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Archive for March, 2013
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
The Ontario Women’s History Network is holding its 22nd annual conference. This year’s theme, “Women’s Foodways: Enticing Entrees to Women’s History,” includes a visit to the Ingersoll Cheese and Agricultural Museum on the Friday afternoon, as well as a visit to the Oxford County Museum School. Among the presenters will be university professors and historic cooks from Fort York, including noted author and food columnist Elizabeth Baird.
Dates:
Friday, April 5, and Saturday April 6, 2013
Location:
Elmhurst Inn and Spa,
415 Harris Street, Ingersoll:Â http://elmhurstinn.com
For more information please contact: Gail Cuthbert Brandt at: gcbrandt@uwaterloo.ca, or click on the links below.
Conference Poster: http://www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/user_files/users/56/event_attachments/200/ConferencePoster2013%20final.pdf
Conference Program: http://www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/user_files/users/56/event_attachments/200/OWHN_Conference_Program_2013%20final.pdf
Conference Registration Form: http://www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/user_files/users/56/event_attachments/200/ConferenceRegistrationForm2013%20final.pdf
Tags: elizabeth baird, elmhurst inn and spa, fort york historic cooks, FYI, heritage events, ingersoll, ontario women's history network 22nd annual conference, women's foodways:enticing entrees to women's history
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Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
Our periodicals collection at the North York Central Library contains journals and newsletters from several continental locales. Here is a small sampling:
Austria
• Adler
o Heraldisch-Genealogische Gesellschaft “Adler”, Austria
Belgium
• Bulletin
o La Confédération Internationale de Généalogie et d’Héraldique
• L’ intermediaire des genealogists
o Service de centralisation des etudes genealogiques
Eastern Europe
• Feefhs Journal and Quarterly
o Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies
France
• Arverni bituriges cubi
o Cercle d’etudes genealogique, des families Auvergno-Berrichonnes
• Cercle genealogique d’Alsace
o Cercle genealogique d’Alsace
Germany
• Familienkundliche nachrichten
• Pfaelzisch-rheinische familienkunde
Netherlands
• Genealogie
o Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie
• Gens Nostra
o Nederlands Genealogische Vereniging, Netherlands
Poland
• Gens
o Towarzystwo Genealogiczno-Heraldyczne, Poznan
Spain
• Revista Iberoamericana de heraldica
o Colegio Heraldico de Espana y de las Indias
Switzerland
• Familienforschung Schweiz
o Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Familienforschung SGFF
Tags: family history research, journals, newsletters, North York Central Library, OGS library collection, periodicals
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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
….. that our collection at the North York Public Library also includes an extensive selection of periodicals? If you are tracing your Ontario roots, we not only have all of the periodicals from the various OGS branches, but others from Ontario as well, such as;
- The Loyalist Gazette, published by the United Empire Loyalists Association, Toronto
- Ontario History, published by the Ontario Historical Society.
Check our catalogue on the OGS website for a full listing of our Ontario periodicals.
Looking a bit further a field? Each Canadian province is also represented in our periodicals collection. Tracing some Maritime roots? We have Newfoundland, as well as Labrador covered with 2 publications:
- The Newfoundland Ancestor
- Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society Newsletter
Prince Edward Island:
- P.E.I. Genealogical Society, Inc. newsletter
 Nova Scotia:
- The Nova Scotia Genealogist
- South Shore Genealogical Society News
- Genealogical Newsletter from the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society
- Nova Scotia Historical Review
- The Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly
New Brunswick:
- Generations from the New Brunswick Genealogical Society
 Quebec is well represented with the following titles:
- L’Ancetre from the Societe de Genealogie de Quebec
- Connections from the Quebec Family History Society
- L’Estuaire Genealogique
- Memoires from the Societé Génealogique Canadienne-Francaise,Montreal
- Entre nous, les martin from the Societe Genealogique des Martin (La), Pierrefonds, QC
- Entraide genealogique from the Societe de genealogie des Cantons de l’Est
Heading out west, we have the Prairie Provinces covered as well:
- Generations from the Manitoba Genealogical Society
- The New Leaf from the Manitoba Genealogical Society Inc., Brandon, MB
- Saskatchewan Genealogical Society Bulletin
- The Root Cellar from the Kindersly Branch of the SGS
- Heir Lines from the Prince Albert Branch of the SGS
- Grassroots from the Grasslands Branch, SGS, Mankota
- Chinook : the Journal of the Alberta family histories society
- Relatively Speaking from the Alberta Genealogical Society
- The Tree Climber from the Red Deer and District Branch of the AGS
- The Clandigger from the Edmonton Branch of the AGS
- Lines of Decent from the Fort McMurray Branch of the AGS
- Yesterday’s Footprints from the Lethbridge and District Branch of the AGS
- Saamis Seeker from the Medicine Hat and District Branch of the AGS
British Columbia:
- British Columbia Genealogical Society
- Vancouver Branch
- Prince George Branch
- Quesnel Branch
- Richmond Branch
- Family Footsteps from the Kamloops Family History Society
- Ancestree from the Nanaimo Family History Society
- Abbotsford Genealogical Group Newsletter
- Link up from the Chilliwack Branch of the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada
- Splitting Heirs from the Vernon and District Family History Society
This list is by no means exhaustive; there are many more Canada specific titles in our collection.
Good luck with your research!
Tags: canada, family history research, newsletters, North York Central Library, OGS library collection, periodicals
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