JUNE 2008
Briar Hill Cemetery (Sutton), Vols. I & II, now available. Information about the OGS Region V 2008, AGM and Conference and the October Branch Meeting added to Calendar of Events.

MAY 2008
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 14, No. 2 is published and mailed to members. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include BLOOMFIELD and MORRIS. 

APR 2008
Information about the 13th Genealogy Summer Camp presented by Toronto Branch OGS added to Calendar of Events.

MAR 2008
New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include BARKER, BEST, CAMPBELL, ELLIOTT/ELLIOT and MOORE. Link to the Town Cryer of Markham added to the History & Culture page.

FEB 2008
York Region Ancestors, 1996-2006 now available on CD with subject index. York Region Ancestors, Vol. 14, No. 1 is published and mailed to members. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include CRADDOCK, HUNTER, LEE, McKAY, MOSER, TAGGART, THOMPSON, VERALL and WILLIAMS.

JAN 2008
Four Free Genealogy Workshops will be led by Local History Library Cameron Knight at the Richmond Hill Public Library. Calendar of Events updated with information about January and February branch meetings and "Keys to Ontario Research" workshop hosted by Toronto Branch OGS in February. York Region branch has now submitted 99 cemetery indexes for inclusion in the OGS Ontario Cemetery Ancestor Index.

DEC 2007
New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include ACTON, ALKINS, BOADWAY, BOWERS, DUNCAN, KIDD, PRATT, REID and SHAW.

NOV 2007
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 13, No. 4 is published and mailed to members. York Branch meeting dates added to Calendar of Events. List of Cemetery Transcriptions in Process added to Special Projects page. Markham Economist Vital Statistics Index, January 1858 to June 1858 compiled by Steve Marshall added to the Vital Statistics resources page. Index to "York Region Ancestors", compiled by Doris Bourrie expanded to include 1996-1997 and 2007. Exciting new searchable databases added to the Libraries, Archives & Museums page.

OCT 2007
There is a new 13-part series airing this fall on CBC Television, it launches Thursday, October 11 at 7:30 pm, Who Do You Think You Are?

SEPT 2007
Index to "York Region Ancestors" 1998 to 2006, compiled by Doris Bourrie, added to site. York Region Ancestors, Vol. 13, No. 3 is published and mailed to members. View sample pages of York Region Ancestors May/Jun 2006 (Adobe Reader required) that include "Notes on the FENTON Family of East Gwillimbury Township", "More "W" Entries from York Region Estate Files" and "1906 & 1907 Entries from Anna Burkholder's Death Books". Markham Economist Vital Statistics Index, July 1856 to December 1857 compiled by Steve Marshall added to the Vital Statistics resources page. Many links to church register transcripts and indexes added to the Places of Worship resources page, thanks to Steve Marshall. Links to digitized copies of York County histories added to the History & Culture resources page and three new cemetery websites added to the Cemeteries page. Search Function added to the home page. 

AUG 2007
Ancestors in the Attic II on History Television starts Sat 18 Aug 2007

JULY 2007
New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include BROWN, DOWN, FRANCIS,  OGLE, PAGE, RATE, THACKER, WILSON, WILLSON and WOOLHEAD. Topics and speakers for the Fall branch meetings added to the Calendar of Events page. 

JUNE 2007
Clergy List, 1858-1869, York County, Canada West compiled by Pat Jeffs added. (Adobe Reader required).

MAY 2007
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 13, No. 2 is published and mailed to members. New Branch Brochure now available. Detailed description of "York County Men & Women Who Gave Their Lives in World War II" (including the City of Toronto) compiled by Norman Jolly added. 

APR 2007
Link to the Georgina Pioneer Village & Archives website updated on the Libraries, Archives & Museums resources page. Link added to Combined Search for South York Region Local History (local history databases including cemeteries, photographs and local history books) at the Richmond Hill Public Library on the Cemeteries and History & Culture resource pages.

MAR 2007
Postage and handling has been added to mail orders for cemetery transcriptions and places of worship registers. Links added to Statistics Canada Genealogy Corner and their paper Where Were Your Ancestors in 1871? on the Census resources page, and links updated for the new websites for the Aurora Heritage Centre and Hillary House on the Library, Archives and Museums page. New OGS website launched.

