Monday, March 14, 2016

Canadian Week in Review 14 March 2016


I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too. 

This Week in Canadian History

March 2, 1927 – The British dominion of Newfoundland wins a 25-year boundary dispute with Canada. Labrador, which had been claimed by Quebec, is awarded to Newfoundland.

The territorial limit between Québec and Newfoundland in the LABRADOR peninsula, at over 3500 km long, is the longest inter-provincial boundary. It has not yet been surveyed and marked on the ground. 

To read more information, please visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador  

Social Media

(Video) Grosse Île musical commemorates Quebec’s Irish heritage 

A typhoid epidemic in Ireland claimed thousands of lives and left hundreds of children orphaned as families fled to Grosse-Île. As Global's Raquel Fletcher reports, a new play aims to illustrate how the tragic event brought people together.  

(Video) Effective Searching for Canadian Records by Lesley Anderson 

This course is a basic overview of how to use Ancestry’s Canadian website, Ancestry.ca, but there are many useful hints for anyone starting out on Ancestry no matter in which country you're researching.  

Upcoming Canadian Events

 NEW! Kelowna and District Genealogical Society's (KDGS) Conference 2016 

Since 1996, every second year, the Kelowna and Distinct Society of Kelowna, British Columbia, has a large conference entitled Harvest Your Family Tree. 

This conference is a three-day event which will be held this year from Sept. 26 to 28 in Kelowna, Registration forms will be available from the Kelowna & District Genealogical Society website at www.kdgs.ca, printed forms at the KDGS Genealogical Reference Library, located on the second floor of the downtown branch of the Kelowna Library on Ellis Street, and you can contact them by email atconference@kdgs.ca, or call 250-763-7159. 

Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 

Word has reached us that the OGS has accepted a bid to host the 2018 OGS Conference in Guelph, Ontario put forward by the Scottish Special Interest Group [SIG]. Christine Woodcock will be conference chair. 

So stay tuned for further developments. 

32nd Gene-O-Rama of the Ottawa Genealogical Society 

The conference will be held from April 1–2, 2016 at the Confederation Education Centre, 1645 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario which is at the corner of Hunt Club Road & Woodroffe Avenue. 



If you need further information, go to http://ogsottawa.on.ca/Gene-O-Rama/ 

UNLOCKING THE PAST 2016 

International Genealogy Conference UNLOCKING THE PAST 2016 will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the The Beach Club Resort, Parksville, British Columbia of the Qualicum Beach Family History Society in British Columbia. 

The featured speakers will be Colleen Fitzpatrick and Chris Paton, and registration is now open athttp://www.eventbrite.ca/e/international-genealogy-conference-unlocking-the-past-2016-tickets-18765135024. It includes an early bird price. 

The website is located at http://www.qbfhs.ca/ 
Genealogy on the Cutting Edge 2016

The Ontario Genealogical Society will be holding its annual conference from June 3rd to 5th at the Toronto’s International Plaza Hotel, Toronto. 

Speakers and agenda has been announced this past week. Registration will open in January. Registration is now open at http://www.ogs.on.ca/conference/registration/, Keep up-to-date with the latest news by following their website athttp://www.ogs.on.ca/conference/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/171812826485725/  







Our Canada – Your Family: Building a Nation 2017 

The Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will host the 2017 annual conference, and they have a call out for presentations. 

The conference will be held in Ottawa on June 16-18, 2017 at Algonquin College. The theme of the conference is Our Canada – Your Family: Building a Nation. 

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS FEBRUARY 15, 2016. 

To submit proposals or ask questions, please contact the Conference 2017 Program Committee at:program.conference2017@ogs.on.ca. For more information about OGS or Ottawa Branch respectively, please visit: www.ogs.on.ca or www.ogsottawa.on.ca. 

Great Canadian Genealogy Summit

The summit will be held in Brampton, Ontario from October 21 to the 23, 2016 at the Courtyard Marriott. 

Registration has opened at http://www.qbfhs.ca/  

2018 Ontario Genealogical Society Conference  

Word has reached us that the OGS has accepted a bid to host the 2018 OGS Conference in Guelph, Ontario put forward by the Scottish Special Interest Group [SIG]. Christine Woodcock will be conference chair. 

So stay tuned for further developments.  

Newspaper Articles 

Nova Scotia

Halifax archbishop dismayed by Saint Patrick's Church heritage designation 

The Roman Catholic archbishop of Halifax and Yarmouth is disappointed with Halifax regional council's decision to designate Saint Patrick's Church on Brunswick Street a heritage property. 

Perkins House in Liverpool to be renovated by province 

Nova Scotia's oldest museum will not remain closed after all. 

The province says it will repair and reopen Perkins House, a 250-year-old house in Liverpool, N.S., that was built for Simeon Perkins in 1766 and has operated as a museum since 1957. 

