I just finished doing my "genealogical" schedule for March, and here is the first part of it - maybe you will be able to join me in some of the events I will attend or read some of the happenings that I will write about.
e-Newsleaf - The e-NewsLeaf celebrates its first anniversary this month!
It is a publication of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) for which I am the editor. It is sent out to the members by email for the months that the print edition, NewsLeaf, is not published. This means that it is sent to OGS members every month except February, May, August, and October.
It usually comes out on the 15th of the month in which it is published. This month, the topics include:
• Establishment of Irish Special Interest Group at the OGS
• Simcoe 25th Anniversary
• Online Obituary Index
• Other news items
Ancestry.ca - This is the first month that I will appear on the Ancestry.ca blog with two articles.
The first one will be about tracking down surnames that have a different spelling in the 1891 Canadian Census, and how I solved a problem of my own.
March 14th - This will be the meeting of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO), and will feature speaker Sharon Moor. It will start at 10:00 a.m. at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.
She will talk about all the different resources that helped her crash through three (3) walls in different branches of her family history.
I am excited already! Sounds like an interesting topic!
March 17th - St. Patrick's Day! In honour of this day, I will attend a meeting of the Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society to hear Larry Cotton's talk, "Whiskey & Wickedness".
Larry, a retired teacher, is going to tell us stories about the Temperance Movement and the licensing of taverns in the Ottawa Valley.
The talk starts at 7:30 p.m. in Room 156 of the Library and Archives Canada.
I will be back with Part II tomorrow.
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