FEB 2007
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 13, No. 1 is published and mailed to members. Link added to the Quaker Archives and Library of Canada on the Libraries, Archives and Museums page. Topics and speakers for the April and May branch meetings added to the Calendar of Events page.

JAN 2007
Library Catalogue and Periodicals in the library updated. Links added to Toronto Public Library Digital Collections and The Atlas of Canada on the  Maps, Gazetteers & Directories page and William Quarrier Home Children Association on the Immigration & Settlement page. Ancestors in the Attic moves from 9.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays (repeats Saturday). Calendar of Events updated with information about the Region V Meeting on 28 Apr 2007. FOSTER added to Member's Surname Interests.

DEC 2006
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 12, No. 4 is published and mailed to members. Branch member Nanci Pattenden is featured on "Ancestors in the Attic".

NOV 2006
Links added to Moving Here, Staying Here, The Canadian Immigrant Experience at Library and Archives Canada on the Immigration & Settlement resources page, City of Toronto 1853 Tax Assessment Records on the Land & Property resources page and the 1852 and 1881 Census Databases by PRDH on the Census page. Topics and speakers for the February and March branch meetings added to the Calendar of Events page.

OCT 2006
New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include ELLIOTT and SPAULDING. All broken links either updated or removed.

SEPT 2006
History Television's Ancestors in the Attic starts Wed 18 Oct 2006 at 9.30 pm (repeats Saturday). York Region Ancestors, Vol. 12, No. 3 is published and mailed to members. Links added to Allcensus.com on the Census resource page; Toronto Star, Pages of the Past and The Newmarket Era-Banner Index on the Newspaper resource page, Second Heir and Devisee Commission Case Files Database on the Land and Property page and One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse for on the Immigration resource page. New publications, Pioneers of Upper Canada 1783-1839 and Rebellion Losses for Upper Canada by Doris Bourrie have been added to the Publications page.

AUG 2006
Links added to ARCHEION and Archives Canada (both searchable gateways to online descriptions of archival records) on the Libraries, Archives and Museums page. Calendar of Events updated with information about Family Roots 2006 in Calgary and OGS Seminar 2007 in Ottawa.

JUNE 2006
HOT OFF THE PRESS! York County Men & Women who gave their lives in World War II compiled by Norman Jolly, published by the York Region Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society is now available for purchase. York Region Ancestors, Vol. 12, No. 2 is published and mailed to members. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include BAKER, CASLER, HEBNER, SCHELL / SHELL and LEMON. November branch meeting changed from 8th Nov to 15th Nov. Speakers for the October and November branch meetings, and the Region V Annual Conference on Oct. 29th added to the Calendar of Events

MAY 2006
Link added to Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) on the Census resource page, 

APR 2006
Topics and speakers for the June and September branch meetings added to the Calendar of Events page. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include COGHILL, COGGLE, COGLE, CRAWFORD, FARRELL, PENGELLY, PENGELLEY, PENGILLY and PRITCHARD.

MAR 2006
Links added to Historic Cemeteries of South York Region on the Cemeteries resource page, War Diaries of the First World War and Soldiers of the First World War on the Military resource page. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include ACHERTON, ALBERTSON, CAMERON, HOUGHTBY, SHAIN and SCHOEN.

FEB 2006
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 12, No. 1 is published and mailed to members. The York Region Land Office has moved to Aurora, see the Land & Property resource page for new address. The Vital Statistics resource page has been updated with links to the Ontario Vital Statistics Project, Ontario Birth Registrations, Ontario Marriage Registrations and Ontario Death Registrations.

JAN 2006
Topics and speakers for the March and May branch meetings added to the Calendar of Events page. Links added to the Passenger List Indexing Project by the Nanaimo Family History Society on the Immigration & Settlement resources page.

DEC 2005
Link added on the home page to the CanStage presentation of Homechild, previewing in Toronto 2-4 Jan 2006. New listings on resources pages include: Peel War Records Service Cards on the Military page and Family History Archive (digitized family histories at BYU) on the People & Families page. York Region Ancestors, Vol. 11, No. 4 is published and mailed to members. Topics and speakers for February and April 2006 branch meetings added to the Calendar of Events page, along with the dates of all branch meetings for 2006.

