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The JGS Toronto Family Finder Is Online Print E-mail
The JGS Toronto Family Finder is a resource for helping JGS Toronto members connect with each other. If you find that you are searching the same families or towns, you can contact each other to share information, for help and to share knowledge about local resources.

It is available only to JGS Toronto members in order to protect their privacy.

The JGS Toronto Family Finder was compiled by Gert Rogers and is an Excel worksheet that lists names of members' relatives along with their cities and places of birth.

How to access the Family Finder:
Go to the Home Page of our website and use the JGS Member Login. If you have not logged in before, you will have to register and create a user name and password for yourself.

Once your registration is submitted, your membership will be verified. (This will take up to a week.)

On the “Members” page, only registered members, who are logged in will see a tab on the left hand side “Family Finder”. Clicking on this tab will allow you to download the excel spreadsheet. “JGS Family Finder”.

Gert Rogers has taken on responsibility for updating this information. If there are corrections or additions you would like to make to your information, please email her at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

All corrections or additions submitted by the 15th of the month will be corrected or added by the end of the month.  This will be done only once a month.

If you wish to contact a member who has posted information, take note of the member’s name and return to the website page “Members”. On the left hand side under Members Menu you will see Member’s Directory. This listing of JGS members who have registered is only available to other members. Names in the directory are alphabetical by first name.

When you wish to contact someone, click on the ‘send email’ beside their name. This will allow you to send them an email message without seeing their email address. The recipient of the email then has the option of whether or not to reply to your inquiry. Please note that emails may not be received by the intended users due to their email settings and spam filter. The recipient will see your email address, and you will only see theirs if/when they reply to you.