BRUCE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Registered Name: BRUCE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Business No: 862840014RR0001
This organization is designated by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a registered charity. They comply with the CRA's requirements and has been issued a charitable registration number.
Our Mission
Serving Bruce County Families – Past and Present
We rely on donations and our membership funds to enable us to continue with our mission to serve Bruce County Families -- past and present. We use the funds to print our newsletters, purchase microfilms for the Bruce County Archives, participate in community events, maintain our extensive clipping collection of Bruce County obituaries, marriage and birth notices, defer costs incurred in transcribing tombstone information in Bruce County cemeteries, and to offer beginner genealogical courses. We are committed to our goal of assisting researchers and visitors with their family history through our various programs.
About BRUCE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
The Bruce County Genealogical Society, founded in 1989, is a non-profit, unaffiliated organization for ancestry and family history in Bruce County, Ontario. We achieved our charitable status in 2002. We hold monthly meetings with topics of interest to the members and the public. Everyone is welcome to attend our meetings. We provide volunteers to assist with research in the Reading Room of the Bruce County Archives. We publish a quarterly newsletter for members. We provide volunteers to clip Bruce County birth, marriage and death notices from the local newspapers. We conduct research to answer peoples' queries regarding family history. We transcribe tombstone information in Bruce County cemeteries and publish material relevant to genealogy. We purchase genealogical materials for public use at the Bruce County Archives. We promote genealogy at local events like fairs, plowing matches, etc.. We print family history forms for children which we give away at fairs, school visits etc..