NOV 2005
New listing on resources pages include the 1911 Census Indexing Project on the Census page; the 1901 Census Index is now complete.

OCT 2005
Link added to the OCAPG Essay Contest, offered by the Ontario Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists. 

SEPT 2005
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 11, No. 3 is published and mailed to members. Link added to the Brian W. Hutchison Genealogical Scholarship award, offered by the Alberta Family Histories Society. 

AUG 2005
New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include ELLIOTT, KELLY, PROCTOR, RAMSDEN and SPINK. New listings on resources pages include the Canadian 1911 Census on the Census page. 

JULY 2005
Topics and speakers for the Fall branch meetings added to the Calendar of Events page. Links added to the Upper & Lower Canada Marriage Bonds Database on the Vital Statistics page; Canadian Directories Database on the Maps, Gazetteers & Directories page; and Canadians who Served in the American Civil War Database on the Military resources page.

JUN 2005
York Region branch has now submitted seven of over thirty cemetery indexes in progress for inclusion in the Ontario Genealogical Society's Ontario Cemetery Ancestor Index.

MAY 2005
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 11, No. 2 is published and mailed to members. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include ADAMS, BOHNENSTIEL, BONESTEEL, BONSTEEL, HUGHSON, MOTT, and WILCOX. Links added to Indexes to Upper Canada Records on the Land & Property resources page and Carmichael Family Online on the People & Families page.

APR 2005
Work is underway to convert our cemetery indices, so they can be added to the Ontario Genealogical Society's Ontario Cemetery Ancestor Index. Link added to Ancestors Search, the proposed new program from History Television.

MAR 2005
New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include CLINE, LEEK and WILBUR. Information about Region V Colloquium, 23 Apr 2005, and the June branch meeting added to the Calendar of Events page.

FEB 2005
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 11, No. 1 is published and mailed to members. Links added to the online Name Index to OGS Publications on the Ontario Genealogical Society web site that includes "A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada Before Confederation, Vol. 1", "Index of Some Passengers who Emigrated to Canada Between 1817 & 1849", and "Index to the Upper Canada Land Books Vol. 2 - Vol. 9", added to the Immigration & Settlement and Land & Property resource pages. "Index to Whitchurch Township and Stouffville Village Residents 1837-1901, and 1901 Census Index", compiled by Ruth Burkholder is temporarily out of print. A new edition is in preparation.

JAN 2005
New listings on the People & Families resources page include links to personal web sites for STÖBER / STIVER and WILES families.  Executive & Contact Info updated. Calendar of Events updated with information about April and May 2005 meetings. 

DEC 2004
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 10, No. 4 is published and mailed to members. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include ARNOLD, FISHER, HADDEN, HARNESS, HORNER, LEE, MITCHELL, PEARCE, THOMPSON, and WILLOUGHBY. 

NOV 2004
HOT OFF THE PRESS! King City Cemetery transcription now available in the Cemetery Transcriptions section. Calendar of Events updated with information about Spring 2005 meetings. Executive & Contact Info updated. Link added to the Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project from the Cemeteries resource page.

OCT 2004
New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include goldsworthy, greer, halladay, keenen, lancaster,  moor, sammons, sholl, stanier, and woodhall. 

SEP 2004
Link to the The Society for the Preservation of Historic Thornhill added to the Societies and Groups page, and a link to their Thornhill Archives & Special Collections added to the Libraries, Archives and Museums page.

AUG 2004
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 10, No. 3 is published and mailed to members. 

JULY 2004
New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include DAY, DIMMICK, HAWKEN/HAWKINS, HOSKIN/HOSKINS, McKAGUE/McKEAGUE, PRESTON, SARARAS/SURERUS, SHANNON, TIPP/TIPPE, and WELLER/WILLER. New listings in the resources section include links to the OGS Ontario Cemetery Ancestor Name Index and Cemetery Locator on the Cemeteries page; Our Roots, a digital database of Local Histories on the History & Culture page; and Ontario Obituaries on the Obituary page.

JUNE 2004
New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include CHRISTMAS, ELLIS, ESTES, FORBES, HICKS, MOSSOM, SALE, QUINLAN and TOMLIN.

