This Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index - abreviated OGSPI - is a web based library established in 1997 as a volunteer project to index an unlimited range of Genealogical information on Ontario families.
All data contained in this index is copyright 1997-2013 by the Ontario Genealogical Society.
Contact OGSPI team coordinator Charles Godwin if any entry should be updated or changed. or if you have any questions
The December 2007 upload added:
About 65,000 names in 2007 obituaries bringing the
end of 2007 total to 3,006,373 names 78,583 files 1,699 megabytes
The November 2007 upload added:
more Hamilton City 1891 census from OGS Hamilton Branch
The October 2007 upload added:
Flamborough West Township 1891 census
Easthope North Township 1911 census
Ellice Township 1891 census
The September 2007 upload added:
more 1871 1881 1891 census maiden names in Hope Township
and Port Hope Town
The August 2007 upload added:
more Bastard & Burgess Townships 1891 census
Wilmot Township 1891 census
Port Hope Town 1881 census division 3
The July 2007 upload added:
Halton County Cemeteries
Peel County Cemeteries
Port Hope Town 1881 census division 2
Wellesley Township 1851 census
Wellesley Township 1861 census
Wellesley Township 1871 census
Wellesley Township 1881 census
Wilmot Township 1881 census
Easthope North Township 1861 census
Easthope North Township 1881 census
Ellice Township 1851 census
Ellice Township 1861 census
Elma Township 1861 census revised with many maiden names
Elma Township 1881 census
Elma Township 1891 census
Elma Township 1911 census
Logan Township 1851 census
Logan Township 1861 census
Logan Township 1881 census with maiden names
Logan Township 1891 census with maiden names
The June 2007 upload added:
New category - People in Books - Carlton County
Port Hope Town 1881 census division 1
The May 2007 upload added:
more Port Hope Town 1871 census
more Hamilton City 1891 census from OGS Hamilton Branch
The April 2007 upload added:
more Hamilton City 1891 census from OGS Hamilton Branch
more Bastard & Burgess Townships 1891 census
Hope Township 1881 census division 3
The March 2007 upload added:
1997-2006 OGSPI Project History to separate file so Welcome.htm loads faster
Milverton Village 1901 census
Easthope South Township 1901 census
Wellesley Township 1901 census
Hope Township 1881 census division 1
more Port Hope Town 1871 census
Ryde Township 1891 census from OGS Durham Region Branch
Dundas Town 1891 census now complete from OGS Hamilton Branch
Edwardsburg Township 1891 census division 2
Brantford City 1891 census division 3
Monck Township 1891 census
Newmarket 1891 census from OGS Durham Region Branch
Millbrook 1891 census from OGS Durham Region Branch
Draper Township 1891 census from OGS Durham Region Branch
MacLean Township 1891 census from OGS Durham Region Branch
Rama Township 1891 census from OGS Durham Region Branch
Stoufville 1891 census from OGS Durham Region Branch
The OGS Durham Region Branch 1891 census indexing
project is now complete in OGSPI. This includes 5 electoral districts:
058 Durham East 059 Durham West
100 Ontario County North
101 Ontario County South
102 Ontario County West
The Feb 2007 upload added:
Wilmot Township 1851 census
Whitby Town 1891 census from OGS Durham Region Branch
Barton Township 1891 census division 1 from OGS Hamilton Branch
The Jan 2007 upload added:
Wilmot Township 1861 census
more Otonabee Township from OGS Kawartha Branch
more Hamilton City 1891 census from OGS Hamilton Branch
Peterborough Town 1891 census now complete from OGS Kawartha Branch
Brantford City 1891 census division 8 & division 9
Port Hope Town 1871 census division 1
The Dec 2006 upload added:
Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia 1871 census district lists
Sebastopol Township 1881 census
Ellice Township 1881 census
Bigelow Wells Blake McGill 1881 census
The Nov 2006 upload added:
Clarification of census numbers by adding the word district in front
New front end A-Z surname search engine
Logan Township 1871 census
Ellice Township 1871 census
525 families in Scarborough Township 1891 census
More Hamilton City 1891 census from OGS Hamilton Branch
Explanation of how obituaries work in OGSPI
The Dec 2006 upload added:
Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia 1871 census district lists
Sebastopol Township 1881 census
Ellice Township 1881 census
Bigelow Wells Blake McGill 1881 census
The Nov 2006 upload added:
Clarification of census numbers by adding the word district in front
New front end A-Z surname search engine with page files organized similar to a modern
telephone book.