Prince Edward Island 

Charlottetown home reveals pre-Confederation past during renovations 

As Ray Campbell began renovating his little Charlottetown house this week, he uncovered something unusual under the plaster— a log house that likely dates back to the 1840s.
Stratford, P.E.I. brick heritage home demolished 

A 188-year-old house in Stratford, P.E.I. known as The Brick House was torn down last week to the dismay of some residents, including at least one town councillor.

Sir John A. Macdonald's funeral described in letter found at Holman homestead
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/letter-sir-john-a-macdonald-holman-house-1.3481858 

While tearing down some of the interior walls of the historic Holman homestead in Summerside, P.E.I., new owners Jenny and Ken Meister made a fascinating discovery — a personal letter about an important time in Canadian history. 

Ontario 

Smiths Falls students take in French roots in Quebec

Sledding, ice hotel, maple taffy, most of all education, not to mention, the full on Quebec Ramparts at the new Videotron center. 

A shortlist of Canadian women who deserve to be on a bank note 

The country's bank notes currently feature prominent prime ministers, all of them male.  

A brief history of Americans moving to Canada
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/03/09/moving-to-canada-an-american-rite.html

If Google searches and late-night talk show hosts are to be believed, the Peace Bridge may soon be overrun with Americans fleeing Donald Trump’s relentless march towards the presidency.
Alberta  

New plans for historic Royal Alberta Museum site 


The Royal Alberta Museum is leaving a mammoth-sized vacancy at its old Glenora lot. 

Alberta Infrastructure is now asking for ideas on how to turn the site into a public green space once the museum finishes its move to the new Edmonton site in 2019. 

Continuing to link the past with the present 


With a mission to preserve the past for coming generations, the Blackfalds and Area Historical Society is a vital resource within not only the town, but also the region. 

Preserving history of the area is a passion of President Judy Carleton. It is with this dedication and tenacity she formed the Society in 2005 

A local history of the Hebrideans - part two 

On Tuesday, May 8th, 1923, more than 200 immigrants from the West Hebrides of Scotland arrived at the C.P.R. and C.N.R. railway stations in Red Deer. 

An estimated 2,000 local residents turned out to greet them, almost the entire population of the City at the time. 

The Hebrideans were part of large resettlement program, sponsored by the Scottish Immigrant Aid Society. 

Canada Post building redevelopment plans unveiled in Vancouver 


Developers offered a sneak peek of proposed plans for the former Canada Post office in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday night. 

It's been three years since Canada Post vacated its former office on West Georgia Street. Developers Bentall Kennedy hope to turn the property into a mixed-use tower with residential units and retail space. 

Canadian Stories this Week 

SPRING!

How are you adjusting to the time change for the spring that took place this weekend? It was all helped by sunny skies and good spring temperatures in Ottawa, but tomorrow we are back in the spring showers. 

And the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) moved to its new spot this past week. They kept us posted by pictures (and video) on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ontgensoc/, and it looks like it went without a hitch. 

Just a reminder, you can contact them at 2100 Steeles Avenue, Unit 202, in Concord, ON. Our telephone number will remain: 416-489-0734 or toll-free at 1-855-MYROOTS (855-697-6687). 

What does Canada look like to you?   

The Canadian Museum of History is currently building its most ambitious exhibition to date - the Canadian History Hall. One of the features of the new Hall will be the a dynamic entranceway filled with illustrations representing Canada. As they are choosing the images, they want to hear from you. What does Canada look like to you? 

Give them your suggestions through their suggestion form at http://www.historymuseum.ca/gateway/ 


And Happy St Patrick's Day to all!

And that was the week in Canadian news! 

This e-newspaper has been published since April 2012! 

Be sure to tell your friends about us. 

If you would like to subscribe, please send your email to genealogycanada@aol.com 

Publishers Elizabeth and Mario Lapointe 

Sponsored by Elizabeth Lapointe Research Services. To learn more about the research services offered by ELRS, go towww.elrs.biz 

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Saturday, March 5, 2016

Canadian Week in Review 07 March 2016




I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.

This Week in Canadian History 

Oil discovered in Ontario

In 1860, an oil gusher was discovered in Enniskillen, Ontario, a town later re-named Petrolia. 

The place, originally called Black Creek, became the site of North America's first commercial oil well when asphalt producer James Miller Williams set out to dig a water well in September of 1858 and found free oil instead. 


Upcoming Canadian Events


NEW! Kelowna and District Genealogical Society's (KDGS) Conference 2016 

Sine 1996, every second year, the Kelowna and Distinct Society of Kelowna, British Columbia, has a large conference entitled Harvest Your Family Tree. 

This conference is a three-day event which will be held this year from Sept. 26 to 28 in Kelowna, and the speakers will be from eight keynote speakers are coming from as far as Australia, Rhode Island, Salt Lake City, Regina, and Victoria, including Dave Obee from British Columbia, Maureen Taylor from the United States, and Helen V. Smith from Brisbane, Australia. 