MAY 2004
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 10, No. 2 is published and mailed to members. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include APPERLEY and WHITE. 

APR 2004
New listings on the People & Families resources page include links to personal web sites for TAYLOR and WILLSON families. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include MAYOR and STRICKLAND. 

MAR 2004
Calendar of Events updated with information about Genealogy Courses at Richmond Hill Library in May 2004, and Spring and Fall branch meetings.

FEB 2004
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 10, No. 1 is published and mailed to members. Calendar of Events updated with information about Spring branch meetings. Link to the Markham Museum web site added to the Libraries, Archives and Museums page; address for York Chapter of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario updated, with a link to their new web site on the Societies and Groups page. The York Region Branch Library has grown to include over 450 books, browse the list included in the Library Holdings page.

JAN 2004
Executive & Contact Info updated. Volunteers are needed for the positions of Vice-Chair, Publicity and Research Inquiries which are all vacant. New listings on the People & Families resources page include links to personal web sites for LAWRIE, APPERLY, MAGER, CREW, MUNRO and STOVER families.

DEC 2003
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 9, No. 4 is published and mailed to members. 

OCT 2003
New listings on the People & Families resources page include links to Descendants of John HUNTER and Nancy ANDERSON,  PORTEOUS Family History and the BENNETT Family of Bedford & Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania.

SEP 2003
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 9, No. 3 is published and mailed to members. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include BASSETT, COULTAS, HARBOUR, JENNINGS, MASKELL and WEBBER. 

AUG 2003
York Region Ancestors wins 2001 Marion Keffer Award for Best Overall Newsletter. New listings on resources pages include the 1915-1932 Canadian Naturalization Database on the Immigration & Settlement page. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include BRADFORD/BROADFORD, BULL, CLARK, DAVIS, ELLIOTT/ELLIOT/ELIOT, JOHNSTON/JOHNSON, PALMER and TAYLOR. 

JULY 2003
Calendar of Events updated with information about the November branch meeting which will be held at the Richmond Hill Public Library. The History of Toronto and County of York web site developed by Sandy Alexander has recently been updated and includes a large collection of biographies of many 19th century Toronto and York County residents, from well known people to humble folk, transcribed from the "History of Toronto and County of York" books published in 1885 by C. Blackett Robinson. 500+ pages can be accessed with a search engine, or browsed by geographical region. New listings on resources pages include the Canadian Birth, Marriage & Death Exchange on the Vital Statistics page, and Canadian 1901 Online Census Index and King Twp. 1851 Census on the Census page. 

MAY 2003
Calendar of Events updated with information about September and October branch meetings which will be held at the Richmond Hill Public Library. York Region Ancestors, Vol. 9, No. 2 is published and mailed to members. 2003 Devins Reunion (75th), 6 Jul 2003, Alliston, Ontario, Canada.

APRIL 2003
HOT OFF THE PRESS! Thornhill United Church, 1803-2003, A Pioneer Ontario Congregation by John Honsberger, published by Thornhill United Church, is now available for purchase. This history celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Thornhill United Church. New listings on resources pages include the Canadian Genealogy Centre on the Libraries & Archives page, and A History of the family of David Gibson, PLS on the People & Families page. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include CHRISTOPHER, GARVEY/McGARVEY, HEARN/O'HEARN, INGOLDSBY, KEHOE, LEVICK, Mcalaar, McKERNAN, OVERS, WARD, WHYTE/WHITE and WOODS.

MAR 2003
Genealogy & the Internet Course, instructor Marian Press, Thursday evenings, 1st & 8th May, Richmond Hill Public Library. Calendar of Events updated with information about upcoming branch meetings, and the OGS Region V Conference, 12 Apr 2003, hosted by Simcoe Branch. Please note that branch meetings are being held at the Richvale Public Library, 40 Pearson Avenue, Richmond Hill, at 7:15 pm on the second Wednesday of the month. In September 2003 they will return to the Richmond Hill Public Library, 1 Atkinson, Richmond Hill. 

