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Toronto
Tree
The
Toronto Tree is published six times per year by the Toronto Branch,
Ontario Genealogical Society and a copy is sent to all members. Submissions
to the "Queries" column are free.*
Below are the first pages
of past newsletters with links to the full text of selected articles.
January February 2013
September October 2012
March April 2012
September October 2011
July August 2011
May June 2011
March April 2011
- On-Line Maps with Photographs of Neighbourhoods
Pierce Reid describes some of the features (and limitations) of several on-line mapping web sites that can give you a feel of your ancestors' neighbourhoods.
January February 2011
November December 2010
- In The Footsteps: World War I Soldiers
Linda Reid's family went on a genealogical tour to see the battle sites where her grandfather and great uncle, as well as Canadians, fought in WW I. Read the article at the above link.
September October 2010
July August 2010
May June 2010
- Digging in Our Cemeteries
This article by Patricia Blackstock gives some of the history of two old Toronto cemeteries: the St. James Cemetery at Parliament and Bloor streets and the Necropolis Cemetery on Winchester east of Parliament Street. Click here to read the full article.
March April 2010
- New Items at the Toronto Family History Centre
This article summarizes the new British and Irish accessions at the Toronto FHC.
Read the article...
January February 2010
- Elizabeth Jane Marsh Beard
The search for information about the wife of Joshua George Beard, 10th Mayor of Toronto, started with nothing but her portrait, that of a dignified and solemn lady.
Read the rest of the article...
November December 2009
September October 2009
July August 2009
May June 2009
March April 2009
January February 2009
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007
- How the "Inexperienced" Genealogist Got Her Wings
In the November/December 2007 issue of Toronto Tree, we included the first part of this article. It reappears here as Part 1: How I Caught the Genealogy Bug. Now we add Part 2, which tells us how Cathy McNamara found her “research buddy” and developed her skills as a genealogist.
Read the two parts of the article...
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
2005
- Toronto
Customs House Records at Archives of Ontario
Jane MacNamara describes the Toronto Custom House fonds (F214), one
of the private document collections at the Archives of Ontario.
Read the rest of the article...
JULY/AUGUST 2005- The Lost
Village of Fairbank's
The second in a series of articles on lost villages of Toronto
by Paul McGrath. Fairbank's was located in the area of Eglinton Avenue
West and Dufferin Street.
Read the rest of the article...
MAY/JUNE 2005
* Queries
should be brief and are subject to editing.
Submit all
queries and possible items for inclusion in Toronto Tree to the
editor, Marian Press, c/o Toronto Branch, OGS, P.O. Box 518, Station
K, Toronto, ON, Canada M4P 2G9.
Email: torontotree@torontofamilyhistory.org
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