For those of us eagerly awaiting its release, the 1921 Canadian Census will transfer from Statistics Canada into the hands of Library and Archives Canada, on June 1st. No word yet on how long it will take to get the census into OUR hands……..or what price we might have to pay to access it!
Here is a link to the LAC blog for more info:Â http://thediscoverblog.com/2012/03/27/1921-census-countdown/
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FYI: Update on the Release of 1921 Canadian Census
Sunday, February 10th, 2013FYI: Upcoming Heritage Event: Grey County Black History Event with Northern Terminus Journal Vol. 10 Release
Monday, February 4th, 2013The Emancipation Festival presents the Grey County Black History Event at Grey Roots. Speakers have been selected to share highlights of Black History in Grey County. Everyone is welcome to attend this day of shared learning, historical enquiry and music. Volume 10 of Northern Terminus: The African-Canadian History Journal is also being launched. Copies of Volume 10 and earlier volumes will be available to buy.
Date: February 23, 2013
Time: 9:30 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Grey Roots Museum & Archives, 102599 Grey Road 18, RR 4, Owen Sound (map)
Admission to the event is $25, and includes lunch and other refreshments. Make cheque payable to Black History Event and mail with your registration form by Feb. 13, 2013*Â to:
(Mrs.) Terri Jackson
1161 12th Ave. E.
Owen Sound, ON
N4KÂ 6N3
*Registrations received after Feb. 13, 2013 and at the door are likely to be accepted, but advance registration is requested to provide for lunch.
Click here for a link to registration form and here for access to the downloadable program.
Contact information for this event: Terri Jackson at: smallfurryboots60@hotmail.com Â
For more details on this, and other Grey Roots Museum & Archives events, please visit their website: http://www.greyroots.com/programs-events/events/?I=4069
Reminder: Simcoe County Branch of the OGS is Celebrating their 30th Anniversary
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
 Simcoe County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
Cordially Invites you to their
30th Anniversary Celebration
Open House
February 2, 2013
11am – 4pm
Official Ceremony 1:00 p.m.
79 Ferris Lane, Barrie
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
MORNING AND AFTERNOON PROGRAMS
How to start your family tree
History and other Resources
Breaking Down the “Brick Walls”
Simcoe County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 892, Barrie, Ontario, Canada L4M 4Y6
Contact Info: www.simcoebogs.com
Heritage Languages Under Threat
Sunday, January 27th, 2013If you could go back in time and visit some of your ancestors, would you be able to communicate with them?
Many of the languages and dialects our ancestors spoke have either disappeared or are under threat. On the Isle of Man for example, the last native Manx speaker, Ned Maddrell, died in 1974. Although great efforts are underway to revive it as a living language on the Island, fluent Manx speakers are in the minority. Two other Celtic languages, Cornish and Breton, are fighting for their survival as well. An interesting article posted on the Celtic League’s website in 2010, FOINSE FOCUS ON MANX, BRETON AND CORNISH LANGUAGES, highlights efforts being made to save these languages in their respective countries.
Click here if you wish to read the article.
UNESCO’s Atlas of World Languages maps out areas where the indigenous language has been flagged as endangered. Click here for a link to UNESCO”S Atlas to see if any of your “heritage” languages are on the list.
If you are interested in heritage languages and their preservation, you might find these groups of interest:
- Intergroup for Traditional Minorites, National Communities and Languages:
Website:Â http://www.galkinga.hu/en/minority_intergroup/
- Â EuroLang:
Website: http://www.eblul.org/Â
Facebook:Â http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eurolang/174907085047
- Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity
Website:Â http://www.npld.eu/
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/NetworktoPromoteLinguisticDiversity
FYI: York Region Branch Profiled in Local Newspaper
Sunday, January 27th, 2013As the interest in genealogy grows, reporters are starting to seek out genealogy groups. Recently, a reporter from the Newmarket Era profiled the York Region Branch of OGS in the January 24th edition of the paper.
Read the article York group helps you learn about your past.
Congratulations to York Region branch for raising the genealogy profile in their community!
FYI: Leeds and Grenville Branch Instrumental in preservation of local cemetery
Sunday, January 27th, 2013OGS Leeds and Grenville has been working with the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, as well as the Leeds and Grenville Genealogy Society, to determine and mark boundaries for the House of Industry Cemetery near Athens, Ontario.
Their work is profiled in Project marks lost cemetery in the Brockville newspaper, the Recorder and Times. Many thanks to Leeds and Grenville for their hard work on this worth cause!
FYI: NewsLeaf Vol. 43 now online
Sunday, January 27th, 2013NewsLeaf Vol. 43, no. 1 – February 2013, is now available to be viewed online in the Members Only section of the OGS website. Sign in here.
NewsLeaf Electronic is a green initiative started in 2012. The digital version of NewsLeaf is a full-colour PDF document that is available online for OGS Members with live clickable links to allow for easy exploration of the sources and resources shared in the publication.
Everyone who has registered an email address with OGS will receive email notification when the file is available to be downloaded from the Members Only area.
Please be assured that if you requested to continue receiving paper copies of NewsLeaf, they will be delivered to you with your issue of Families as before. Also, be assured that OGS members who do not have an email address registered with us will continue to receive paper copies of NewsLeaf as before.
We hope you enjoy the benefits of NewsLeaf Electronic and thank you for your participation in this new initiative.
FYI: Simcoe County Branch of the OGS Invites you to their 30th Anniversary Celebrations
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
Simcoe County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
30th Anniversary Celebration
Open House
February 2, 2013
11am – 4pm
Official Ceremony 1:00 p.m.
79 Ferris Lane, Barrie
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
MORNING AND AFTERNOON PROGRAMS
 How to start your family tree
 History and other Resources
Breaking Down the “Brick Walls”
Simcoe County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 892, Barrie, Ontario, Canada L4M 4Y6
Contact Info: www.simcoebogs.com
FYI: Heritage Photos
Saturday, January 12th, 2013Heritage Photos will be back on January 15th.
We are going to start the year off by looking at any photos that we can find of the trades and professions our ancestors may have been involved in. Â Some are fairly obvious and photographs of them easier to find, for instance, farming, fishing and blacksmiths. Some however, continue to elude us, an Ale Conner for example. We have yet to come across a photo for that!
If you have any trades or professions that you would like to suggest, and if we can find photos for them, that have no copyright issues of course, then let us know and we will see what we can find.
As always, if you have photos you would like to share, let us know.