LAMBTON COUNTY BRANCH
Since 15 August 1996.
The Lambton County Branch is a non-profit organization of people sharing an interest in family history and genealogy. The branch was organized in 1984.
MEETINGS are usually held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, excluding July & August at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 7.30 pm. 1400 Murphy Rd., Sarnia. There is a Family History Centre located at this church. Occasionally meetings are held at various locations in the county. All interested persons are invited to attend. Click on MEETINGS to see our schedule of dates, topics, and speakers.
During Covid-19 all meeting will be online only in summer 2020 we be having open classes or question and answer times
To be a member of the Lambton branch, you must first be a member of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS). The 2020 Membership fee for OGS is $63.00 (watch for early bird specials) and the Membership fee for the Lambton Branch is an additional $12.00 per year. Join the OGS Community
What do you get being OGS member
What you get for being a Lambton member
Our Member’s Resource site ( known as members only ) is filled with many indexes, books, All Newsletters from 2006 till present, & collections you can only find in the Lambton Archives Lambton files. members willing to help members and discounted cost in research from afar. No fee for going to the Lambton Archives.
Receive an OGS membership information Here Ontario Genealogical Society 2100 Steeles Ave. West, Unit #202 Concord, ON. L4K 2V1 Canada
Lambton Lifeline, our quarterly publication, is sent to all members. It includes Queries (an announcement of a request for information)2 free Queries each year, research information, family history articles, library additions, upcoming events of genealogical interest, and our meetings.
The society helps its nearly 230 members and many others whose roots are in Lambton County locate early data and sometimes relatives.
Research requests for members and non-members are answered by our research team. A minimum fee of $40.00 for non-members must accompany the request for research. A minimum fee for members once a year is $15.00 pre-hour and get one hour free. We can also electronically search our new digitized in search requests for full details. The branch now has PayPal online; this method will let research or purchases be done in a more timely manner. Branch members have a discounted price formation for a small fee of $5.00. Click on Research requests for full details. The branch now has PayPal online. This method will let research or purchases be done in a more timely manner. Branch members have a discounted price.
Branch Cemetery indexes are in the Lambton Name Search. Indexes have been moved to the Ontario Genealogical Society site. They can now be found in the TONI index. Full details are in the published transcriptions and can be purchased at the Cemeteries pages, digital copies to be bought thought the OGS E-Store. Single sheets can be ordered on this web site (the drop-down arrow) will let you add more than one page. All Lambton cemeteries are free to members in the members-only site
Copies of the Lambton branch publications along with its other holdings and genealogical research material are housed in the Lambton County Archives (Formal Name Change: Lambton Room to Lambton County Archives) at the Lambton County Library Headquarters, 789 Broadway St., Wyoming Ontario. Exit 25 (South) from Highway 402. NEW Phone 519-845-5426 use the toll-free number 1-866-324-6912 to avoid charges.
HOURS: Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm on Tuesday and Thursday from 6 pm to 9 pm and Saturday from 12 to 5 pm. CLOSED HOLIDAY WEEKENDS.
As a result, our contact information has changed. For assistance with genealogical and local history inquiries,
please email us at lambton@ogs.on.ca
To keep informed of updates and events, please like us on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/LambtonBranchOGS/
there many other Lambton History Face book pages like https://www.facebook.com/groups/lostlambtonfound/
Other sources of Lambton County information are:
Formerly called the Lambton Room, the Lambton County Archives is your one-stop- spot for family history research in Lambton County
Located at 124 Christina Street South at the intersection of Wellington Street. Open Daily, which has microfilm of Ontario census and the local newspapers. ( also other newspapers like the London free press)
Lambton County Oil Museum
Visitors from around the world tour the oil Museum of Canada to learn the story of Canada Oil Pioneers, a unique and captivating era of history!
Lambton County Heritage Museum Located on High 21 south of grand bend.
Moore Township Museum
Located at 94 Moore line Moorestown, Ontario, Canada N0N 1M0. Just 25 minutes south of Sarnia, Ontario.
call
Toll-free: 855-MY ROOTS (855-697-6687) ex 314
if you need to reach a person but is busy or out please leave a message and #, to return call can call Jane Teskey at 519-882-0835, Alan Campbell at 519-542-3554
leave a message and return phone number
Chair Person: 2020 Open lambton@ogs.on.ca
or write to OUR NEW ADDRESS
Lambton County Archives
o/c Lambton County Branch O.G.S.
P.O. Box 3100
787 Broadway Street
Wyoming, Ontario N0N1T0
Branch Council-Lambton County Branch OGS 2020
Past Chair 2019 Noreen Croxford
Lambton membership 2020 Karen Ferguson lambtonmembership@ogs.on.ca
Lambton Treasurer 2020 Nancy Brown lambton@ogs.on.ca
Lambton Newsletter Editor 2020 Alan Campbell mailto:lambtonnewsletters@ogs.on.ca
Lambton Sectary & Publicity 2020 Janet Kelch lambton@ogs.on.ca
Lambton Webmaster, sales, Publications 2020
Jane Teskey mailto:lambton@ogs.on.ca
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Revised information Feb 2020