Logan Township 1871 census
Ellice Township 1871 census
525 families in Scarborough Township 1891 census
More Hamilton City 1891 census from OGS Hamilton Branch
Explanation of how obituaries work in OGSPI
The Oct 2006 upload added:
Saint André Avelin 1891 census with maiden names
Summer 2006 OGSPI activites were focused on upgrading programs to work with long filenames and Windows XP - no major uploads.
The June 2006 upload added:
Wellesley Township 1891 census with maiden names
The May 2006 upload added:
Arnprior 1881 census
Bonnechere 1881 census
MacAulay Township 1891 census
Madawaska East 1881 census
Madawaska West 1881 census
Petawawa lumber camps 1881 census
The April 2006 upload added:
Saint Vincent Township 1851 census
Grattan Township 1871 census
Admaston Township 1871 census
Brantford City 1891 census division 1
Easthope North Township 1871 census
Wallace Township complete for census years of 1861 1871
1881 1891 1901
1911
Listowel complete for census years of 1871 1881
1891 1901 1911
Palmerston 1891 census
The March 2006 upload added:
Mornington Township complete for census years of 1851
1861 1871
1881 1891
1901 1911
Markham Township 1901 census
Elma Township 1901 census
Oakley Township 1891 census
Elma Township 1871 census
Brantford City 1891 census division 11 and division 12
Hope Township 1891 census revised with many maiden names
Paroise des Cedres 1871 census
Prince Edward Island 1881 census districts 001-003 detailed film lists
Nova Scotia 1881 census districts 004-022 detailed film lists
New Brunswick 1881 census districts 023-037 detailed film lists
Quebec 1881 census districts 038-098 detailed film lists
counter showed 13,940 hits during March 2006
The February 2006 upload added:
Flamborough East Township 1891 census revised from Flamborough Archives
Sainte Anne des Monts 1871 census & 1881 census
Finch Township 1871 census division 1
Ancaster Township 1871 census division 3 & division 4
Caistor Township 1891 census from OGS Hamilton Branch
Saltfleet Township 1891 census division 1 from OGS Hamilton Branch
counter showed 12,150 hits during February 2006
The January 2006 upload added:
2006 Obituaries category
Waterdown Village 1891 census from Flamborough Archives
Hamilton City 1891 census ward 1 394 families from OGS Hamilton Branch
Ancaster Township 1871 census division 1 & division 2
Binbrook Township 1891 census from OGS Hamilton Branch
Clarke Township 1891 census division 3 (revised)
Saltfleet Township 1891 census division 2 from OGS Hamilton Branch
Winchester Township 1861 census
counter showed 12,800 hits during January 2006
The December 2005 upload added:
Cayuga North Township 1891 census
Cayuga Village 1881 census
Algona South Township 1881 census
Algona South Township 1891 census
Saint Hermas 1871 census & 1881 census
Alice & Fraser Townships 1881 census
Barrie Township 1891 census
The November 2005 upload added :
Horton Township 1881 census
Cotton Township 1911 census
Fraleck Township 1911 census
Grigg Township 1911 census
Halntschel Township 1911 census
Mcleod Township 1911 census
Temagamie_Forest_Reserve 1911 census
Stafford Township 1911 census with families cross referenced back to
1851 1861
1871 1881
1891 1901
Flamborough East Township division 2 1891 census
Conger Cowper Foley Townships 1891 census
Head Maria Clara Townships 1891 census
287 families in Scarborough Township 1891 census
The October 2005 upload added:
Bidwell Township 1911 census
426 more families in Toronto 1891 census
Bethune & Perry & Proudfoot Townships 1891 census
Manitoulin Townships identified in the 1911 census
Carden Township 1901 census
