Ontario Genealogical Society: 13 books
Ontario Genealogical Society 12-Book Bundle
Conserving, Preserving, and Restoring Your Heritage / Genealogical Standards of Evidence / and 10 more
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2013
For over fifty years, The Ontario Genealogical Society has been working to encourage, bring together, and assist people interested in the pursuit of family history, and the society is recognized as the authority and leader in all aspects of Ontario-related family history research, preservation, and...
Genealogical Standards of Evidence
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Genealogical evidence is the information that allows us to identify an individual, an event in his or her life, or the relationship between individuals. In such a process, we often hear or use words such as evidence, proof, or documentation. Brenda Dougall Merriman takes readers through the genealogical...
Education and Ontario Family History
A Guide to the Resources for Genealogists and Historians
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2011
Many family researchers with Ontario roots discover they have ancestors who were teachers. Those with no teachers in the family may have ancestors who were part of the Ontario education system as students. Today there are numerous varied resources available to find information on teachers, pupils,...
Inheritance in Ontario
Wills and Other Records for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2013
Whether your ancestor left hundreds of acres of land, money, or a few modest belongings, the records created when those legacies were distributed can provide valuable clues to family connections, relationships, and just how your ancestors lived.
Inheritance in Ontario will help you determine...
A Better Place
Death and Burial in Nineteenth-Century Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
A Better Place describes the practices around death and burial in 19th-century Ontario. Funeral rituals, strong religious beliefs, and a firm conviction that death was a beginning not an end helped the bereaved through their times of loss in a century where death was always close at hand.
The...
by David R. Elliott
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2012
This book will help all those, no matter where they live, who are searching for ancestors in Ireland. David R. Elliott has taken eight research trips to Ireland on behalf of his clients and has worked in most archival repositories in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Dr. Elliott gives...
by Dr. Margaret Ann Wilkinson
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Digital records and broad access to the Internet have made it easier for genealogists to gather relevant information from distant sources and to share the information they have gathered. The law, however, remains tied to particular geographic locations. This book discusses how specific laws -- access...
Time Traveller's Handbook
A Guide to the Past
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011
Do you know how long it took to sail across the Atlantic Ocean? Was it faster from east to west or west to east? Imagine sailing to India, a five-month trip around the Cape of Good Hope! No wonder late Victorians valued the steamship and the Suez Canal. What difference did the inventions of the telephone...
York's Sacrifice
Militia Casualties of the War of 1812
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2012
Not only professional soldiers but also citizens serving as militiamen participated in the War of 1812.
The militia’s contribution to the War of 1812 is not well understood. Even now, 200 years later, we don’t know how many Upper Canadian militia men died defending their home.
York’s...
Publish Your Family History
Preserving Your Heritage in a Book
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
Many people want to write a family history, but few ever take on the job of publishing one. If you’ve done the research, and you want to make a book from it, then Publish Your Family History is for you. It will tell you all the fundamentals of book production, together with the important details...
Conserving, Preserving, and Restoring Your Heritage
A Professional's Advice
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Artifacts, whether found in museums, our community, or our homes, offer glimpses into the past. Be they documents, photographs, books, or clothing, as custodians of our history, we're faced with how to maintain these items. Professional conservator Kennis Kim tells us how. Topics discussed include:...
A Call to the Colours
Tracing Your Canadian Military Ancestors
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Beginning in Canadas earliest days, our ancestors were required to perform some form of military service, often as militia. The discovery that an ancestor served during one of the major conflicts in our history is exciting. When you find a family name on a Loyalist muster roll, a Canada General Service...
Crime and Punishment in Upper Canada
A Researcher's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010
Crime and Punishment in Upper Canada provides genealogists and social historians with context and tools to understand the criminal justice system and locate sources on criminal activity and its consequences for the Upper Canada period (17911841) of Ontarios history.
Illustrative examples further...