The Ontario Genealogical Society's 2010 Conference will be held in TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA -
Friday, May 14, to Sunday, May 16
P. O. Box 174 — Whitby, Ontario — L1N·5S1
Tuesday, December 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Celebrating the Holiday Season and Genealogy!
Show & Tell / Bring & Brag.
At this meeting we celebrate the season and any genealogical breakthroughs, special stories, favourite websites, interesting documents or other artifacts, etc. Members are invited share their 'ah-ha' moments.
Please bring festive snacks to share (optional). The break will be extended to ensure opportunity to chat and taste.
To assist the Program team please let us know ahead of time your topic and how much time you require, whether two minutes or ten. Please email Judy Taylor (judy.genealogy@sympatico.ca) or Guy Lafontaine (guy@guylafontaine.com)
Our free Introduction to Genealogy workshops at local libraries will begin again in Winter/Spring 2010. As dates are confirmed, they will be posted on the calendar page.Stephen Wood will staff the Branch Office twice per month. Please see the Our Office page for times and dates. Here is our brochure (pdf - 430KB) , which is an introduction to the Durham Region Branch of OGS.
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..."Sourcing Your Researched Information"
... with Linda Boyd. Linda is Paul McGrath's (Ancestors in the Attic TV show) first cousin and they worked together on most of their family history.
All researchers of family history need to develop a system for recording their findings. Some methods are quite simple; others not so.
Lady Teviot spoke on the subject of "The Parish Chest", which includes a range of records generated by the Anglican Church: how to access, use, and enhance your research.
Lady Teviot has been involved in genealogy for over 35 years, and has held executive positions in both British and International organizations.
For a more detailed report, including references, see this Blog Entry.
Jennifer Weymark - Archivist for the Oshawa Museums and Archives - introduced materials of interest to family researchers in this area.
- at the June 2, 2009 Meeting...
Don Hinchley (President of OGS)
"Newspapers and Genealogy: A Beginner's Guide (also the title of his book)"
This basic guide will help you search for newspapers containing information about your ancestors. If your family has roots in one of the many small communities throughout this province, such sources may add colour to your family history. There is much to be discovered in the papers of major centres, too. Despite the fragile nature of newsprint, hundreds of local, regional and national newspapers have survived in many forms — in archives, on microfilm or digitized and on the Internet.
- The May 5 Meeting was with...
Larry Doble
"The Homes and Buildings of Sunderland
Ontario 1872-2009"
Larry's new book covers churches, homes, hotels, blacksmiths,
undertakers and other businesses of Sunderland over a 130 year period.
He will provide an oral overview, along with photos from the book.
Dr. John Sabean, President of the...
"Mormon Missionaries, 1835"
Preachers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) came to the Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa area in 1835. Over the next few years they converted quite a few families to their faith. By 1838 most of the converts had left Upper Canada to join the Mormon westward migration. While the episode was brief the impact of the missionaries on both this area and on the future of the Mormon church was well out of proportion to the time spent here. [Interestingly, the Leonid Meteor Shower of 1833 prompted established faiths in Independence, Missouri to push Mormons out of the area. Also, Joseph Smith (the founder) visited Oshawa in 1838 or 1839, as recounted in these pages from the Oshawa Public Library web site: Pg1, Pg2, Pg3].