Allan Township 1911 census
Lount Township 1911 census
Ferrie Township 1911 census
Sandfield Township 1891 census revised
Sandfield Township 1901 census revised
Sandfield Township 1911 census
Baxter & Freeman & Gibson Townships 1891 census
The September 2005 upload added:
Hope Township 1891 census
Lumsden Township 1911 census
Bowell Township 1911 census
Matchedash Township 1911 census test data
Matchedash Township 1901 census
Matchedash Township 1891 census
Blair Brown Burton Shawanaga Harrison Walbridge Mowat French_River Townships 1891 census
Saint Lazaire 1881 census with maiden names
Cayuga Village 1891 census
Cayuga South Township 1891 census
The August 2005 upload added:
Rayside Township 1911 census
Algoma/Sudbury/Nipissing Districts boundary clarification
1911 census district links for all of Canada in the initial menus
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The July 2005 upload added:
1911 census section with links for all of Canada
York Township 1851 census pages 1-113 odd
hit counter starting at zero July 18th
Haldimand Township division 1 1891 census
Haldimand Township division 2 1891 census
Burleigh Anstruther Chandos Townships 1891 census
Douro Township 1891 census
Clarke Township division 3 1891 census
Dundas Town division 1 1891 census
1901 census Ontario film list
Etobicoke Township 1871 census
Alnwick Township division 2 1891 census
The June 2005 upload added:
Grimsby North Township 1891 census
Grimsby South Township 1891 census
Grimsby Village 1891 census
Beverly Township division 1 1891 census
Toronto Gore Township 1851 census
York Township wards 4,5,6 1861 census
Wilberforce Township 1851 census
Coteau Landing 1871 census
Brougham Township 1851 census
Glanford Township division 2 1891 census
The May 2005 upload added:
Grattan Township 1851 census
Glanford Township division 1 1891 census
Pembroke Township 1851 census
Stafford Township 1851 census
Clarke Township division 2 1891 census
Flamborough East Township division 1 1891 census
Ross Township 1851 census with maiden names
Beverly Township division 3 1891 census
McNab Township 1851 census
Westmeath Township 1851 census
York Township ward 3 1861 census
links to indexing activities at Flamborough Archives
The April 2005 upload added:
Hamilton City 1891 census ready for typing
Wentworth County 1891 census ready for typing
Admaston Township 1851 census
Bagot Township 1851 census
Blythfield Township 1851 census
Bromley Township 1851 census
Clarke Township 1851 census
revised Glamorgan Township 1891 census
Grattan Township 1861 census
Horton Township 1851 census
Millbrook Village 1881 census
Newcastle Village 1881 census
Petawawa Buchanan McKay Townships 1861 census
Beverly Township division 2 1891 census
456 more families in Toronto 1891 census
The March 2005 upload added:
Brudenell Lyndoch Radcliffe Raglan_Townships 1861 census
McNab Township 1861 census
Oso Township 1891 census
Rolph & Wylie Townships 1861 census
Renfrew Village 1861 census
Uxbridge Township 1851 census
York Township wards 1,2 1861 census
The February 2005 upload added:
Beaverton Village 1891 census
Mara Township 1891 census
Newcastle Village 1871 census
Oakland Township 1891 census
Rama & Mara Townships 1851 census
Ross Township 1861 census
Scott Township 1891 census
Sebastopol & Griffith Townships 1861 census
113 families in Toronto Saint Andrew's Ward 1891 census
Westmeath Township 1861 census
Whitby West Township 1891 census
Wilberforce Township 1861 census
OGS Durham Region Branch is now renamed as OGS Durham Region Branch
The previous link to www.ogs.on.ca/branches.htm#whit_osh should still work.
