{"id":1565,"date":"2026-02-15T12:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickson.net\/blog\/?page_id=1565"},"modified":"2026-02-15T12:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T17:08:10","slug":"guide-to-efficient-research-on-this-site","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wickson.net\/blog\/guide-to-efficient-research-on-this-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Efficient Research on This Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<strong>Searching for a Document or Other Printed Resource\r\n<\/strong>Documents and other &#8220;physical&#8221; resources are maintained in the Quinte Family History Research Centre and are best utilized under the guidance of our volunteer Library Research Team (quinteresearch@ogs.on.ca)\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/research-library\/\"><strong>QUINTE FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH CENTRE<\/strong><\/a>: elements of the holdings of the Centre\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/research-library-catalogue-full\/\"><strong>SEARCHABLE RESEARCH LIBRARY CATALOGUE<\/strong><\/a>: searchable version of the library catalogue\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/research-library-catalogue\/\"><strong>RESEARCH LIBRARY CATALOGUE<\/strong><\/a>: downloadable PDF version of the library catalogue\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/databases-finding-aids\/\"><strong>DATABASES and FINDING AIDS<\/strong><\/a>: finding aids referenced to significant collections in the library\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/FIND-IT\/\"><strong>FIND-IT<\/strong><\/a>: database of almost 2 million individual names referenced in the Quinte Family History Research Centre\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/research-help\/\"><strong>RESEARCH HELP<\/strong><\/a>: assistance in the use of the research library and purchase of research materials\r\n<strong>PUBLICATIONS<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/books\/\"><strong>books<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/digital-collections\/\"><strong>digital collections<\/strong><\/a> for sale (<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/hastings-cemeteries\/\"><strong>Hastings<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/northumberland-cemeteries\/\"><strong>Northumberland<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/prince-edward-cemeteries\/\"><strong>Prince Edward<\/strong><\/a> cemeteries on DVD)\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/mail-order-form\/\"><strong>PURCHASE FORM<\/strong><\/a>: contact quinteresearch@ogs.on.ca for information or assistance\r\n\r\n<strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/research-library\/\">Quinte Family History Research Centre <\/a>is always willing to accept <a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/donations-acquisitions\/\">donations<\/a> of your organized research materials. These donations can range from the largest, a donation of more than 15 large binders carefully indexed over many years, to the smallest, your &#8220;surnames of interest&#8221; to be added to the SIL (Surname Interest List). Please contact the research team (quinteresearch@ogs.on.ca) to arrange for donations or if you have any questions regarding the resources of the Centre.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>CONTACT: quintebranch@ogs.on.ca for assistance with the operation of the Quinte Family History Research Centre, to arrange a visit, review our extensive holdings and catalogue or to discuss the purchase of reference materials and publications\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<strong>Searching for a Document or Other Printed Resource\r\n<\/strong>Documents and other &#8220;physical&#8221; resources are maintained in the Quinte Family History Research Centre and are best utilized under the guidance of our volunteer Library Research Team (quinteresearch@ogs.on.ca)\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/research-library\/\"><strong>QUINTE FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH CENTRE<\/strong><\/a>: elements of the holdings of the Centre\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/research-library-catalogue-full\/\"><strong>SEARCHABLE RESEARCH LIBRARY CATALOGUE<\/strong><\/a>: searchable version of the library catalogue\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/research-library-catalogue\/\"><strong>RESEARCH LIBRARY CATALOGUE<\/strong><\/a>: downloadable PDF version of the library catalogue\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/databases-finding-aids\/\"><strong>DATABASES and FINDING AIDS<\/strong><\/a>: finding aids referenced to significant collections in the library\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/FIND-IT\/\"><strong>FIND-IT<\/strong><\/a>: database of almost 2 million individual names referenced in the Quinte Family History Research Centre\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/research-help\/\"><strong>RESEARCH HELP<\/strong><\/a>: assistance in the use of the research library and purchase of research materials\r\n<strong>PUBLICATIONS<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/books\/\"><strong>books<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/digital-collections\/\"><strong>digital collections<\/strong><\/a> for sale (<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/hastings-cemeteries\/\"><strong>Hastings<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/northumberland-cemeteries\/\"><strong>Northumberland<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/prince-edward-cemeteries\/\"><strong>Prince Edward<\/strong><\/a> cemeteries on DVD)\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/mail-order-form\/\"><strong>PURCHASE FORM<\/strong><\/a>: contact quinteresearch@ogs.on.ca for information or assistance\r\n\r\n<strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/research-library\/\">Quinte Family History Research Centre <\/a>is always willing to accept <a href=\"https:\/\/quinte.ogs.on.ca\/donations-acquisitions\/\">donations<\/a> of your organized research materials. These donations can range from the largest, a donation of more than 15 large binders carefully indexed over many years, to the smallest, your &#8220;surnames of interest&#8221; to be added to the SIL (Surname Interest List). Please contact the research team (quinteresearch@ogs.on.ca) to arrange for donations or if you have any questions regarding the resources of the Centre.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>CONTACT: quintebranch@ogs.on.ca for assistance with the operation of the Quinte Family History Research Centre, to arrange a visit, review our extensive holdings and catalogue or to discuss the purchase of reference materials and publications\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n   ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Searching for a Document or Other Printed Resource Documents and other &#8220;physical&#8221; resources are maintained in the Quinte Family History Research Centre and are best utilized under the guidance of our volunteer Library Research Team (quinteresearch@ogs.on.ca) QUINTE FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH CENTRE: elements of the holdings of the Centre SEARCHABLE RESEARCH LIBRARY CATALOGUE: searchable version of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1565","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickson.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickson.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickson.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickson.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickson.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wickson.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1566,"href":"https:\/\/wickson.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1565\/revisions\/1566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickson.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}