Why should you join a family history society when "it is all online"?  Much of what you may need to find out isn't always available online. Of the records that are, most sit within paid subscription sites.  Membership at GSQ for a year is a fraction of the cost of what one of these sites charge. When you visit the Resource Centre, experienced Research Assistants will help you navigate through the computer-based resources and the other parts of the library, with the aim of educating you in how to research, how to evaluate the veracity of what you find, the various ways to document your sources and perhaps most importantly, how to tell the stories.

Once you join an organisation like GSQ, you become part of a like-minded community, interacting with people who share your interest in family history (beware, it can become addictive).