What does the Ontario Genealogical Society have scheduled for 2026 in its monthly webinar series?
The program features a solid mix of topics ranging from genetic genealogy and AI, which sometimes seem like genealogical miracles, to specific record sets like the Upper Canada Sundries and Chelsea Pensioners.
Presentations are typically free and open to the public on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm ET. Put a reminder in your calendar before you forget. Recordings available as a member benefit.
Here is the 2026 schedule:
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January: Ken McKinlay – Genealogical Miracles
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February: Marie Palmer – Investigative Genetic Genealogy: What Is It and How You Can Help
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March: Janice Nickerson – Upper Canada Sundries – An underused genealogical gold mine
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April: Daniel Horowitz – Old News, New Tricks: How AI Breathes Life into Newspaper Historic Headlines
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May: Kathryn Lake Hogan – Discovering Industrial Ancestors in Mills, Logging Camps, and Company Towns
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June: Eleanor Brinsko – Scrolling through Norwegian Genealogy Resources Online
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July: Andrea Lister – Permissions Made Simple: Copyright for Family Historians
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August: Natalie Bodle – The Top 5 Websites You Need to Know About
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September: Lianne Kruger – FNMI: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada
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October: Kate Penney Howard – Home Children and Orphan Trains: North American Child Migration Schemes of the 19th & 20th Centuries
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November: Linda Corupe – Chelsea Pensioners in Upper Canada
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December: Eleanor Brinsko – How Religion in Norway Affected Our Ancestors
For more details or to register for upcoming sessions, visit the OGS website.