cil ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



the societies being notably prominent in the fonnation of local museums 

 and in their local publications. 



The annual meetings of the Ontario Society are held in succession 

 in various parts of the province, for the assistance of the local societies, 

 and for the promotion of enthusiasm in local research, by the prepara- 

 tion and reading of papers respecting the history of the surrounding 

 districts. 



Annual meetings have been held at Osweken, Toronto, Hamilton, 

 Belleville, Peterborough, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Colling- 

 wood and Kingston. The annual meeting for 1908 will be held at 

 London, on September 11th and 12th). In the annual reports for each 

 year, the full details of the meetings are given, the places of interest 

 visited, etc., and the reports of the affiliated societies. 



The " Papers and Eecords " of the Ontario Historical Society, of 

 which eight volumes have been issued, contain the papers read at the 

 annual meetings, particularly those relative to the special district visited. 



Included also are a number of old church and marriage records of 

 the province, recovered, and thus published for the first time. 



The Church of the Assumption, Sandwich, (The old Jesuit Huron 

 Mission) 1761 to 1786. 



St. Marks, Niagara (Newark), Kev. R. Addison, 1792 to 1832. 



St. Johns, Bath, Ernestown, Fredericksburgh, 1787 to 1813. 



1st Presbyterian Mission, Upper Canada, Eev. R. McDonald, 1798 

 to 1836. 



St. Andrews, Presbyterian, Newark, 1795 to 1834. 



Lutheran Church Record, U. C, 1793 to 1832. 



Marriages by Thos. Cummings, J. P. in District of Niagara, 1801 

 to 1812. 



Marriages by Stephen Conyer, J. P. Holliwell, 1803 to 1823. 



Elizabethtown (Brockville), Rev. Wm. Stuart, 1812 to 1842. 



Gore and Lincoln Districts, Rev. Ralph Deeming, 1816 to 1827. 



Grimsby, Rev. Wm. Sampson, 1817 to 1822. 



Trinity Church, Chippewa, Rev. Wm. Leeming, 1820 to 1837. 



Stamford, Presbyterian Church, Rev. Jno. Russell, D.D., 1827 to 

 1834. 



Ancaster, Parish Records, Rev. Jno. Miller, 1830 to 1838. 



Much geneaological information has been evolved from these records. 



The " Papers and Records '' contain many other papers of general 

 historical interest, including the " Exploration of the Great Lake, 1669- 

 1670," by Dollier de Casson, and Brehaut do Galinee, translated and 

 edited by Mr. Jas. H. Coyne, one of our Presidents. 



