SIMCOE COUNTY BRANCH, ONTARIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 892, Barrie, Ontario L4M 4Y6 Phone (705) 435-3071 E-mail: chair@simcoebogs.com Website: www.simcoebogs.com We are now officially into winter with all the snow that is flying lately. This is our last meeting of 2007 and it will take place on Saturday, December 1st, at 2 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 79 Ferris Lane (east of Bayfield Street, south of Cundles Road) in Barrie. This is our Annual General Meeting along with Show and Tell from our audience. We welcome the sharing of a favourite genealogy story or a new resource that you have come across. During the meeting, door prizes will be given out. After the meeting, there will be cold drinks and Christmas goodies as we gather and wish each other the best of the season. Preview for 2008 for Simcoe County branch January 5th – Ellen Millar from the Simcoe County Archives February 2nd – Keith Butler from Extreme Imaging – restoring old photographs March 1st – Jane MacNamara – Manorial Records April 12th – Rick Roberts from Global Genealogy – Canadian Military Records We have been advised that OGS is now set up for online membership renewal. Remember to indicate the branches to which you wish to belong. If you wish to renew your membership in this way, please go to www.ogs.on.ca/membership.php Please NOTE the new email address in the letterhead above if you have any questions or comments. The January Toronto branch meeting will feature Halvor Moorshead, the editor of “Internet Genealogy”. For futher information, see their website at www.torontofamilyhistory.org “Service is the lifeblood of any organization. Everything flows from it, and is nourished by it. Customer service is not a department, it is an attitude.” I wish you a safe and happy holiday season and the best of all things in 2008. Linda Mitchell Chair, Simcoe Branch of OGS