FEB 2003
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 9, No. 1 is published and mailed to members. New listings on resources pages include links to the Richmond Hill Public Library digital collections Historic Cemeteries of South York Region database on the Cemeteries page, Richmond Hill Photo Images database on the History & Culture page and STALEY and GRANGER Families and Hayward/Logan Genealogy on the People & Families page. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include AGNEW, AIRD, BAINE, BROTHERTON, CALVERT, CONNELL/O'CONNELL, EVERETT, GOLDRING, GOULD, GRANGER, HAGAN, HALLETT, HANLEY, HOLDENBY, HUFFMAN, KENDALL, MAHONEY, MULDOON, PEELER, SINCLAIR, STALEY, STOGDILL, TOMLINSON, WATSON (3) and YORK. 

JAN 2003
HOT OFF THE PRESS! Queensville / Sharon-Hope Pastoral Charge Church Families edited by Frank Kernohan, published by York Region Branch OGS, is now available for purchase. This is a genealogical study of the families of the Pastoral Charge in East Gwillimbury Twp. and includes information for over 9,000 individuals compiled from the complete church records, family records, and cemeteries. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include PATTON, LEADBETTER / LEADBEATTER and  WRAGGETT / WRIGGET/ WRIGGOT / WRICKET. Calendar of Events updated with information about OGS Seminar 2003. Link to list of OCAPG members added to Research Services. New listings on resources pages include links to Kurtz Family of York County on the People & Families page; York County Queries on the Queries page; and Rev. John McMurchy Registers (West Gwillimbury) on the Places of Worship page.

DEC 2002
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 8, No. 4 is published and mailed to members. Halton-Peel Branch OGS has new mailing address: Box 24, Streetsville, Ontario, Canada L5M 2B7.

NOV 2002
Calendar of Events updated with information about next years meetings. New listings on resources pages include links to the 1881 Canadian Census on the Census page; outline of the MacMurchy Family Reunion 1941 on the People & Families page; Ghosts and Hauntings in York  and History of Lloydtown on the History and Culture page. 

OCT 2002
New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include DUNSHEATH, McKINNON and MITCHELL. 

SEP 2002
Genealogy Courses co-sponsored by York Region Branch and Richmond Hill Public Library. York Region Ancestors, Vol. 8, No. 3 is published and mailed to members. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include ARNOLD, ARTHUR, ATKINSON, LYLE, PALMER, GIBSON, and NEILSON.

AUG 2002
New listings on resources pages include links to the Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register on the Vital Statistics page; 1901 Canadian Census and 1861 Markham Township Census on the Census page; outline of the Devlin Family on the People & Families page; and the RootsWeb York County Message Board on the Message Boards page. 

JULY 2002
Calendar of Events updated with information about October and November meetings. Please note that starting in September, branch meetings will be held at the Richmond Hill Public Library.

JUNE 2002
New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include ABRAM/ABRAHAM, ACKNEY/AKNEY/HACKNEY, ANDERSON, BLACKSTOCK, CAMPBELL, COATES, DENNISON, FLÅTE, GORDON, HACKING, HAWMAN, McGREGOR, McNAIR, PEHRSSON/PERSSON/PERSON/PEDERSON, PRINGLE, SMITH, SYKES, and THOMAS. In future, branch meetings will be held at the Richmond Hill Public Library.

MAY 2002
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 8, No. 2 is published and mailed to members. 

APRIL 2002
Calendar of Events updated with information about June and September meetings. New listings on resources pages include: York County Ontario Birth Registrations on the Vital Statistics page; 1881 Canadian Census on CD on the Census page; Historicity: Toronto Then and Now, Mount Albert History and Stouffville History on the History & Culture page; and the Danbrook Family on the People & Families page. 

MAR 2002
New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include ARCHIBALD, DOWNS, HANNA/HANNAH, SMART, WILKINSON.

FEB 2002
HOT OFF THE PRESS! York County Men & Women who gave their lives in World War 1. Vol. 2: City of Toronto, compiled by Norman Jolly, published by the York Region Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society is now available for purchase. York Region Ancestors, Vol. 8, No. 1 is published and mailed to members. Details about upcoming branch meetings added to Calendar of Events.

