Welcome to our site. The Sudbury District Branch was founded June 20, 1979. In October of 1979, the Sudbury District Branch became the 15th Branch affiliated with the Ontario Genealogical Society, now Ontario Ancestors. We celebrated our 40th anniversary as a branch in 2019. Thank you to our members and wonderful volunteers for their assistance and support.
Photos in the slider courtesy of the Greater Sudbury Public Libraries and Heritage Museums.
Benefits of Membership
Membership in OGS and the Sudbury Branch has its benefits.
As a member of OGS these include:
- Receive the Ontario Genealogical Society’s quarterly journal Families, quarterly
- newsletter Newsleaf and 8 issues/year of e-NewsLeaf;
- Receive flyers describing publications and supplies available for purchase from OGS;
- Receive flyers describing publications and supplies available for purchase from OGS;
- Can submit four family name queries each year to the Name Game – which is published
- in the quarterly Families;
- Have the right to vote at the annual general meeting and regional meetings, the right to
- hold office and the right to join any branch or branches;
- Receive invitations to regional meetings and the annual Seminar for further education in
- genealogical subjects and social contacts with other genealogists;
- Can participate in genealogical research projects specific to Ontario;
- Get a membership card which can be used as a passport to resources, and
- May receive a discount on a membership to other provincial genealogical societies
In addition, Sudbury District Branch members receive the quarterly Newsletter Ancestor
Hunting. The newsletter keeps members informed of local issues related to genealogy, area
research, project updates, websites of interest and publications available for sale. Members
can also submit unlimited queries for publication in the Newsletter.
Download our Branch brochure (if you wish to print – double sided and tri-fold).
We are a group of people with a commitment to encourage, bring together, and assist all those
interested in the pursuit of family history. (Branch Mission Statement)

Click on the button to link to the Provincial membership system. Log in or register prior to clicking on join/renew. Be sure to select the Sudbury Branch.
This website is for your own personal use to research your own family history. The records and features on this website only exist because our volunteers have spent a lot of time, money and effort to make them available. You can’t use the records to create your own work (for example a database of records, an article, blog post or book), copy or reproduce the records (either in whole or in part), or publish them unless you have our written permission. Use the ‘Contact Us’ form for an inquiry.
Announcements
Please bookmark our web address sudbury.ogs.on.ca
See our Branch brochure under ‘Benefits of Membership’.
New in ‘Members Only’, Sudbury Star Obituary Indexes for 1990 – 1991 and 2019 – 2022.
The June 2023 edition of Ancestor Hunting is available to members in the ‘Members Only’ section under ‘Newsletters’.
The winner of the draw, in celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Sudbury District Branch Newsletter ‘Ancestor Hunting’, is Barb Roy. She won a one-year membership to Ontario Ancestors and the Sudbury District Branch. Congratulations Barb.
Stories will be published in upcoming issues of our ‘members only’ newsletter. Please continue to submit your stories. We all benefit from sharing.
Our Projects
Over the years Sudbury District Branch members have been very involved in a variety of community-related projects.
These projects include transcribing local cemeteries and publishing results, 1921 census data for the Sudbury District, and indexing of MOND Nickel Company hire records.
Check out detailed information under ‘Reference Information’ – ‘Our Projects’
Our Team
Click here for our Executive and Program Coordinators
If you have any questions, comments or concerns please contact us.