The Grace Schmidt Room of Local History

ONTARIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (OGS)
WATERLOO REGION BRANCH

The Waterloo Region Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is a partner of KPL, along with the Waterloo Historical Society, in the Grace Schmidt Room (GSR) of Local History. Formed in 1972, the Waterloo-Wellington Branch, OGS, served the genealogical interests and researchers of Wellington and Waterloo Counties until late 2000. In 2001, the branch split into the Waterloo Region and Wellington County Branches. The Wellington County Branch, OGS, transferred its genealogy collection to the Guelph Public Library, while the Waterloo Region Branch maintained its collection at KPL.

Contacting the Waterloo Region Branch, OGS

The Waterloo Region Branch, OGS, is a volunteer organization. To contact the Branch, you must visit the Branch’s website, email them or use regular post.

The website of the Waterloo Region Branch is http://www.waterlooogs.ca/.

Their email address is: watogs@yahoo.com

The mailing address is: Waterloo Region Branch, OGS
525 Highland Road West
Suite 104
Kitchener, Ontario N2M 5P4

The website of the Ontario Genealogical Society is: http://www.ogs.on.ca/

Please note that KPL/GSR staff cannot:
• Take messages for the Branch or its members
• Sell or take orders for OGS or Branch publications
• Take registrations for OGS or Branch events

OGS Publications

The Waterloo Region Branch, OGS, offers for sale a number of genealogical publications to the public. However, these must be ordered and purchased from the Branch directly.

Publication information, order details and forms are available at http://www.waterlooogs.ca/order_form.htm.

OGS Collection in the GSR

The Waterloo Region Branch, OGS, maintains its reference genealogy library in the GSR. The collection contains genealogy guides and manuals, family histories, cemetery transcriptions, and indexes to births, deaths and marriage announcements, census information and wills, etc. OGS library materials are catalogued by KPL’s Bibliographic Services Department and can be searched via the KPL catalogue. The OGS collection is identified in the catalogue as:

Main – Genealogical Collection (In Library Use only)

Please note that the OGS Collection is physically located in the Grace Schmidt Room of Local History.

OGS Computer

The Waterloo Region Branch also maintains a computer in the GSR, which contains a number of OGS databases, including a Waterloo Master Name Index, 1871 Ontario Census Index for Heads and Strays, Newspaper Indexes, and a copy of the Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid.