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Welcome to The Ontario Genealogical Society

Ontario Ancestors – The Ontario Genealogical Society is an Ontario registered non-profit corporation, a registered Canadian charity and, is Canada’s largest member supported genealogical organization. Founded in 1961, with the vision of being recognized as the authority and leader in all aspects of Ontario related family history research, preservation and communication, the mission of Ontario Ancestors – The Ontario Genealogical Society is to encourage, bring together and assist those interested in the pursuit of family history and to preserve Ontario’s genealogical heritage. Ontario Ancestors – The Ontario Genealogical Society has 30 geographically based branches throughout Ontario together with 5 special interest groups (British Home Children, Eastern European, Scottish, Irish and Irish-Palatine).
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The next three #ForgottenWomen have their stories told #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #SocialHistory https://afewforgottenwomen.wixsite.com/affw/post/women-of-many-aliases-and-many-newspaper-column-inches-more-new-stories

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Avatar KEB @eganbennett ·
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I love this. Over time, the DNA may be matched to living people, giving more descendants connections to stolen history. Their stories were lost to slavery. Now DNA is writing them (from @AP) #genealogy https://apnews.com/article/c0aeabe3c0ab74ea34c074ba20479d99

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