JAN 2002
A link to the Baptism Register from the Markham Circuit Primitive Methodists - 1843-1866 (Originally printed in "Families", Vol. 28, No. 2, 1989, by Steve Marshall) has been added on the Places of Worship Records resources page. New links on the People & Families resources page include: History of Toronto and County of York--short biographical sketches from the book of that name published in 1885, and information on the PICKARD, BECKETT, BLACKMORE, and STRODE families being researched by the web site author; descendants reports for the AGAR, ANDREWS, CAIRNS, HODGINS, SULLIVAN families that settled in York County; and the PEGG Family History (settled in East Gwillimbury).

DEC 2001
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 7, No. 4 is published and mailed to members.

NOV 2001
Executive & Contact information updated. There are presently three vacancies for Vice-Chairman, Educator and Programme Co-ordinator. Volunteers are welcome! New links on the resources pages include: the McCABE family of King Twp. and descendants of John WURTS (1766-1855) of Markham Twp on the People & Families page; and Weslyan Methodist Baptisms on the Places of Worship Records page. New surnames added to Member's Surname Interests include ALBERT, ALEXANDER, COULTER, EZARD/EZEARD/ISSLARD, FALCONER, GOODWIN, KELLINGTON, KITCHEN, PAISLEY, PARKER and STEVENSON. 

OCT 2001
Calendar of Events updated to include information about Region V Colloquium in April, and 2002 OGS Seminar in May. York Region Ancestors, Vol. 7, No. 3 is published and mailed to members. New links on resources pages include: Vaughan Twp. 1861 and 1871 Census on the Census page; Settlement of York County and Canadian Mennonite Encyclopedia Online on the History & Culture page; Middlebrook Genealogy on the People & Families page; Canadian Quaker Archives on the Places of Worship Records & Archives page; Mennonite/Amish Obituaries on the Obituaries page; Mennonite Historical Society of Canada on the Societies & Groups page; and Ontario Marriage Records on the Vital Statistics page. New additions to Member's Favourite Links include InGeneas (Canadian Database), Association of Professional Genealogists-Ontario Chapter, Gaelic-English Dictionary and a Tombstone Birthday Calculator. 

SEP 2001
Calendar of Events updated. Note that the September meeting is on the 3rd Wednesday this month.

JULY 2001
New links added to the Markham Berczy Settlers Association and Burkholder Family Association web sites on the Societies & Groups Resources page. Link updated for "A Historical Sketch of the Brethren in Christ Church, known as Tunkers in Canada" on the People & Families Resources page. New links added to the Ontario Genealogical Society Catalogue now online, and the Archives of Ontario, Search the Collections on the Libraries, Archives & Museums Resources page. New links for mailing lists, and updates to links at Rootsweb on the Mailing Lists Resources page. What's New? Archives added!

JUNE 2001
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 7, No. 2 is published and mailed to members. Information about Fall branch meetings added to the Calendar of Events.

MAY 2001
The branch has published the cemetery transcription for the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery. Order directly from the branch using the convenient order form. Read about other transcriptions in progress on the Special Projects page. A link to the Ontario Newspaper Notices web site that contains many references to York County papers has been added to the Newspapers & Periodicals Resources page. New Member's Surname Interests submitted include: HAGAN, MARKS and SMALLEY/SMALLY. Guidelines for members to submit their global surname interests are published in York Region Ancestors.

APRIL 2001
Links to information about the Post 1901 Census been updated on the Census Resources page. New Member's Surname Interests submitted include: ASAPH, CHAPPEL, COLE, LaCHAPELLE, LAWSON, McMAHON/McMAIN/McMANN, SIMPSON, WADE, and WOOLVEN. Guidelines for members to submit their global surname interests are published in York Region Ancestors.

MARCH 2001
York Region Branch is now able to offer a new Cemetery Name Index Search Service to help you locate your ancestors in York Region Branch OGS cemetery transcriptions. New Member's Surname Interests submitted include: ADAMS, ARMSTRONG, BALDWIN, CLEARY, COOK, ELLICO, EMSLIE, FERGUSON, FLETCHER, GARDINER/GARDNER, GOOD, HARE, JONES, KINGDON/KINGDOM, KIRBY, LEGATE, McDONALD/MacDONALD, MONILAWS, PLUMBTREE/PLUMTREE, PYBUS, SCARROW, SOMERSET/SUMMERSET and WELLS. 