The January 2005 upload added:
Enhanced Mc.. Mac.. surname logic to group sound alike surnames like
McALDER/McCALDER McAULIFFE/McCAULIFFE McFAIL/McPHAIL McFEE/McPHEE
plus Alnwick Township 1891 census
Anson & Hindon Townships 1891 census
Bexley Township 1891 census
Bromley Township 1861 census
Cardiff Township 1891 census
more Clarke Township 1861-71-81-91 census
Glamorgan Township 1891 census
Horton Township 1861 census
Newcastle Village 1861 census
105 more pages of Peterborough Town 1891 census
plus many more 2004 Queries and Obituaries
The December 2004 upload added: Admaston Township 1861 census and Algona Township 1861 census and Alice Township 1861 census with maiden names and Arnprior Village 1861 census and Arnprior Village 1891 census pages 1-45 of 135 and Bagot & Brougham Townships 1861 census and Blythfield Township 1861 census
The November 2004 upload added:
Algoma District 1861 census from OGS Sault Sainte Marie Branch
plus Kennebec Township 1861 census and
Pembroke Township 1861 census and
Pembroke Village 1861 census
plus Renfrew County 1861 agricultural census for Townships of:
Pembroke
Westmeath
Ross
Horton
McNab
Admaston
Bromley
Wilberforce
Grattan
Alice
Stafford
Rolph & Wiley
Bagot & Brougham
Blythfield
Sebastopol & Griffith
Brudenell & Lyndock & Raglan & Radcliffe
Algona
plus Whitby Township 1851 census pages 1-141 and
Clarke Township 1861 census pages 1-46 and
Mara Township 1871 census division 1
from OGS Durham Region Branch
plus Bobcaygeon Village 1891 census revised with many maiden names
from OGS Kawartha Branch
The October 2004 upload added Brock Township 1851 census Stafford Township 1861 census Renfrew Village 1871 census and Maniwaki 1891 census
The September 2004 upload added Uxbridge Township/Village/Town 81-91 census geographic links for files from OGS Durham Region Branch
July-August 2004 uploads were mainly cross references across census years.
The June 2004 upload added 44,720 names from OGS Simcoe County Branch
373 Adjala Township 1861 census
374 Barrie Town 1861 census
375 Bradford Village 1861 census
376 Collingwood Town 1861 census
377 Essa Township 1861 census
378 Floss Township 1861 census
379 Gwillimbury West Township 1861 census
380 Innisfil Township 1861 census
381 Medonte Township 1861 census
382 Mono Township 1861 census
383 Morrison Township & Muskoka Township ( later Muskoka Distict ) 1861 census
384 Mulmur Township 1861 census
385 Nottawasaga Township 1861 census
386 Orillia & Matchedash Township 1861 census
387 Oro Township 1861 census
388 Sunnidale Township 1861 census
389 Tay Township & Tiny Township 1861 census
390 Tecumseth Township 1861 census
391 Tosorontio Township 1861 census
393 Vespra Township 1861 census
The April 2004 upload added:
Olden Township 1891 census
Pembroke Town 1891 census
179 families from Clarke Township 1871 census
Montebello & Hartwell/Cheneville in the former Ottawa County
Bobcaygeon War Memorial
from OGS Kawartha Branch
The March 2004 upload added:
Bible Christians 1851 census
Cavendish Township 1891 census
244 families from Fenelon Falls Village 1891 census
314 families from Plantagenet North Township 1881 census
Head Clara & Maria Townships 1881 census
221 families from Peterborough Town 1891 census
192 families from Garafraxa East Township 1871 census
Buckingham Village 1871 census
Ange Gardien 1871 census
The February 2004 upload added:
Birth and Baptism Menu
Obituaries Menu
War & Military Menu
Queries Menu 1992-2004
Stafford Township 1891 census
expanded census menus for 1851 1861
1871 1881 1891
The January 2004 upload added:
1881 Census Ontario Film List
Cannington Village 1891 census
McDougall Township & Parry Island & Parry Sound Village 1891 census
Monteith Township & Spence Township & Christie Township 1891 census
Pembroke Township 1871 census
Pembroke Township 1881 census
Uxbridge Town 1891 census
Uxbridge Township 1891 census
The December 2003 upload added Mariposa Township 1891 census Murray Township 1891 census Smith Township 1891 census from OGS Kawartha Branch also Pembroke Village 1871 census and Stafford Village 1871 census
The November 2003 upload added Huntsville 1891 census & Sudbury 2003 municipal election results from OGS Sudbury Branch
The November 2003 upload split the 1881 and 1891 census sections into separate subdirectories
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We had to do this because the upload program WS_FTP stumbles with a "Retrieve of Folder Listing Failed"
error if there are more than 512 files in a subdirectory.
Any links to directories www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/8az and www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/9az are now obsolete.
