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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Our free weekly email newsletter includes news on Ontario Ancestors, our Branches and Special Interest Groups, updates on family history initiatives and events, and heritage information from across the province.  eWeekly Update is available to anyone with an email address and you do not need to be an Ontario Ancestors member to subscribe.

Scott Fisher, the host of Extreme Genes radio show, spoke with Sarah Gutmann, a Legacy Tree Genealogist, to talk about some amazing new documents and databases that are available out of Italy. #familytree #genealogy #italiangenealogy

https://www.extremegenes.com/blog/episode-431-woman-taken-at-birth-tells-her-story-and-how-she-learned-the-truth-new-italian-databases?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=20220920

Check out this major update for Alabama Free Obituaries and Obituary Indexes. Now, all counties are represented (some have very few; others are sizable). This change adds 171 collections to now total 201.

The new collection links are at https://buff.ly/38Y7QqW #genealogy

#OTD in 1904 at Batley Hospital, my 3 x Great Grandfather, William Henry Hall, died of thyroid cancer, aged 62 years. He has a complex legacy, partly down to being quite a notorious alcoholic. However, I still remember him. #Ancestry #AncestryHour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

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