About Us

On June 14th, 1980, the Quinte Branch was chartered as the 18th branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) covering the Bay of Quinte area that includes Hastings and Prince Edward Counties and surrounding areas in Ontario, Canada. The branch celebrated its 35th Anniversary on June 20, 2015. Approximately 300 members include those who have roots in the Bay of Quinte area and those who live locally with roots elsewhere. In 2020 the Quinte Branch of Ontario Ancestors/OGS “celebrated” its 40th anniversary of supporting the genealogy community.

Quinte OGS is a non-profit organization with three major goals:
– to encourage participation in genealogical activities
– to assemble and preserve family histories and research material;
– to assist family history researchers at the branch library and by correspondence.

Our volunteers enjoy interacting and exchanging information with other genealogists; improving their knowledge and research skills; furthering their personal research; and having lots of fun. Whether you live locally or afar you can become involved in branch activities that include, but are not limited to:

indexing the library holdings for the FIND-IT Names Index Database project
staffing the research library
writing articles for the newsletter (you can share your ideas and experiences, or publish the results of your research)
transcribing cemeteries
assisting at events
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Quinte Branch Council – 2021

Chair: Patrick Goodmurphy
Vice-Chair: John Carew
Past Chair:     Terry Buttler
Treasurer: Kurt Woermke
Secretary: Mary Shaw
Cemeteries:    Peter Johnson UE
Communications: Vacant
Database & IT/Indexing:    Bob Dawes
Indexing: Dianne Taylor-Harding
Library:    Library Committee
Membership:    Heather Semper
Newsletter:    Sharron Buttler
Photographer: Georgette Green
Programme: Kathryn Potter
Publications: John Carew
Publicity:     Vacant
Research:    Richard Hughes, Rodney Green
Social Hostess:    Lois Duggan
Social Media:     Cheryl Levy PLCGS
Surname Interest List (SIL): Lynn Heale
Webmaster:    Wayne Wickson
Website Advisor:    Tina Gemmell

Volunteer: Barbara Dawes
Volunteer: Faye West
Volunteer: Mary Culloden
Volunteer: Joan VanMeer
Volunteer: Carole Foshay
Volunteer: Julie Hinton
Volunteer: Jim Harvey UE
Volunteer: Suzanne Mainprize
Volunteer: Cynthia Benben

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Webmaster: quintewebmaster@ogs.on.ca

Quinte Branch Council – 2021