Ontario

Coffee Chat

This coffee chat meets on a rotation basis on Thursday nights from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Watch the local events calendar for dates and times. People meet online by Zoom to chat about their successes and frustrations. Sharing your experiences might help someone else in the group.

To register or for more information, contact: coffeechat@bcgs.ca

Facilitator: Janet White

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Announcements
& News

Please refer to the calendar on Home Page to find the date of the next scheduled coffee chat.

More schools added to free online collection of Ontario high school and university yearbooks

Kenneth R. Marks tweeted recently that he has made a “big update” of free links to online Ontario high school and university yearbooks on his website, The Ancestor Hunt.

He has added 49 Ontario schools for a new total of 126 schools.

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Relevant Books in BCGS Library

The following is an example of books held in the BCGS library that pertain to Ontario. If you are looking for a particular book, check the Library Catalogue and then come for a visit. Reference Books must remain in the library but all others can be checked out by BCGS members for two weeks.

  1. The Mennonites in Ontario
    FRETZ, J Winfield
    Call No. 289.7 FRE

  2. Methodist Church Baptismal Records 1843-1876, Madoc Township, Hastings County, Ontario By Kingston Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society; compilers Call No. 971.358 K Br OGS

  3. Pioneer Life Among The Loyalists in Upper Canada
    HERRINGTON, Walter S.
    Call No. 971.073 HER

  4. Sims’ History of Elgin County (Ontario)
    Vols. 1, 2, &3
    Sims, Hugh Joffre
    Call Nos. 971.334 SIM Vol. 1 A-L, Vol. 2 M-R, Vol. 3 S-Y

  5. Lake Erie Baron: The Story of Colonel Thomas
    HAMILL, Fred Coyne
    Call No. 920 HAM

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Important Websites

  1. Canadian Methodist Ministers 1800-1925
    http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~methodists/genealogy/a-c.htm

  2. Ontario Locator
    http://www.geneofun.on.ca/
    ontariolocator/

  3. The Ontario Name Index (TONI
    https://ogs.on.ca/databases/toni/

  4. Ontario & Upper Canada Gen. & History
    https://www.ontariogenealogy.com/