The online Toronto Branch database of war memorials has grown again. We’ve now added three more memorials to the For King and Country collection, all tied to city landmarks. A long and memorable chapter in Canadian history came to an end in 2025 when the Hudson’s Bay Company closed its doors. Many of its outlets, including the one at the corner of Queen and Yonge Streets in Toronto, had previously belonged to another of […]
It’s November, and that means it’s time once again to celebrate our own members’ adventures in family history… On Monday November 24, eight Branch members shared some of their Great Moments in Genealogy! The meeting was recorded. Get set for some intriguing, thought-provoking and heart-stirring stories: Ann Brown—Dear Wife—Letters from the Front Beth Adams—A brick wall has fallen! Carol Ufford—Tracing troubled roots Melanie Parker—The Underhills of Hillsdale Avenue Mike Loader—The myth of the three […]
The Toronto Branch meeting took take place on the evening of Monday October 27, via Zoom. Many Toronto neighbourhoods were once home to soldiers who left to serve in the First World War and never returned. In our main October presentation, The Dead from Down the Street, lawyer, writer and lecturer Drew von Hasselbach showed us how to look up the addresses where they lived and bring their stories to life. In our “opening […]
Big news if you have early Ontario roots! The Ontario Land Records Index (OLRI) is now available free of charge online—thanks in large part to Toronto Branch volunteers! The OLRI is an index to settlers who were allocated Crown land in the province over more than 100 years, from the 1780s to the early 20th century. This land was all considered “Crown land”, but it is essential to recognize that it had been home […]