Ontario Organizations & Societies

• Aurora Historical Society
  In addition to holding regular monthly meetings with interesting speakers, the society looks after the Aurora Museum and historic Hillary House.
  
  
• The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa
  Society Focus, Member Benefits, Programs and Publications, Family History Library.
  
  
• Bruce County Genealogical Society
  Publications, member surname Interests and queries, information on searching in Bruce County, and a brief Bruce County history.
  
  
• Canadian Association for Irish Studies
  CAIS is teachers, genealogists, researchers, students, and many others committed to Irish culture in Canada
  
  
• Canadian Friends Historical Association
  founded in 1972 with the aim of preserving and making known the religious, cultural, social and pioneer heritage of Quakers from when they first settled in Canada until today.
  
  
• East Durham Historical Society
  Dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the history of Hope Township and the Town of Port Hope. The Society operates a museum known as Dorothy's House Museum where it collects and exhibits artifacts and archival material.
  
  
• Esquesing Historical Society
  Search this Halton County societies special collections. Local Community Histories, Kennedy Family of Georgetown, Toronto Daily Mail, 24 June 1893, Georgetown Herald, 17 December 1913, Acton Free Press, 19 April 1888.
  
  
• Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society (Hamilton)
  The City of Hamilton was a little over seventy years old when the Wentworth Historical Society was formed in January 1889 to promote study into and publicise the “history, archaeology…and genealogy” of the area around the City of Hamilton, at the western end of Lake Ontario, known as the Head-of-the-Lake. By 1944 it was felt that the time had come for the formation of a new historical group in the area. On March 22, 1944, twenty interested citizens adopted the constitution, selected the name “The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society”, and confirmed the executive.
  
  
• Historical Society of St. Boniface and Maryhill Community
  St. Boniface Church celebrated its 100th Anniversary on September 11, 1977. At this time a committee was formed to organize celebrations. It is out of this committee that the Historical Society of St. Boniface and Maryhill Community was formed. Today our membership is made up of those who have a deep affection for unravelling the mysteries of the past and of those who have ancestral roots in the Parish and Community.
  
  
• Independent Order of Oddfellows & Rebekahs - Ontario
  
  
• Independent Order of Oddfellows & Rebekahs - History in Ontario
  
  
• Lanark County Genealogical Society
  The mandate of the Lanark County Genealogical Society is to assist members in researching family histories and in the gathering, recording and preserving of genealogical information pertaining to Lanark County.
  
  
• Leeds and Grenville Genealogical Society
  Information about this society and its publications for sale.
  
  
• Millbrook & Cavan Historical Society
  
  
• Niagara Historical Resource Centre
  The Niagara Historical Resource Centre is a permanent archival service of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. This site includes information on the finding aids they have available.
  
  
• Norfolk Historical Society
  Information about the society and its archives.
  
  
• Oxford County Genealogical Society
  Online databases and publications for sale.
  
  
• St.Catharines Historical Society
  Formerly the Historical Society of St. Catharines.
  
  
• Simcoe County Historical Association
  The S.C.H.A. is a non-profit organization run by volunteers dedicated to the enrichment of knowledge about the County’s history and to the dissemination of that knowledge among the County’s residents and to those whose family roots are here.
  
  
• South Fredericksburgh Heritage Committee
  County of Lennox & Addington - The South Fredericksburgh Heritage Committee is registered as a not-for-profit organization and is an affiliate of the Ontario Historical Society.Projects undertaken, since the formation of the group in 1988, are the restoration of abandoned burial sites, photographing all township residences to provide references for future projects, and publishing information of historical significance.
  
  
• Temiskaming Genealogy Group
  The Temiskaming Genealogy Group serves the communities of Latchford, Cobalt, Haileybury, New Liskeard, Elk Lake, Matachewan, Gowganda, Earlton, Englehart, Tomstown, Kirkland Lake, Larder Lake, and Virginiatown Ontario.
  
  
• Toronto Cornish Association
  The TCA was formed to provide a forum for all those living in Ontario who are interested in the County of Cornwall in the UK.
  
  
• United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada (UELA)
  
  
• UELAC - London & Western Ontario Branch
  
  
• The Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Group
  A group with Renfrew and Pontiac County interests (Ontario & Quebec). Surname lists, links to resources, and how to join the OVGEN discussion list.
  
  
• Waterloo Genealogy Co-operative, Waterloo County, Ontario
  Maintains abstracts of amateur genealogist, with surname list, E-mail and Web site links. Updated several times weekly.
  
  
• Waterloo Historical Society
  Preserving the history of Waterloo County and Region since 1912.
  
  
• Wellington County Historical Society
  Contact information, and upcoming events.
  
  

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