Drew von Hasselbach, LLB, PLCGS

Drew von Hasselbach, a Toronto lawyer and writer, is a Mentoring Professor with the International Institute of Genealogical Studies. He authored the Institute’s Canadian courses on wills and estate records, land records, and newspapers, and lectures on the use of historical legal documents in genealogical research. After a long career as a business and legal journalist, he now focuses on family history writing, blending rigorous research with compelling storytelling. He is a two-time recipient of the Ontario Genealogical Society’s Keffer Essay Prize for excellence in genealogical writing. He reads French, Latin, and German, lives in Toronto with his wife and university-aged son, and is a terrible 10-pin bowler.