British Isles Family History Society

of Greater Ottawa

Welcome to BIFHSGO, a Canadian family history society with a focus on the British Isles.

Our members connect with like-minded researchers to learn effective research methods and practices, share their knowledge and inspire other family historians with their presentations and published stories.

Our Name Index provides information from our ongoing research on home children, military ancestors and migration, focusing on British Isles and Canadian ancestry.

It’s conference time again!

Explore English and Welsh ancestry and migration

Go to our conference page for information on our 2022 virtual conference.