Are you interested in IT-related work?

Our webmanager, Sheila Dohoo Faure, is resigning on 1 April.

Website management includes primarily:

• coordinating inputs and creating website content
• managing the membership function and event registration.

In addition to the webmanager functions, she has:

• answered or redirected email queries
• created monthly meeting rolling screens 
• managed the Board Google Workspace 

BIFHSGO needs one or more people to carry out these tasks. Could you help? 

An updated webmanager's job description will be on the Our Volunteers page in the Members' Area shortly. Contact Past President Dianne Brydon for more information.

Renewal of BIFHSGO Memberships Ends on 31 January!

You will still be able to purchase a 2026 individual* membership, but you will not be able to renew after 31 January.

Go to the  membership  page to join or renew your BIFHSGO membership for 2026 now. Membership fees are the same as last year, so it continues to be a great price to learn and share British Isles genealogy.

* Family memberships can only be purchased if you are a renewing member. After 31 January, they will not be available to purchase. 

Join BIFHSGO at City Hall for

Heritage Day

17 February 2026

Available on the website now...

December monthly meeting announcements  are available, as is the recipe booklet. Recordings from the meeting (the social and the presentations) are available for members on the new Past Events page.

Anglo-Celtic Roots

Winter ACR is in the mail and on the  website  for members to view. 

Deadline for the spring issue is 22 January. Consider sharing one of your family stories!

OGS Membership Discount  NEW discount code for 2026

BIFHSGO is a member of the Ontario Genealogical Society: Ontario Ancestors. As such, BIFHSGO members can benefit from a $5 discount on new or renewing 2026 OGS memberships. Details updated for 2026 are available in  Member Announcements  in the Members’ Area.

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The Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies (SIGS) (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow)  is offering:

Two-day academic conference (25 – 26 June 2026) "Beyond the Family Tree: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on AI, DNA, Education and Community in Genealogy"

One-day Professional Genealogy Symposium (24 June 2026), hosted by the Association of Professional Genealogists, in partnership with SIGS