Please report any bad links to OGSPI Coordinator (Charles^Godwin) ogspi@ogs.on.ca
The October 2003 upload added the
April 1912 Titanic crew & passenger lists
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The September 2003 upload added surname indexes A B U V W Y Z for pre1975 Muskoka District & Parry Sound District burials
The August 2003 upload added: Parry Sound Village Parry Harbour Parry Island 262 families 1881 census
The July 2003 upload added: Saint André Avelin 1871 census & Gurd & Pringle & Patterson Townships 1891 census & McKellar & Hagerman Townships 1891 census
The June 2003 upload added: Uxbridge Township 1871 census & Reach Township 592 families 1871 census & Scugog Township 1891 census & Whitchurch Township 1891 census from OGS Durham Region Branch
The May 2003 upload added 1906 census section
plus WW1 & WW2 cenotaphs at Mariposa, Vespra, Innisfil Townships & Barrie
plus 1906-1920 newspaper indexing
by Temiskaming Genealogy Group
The April 2003 upload added:
Huntsville Forester births mariages obituaries
1908 1918 1931 1934 1935 1983 1985 1987 1989 1990
Joly Township & Strong Township & Sundridge Village 1891 census
The March 2003 upload added:
Pickering Township 1420 families 1871 census and
Uxbridge Township 254 families 1881 census and
Brock Township 271 families 1891 census
from OGS Durham Region Branch
Laurier Township & Machar Township & Lount Township 1891 census
The February 2003 upload added:
2003 Queries
8000 more Elma Township names
from OGS Perth County Branch &
Pickering Township 1881 census
from OGS Durham Region Branch
The January 2003 upload added:
Cartwright Township &
Bracebridge Village &
Pickering Township 1891 census
from OGS Durham Region Branch
also Hastings Village &
Fenelon Township 1891 census
from OGS Kawartha Branch
The December 2002 upload added Brock Township ,
Reach Township &
Port Perry Village 1891 census
from OGS Durham Region Branch
plus 21,680 names from Huntingdon & Beauharnois Counties
The November 2002 upload added Hastings County1851 census districts:
120 Belleville Town
122 Hungerford Township
123 Huntingdon Township
128 Sidney Township
130 Tyendenaga Township
plus 13000 names from Soulanges & Vaudreuil Counties in the S.W. corner of Quebec adjoining Ontario
The October 2002 upload added: Census 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 A-Z links on the Welcome Home screen Laprairie County 1861 census
The September 2002 upload added: Morrison Township 1871 census
Whitby East Township 1891 census
from OGS Durham Region Branch
We also welcome OGS Nipissing Branch
as a full participant in the OGSPI project with 35,847 names from the 1901
census of Sudbury-Nipissing-Temiskaming:
Aird Island
Airey Township
Algoma Central Railroad
Algoma Mills
Appleby Township
Badgerow Township
Balfour Township
Ballantyne Township
Bastedo Township
Beaucage Indian Reserve
Berths
Biscotasing
Blezzard Township
Bonfield Township
Boulter & Biggar Townships
Brethour Township
Broder Township
Bucke Township
Burwash Township
Caldwell Township
Calvin Township
Cameron Township
Canisbay
Capreol Township
Carlyle Township
Cartier Township
Cartier Village
Casey Township
Casimir Township
Chisholm Township
Clara Bella Mine
Clara Township
Collins Inlet
Cook's Mills
Copper Cliff
Creelman Township
Creighton Mine
Creighton Township
Crerar Township
Cutler Township
Dana Township
Davis Township
Deacon Township
Dennison Mine
Dennison Township
Deux Rivières Village
Dill Township
Dowling Township
Drury Township
Dryden Township
Duchesnay Siding
Dunnet Township
Dymond Township
Eddy Township
Eureka Lake Siding
Evans Mine
Fairbank Township
Falconbridge Township
Falconer Township
Ferris Township
Field Township
Flying Post
Garson Township
Gertrude Mine
Gibbons Township
Goshen
Gough Township
Graham Township
Grant Township
Guthrie Township
Hagar Township
Hallam Township
Harley Township
Harris Township
Harrow Township
Harty Township
Head Township
Hendrie Township
