This will be the second-to-last newsletter that will be in its current format.
Starting with the January-February 2010 issue, things are going to change.
It will be in a new 8.5 x 11 format, and the name will change to - "The Ottawa Genealogist. A publication of the Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society".
A sample of the new name and format has been passed to the board, and by all accounts, it has been a success.
Included in this issue of the newsletter are "Research at the Archives of Ontario", "Early Residents of Ottawa's Sandy Hill Neighbourhood", and "Memorial No. 2 Carleton County Copy Book".
They have an interesting section at the back of the newsletter under "Departments", especially the "Interesting Web Sites" in which Heather Oakley goes through the websites she has found over the past month or so.
I read her notes every issue to see if there is something I might have missed - and you should do the same. I'm always impressed by what she digs up.
In the "Old-Time Stuff" is a special mention of Stittsville. It is now 101 years old!
In the "Historic Plaques and Monuments" section, they took a picture of the Commissariat Building (1827), the oldest stone building in Ottawa.
It was a storehouse, office, and treasury during the building of the Rideau Canal from 1826-1832.
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