Tag Archives: Ontario Genealogical Society

Ontario Ancestors creates cemetery vandalism and rehabilitation fund

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Gail Dever

Two youths in 2018 toppled 150 monuments in Glenwood Cemetery in Picton, Ontario, a small town near Belleville. Most of the vandalised gravesites dated from the 19th century. The monument companies estimated it would take about $250,000 to do the … Continue reading →

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Eastern Ontario birth, marriage and death notices on Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives’ website

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Gail Dever

Thanks to funding from the Ottawa Branch of Ontario Ancestors, known until a week ago as the Ontario Genealogical Society, the Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives has made available on its website brief summaries of birth and marriage announcements, obituaries, and death … Continue reading →

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Ontario Genealogical Society re-brands itself with new name

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Gail Dever

The Ontario Genealogical Society yesterday announced it is re-branding itself as Ontario Ancestors. A new logo will be rolled out throughout the society, in its publications, and online in the coming months. The goal of the re-branding is to better … Continue reading →

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OGS, LAC, and FamilySearch collaborate to digitize more than 120 years of Ontario directories

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Gail Dever

The Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) are working with FamilySearch International to digitize the historical Vernon directories for the province of Ontario. Vernon directories were published yearly, by city, from the 1890s to 2014, missing only 2010, when the … Continue reading →

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Ontario Genealogical Society president joins Federation of Genealogical Societies board

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Ontario Genealogical Society yesterday announced its president, Steve Fulton, UE, has been elected to a three-year term as a director at large of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS). Mr. Fulton said, “I am thrilled for the opportunity to represent … Continue reading →

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Ontario Genealogical Society offers to host genealogy-related websites

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Gail Dever

Earlier this year, an online resource for Canadian and American genealogists, called Cornwall Roots, shut down without notice. Word has it the owner of the website was no longer willing or able to maintain the website. Cornwall Roots was a site that … Continue reading →

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Canadian genealogist, author Althea Douglas passes away

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Gail Dever

If you’ve been researching your Canadian family history for a few years, chances are you’ve come across at least one of the books and numerous articles on genealogy and Canadian local history written by Althea Douglas, who passed away last … Continue reading →

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Join me at the Ontario Genealogical Society meeting in Kingston

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Gail Dever

If you plan to be in the Kingston, Ontario area on Saturday, October 20, join me at the Ontario Genealogical Society Kingston Branch‘s meeting where I’ll be speaking about how to use social media to help with family history research. … Continue reading →

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Webinar — Writing a family history

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Ontario Genealogical Society’s free webinar this month is Writing a Family History: Turning Research into Shareable Stories, presented by Lynn Palermo, on Thursday, October 4, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. Every life is a story…if you only knew how to … Continue reading →

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Cornwall Roots website no longer available to genealogists

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Gail Dever

A couple of years ago, a friend told me about a somewhat quirky website, called Cornwall Roots. It was filled with thousands of old obituaries from Ontario, Quebec, and New York, and photos of headstones. I liked the site so … Continue reading →

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