The Annual General Meeting of The Ontario Genealogical Society will be held on Saturday, June 11th at 11:00 am EST online via ZOOM for the following purposes: (1) to receive the Annual Report of the Society; (2) to receive the Financial Statements of the Society for the 2021 calendar year; (3) to ratify the Actions of
The Annual General Meeting of The Ontario Genealogical Society will be held on Saturday, June 11th at 11:00 am EST online via ZOOM for the following purposes:
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Steve is Past President of the Ontario Genealogical Society, Chair of the Niagara Peninsula Branch since 2009 and Chair of the OGS Technical Support and Innovation Committee (TSIC). Steve’s passion and enthusiasm for genealogy and the concept of paying it forward has brought together many groups for the benefit of family history, building bridges and meeting new people.
The discovery of insulin by Frederick Banting is one of the most significant events in the history of Canadian medical science. Grant Maltman’s presentation will provide an overview of the pre-Banting era, the discovery period, the legacy of insulin, and the importance of place that the Banting House National Historic Site represents here in London.
The presentation will provide an overview of orphan care by the Sisters of St. Joseph in London and Hamilton, and of the records which we keep in our archives. In London, the Sisters founded and administered Mount Hope which became Mount St. Joseph Orphanage, and later Fontbonne Hall. In Hamilton, they founded St. Mary’s Orphanage.