Hess Township
Hilliard Township
Hudson Township
Hugel Township
Humboldt Township
Hunter Township
Hutton Township
Hyman Township
Ingram Township
Jennings Township
Kelly Township
Kerns Township
Killarney Village
Kirkpatrick Township
Lac Penache Indian Reserve
Lac Penache
Lauder Township
Lewis Township
Long Sault
Lorne Township
Loudon Township Indian Reserve
Lyell Township
MacLennan Township
MacPherson Township
Madawaska Township
Maria Township
Martland Township
Massey Station
Mattawa Town
Mattawan Township
May Township
McCarty Township
McKim Township
McKinnon Township
Merritt Township
Metigama Station
Metogami Township
Montcrief Township
Montreal River
Mt. Nickel Mine
Munroe's Siding
Murchison Township
Nairn Centre
Nairn Township
Naughton Township
Neelon Township
New Liskeard Village
Niven Township
Norman Indian Reserve
Norman Township
North Bay Town
Papineau Township
Parkin Township
Peck Township
Phelps Township
Pogamasing Township
Ramsay Station
Rathbun Township
Ratter Township
Rayside Township
Rutherford Township
Sabine Township
Sagamock Township
Salter Township
Scadding Township
Secord Township
Shakespeare Township
Sheddon Township
Snider Township
Spanish River Middle Branch
Spanish River
Spanish
Spragge Township
Spragge Village
Springer Township
Stobie Mine
Straight Lake Station
Sturgeon Falls Town
Sudbury Town
Temagami Lake
Tenyson Township
Tilton Township
Trill Township
Upper Wahnapetea
Verner Village
Victoria Mine
Victoria Township
Wahnapitae Village
Walford Township
Walford Village
Warren Village
Waters Township
Webbwood Village
Whitefish Indian Reserve
Whitefish Village
Whitney Township
Widdifield Township
Wismer Township
Worthington Village
The August 2002 upload added:
more 2002 Queries
Cardwell & Watt 1871 census
Monck 1871 census
Hawkesbury East 1881 census
Country Roads - the Story of South Easthope
from OGS Perth County Branch
bringing us to 1,271,661 names in 335 megabytes
The July 2002 upload added many 2001-2002 births marriages obituaries fron the Manitoulin Expositor
The June 2002 upload added:
Bobcaygeon Village &
Somerville Township 1891 census from
OGS Kawartha Branch
The May 2002 upload added Kincardine Township
bringing us to 1,222,303 names in 316 megabytes
The April 2002 upload added Manvers Township
from OGS Durham Region Branch
The March 2002 upload added Darlington Township
Newcastle
Oshawa
Thorah Township 1891 census
from OGS Durham Region Branch
The February 2002 upload added 2002 Queries
1992 Queries
LALANDE / LALONDE
Huntsville Forester 1924-1928
births
marriages
obituaries
Boer War category plus
475 names on 7 war memorials from OGS London-Middlesex Branch
1871 map of Ontario Counties
The January 2002 upload added:
Hit Counter Statistics
Elzevir Grimsthorpe
Tudor Wollaston Limerick Cashell
Carlow Mayo
Dungannon Faraday 1871 census
from OGS Quinte Branch
The December 2001 upload added:
Bowmanville &
Cavan &
Port Hope 1891 census from
OGS Durham Region Branch
Galway &
Harvey & Otonabee &
Woodville 1891 census from
OGS Kawartha Branch
Manitoulin 1901 census from
OGS Sault Sainte Marie Branch
Elmanac: History of Elma Township 1857-1997 from
OGS Perth County Branch
Wilmot 1871 census from
OGS Waterloo Region Branch
The August 2001 upload added the book Huntsville: With Spirit and Resolve
The 1891 census section includes 17 newly entered townships of Peterborough & Victoria Counties
The 1861 census and 1870's land sections now include Middlesex County
The World War 1 and World War 2
sections have recent additions from Stratford & Perth County
The December 2000 and newer birth announcement and
obituary / in memoriam sections now include
samples from the Manitoulin Expositor.
These come from the newspaper office to OGSPI each week by internet - no
microfilm - no scanning - no retyping. We index by surname with a clickable
link to the newspaper web site.
Thanks to
Rick McCutcheon - publisher for enthusiastically supporting this new
adventure in indexing.
