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Researching Your Irish Ancestors at Home and Abroad

Inheritance in Ontario

Crime and Punishment in Upper Canada

Crime and Punishment in Upper Canada provides genealogists and social historians with context and...

Education and Ontario Family History

Many family researchers with Ontario roots discover they have ancestors who were teachers. Those ...

Time Traveller’s Handbook

Do you know how long it took to sail across the Atlantic Ocean? Was it faster from east to west o...

Publish Your Family History

Many people want to write a family history, but few ever take on the job of publishing one. If yo...

York’s Sacrifice

Not only professional soldiers but also citizens serving as militiamen participated in the War of...

A Better Place

A Better Place describes the practices around death and burial in 19th-century Ontario. Funeral r...

Conserving, Preserving, and Restoring Your Heritage

Kennis has a master of art conservation from Queen's University and a master of art history and m...

A Call to the Colours

Beginning in Canadas earliest days, our ancestors were required to perform some form of military ...

Genealogy and the Law in Canada

Digital records and broad access to the Internet have made it easier for genealogists to gather r...

Ontario Genealogical Society 12-Book Bundle

For over fifty years, The Ontario Genealogical Society has been working to encourage, bring toget...