Is the largest family history research organization in Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1961 as a registered charitable corporation, the Society has grown by 2020 to include 30 local chapters covering all of Ontario and five special interest groups.

The Society’s goals are:

• Promote genealogical research
• To set standards of genealogical excellence by encouraging and educating effective research methods.
• To make available to those whose ancestors are from Ontario the knowledge, diversity and completeness of Ontario’s genealogical resources

Activities

Professional genealogists from across the province recommend membership in the Ontario Genealogical Society. To fulfill their mandate to assist those seeking their family roots, Society members participate in a variety of activities such as:

• Holding regular branch meetings in each Ontario area with expert presenters and panel discussions to which the general public is invited. Topics are not limited to Ontario research; they span the globe.
• Organizing genealogical seminars, workshops, exhibitions, presentations, bus trips, etc. D. all over Ontario.
• Searching, salvaging and preserving heritage documents
• Digitizing documents and making them available online
• Deciphering and indexing handwritten documents
• Deciphering and photographing pioneer tombstones
• Advocating for the publication of government and other historical documents.
• Advocating for the preservation of pioneer cemeteries