July 2008
Bell Grant Expands Microfilm Collection added to Branch News.   Library Donations and Library Holdings pages updated with a partial list of recent donations and acquisitions to the library. Meetings & Events updated with details about the Crouse-Wanamaker Lecture in January 2009.

June 2008
Stockdale Cemetery, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., updated in 2007, is now available to purchase. Guide to Ontario Immigration Records reproduced with kind permission from Fawne Stratford-Devai added to Genealogy 101. Ontario Volunteer Service Awards, Ancestors in Your Attic and Conference 2008 reports added to Branch News. Many NEW items added Genealogy Links including member's personal genealogy websites. Meetings & Events updated with details about the Seminar on Canadian Irish Heritage and Cassidy Clan Reunion in Tweed, Ontario in August and Toronto Branch OGS Workshops in August and November.

May 2008
Over 50 people attended the Genealogy 101 Workshop in Belleville. Meetings & Events updated with details about the Delong Family Reunion in August. Volume 3, Issue 2 of The New Searchlight is published and e-mailed or mailed to members. Jim Gilchrist on The Marchmont Home at the May 17th meeting.

April 2008
Sher Leetooze presents Northern Ireland Research. 40 people from Centre Hastings attended the Genealogy 101 Workshop in Madoc. Meetings & Events page updated with information about the 13th Genealogy Summer Camp presented by Toronto Branch OGS, upcoming Genealogy 101 Workshop in Trenton 19 Jul 2008, Quinte Branch Fall Meetings and Starting Your Family History presentation by Bob Dawes at the Brighton Public Library in November.

February 2008
Meetings & Events updated with details about April and May branch meetings, the "Quinte Roots – Our Pioneers" history program at the Belleville Public Library on 11th March and the "Stirling Genealogical Fair" in August.

December 2007
Searchable Names Index updated--over 50,000 names added! Volume 2, Issue 4 of The New Searchlight is published and e-mailed or mailed to members. Meetings & Events updated with details about February, March and June meetings.

November 2007
Paul McGrath will be presenting "Beyond the Death Certificate" at the Annual Crouse-Wanamaker lecture in January 2008. A Guide to Ontario Records added to Genealogy 101 Course Materials. Links to information about archaic causes of death, old occupations and a latin tutorial added to Genealogy 101 Tool Kit. Executive and Committees updated for 2007-2008. Meet Linda Corupe UE alias Mrs. John Collins Clark. Membership applications and renewals can now be completed online.

October 2007
Members and visitors learn about Preserving Old Memories and Quinte Branch participates in the Trenton Volunteer Fair. Library Donations, Library Holdings and CemSearch database updated. Who Do You Think You Are? on CBC Television starts Thu 11 Oct 2007.

September 2007
Volume 2, Issue 3 of The New Searchlight is published and mailed to members. Bell Canada Donates $2,500 to Quinte Branch. Lisa Russell brings the Anglican Diocese of Ontario Archives to Quinte OGS. "Brick Wall Breakthrough", a new exclusive service for members. Course Materials and Tool Kit Links added to Genealogy 101 Meetings & Events page updated with more Fall events. Many NEW items added to Genealogy Links. 

July & August 2007
On vacation!

June 2007
Carrying Place Annex Cemetery, Murray Twp., Northumberland County has been re-recorded. New course material, Researching Canadian Military Records reproduced with kind permission from Rick Roberts added to Genealogy 101. Check out the latest additions on the Library Donations and Library Holdings pages. Read all about Quinte Branch in Ottawa at Seminar 2007. More NEW links added to Genealogy Links. Ancestors in the Attic II on History Television starts Sat 18 Aug 2007

May 2007
The Quinte Branch OGS searchable Names Index Database finding aid is now online. Access an index to the hundreds of genealogies, family histories, and pedigree charts deposited in the branch library and many of the published works in the collection. Genealogy 101, Beginners Course, 21 July 2007, limited space, reserve a seat. Volume 2, Issue 2 of The New Searchlight is published and mailed to members. Meetings & Events page updated with interesting summer events and exciting Fall program for Quinte Branch meetings. Local Rum Runners presented by C.W. (Bill) Hunt.

April 2007
New course material, Record Selection Table reproduced with kind permission from Fawne Stratford-Devai added to Genealogy 101. Jane MacNamara presents "According to the Custom of the Manor". Information about the 3rd Annual Genealogy Fair in Stirling, Ontario added to the Meetings & Events page. Blessington Cemetey in Tyendinaga Twp. (aka Salem United) has officially been registered as Garrison Pioneer Cemetery.  More NEW links added to Genealogy Links.

March 2007
Volume 2, Issue 1 of The New Searchlight is published and mailed to members. Donations are pouring in! Check out the latest additions on the Library Donations and Library Holdings pages. New course material, Early Ontario Birth, Marriage & Death Records reproduced with kind permission from Fawne Stratford-Devai added to Genealogy 101. Book covers and detailed descriptions of all publications have been added to the Publications page. More NEW links added to Genealogy Links. Link to a Google map of the Quinte area added to home page. Information about the Finding Your Loyalist Roots presentation in April by the Bay of Quinte Branch of the United Empire Loyalists Association, 12th Genealogy "Summer Camp" in June and Dutch Family History Workshop in August both hosted by Toronto Branch added to the Meetings & Events page. The Ontario Genealogical Society launches a new website. Orland French visits Quinte OGS.

