A retired Social Studies teacher in Nova Scotia has started collecting the personal history of people from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia who were in World War One.
He says that his "goal is to compile a biographical sketch of each veteran who was born and/or lived in Guysborough County"
He has had the blog since November,2011, and so far he has posted "Pte. Arthur Ellsworth Armsworthy: A Wounded Soldier's Story", "A Soldier's Wage", and "Pte. Robert Burns: KIA November 25, 1915."
He says he hopes to collect this material so that it will be available to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the war from 2014 to 2018.
The blog is at http://guysboroughgreatwarveterans.blogspot.com, and if have any information, please contact him brucefrancismacdonald@gmail.com.
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
March Workshop in Toronto – Finding Your Great War Ancestors
Registration is now open for what may be the most authoritative Great War workshop during your genealogical lifetime!
Don’t miss "Finding Your Great War Ancestors", a packed full-day workshop to be held in March 2012 in Toronto, co-sponsored by the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society and the Canadiana Department of North York Central Library.
Choose one of three concurrent lecture streams – British Research, Canadian Research and “Case Studies and Curios” – or mix and match the topics that interest you the most.
Where: North York Memorial Community Hall, 5110 Yonge Street, Toronto (at North York Centre subway station)
When: Saturday 31 March 2012
Early registration rates apply until 22 February 2012, and special discounts are available for OGS members.
Simon Fowler, Glenn Wright, Linda Reid, and Brenda Dougall Merriman are some of the people who will lead the workshops.
I have just read the program, and I wish I could be there. Hopefully, some people who will attend will be able to blog about it.
For full programs details, speaker biographies and registration information, visit
http://www.torontofamilyhistory.org/GreatWarWorkshop2012.html
Don’t miss "Finding Your Great War Ancestors", a packed full-day workshop to be held in March 2012 in Toronto, co-sponsored by the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society and the Canadiana Department of North York Central Library.
Choose one of three concurrent lecture streams – British Research, Canadian Research and “Case Studies and Curios” – or mix and match the topics that interest you the most.
Where: North York Memorial Community Hall, 5110 Yonge Street, Toronto (at North York Centre subway station)
When: Saturday 31 March 2012
Early registration rates apply until 22 February 2012, and special discounts are available for OGS members.
Simon Fowler, Glenn Wright, Linda Reid, and Brenda Dougall Merriman are some of the people who will lead the workshops.
I have just read the program, and I wish I could be there. Hopefully, some people who will attend will be able to blog about it.
For full programs details, speaker biographies and registration information, visit
http://www.torontofamilyhistory.org/GreatWarWorkshop2012.html
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