We’re launching the fall season at Toronto Branch with a bonus event! Join us for a special in-person only meeting the afternoon of Saturday September 20, in advance of our regular monthly meeting online the evening of Monday September 22. Both are free and all are welcome to attend! Our September 20 meeting will take place in the Auditorium of the North York Central Library, located at 5120 Yonge Street at the North York […]
Toronto Branch is thrilled to be hosting an advanced-level, full-day workshop on Y-DNA testing on October 18, led by David Vance, a worldwide expert on Y-DNA and vice-president of FamilyTreeDNA. Y-DNA is passed down from father to son, and can be a big help to genealogists researching direct paternal lines. Develop your skills and deepen your understanding of the Y-DNA test and its potential uses with sessions on the latest from FTDNA, testing […]
Boost your research skills this fall with two separate online courses on Ontario land records—both led by Toronto Branch instructor Jane MacNamara. Join Jane in September for a three-session course on the province’s Crown land records, and complement your learning with another three-session course in November on land registry records. All sessions are on Thursday evenings, beginning at 7:30 pm (EDT), and will be recorded and archived for a limited time. NEW FOR 2025: […]
Toronto Branch presented the 14th annual Toronto History Lecture via Zoom on Tuesday August 5, 2024. This year, we welcomed a father-son team of speakers to talk about a Toronto icon—our streetcar system! Dr. Brian Doucet and Dr. Michael Doucet have spent their careers researching cities and urban change. They showed us how streetcar lines have shaped many Toronto neighbourhoods, and how the story of the streetcars is interwoven with the transformation of the […]