NEW! Durham's Social Drop-In Series - Zoom Link

Durham's Virtual Social Drop-In Hour•

...Via Zoom, at 11 a.m. ET, on the 4th Thursday of each month.

Bored with just sitting in a virtual branch meeting without having a coffee break or having a chat with your neighbour, even to just say hello and how’s your research going?

Come and join us at our virtual social gathering, via Zoom, at 11 am ET on the 4th Thursday of each month from September 2025 to August 2026 (except December).

Bring your coffee, tea, favourite beverage and spend some time with like-minded individuals! Anything goes! It’s an informal gathering and you can share your successes, ask questions or even see if we can look something up in our library. 

Register once in advance for all the meetings:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4cT7gBqDRquM4kTQ2T0MMg

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meetings. Keep your join information safe, because you will be able to use it every month till August 2026.

Durham's Oct 7th Virtual Meeting - A Guide to Genealogical Research in the Durham Region

A Guide to Genealogical Research in the Durham Region

Please join us as Stephen Wood and Nancy Trimble of the Durham Region Branch of Ontario Ancestors highlight the records and resources available for researching in the old Ontario County. We will also highlight the parts of old Durham County that were folded into the Durham Regional Municipality in 1974.

Date: Oct. 7th, 2025

Time: 7:30 pm

 

Bios:

Nancy started family history in her teens while trying to figure out how the various aunts and uncles were related to her. It turns out that they were great-aunts, great-uncles and courtesy aunts and uncles. She is currently the chair of the Durham Region Branch and has held various positions on the OGS Board and in the Branch over the years.

 Stephen started with a Grade 8 family history project and has been expanding his research ever since. He is one of the founding members of the Durham Region Branch and has held many positions in the Branch ever since it's start in 1982. Currently he heads the research team as well as managing the branch office and library.

Kindly pre-register at the following Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IVNPCjzDQ0qF3nVjF-WZzg