OGS monthly branch meetings in Kingston, Ottawa and Trenton

The Kingston Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society has its monthly meeting on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 10 a.m. when Sandra Joyce will speak about her book The Street Arab, The Story of a British Home Child. Meetings are in the Wilson Room of Kingston Frontenac Public Library, 130 Johnson St. Details: www.ogs.on.ca/kingston

Ottawa Branch meets at 1p.m. at the City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Drive, Room 115 when Ron Doering will speak on Defending our Home: Loyalist Families of Dundas County and the Battle of Crysler´s Farm (A War of 1812 Novel) Prof Leighann Neilson will also provide an update on the Canadian Genealogy Survey results. Contact: program@ogsottawa.on.ca

Quinte Branch will meet at the same time, 1p.m., to hear Claire Nabrotzky on Beginning your Family History. Meetings are at the Quinte West City Hall & Library, 7 Creswell Drive, Trenton and starting at 1 p.m. Date: Details: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canqbogs/contact_quinte_ogs.htm/