There are many events planned for Chatham-Kent Library Week from October 20 to the 26th.
Ontario Public Library Week began in 1985 and has become the annual focus for promoting and recognizing public library service in the province. This year's theme is "libraries connect,"
One event which caught my eye, are the talks given by Jerry Hind at the different branches of the library. Jerry and the local International Order Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E) “have been working on an ambitious project to compile all the information they can find on Chatham-Kent’s World War I and World War II veterans. Some of this information has been found in the library materials!”
Their research has culminated in a federally sponsored website Gathering Our Heroes and it’s at http://www.gatheringourheroes.ca/
Tillbury Branch Tuesday, October 15 at 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Ridgetown Branch Tuesday, October 22 at 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Dresden Branch Tuesday, October 29 at 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Wallaceburg Branch Tuesday, November 5 at 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Blenheim Branch Wednesday, November 13 at 1:00 - 2:00 PM
One thing to note in the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is that an article which will appear in the November issue of the journal Families. The article is called Blacks in the Great War (First World War) is written by Jerry Hind where he writes about the Blacks in Chatham-Kent.
While you are at the library site, they have a Genealogy Room where you can spend time Tracing Your Roots in Chatham-Kent.
It is at http://www.chatham-kent.ca/PublicLibraries/Genealogy/Pages/Tracing%20Your%20Roots%20in%20Chatham-Kent.aspx