February 2007
Relationship Chart added to Genealogy 101. Lots of NEW links added to Genealogy Links, too many to list here. Famly Secrets Revealed by DNA Analysis presented by John Reid on Saturday February 17 at Quinte Branch OGS.

January 2007
Heritage Atlas of Hastings County edited by Orland French, is now available for purchase by mail order. Genealogies in the Quinte Branch Library Collection can now be browsed or searched online in the QWPL Library Catalogue. Donations are pouring in! Check out the latest additions on the Library Donations and Library Holdings pages. Gerry Boyce of the Hastings County Historical Society speaks about the Genealogical Resources in the Hastings Heritage Centre at the Annual Crouse-Wanamaker Lecture.  A new paper "Starting Out on the Internet" and a link to CensusTools for more downloadable charts and spreadsheets added to Genealogy 101. Links added to the The Atlas of Canada, Quarrier Home Children Association, South Fredericksburg Heritage, Historical Directories (UK), Divorce in Canada (1841-1968) database, Immigrants at Grosse-Ile and Immigration Records (1925-1935) in Genealogy Links. OGS Region VII Annual Meeting added to the Meetings and Events page. Archibald Cemetery, Huntingdon Twp., Hastings Co. (transcribed by Bonnie Cole) has been added to the Huntingdon Township Miscellaneous Cemeteries on the Hastings Cemeteries page. Probus Genealogy Club visits Research Library.

December 2006
Volume 1, Issue 4 of The New Searchlight is published and mailed to members. Family Information Checklist added to Genealogy 101. Links added to the 1852 and 1881 Census databases by PRDH, Paper of Record (newspaper database), Preserve our Cemeteries and The Origins Network (British) in Genealogy Links.

November 2006
Six new pages added to the website: About Us, News, Databases, Library Holdings, Library Donations and Genealogy 101. New Publications available from Mika Publishing. Speakers and topics for the Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., and May branch meetings added to the Meetings and Events page. Links added to other Provincial Societies in Canada, CanGenealogy Resource Guide, Canadian Immigration Experience and Databases at Library and Archives Canada, Census Finder, Canadian Surname Index, Genealogy Today, GenealogyLinks.net, Caribbean Surname Index, McKirdy Index (Scottish Deaths), National Archive of Memorial Inscriptions and ancestry.com (USA) and their sites for the UK, Australia and Germany in Genealogy Links. 

October 2006
Read all about the Grand Opening of the Quinte Branch Library on 26 Sep 2006. Links added to Trent Port Historical Society, Historic Plaques of Prince Edward County, Canadian Genealogy Centre, Toronto Star Pages of the Past,  OspreyObituaries.com (includes newspapers from Belleville, Trenton and Napanee), ScotsFind Databases, Quinte Persons over 80 Years Old in 1893/94, Hastings County Annotated Gazetteer, and Surname Studies in Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte (1904) in Genealogy Links.

September 2006
Press Release: 13 Sep 2006, Genealogy Group Unveils New Family History Research Centre. Grand Opening of Research Library at 2pm 26 Sep 2006 added to Events page. History Television's Ancestors in the Attic starts Wed 18 Oct 2006 at 9.30 pm (repeats Saturday). Links added to Allcensus.com and the Second Heir and Devisee Commission Database in Genealogy Links. Volume 1, Issue 3 of The New Searchlight is published and mailed to members. New publication "The Price of Loyalty, The Great Adventures of the Incredible Smalls" added to Publications page.

August 2006
Links added to ARCHEION and Archives Canada (both searchable gateways to online descriptions of archival records) in Genealogy Links. Link to OGS Seminar 2007 added to Meetings and Events page.

May 2006
Meetings and Events updated with information about fall events. Added a link to the new 1851 Census Image Database (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) at Library and Archives Canada to Genealogy Links

April 2006
Meetings and Events updated information about summer events. Purdy Cemetery is being re-done, and is presently out of print. Added links to Names in Prince Edward County, Prince Edward County Archives, Prince Edward County Museums and Rawdon Township Assessment Rolls to Genealogy Links.

March 2006
Volume 1, Issue 1 of The New Searchlight is published and mailed to members. A downloadable paper The Risks and Rewards of Pay-per-View Websites by Bob Dawes (requires Adobe Reader) has been added. This very interesting topic was presented by Bob at the March meeting.

Feb 2006
The new website for Quinte Branch OGS is launched and includes information about Meetings, Membership, Cemetery Transcriptions for Hastings, Prince Edward and Northumberland Counties, Publications, Mail Order Form, Quinte Branch 25th Anniversary, Genealogy Links, and new contact information on all pages.