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, by correspondence and online.

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 Operating Committee – 2023
  

  Chair:    (Vacant)
  Vice-Chair:    (Vacant)
  Past Chair:     Terry Buttler
  Treasurer:    Kurt Woermke
  Secretary:    Mary Shaw
  Cemeteries:    Peter Johnson UE
  Database & IT:    (Vacant)
  Indexing:    Dianne Taylor-Harding
  Library:    Shannon Bryan
  Membership:    Heather Semper
  Newsletter:    Jane Simpson
  Photographer:    Georgette Green
  Programme:  Kathryn Potter
  Publications:    (Vacant)
  Research:    Richard Hughes, Rodney Green
  Social Media:     Steve Ostrom
  Surname Interest List (SIL):    Lynn Heale
  Webmaster:    Wayne Wickson
  Website Advisor:    Tina Gemmell

  Quinte West Public Library (QWPL) Rep.:   Krista Richardson
  Belleville Public Library (BPL) Rep.:   Shannon Bryan 

  Volunteer:   Barbara Dawes
  Volunteer:   Faye West
  Volunteer:   Mary Culloden
  Volunteer:   Joan Van Meer
  Volunteer:   Carole Foshay
  Volunteer:   Julie Hinton
  Volunteer:   Jim Harvey UE
  Volunteer:   Suzanne Mainprize
  Volunteer:   Cynthia Benben
  Volunteer:   Sharon Preston
  Volunteer:   Jennifer Nasso
  Volunteer:   Lori Padgett
  Volunteer:   Tracey Cainer