.
Canadian Headstones Project - The Niagara Peninsula Branch continues to work on photographing headstones in the old Lincoln/Welland Counties. Just recently we crossed over the 20,000 mark and the number is continuing to climb.
Please visit http://canadianheadstones.com for your old Lincoln and Welland research needs.
For more information, please go to Niagara Peninsula Branch O.G.S. at www.ogs.on.ca/niagara
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Brant County Branch of OGS Monthly Meeting
On Sunday, May 26, 2013, there will be a General Meeting at 2:00 pm, the speaker will be Floyd Doctor, Smokey Hollow Estates, and he will speak about Chief Peter Green and his descendants. Come Early and Browse the Brant County Branch O G S Library.
There is Free Admission Everyone Welcome
And on Monday June 24, 2013, there will be a BBQ And Strawberry Social held at 6:00 pm Brant County Branch O G S, Library and Smokey Hollow Leisure Park, $12.00 per person.
Come Early and Browse our library.
This is our Annual Fundraiser!
The The Brant County Branch Library is at 114-118 Powerline Road, on the grounds of Smokey Hollow Estates, going east from the Wayne Gretzky Parkway, just outside the North-East corner of Brantford.
One thing to note is that they are having two reunions this year at the Brant County Branch premises.
The reunions are –
Haviland Family – July 9, 2013
Misner Family - August 17, 2013
The contact information is at www.ogs.on.ca/brant/reunions.html
The website of the branch is www.ogs.on.ca/brant
There is Free Admission Everyone Welcome
And on Monday June 24, 2013, there will be a BBQ And Strawberry Social held at 6:00 pm Brant County Branch O G S, Library and Smokey Hollow Leisure Park, $12.00 per person.
Come Early and Browse our library.
This is our Annual Fundraiser!
The The Brant County Branch Library is at 114-118 Powerline Road, on the grounds of Smokey Hollow Estates, going east from the Wayne Gretzky Parkway, just outside the North-East corner of Brantford.
One thing to note is that they are having two reunions this year at the Brant County Branch premises.
The reunions are –
Haviland Family – July 9, 2013
Misner Family - August 17, 2013
The contact information is at www.ogs.on.ca/brant/reunions.html
The website of the branch is www.ogs.on.ca/brant
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Call for Presentations - Tracing Forward - Searching for Relatives in Recent Times
This came in this morning from Gwyneth Pearce, the publicity person for the Toronto Family History Branch of the OGS -
"This is a quick reminder about a Call for Presentations issued by the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society for our planned fall 2013 workshop titled Tracing Forward - Searching for Relatives in Recent Times. The deadline for proposals is Friday 31 May.
The aim of this workshop, to be held on Saturday 26 October, is to offer new ideas, skills or tools to help researchers trace members of their expanded family trees, people who might still be alive or recently deceased.
We are seeking proposals from professional genealogists, family historians, private investigators, legal experts and heir searchers”.
Go the Branch website at www.torontofamilyhistory.org
"This is a quick reminder about a Call for Presentations issued by the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society for our planned fall 2013 workshop titled Tracing Forward - Searching for Relatives in Recent Times. The deadline for proposals is Friday 31 May.
The aim of this workshop, to be held on Saturday 26 October, is to offer new ideas, skills or tools to help researchers trace members of their expanded family trees, people who might still be alive or recently deceased.
We are seeking proposals from professional genealogists, family historians, private investigators, legal experts and heir searchers”.
Go the Branch website at www.torontofamilyhistory.org
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Welland Canal Workers’ Historical Exhibit
The following press release just came into the office –
“During the building of the Welland Canal from 1914-1932, 124 men tragically lost their lives while working in difficult and dangerous conditions. When the canal opened in 1932, the Federal Minister of Canals and Railways of the time committed to building a memorial to remember the sacrifice of those men. Unfortunately to this day, that memorial still does not exist.
Malcolm Allen – Member of Parliament for Welland is putting a call out to the community for photographs, letters, artifacts or historical pieces relating to the Canal workers. Items loaned to our office by community members/organizations will be displayed in our constituency office at 60 King St for the month of June in order to promote the need for a permanent memorial.
Your assistance or participation in the upcoming “Welland Canal Workers’ Historical Exhibit” is greatly appreciated.
For more information please contact Lisa Bastien, Constituency Assistant for Malcolm Allen at 905-788-2204”.
To read about the history of the Welland Canal, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland_Canal
“During the building of the Welland Canal from 1914-1932, 124 men tragically lost their lives while working in difficult and dangerous conditions. When the canal opened in 1932, the Federal Minister of Canals and Railways of the time committed to building a memorial to remember the sacrifice of those men. Unfortunately to this day, that memorial still does not exist.
Malcolm Allen – Member of Parliament for Welland is putting a call out to the community for photographs, letters, artifacts or historical pieces relating to the Canal workers. Items loaned to our office by community members/organizations will be displayed in our constituency office at 60 King St for the month of June in order to promote the need for a permanent memorial.
Your assistance or participation in the upcoming “Welland Canal Workers’ Historical Exhibit” is greatly appreciated.
For more information please contact Lisa Bastien, Constituency Assistant for Malcolm Allen at 905-788-2204”.
To read about the history of the Welland Canal, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland_Canal
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
BIFHSGO Conference registration is now online
Brian Glenn tells us that the 2013 British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) Conference registration is now open. Both the mail-in form and the online application are now online.
The conference theme this year will be Ireland, and there will be many speakers there, such as, Eileen Ó Dúill (an international probate genealogical researcher from Ireland), Linda Reid (a Canadian genealogists), and Lisa Louise Cooke (an American genealogist with knowledge of new technology is outstanding). There will be many topics presented which should be of interest to those whose research area is Ireland.
For information about the 2013 Conference to be held from Sept 20 to 22, you can go to www.bifhsgo.ca/cpage.php?pt=22
Saturday, May 4, 2013
BIFHSGO Monthly Meeting
On Saturday, May 11, The Bitish Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFGSGO) will hold a pre-meeting which will feature Comparing FTM, Legacy and Rootsmagic - An Overview which is a part of Before BIFHSGO Education Talks at 9:00 am, and it will be presented by Ken McKinlay.
The main presentation called Building a One-Name Study: The Influence of Computers, The Internet, and DNA will be held from 10:00 am to 11:30 am, and it will be presented by Bill Arthurs.
This presentation will feature the Titus One-Name Study from its inception before the era of computers, through its progression with the advent of the internet, construction of a website, and the use of DNA research.
You can go to and listen to Bill at http://bifhsgo.ca/cpage.php?pt=106 as he talks with Brooke Broadbent about his start in genealogy and One Name Studies.
If you are interested in certain surnames, you can check the surnames on http://bifhsgo.ca/surname.php. There are 1, 293 Internet pages onsite.
The website of BIFHSGO is http://bifhsgo.ca
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