FEBRUARY 2001
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 7, No. 1 is published and mailed to members. Information about the Proposed Closure of St. James' Cathedral Cemetery, Toronto added. New Member's Surname Interests submitted include: DUNLOP, ELGIE, ESSELTINE/ASSELTINE, FLEMING, HARRIS, HAWKINS, IRWIN, KEDSLIE/KEDSLEY, KORDELL, ORR, SPENCER, STROYBERG and UNDERWOOD. 

JANUARY 2001
Web site anniversary! Over 8,000 hits to the home page during the first year of operation.

DECEMBER 2000
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 6, No. 4 is published and mailed to members. Information about Spring branch meetings, Region V Colloquium, and OGS Seminar 2001 has been added to the Calendar of Events. New Member's Surname Interests submitted include: CRITTENDEN, GRACE, MAY, MOORE, RYNESS/RHYNDRESS, SALISBURY, and SQUIRES. History & Culture Resources includes a new link to "Early Days in Richmond Hill" which has been digitized by the Richmond Hill Public Library, and is available on-line. Census Resources updated with a link to the Ontario GenWeb's Census project that now includes the 1851 Vaughan Township census.

NOVEMBER 2000
York Region Branch OGS is now offering a Research Inquiries Service to assist with research in York Region. Will Index project update.

OCTOBER 2000
New Member's Surname Interests submitted include: BAKER, BALFOUR, DELHINTEY/DULLHENTY, DOAN, EASTMAN, FENBY, HUNTER, JEWELL, JEFFREY, JOHNS(T)ON, LUNN(E)Y, McKAY and MOORE. 

SEPTEMBER 2000
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 6, No. 3 is published and mailed to members.

AUGUST 2000
New Member's Surname Interests section added. Members may submit surnames they are researching (anywhere in the world), so that others worldwide may contact them and compare notes.  Surnames submitted include ABBOTT, ATTHOW, BALL, BAMFIELD, BATES, BROWN, COUCH,  COULTER, CUDWORTH, DONLEY, DUNHAM, DURRER, EAMES, EARL, FEHDER/FADER, FOX, FYSH, GEMMILL/GEMMELL, GODWIN, GOODRUM, HABIJAM, HILL(S), HORNER, HOWARD, HUYCK, KREUGER, LAING, LAROSE, LOVEJOY, LYONS, McCLINCHEY, McDAVID, McFADYEN/McFADDEN, Mc/MacMINN, MARSHALL, MILLS, MUNNS, NORTH, PHINNEY, POLLINGTON, POTTER, REICHENBACH, RAWLEY/ROWLEY, ROSSELL/ROSZEL(L), SCOTT, SIZE, SNIDER, STAHLE/STALEY, STROH, WADE, WAKEFIELD, WALKER, WINFIELD, WING(E)FELDER, WILLCOCK, WEBB, and WOOD(S).

JULY 2000
There are now two order forms to help you order publications directly from York Region Branch OGS. The Cemeteries & Places of Worship Order Form (postage and handling included in prices) and the Publications Order Form (publications require postage and handling to be added).

JUNE 2000
Our branch library holdings housed at Richmond Hill Public Library are accessible by searching the RHPL catalogue, available online. Lots more additions to the Research Resources section, look for the icon in all sections. This section has been re-organized into logical categories, and the following icons have been added to help identify the type of resource listed: =Article =Book  =CD  =Online =Write or Phone =Video. Upcoming Fall branch meetings, and APOLROD meetings, have been added to the Calendar of Events. Lots of new links in the Member's Favourite Links section to help get you started with your online research.

MAY 2000
Lots of new additions to the York Region Research Resources pages, look for the icons. York Region Ancestors, Vol. 6, No. 2 published.

MARCH 2000
The branch has published two new Places of Worship Registers. Register of Marriages 1819-1843 by Rev. Wm Jenkins of Richmond Hill (includes marriages performed in the York, Markham, Vaughan, Whitchurch, Pickering and Uxbridge). Also St. Philips/Bethesda Lutheran Church, Unionville, Ontario Registers 1819-1848 (since 1864 known as Bethesda Lutheran Church). These publications can be ordered directly from the branch using, see the convenient order form.

FEBRUARY 2000
York Region Ancestors, Vol. 6, No. 1 is published and mailed to members.

22 JANUARY 2000
The York Region Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society launches their new web site!