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Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2017 **NEW**

Greetings from the Chair • 2017 Quinte Branch OGS Council Volunteers • Quinte Branch Chair’s Report 2017 AGM • October Presentation: The Skies Above: Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Arras, 1917 by Major William March, CD • LAC: Personnel Records of the First World War • Quinte Branch Calendar • Grappling With Grave Markers #30: Ann (HOGLE) VANDERVOORT, Hogle Cemetery. 1851 • Quinte Branch OGS Membership Report • Bob’s Bytes: Year End Odds and Ends • 1869-70 Directory of Hastings County: Frankford Listing.

PAST ISSUES

Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2017
Greetings from the Chair • 2017 Quinte Branch OGS Council Volunteers • Mark Your Calendar • Grappling With Grave Markers #29: Martin RUSH, 1826. • Bob's Bytes: Building a Genealogy Computer • Quinte Branch OGS Canada 150 Project • Milltown 1869 (1869-1870 Directory of Hastings County) • Quinte Branch October 21 presentation: The Skies Above: Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Arras, 1917 by Major Bill March •

Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2017
Greetings from the Chair • 2017 Quinte Branch OGS Council Volunteers • Digital Presentation: Taming Your Inner Packrat by Lisa Alzo • Ontario Volunteers Service Awards • Presentation: Hastings 1866 by Dick Hughes • Quinte Branch Canada 150 Project Update • Grappling With Grave Markers #28: The WANNAMAKERS, 1949. Mountain View • Mark Your Calendar • Bob's Bytes: 10 Easy Steps to DNA Analysis • Residents of Foxboro 1869-1870 (1869-1870 Directory of Hastings County) • Quinte Branch CDs on sale • UEL Heritage Dinner •

Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2017
• Greetings from the Chair • 2017 Quinte Branch OGS Council Volunteers • Annual Crouse‐Wanamaker Lecture: Taking Root in a New Land by Cheryl Levy, PLCGS • Staying Safe with Social Media: Webinar Presentation by Thomas MacEntee • What Shape is Your DNA? Webinar presentation by Diahan Southard • In Memoriam: Ron Lambert, Ian Reilly UE and Elizabeth Lapointe • Grappling With Grave Markers #27: Nancy (SIMMONS) PORTER 1854. Stockdale by Peter W. Johnson UE • How can Quinte Branch OGS Help You? Here are some of my favourite Websites By Larry McQuoid • What can you do for Quinte Branch? • Bob's Bytes: Moving Stuff Around by Bob Dawes • Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Events • 1869‐70 Directory of Hastings County • Finding Your Loyalist Roots • Cemetery CDs on sale

Volume 11, Issue 4, December 2016
Greetings from the Chair • 2017 Quinte Branch OGS Council Volunteers • Quinte Branch Chair's Report 2016 AGM • Quinte Branch Canada 150 Project Update • Membership Report and Renewal Reminder • Family History Day • Presentation: A Place Called Wallbridge by Alex McNaught • Presentation: Online Courses Through the National Institute for Genealogical Studies by Cheryl Levy PLCGS • Presentation: Sacrifice of Angels by Robyn May • Presentation: Using Our Quinte Branch Library by Bob Dawes • Quinte Branch Annual General Meeting (AGM) • Quinte Branch Computer / Genealogy Tech Special Interest Group (SIG) • Surname Interest List (SIL) Update • Bob's Bytes: A Forest of Family Trees • More War of 1812 Veterans Honoured: CHASE, JAY, STONEBURGH, WILKINS • Grappling With Grave Markers #26: Sarah Ann MOON, 1851. Thomasburg • Quinte West Doors Open 2016 • Quinte Branch, OGS: Our Canada 150 Project • Mark Your Calendar: Presentation schedule (January - June 2017) • Quinte Branch Cemetery CDs on sale
  
Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2016
Greetings from the Chair • 2016 Quinte Branch OGS Council Volunteers • Bob's Bytes: Windows 10 - The First Anniversary • Advertising and Publicity • Grappling With Grave Markers #25: Barce CHARD, 1843. Stirling Cemetery: Veteran of Two Different Wars...and Two Different Sides! by Peter W. Johnson UE • Quinte Branch, (OGS) Our Canada 150 Project • Quinte Branch Members' Surname Interest List (SIL) • How I Spent my Summer Vacation by Sharron Buttler • Special offer for Gerald Belanger Collection: Vol. 1 & 2 and now Vol. 3 • Map of Quinte Branch Members • Annual Business Meeting (AGM) on November 19 • Cemetery CDs on sale
  
Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2016
Greetings from the Chair • 2016 Quinte Branch OGS Council Volunteers • The NEW Quinte Branch Online Finding Aid • Quinte Branch Surname Interest List (SIL) launched online • Bob's Bytes: Email Systems • Grappling With Grave Markers #24: Franklin WHITE, 1859, Whites Cemetery by Peter W. Johnson UE • OGS 2016 AGM Highlights, including 2016 Best Branch/SIG Website Award • Ontario Volunteer Service Awards for Quinte Branch • APRIL Presentation: LDS Resources for Genealogists by Wendy MacDonald • MAY Presentation: The Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County by Amanda Hill, Archivist • JUNE: Great Moments in Genealogy Presented by Quinte Branch Members • Recent graduate of National Institute of Genealogical Studies: Cheryl Levy, PLCGS • Gerald Belanger Collection Vol. 1 & 2 and upcoming Genealogy Events •

Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2016
Greetings from the Chair • 2016 Quinte Branch OGS Council Volunteers • In remembrance of Lewis Zandbergen (1949-2016) • JANUARY Presentation: Crouse-Wanamaker Lecture: Tweed Heritage Centre by Evan Morton & Dutch Vermeer • FEBRUARY Presentation: Scotland from Abroad by Robert G Dawes • MARCH: Annual General Meeting & Elections 2016 • MARCH Presentation: DNA Research for Genealogists: beyond the basics - Webinar conducted by Dr Ugo Perego PhD • Bob's Bytes: Technology Predictions for 2016 • Grappling With Grave Markers #23: Deborah LOSEE, 1789-1877, Lakeport • Quinte Branch Members Surname Interest List: Helping Hands Outreach at Quinte Branch (coming soon) • Quinte Branch Chair's Report and Financial Report 2015 •
   
Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2015
A special "Thank You" to a special guy (Lewis Zandbergen) • Monthly Presentation: Great Moments in Genealogy by Quinte Branch • Doors Open Quinte West 2015 (WEAVER & MULLETT Genealogies) • Monthly Presentation: Northumberland County Records by Gabrielle Blaschuk • Monthly Presentation: The Recent Discovery of Capt. John W. Meters' Account Book by Randy Saylor • "Thank You" to the Volunteers • Chair’s Comments • Quinte Branch AGM & Elections scheduled for March 19, 2016 • Bully for the Belanger Collection (recommendation) • Grappling with Grave Markers #22: Alfred BROCK, 1913, Friends Cemetery • Bob's Bytes: Building Personal Databases • Re-dedication of (Henry GAUEN) burial site reveals world history • Publications going green • Membership Renewal Report • Quinte Branch Members' Surname Interest List •

Volume 10, Issue 3, September 2015
Quinte Branch 35th Anniversary Celebration June 20, 2015 • Chair’s Comment: New Challenges Ahead - Internet has Broadened our Scope • War of 1812 marker honours local veteran [Peter MAYBEE] • Bob's Bytes: Windows 10 - Do I Need it? • Lots of Family History Courses available • James & Janet FORRESTER • The County Atlas • Atlantic Canada Workshop [Toronto Branch OGS on October 17] • It Looks like Germany is Calling • 35th Anniversary photos • Gerald Belanger Collection Vol. 1 DVD • Fall 2015 schedule • Grappling with Grave Markers #21: William FOSTER, 1860, Smith Falls • UEL Celebration 1929 article • CDs available for purchase at Quinte Branch • Photo Query • Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis - Scottish family history lecture at North York Central Library [September 18] • School Days photo: Rawdon 1909 •

Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2015
At the Call of King and Country presentation by Bill Kennedy • Chair’s Comment: Our 35th Anniversary is Just Around the Corner • Great Moments in Genealogy on September 19 (2015) • Bob's Bytes: Using Genealogy Software • A major event: Gerald Belanger Collection to be officially unveiled on June 20 - One Man's Passion • Glimpses of a Life (David & Margaret FORRESTER) • What's New in Legacy 8 digital presentation by Geoff Rasmussen • Could you be a Mayflower Descendant? • Grappling with Grave Markers #20: Laura Ann GUNTER, 1884, North Hastings • CDs available for purchase at Quinte Branch • Archaeology: How can we Preserve of Heritage? presentation by Shannon Millar • Congratulations to Quinte Branch OGS recipients of the 2015 Ontario Volunteer Service Awards • Scenes from Adolphustown May 23, 2015 • Query: BARKER/MOBEY • Find Quinte Branch OGS on Facebook •
   

Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2015
Early Airmen were "Dancers" in the Sky presentation by Bill Hunt • Chair’s Comment: Another Year Under Way • Editorial: Genealogy Research Better When it's Cold • Bob's Bytes: Dealing with Malware and Other Baddies • Lots and Concession Numbers Provide Clues to Ancestors' Homes / Get Out Those Reference Books • Grappling with Grave Markers #19: Grandma RUSHTON, 1866 • Stockdale Public School: Looking Back 60 Years • 2015 Saturday Presentations Schedule • Local Author Shares Early History - Book: Footprints in America by Marjorie (BROWNSON) McMullen-Parks • We Want Your Ancestry Stories (call for submissions) • Backing Up Your Genealogy Data Legacy digital presentation by Thomas MacEntee • CDs available for purchase at Quinte Branch • Quinte Branch 2014 Financial Statement •
 
Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2014
Membership Renewal and Newsletter Distribution 2015 • Chair’s Comment: On Conversations with my Ancestors • Bob's Bytes: The Google Garden • Monthly Meeting: Discovering the Lennox and Addington Archives presentation by Shelley Respondek • Monthly Meeting: Timelines and Chronologies: Secrets of Success digital presentation by Geoff Rasmussen • Grappling with Grave Markers #18: John & Elenor FENNELL, Hilton Cemetery • Monthly Meeting: Great Moments in Genealogy presentation by Quinte Branch • Mississauga at War - New Online Exhibit • War of 1812 Plaque placed on Stockdale Grave Site - A Personal Connection and A Number of Descendants Attended • Query with DINGMAN/WILSON connection • Doors Open 2014 at the Quinte Genealogical Centre • Notice for Quinte Branch Annual General Meeting on 21 Feb 2015 • CDs available for purchase at Quinte Branch • Family Trees • Quinte Branch Members' 2014 Surnames Interest List •

Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2014
Monthly Meeting: Making the Most of the Canadian Census Records digital presentation by Kathryn Lake Hogan • Chair’s Comment: Onward and Upward! • Unusual English Kinship Words • Does Anyone Remember the DEWBERRY Family? • Bob's Bytes: Quinte Branch has New Computers • Loyalist Descendants in Beechwood Cemetery • Remembering Marjorea ROBLIN • ELMERS Descendants Reunion • Grappling with Grave Markers #17: Cinthey FAIRMAN, 1870 • Brighton Documents Now Part of County Archive • An "Instant Ancestor" Aquires a Name • Upcoming Workshop: Industrial England • CDs available for purchase at Quinte Branch •

Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2014
Notice to Members of Quinte Branch: Newsletter Digital Distribution • Researching at Queen's University presented by Nancy Cutway • Building Personal Archives presentation by Stephanie Wright • Chair’s Message: Electronic Distribution Becoming the Norm • Bob's Bytes: The Cloud - Where is it? • Re-enactment of the 1884 Lazier Murder Trial • Any Potwallopers in Your Past? • Grappling with Grave Markers #16: Garret ECKERSON, 1798, New York • FamilySearch adds Saskatchewan Probate Estate Files, 1887-1931 • Researching at the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre presentation by Diane Godbout • New CD Record Set: Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Registers for Hastings & Prince Edward Counties, and Murray Township Cemeteries • Last Post: J. Brian Gilchrist - April 7, 1956 - May 1, 2014 • CDs available for purchase at Quinte Branch • Stories My Grandma Told Me: We Still Want Your Memories • Find Quinte Branch OGS on Facebook

Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2014
Crouse-Wanamaker Lecture: Think About What's Beneath Your Feet presented by Orland French • Digital Images: Scanning, Editing and Preserving Your Photos, a digital presentation by Geoff Rasmussen • Chair’s Message: Welcome to 2014 • Bob's Bytes: What About Podcasts • Read All About It • Grappling with Grave Markers #15: Catherine WAY, 1859, Carrying Place • Annual General Meeting: March 15 • Didn't You Go To School With What's His Name? • QB Financial Statements for 2013 • Proposed Budget for 2014 • CDs available for purchase at Quinte Branch • Stories My Grandma Told Me: We Still Want Your Memories

Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2013
Blessings of the Season • Chair’s Message: Looking Back and Ahead • Doors Open and British Home Children • More Choices in the Future • Bob's Bytes: Using Programs with Reduced Support Systems • Romance and Tragedy in Carlow Township, 1876 (Archibald McFADYEN and Son) • The Other O.G.S. • A Happy Ending After All • Grappling with Grave Markers #14: Henry & Elizabeth VAN TASSEL, Smithfield • Monthly Meeting: Solving Cemetery Problems (Vandalism, Abandoned Cemeteries, Registration and Heritage Designation presented by Diane Clendenan and Marjorie Stuart) • Deeds Returned Home • Member Surname List • CDs available for purchase at Quinte Branch • Stories My Grandma Told Me: We Still Want Your Memories

Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2013
The Fearful Fate of the KILBANKS • A Paperless World? Not for Me • Chair’s Message: About Members and Memberships • Death Registration Rather Blunt (KILBANKS con't) • We're Here For You • Plenty of Mystery in KILBANKS Story • Romance and Tragedy in Carlow Township, 1876 • Grappling with Grave Markers #13: The TAYLOR Family and Belleville Cemetery • Monthly Meetings: Answers for a Common Question (Why Can't I Find It Online?) presented by Ruth Blair) • Happy 33rd Birthday to Quinte Branch OGS • Author (Millie MORTON) Reflects on Teacher's "Exceptional Life" • CDs available for purchase at Quinte Branch • Update to the Physicians Database (coming this fall) • Obituary: Rev. J. William LAMB (1930-2013)

Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2013
Quinte Branch Meeting Hosts Well-Known Writer and Editor • Flights of Fancy • Chair’s Message: Moving Forward - Success Doesn't Happen Overnight • Children Aware of Family's History Better at Facing Challenges • Bob’s Bytes: Portable Genealogy • Monthly Meetings: Researching in Scotland & DeoxyriboNucleic Acid: That's DNA to You and Me • Grappling with Grave Markers #12: PHEBE (PIERSON) HENDRICK, 1848 • Predestined • What is Canada Post Doing with Your Mail? • Veterans Service Medal a Mystery • Genealogists Want To Be Correct • Reading Tombstones • Obituary: HARRIET RICHARDS • CDs available for purchase at Quinte Branch • A Photo Question 

Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2013
Stories My Grandma Told Me • Stay in Touch with Your Past • Chair’s Message: No Resting on Our Laurels • Monthly Meetings Highlights include the Crouse-Wanamaker Lecture: Gerry Boyce Packs the Council Chamber and What's New on Family Tree Maker • Bob’s Bytes: What is a GEDCOM file? • New CD Record Set: Vital Records (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials) for Hastings & Prince Edward Counties United Churches (formerly Methodist & Presbyterian) • Grappling with Grave Markers #11: William MEREDITH, 1859 • Youth Challenge Family History Contest Announced • What's Behind Your Name? • Quinte Branch 2012 Financial Report

Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2012
Welcoming Number Sixty-Three • Chair’s Message: We Will Meet Again • Monthly Meetings Highlight the Basics and the Canada 150 Project • Letter: James Herbert NOXON Photo Query • Bob’s Bytes: Backing up is Hard to Do • Queries: Fred & Annie Janet Catherine KING and Bangor Loyal Orange Lodge #1194 • A Family Bible with Local Links • Grappling with Grave Markers #10: William LOWTHER, 1777 • Musical Warriors: The Greatest Hits of 1812 • Stirling News Argus: Births, Marriages and Deaths (Reel 1: Sep 1879 – Sep 1884) • Membership Report • 2012 Member’s Surname List

Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2012
The STEENBURGH Reunion: The Civil War reaches Cordova Mines--150 years later! • War of 1812 Takes Over Summer • The Annual Loyalist Day Celebration Takes on an 1812 Flavour This Year • Bob's Bytes: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know about Electronic Readers • Obituary: Margaret L. MAY, 1929-2012 • Grappling with Grave Markers #9: Gilbert HARRIS, 1827 • TURCOTTE Pioneer Family of Stoco Lake, Hastings County • 100 Physicians Who Graduated between 1900 and 1909 in the Belleville Area • Photo Query: Herbert James NOXON.

Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2012
Congratulations to our Ontario Volunteer Service Award Recipients • Wide Variety of Topics at Monthly Meetings: English Probate Records, Resources at the Campbellford-Seymour Heritage Centre and King's College, Ontario's Missing Link • Taking Genealogy Wherever You Find It • The (Lost) Wesleyan Methodist Graveyard in Frankford • A Day at the Front: Toronto Branch Workshop on Finding Your Great War Ancestors • Grappling with Grave Markers #8, The ROWE Family • Stirling High School, the Class of 1910 • Ottawa and the War of 1812 • DNA Query, DIAMOND Family • Newsletter Article Brings Distant Cousins Together • Elvis Presley's Quinte Cousins? PRESLARS of Camden-Sidney • Prince Edward County SMITH Family Bible Wants a Home • Anglicans Observe Two Anniversaries at Campbellford in 1934.

Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2012
Full House present for Annual Lecture: Searching Effectively on Ancestry • February Meeting Highlights War of 1812 • Eleanor Isabel Carleton MOULT UE • A Homemade Wedding Certificate Surfaces in a Surprising Location, HERRINGTON-SCOTT • Grappling with Grave Markers #7, Lest We Forget: Benjamin JUBY, 1917 • Photo Query EGGLETON • An Interesting Golden Wedding, TERRILL-HERRINGTON

Volume 6, Issue 4, December 2011
Care of Family Papers & Photographs • Grappling with Grave Markers #6: The KETCHESONS • Quinte Branch Members Participate in the OGS 50th Anniversary Cruise • My Path to a Successful U.E. Certificate Application as a descendant of Hazleton SPENCER U.E. • MORDEN Family History • Helping Reuben WHITE Stand Up Again • McCAW Family History • 2011 Member's Surname List

Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2011
Bringing the Quinte Branch OGS to You • Quinte Branch Research Library • Grappling with Grave Markers #5: John COLLINS 1728 & William Van TASSEL 1769 • Research Section of the Quinte Branch • CORLETT/CURLETT Query • Sorting Out The SKINKLES...No Easy Task!

Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2011
How to Use the Ontario Genealogy Society Website • Photo Query JACKMAN or HUBBLE • Grappling with Grave Markers #4: Lucinda SKINKLE 1859, Warkworth • Photo Query BROWN & GUNTER • Genealogy Resources at Belleville Public Library • The Methodist Church in Ontario • Why We Do What We Do!!! • Mayors of the City of Belleville 1850-1955 Database • Photo Query STOCKDALE Women • Quinte Branch at the OGS 50th Anniversary Conference

Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2011
Planning a Research Strategy • Photo Query POST & LIDELL • Drowning in Paper? • Grappling with Grave Markers #3: FAIRMANS at Consecon 1876-1883 • Cramahe Township Cemeteries, Northumberland Co. • Archives of Ontario Vital Statistics Release

Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2010
Researching Your Loyalist Ancestors • The Impact of the 1918 Flu Pandemic on Prince Edward County • Upper Canada Land Petitions Online Database • Grappling with Grave Markers #2: Emmarilla BENSON 1876 • Major Sills Gets Some Recognition, Finally • Carmel Centennial of Carmel Public School 1853-1955, The PITMAN, REED & REID Families • City of Belleville and Hastings County Archives • 2010 Members' Surname List

Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2010
30th Anniversary, It was a Party • British Home Child Memorial Quilt & Descendants Reunion • Grappling with Grave Markers #1: Major Andre COLE • We Celebrate our 30th Year • Physicians Database by Dr. Donald Brearley

Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2010
Celebrating Our 30th Year on June 19th • Bay of Quinte Families from Dutchess County, New York • Irish Research 101 • Irish Genealogy on the Internet • Bibliography of Irish Resources • Why Not? Pre-Planning Funerals • 2010 Year of the British Home Child Quilt Blocks • GIST Family Bibles • Hastings County Copybooks

Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2010
Migrations of our Pioneer Ancestors • Rum Runners, Gamblers and Flyers • "Damned Rascal" Captain John Walden Meyers • From a Little Seed a Mighty Branch Grew--Quinte Branch 30th Anniversary • 2010, Year of the Home Child in Canada • Carmel Centennial of Carmel Public School 1853-1955, The HOWES & JONES Families

Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2009
Family Research at the Archives of Ontario, On-Site or from a Distance • History of the Family Dairies of Prince Edward County • Research British Immigrants to Canada • The COWIE Family of Belleville • Brick Wall Breakthroughs: EMBURY, TONER • A Pioneer Cemetery is Reborn in Cloyne, Eastern Ontario • Sandra & John Horwat transcribe 9,600 stones at the Belleville Cemetery • Carmel Centennial of Carmel Public School 1853-1955, The HOMAN & HORTON Families • Do You have British Roots? • 2009 Members Surname Interests

Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2009
Ancestors in Your Attic • Publishing a Family History • I Found Some of my Ancestors in a Pile of Newspapers • Brick Wall Breakthroughs: McCUTCHEON-McDONALD • Carmel Centennial of Carmel Public School 1853-1955, The BRITNELL, CLAPP, CLARKE, GEROW & HICKS Families

Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2009
Meeting Reports • Quinte Branch Volunteers Receive Awards • A Brief Look at the 225th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Loyalists in this Province • Brick Wall Breakthroughs: WILSON • Quinte Branch Librarian Mugged • Quinte Branch Genealogy Group Passes a Major Milestone, over 1,000,000 Names in Finding Aid • Happy Third Anniversary, Quinte Branch • Your Market Place, Stockdale Cemetery Annotated Transcript • Some Quinte Settlers Discovered in Revolutionary War Pension Records, ROHLEY, CLARKE & BRADSHAW.

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