• 4 issues of "York Region Ancestors" (winner of the 2003 Marion Keffer Award for Best Overall Newsletter) per year containing information on genealogical research in York Region, transcriptions of local records, letters, queries, book reviews and other interesting items
• 8 meetings per year with guest speakers, book tables, refreshments and fun
• sharing of information and research experiences with other members
• access to book tables at regular meetings and special events
• an opportunity to volunteer and participate in variety of activities, including cemetery transcriptions, places of worship records inventory, and indexing of land registry office wills
• beginner genealogy workshops
• 2 free queries in "York Region Ancestors"

To become a member of the York Region branch, you must also be a member of the Ontario Genealogical Society. OGS membership is $45.00 per year, York Region branch membership is $10.00 per year.

• More Information about OGS Membership and Application Forms

Membership in the Ontario Genealogical Society:

• includes four issues per year of Families, the quarterly journal and Newsleaf, the quarterly newsletter
• allows the organization to carry on its work as our parent society which includes uniformity in our projects and publications, networking between branches and coordination of province-wide projects such as cemetery transcriptions
• allows the society to continue to be an influence on government bodies concerning cemetery closures, preservation of records, and release of records for research.