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Archive for the ‘Branch Activities’ Category
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Date: Monday, April 8, 2013
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Windsor Public Library, 850 Ouellette Ave., Windsor (map)
Topic: ” Introduction to the Archives of Ontario”
Speaker: Stewart Boden, AO
Brief Overview: Learn about this important and valuable resource, and how to access it.
Contact Info: http://www.ogs.on.ca/essex/default.html
Tags: Essex Branch Meeting, introduction to the arcives of ontario, stewart boden
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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Time: 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Haldimand County Museum & Archives, 8 Echo St., Cayuga
Topic: “Parents Last Night,” by Josie Mildred Curl Penny
Speaker: Josie Mildred Curl Penny, will speak about her book as well as how to write and publish a family history.
Contact Info: http://www.ogs.on.ca/haldimand/default.htm
Tags: Haldimand County Branch Meeting, josie mildred curl penny, parents last night, writing and publishing a family history
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Friday, March 22nd, 2013
Date: Monday, April 22, 2013
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Burgundy Room, North York Memorial Community Hall, 5110 Yonge Street, North York (map)
Topic: “A Brick Wall and a Chisel – The Cluster Research Project”
Speaker: Ruth Blair
Brief Info: Find out how to organize and start a cluster research project to help you break down brick walls in your family history.
Additional short presentation by Elayne Lockhart: “My DNA-the Genealogical Gift that Keeps on Giving”
Contact Info: http://www.torontofamilyhistory.org/
Tags: a brick wall and a chisel - the cluster research project, elayne lockhart, my dna - the genealogical gift that keeps on giving, Ruth Blair, Toronto Branch Meeting
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Thursday, March 21st, 2013
Date: Sunday, April 21, 2013
Time: 2:00 pm (doors open at 1:00 pm)
Location: Hamilton Room, Hamilton Main Public Library, 55 York Boulevard, Hamilton (map)
Topic: The Causes, Events and Outcomes of the War of 1812
Speaker: Dr. Wesley Turner
Brief Overview: Dr. Turner will be addressing such questions as, why did the war occur, was it a matter of defense or aggression, or a war by accident or design?
Contact Info: http://www.ogs.on.ca/hamilton/
Tags: dr. wesley turner, Hamilton Branch meeting, the causes events and outcomes of the war of 1812
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Location: LDS Church, 436 Elm St., (at Park Ave.), St. Thomas (map)
Topics:
- “Using FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com”
Speakers:
- Anne Helzdingen – “Using Familysearch.org website”
- Wayne Vizinowski – “Using Ancestry.com website”
Contact Info: http://www.elginogs.ca/Home
Tags: anne helzdingen, elgin county branch meeting, family history day, region 2 meeting, using ancestry.com, using familysearch.org, wayne vizinowski
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Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Date: Monday, April 15, 2013
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: Parkside Centre, Sudbury YMCA, 140 Durham St., South, Sudbury (map)
Topic: “City of Greater Sudbury Archives”
Speaker: Lynn Gainer, Chair, Sudbury Branch
Brief Overview: Lynn Gainer has been avid about genealogy for a very long time. She has recently made a breakthrough in the search for records of her Great Grandfather in England, the father of her Grandmother who came to Canada as a Home Child. Lynn will tell us how the contacts she has made led her to this great find.
Contact Info: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onogs/ogs.htm
Tags: chair sudbury branch, city of greater sudbury archives, lynn gainer, Sudbury District Branch Meeting
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