The Kent Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society has been active in the community with regular monthly meetings and past events! All of our presentations are recorded and are available for public viewing on our YouTube channel.
Mar 2023 – Online Newspaper Techniques to Being a Better Researcher
Oct 2022 – Not Researching in the Rain Researching England from Away
Sept 2022 – Top 10 Meta Tips for Being a Better Researcher
June 2022 – Diligence Has Its Rewards: Research into early Kent and Lambton Ancestors
May 2022 – Resources at the CKPL for Family History Researchers
April 2022 – Federated Women’s Institute of Ontario
March 2022 – Drop in at the Wallaceburg Museum
February 2022 – Remembering Their Legacies: Stories from Chatham-Kent’s Black Community
November 2021 – Secrets & Surprises in the Family Tree
October 2021 – The Woman in the Photo – Discovering My Indigenous Heritage
September 2021 – Bubblin Crude Early Oil in Kent County
June 2021 – Memories of Merlin
May 2021 – Life Transitions Cemetery Saturdays
April 2021 – Family Tree Brick Wall? – Tracing DNA Matches to Prior Generations
March 2021 – Walking Through the Website
November 2020 – Rooted in Kent & Beyond
October 2020 – Researching First Nation Ancestors
September 2020 – Home Sweet Home
May 2020 – 100 Years of the IODE in Kent County
April 2020 – Using Wills and Census Records to Build Your Family Tree
March 2020 – The Business of Death
September 13th, 2019 – FRUITS OF PERSEVERANCE: The French Presence in the Detroit River 1701-1815
May 10th, 2019 – Knocking Down the “Brick Wall” with Newspapers and Family Tidbits
March 8th, 2019 – My Alleyne Ancestors – Barbados. Plantations. Slavery.
November 9th, 2018 – Military Families of Erieau
October 12th, 2018 – Researching Tilbury
June 8th, 2018 – The Sherk Family of Dresden
May 11th, 2018 – Using Land Records to Learn More About Your Ancestors
November 2017 – Researching/Deciphering Military Records
October 2017 – Family Connections
September 2017 – British Home Child Month
June 9th, 2017 – Is there a Doctor in the House?
May 12th, 2017 – Online Cemetery Resource
April 21st, 2017 – Kent Branch OGS Road Trip to the Black Historical Society
March 10th, 2017 – Researching your French Ancestry
September 9th, 2016 – Celebrate Genealogy!
June 10, 2016 – Interesting People Your Ancestors May Have Known
May 13, 2016 – Newspapers: A Family History Goldmine!
June 8, 2015 – Residential Schools
May 8, 2015 – Victorian Celebration of Death
April 10, 2015 – Ukrainian Research
March 13th, 2015 – The Baldoon Settlement
February 13th, 2015 – Dabbling in DNA
January 9th, 2015 – Chatham-Kent Public Library Digital Collection
November 14, 2014 – Kent County Heroes Under Italian Skies