As you know, I didn't attend the OGS
Conference in Kingston this year, but there has been some news that
has come from the conference -
Shirley
Sturdevant has been chosen OGS President for the 2012 -2012. Shirley
is from Chatham, and she has worked
with the Kent Branch, held the position of Region 1 Director for
three years, and served in the role of Society Vice-President for the
past two years.
Mike
More has assumed the position of the new Vice-President for the OGS.
Mike has served with the Ottawa Branch since 1992 in a variety of
positions including Chair for several years and has also held the
position of Region 8 Director for the past two years.
Congratulations
to both!
Thanks
to John D. Reid at www.anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.com for
passing along the news that the Ontario BMD will be released in a
couple months – and they will be online - digitized and indexed for
the first time on the Archives of Ontario website!
They
will add an extra year for births (the year 1915 will be added),
marriages (the year 1930 will be added), and deaths (the year 1940
will be added).
John
says it will be a couple of months before they appear at www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/archival-records/interloan/vsmain.aspx