Previous editions were:
8th ( July 2001 ) 1,086,235 names 267 megabytes
7th ( Jan 2001 ) 1,000,646 names 248 megabytes
6th ( March 2000 ) 184,521 entries 160 megabytes
5th ( May 1999 ) 161,000 entries 125 megabytes
4th ( February 1999 ) 90,661 entries 77 megabytes
3rd ( September 1998 ) 81,114 entries 46 megabytes
2nd ( March 1998 ) 28 megabytes first edition converted to hypertext on web
1st ( December 1997 ) 25 megabytes text distributed to Branches on floppies
The Quinte Branch section is largest with over 500,000 entries.
Major features include marriage links across generations and synchronized census files 1851-1861-1871-1881-1891-1901 for single click hops within a family. An Irish-German example is: Aaron DOPSON married 1890 to Mary Gurta OLDENBURG with links to their families in Pembroke 1871 Mattawa 1881 Algoma 1891 Pettawawa 1881 Pembroke 1901
The queries section of OGSPI includes Name Game entries and responses from the Ontario Genealogy Society publication Families.
OGSPI is organized by family SURNAME as 26 clickable Initial Menus like you see at the top of this screen. M is subdivided into M and Mc. X entries are included with W. Choose Mc if your family surname starts MAC.. or Mac..
Those of us who use public libraries expect signs at the end of each aisle or row to indicate the call number range. Ogspi Initial Menus work like these familiar signs to choose a row of library shelves. Links within a Initial Menu are like scanning the shelves by title or call number to pick a book. OGSPI Local Folder links work similar to choosing another book or volume within an encyclopoedia set.
Most people expect an index to be organized by SURNAME and Given Name like a data base or telephone book. This works for individuals but not for families so OGSPI takes a different approach. It takes some getting used to.
Genealogy research normally follows the pattern: self, 2 parents, 4 grand parents, 8 great grand parents, 16 great great grandparents, 32 great great great grandparents, etc. This doubling pattern applied to Ontario history means that most research action is in the 1850-1900 time period. It was a time when life was primarily rural and most people ( and documents ) refered to their location by county or by township. Please also realize that much of the information was spoken by one person and written by another. Names and places were written down phonetically - according to the ear of the listener. OGSPI uses a semi-soundex grouping to allow for this so JONSON=JOHNSON=JOHNSTON=JOHNSTONE and FILION=PHILLION.
The Ontario Genealogical Society is organized as 30 Branches with Branch territories corresponding approximately to the Counties of Ontario. OGSPI is deliberately organized to give you these county and Branch links for most families in the index.
Data in OGSPI is arranged as simple text paragraphs with blank lines between. There isn't a rigid records and fields structure and we don't try to squeeeze names and places into rows and columns. SURNAMES are always CAPITALIZED so the computer can pick them out as it scans each line to set up the links and cross references.
Strays in a census family, witnesses at a wedding, bride, mother of groom, mother of bride, godparents at a baptism, etc are all handled by cloning the data paragraph for each SURNAME that the computer finds.
We use the SURNAME and the location and the year to build an indexing header line at the start of each paragraph. All paragraphs within the file are sequenced according to the header line. Locations are alphageographic as @ca.on.northumberland.hamilton, @ca.on.wentworth.hamilton, @us.mi.wayne.detroit so you always know the county. Census families have a multi line header with the first line deliberately coded so families with the same SURNAME appear on your screen ( or printer ) in the same sequence as the original microfilm for easier research. The OGSPI program logic uses @ca.on.county addresses to link each data paragraph to an OGS Branch you can contact for further information.
A left to right sequence like: f 1891-7 - dtr Ont Que Ire RC in the 1891 census means female, age 7 in 1891, single, daughter, child born in Ontario, her father born Quebec, her mother born Ireland, religion Roman Catholic.
The general policy of OGSPI is to reduce confusion by minimizing use of
local abbreviations. Provinces and States are abreviated but never
Counties. Less popular religions like BibleChristian are spelled
out in full. You will find, for example, in the World War 2 group that
DFC and RCNVR do not index as SURNAMES but auto-expand to
Distinguished Flying Cross and Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve.
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