Registration forms will be available from the Kelowna & District Genealogical Society website at www.kdgs.ca, printed forms at the KDGS Genealogical Reference Library, located on the second floor of the downtown branch of the Kelowna Library on Ellis Street, and you can contact them by email at conference@kdgs.ca, or call 250-763-7159. 

Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 

Word has reached us that the OGS has accepted a bid to host the 2018 OGS Conference in Guelph, Ontario put forward by the Scottish Special Interest Group [SIG]. Christine Woodcock will be conference chair. 

So stay tuned for further developments. 

32nd Gene-O-Rama of the Ottawa Genealogical Society 

The conference will be held from April 1–2, 2016 at the Confederation Education Centre, 1645 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario which is at the corner of Hunt Club Road & Woodroffe Avenue. 



If you need further information, go to http://ogsottawa.on.ca/Gene-O-Rama/ 

UNLOCKING THE PAST 2016 

International Genealogy ConferInternational Genealogy Conference UNLOCKING THE PAST 2016 will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the The Beach Club Resort, Parksville, British Columbia of the Qualicum Beach Family History Society in British Columbia. 

The featured speakers will be Colleen Fitzpatrick and Chris Paton, and registration is now open athttp://www.eventbrite.ca/e/international-genealogy-conference-unlocking-the-past-2016-tickets-18765135024. It includes an early bird price. 

The website is located at http://www.qbfhs.ca/ 


Genealogy on the Cutting Edge 2016

The Ontario Genealogical Society will be holding its annual conference from June 3rd to 5th at the Toronto’s International Plaza Hotel, Toronto. 

Speakers and agenda has been announced this past week. Registration will open in January. Registration is now open athttp://www.ogs.on.ca/conference/registration/, Keep up-to-date with the latest news by following their website athttp://www.ogs.on.ca/conference/, or their Facebook page athttps://www.facebook.com/events/171812826485725/  


Our Canada – Your Family: Building a Nation 2017 

The Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will host the 2017 annual conference, and they have a call out for presentations. 

The conference will be held in Ottawa on June 16-18, 2017 at Algonquin College. The theme of the conference is Our Canada – Your Family: Building a Nation. 

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS FEBRUARY 15, 2016. 

To submit proposals or ask questions, please contact the Conference 2017 Program Committee at:program.conference2017@ogs.on.ca. For more information about OGS or Ottawa Branch respectively, please visit: www.ogs.on.ca or www.ogsottawa.on.ca. 

Great Canadian Genealogy Summit

The summit will be held in Brampton, Ontario from October 21 to the 23, 2016 at the Courtyard Marriott. 

Registration has opened at http://www.qbfhs.ca/  

2018 Ontario Genealogical Society Conference  

Word has reached us that the OGS has accepted a bid to host the 2018 OGS Conference in Guelph, Ontario put forward by the Scottish Special Interest Group [SIG]. Christine Woodcock will be conference chair. 

So stay tuned for further developments. 

Newspaper Articles 

Newfoundland 

Carolyn Parsons Chaffey adopts Newfoundland Pony with rich history 


Bonnie the Newfoundland Pony is spending her days quietly living on a farm just outside of Lewisporte.

Carolyn Parsons Chaffey and her family adopted the pony just after Christmas.

Nova Scotia 

An exploration of black communities around Nova Scotia  


CBC Radio's Information Morning explored the history and makeup of African Nova Scotian communities outside Halifax. These communities include - Pine Woods and Gibson Woods, Jordantown, Conway and Acaciaville, Digby County, Louisbourg, slavery on Cape Breton, Meadowbrook Hill, Monastery, Upper Big Tracadie, Lincolnville and Sunnyville, Guysborough County.

New Brunswick 

Saint John County Jail building stones deserve better, historian says

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/jail-stones-preservation-carved-history-1.3472200

Earlier this month the City of Saint John turned down an invitation to buy the nearly 200-year-old county courthouse building overlooking King's Square and some now fear it may mean a chunk of the city's history may be lost.  

New Brunswick Museum newly-restored works on display 


The New Brunswick Museum is showcasing 20 newly-restored works on the eve of the retirement of its art conservator. 

Adam Karpowicz has restored close to 200 paintings over the decades, but some of his handiwork has never been displayed.  

Ontario 

The Canadian Museum of History’s movie theatre is going digital 


The movie theatre at the Canadian Museum of History looks forward to wowing audiences with its new 4K laser projector, the latest in projection technology. This makes the Museum the first facility in the Ottawa-Gatineau region — and one of only four cinemas in Canada — with this type of projector. 

When Mississauga Was “Toronto” 


Were it not for the population growth in what's now Mississauga, this website might have been named something else. Why? From 1806 to 1968, the majority of Mississauga was known as "Toronto Township". 

Canadian Museum of History to launch 4K technology 


The Canadian Museum of History is adapting to new technology with the launch of a 4K digital laser projector in its theatre before the end of March.  

After being associated with IMAX for more than 25 years, the Gatineau museum said it acquired the new technology from Barco — a Belgium based technology company. 

Reliving local's military history 


The daughter of an Arborfield World War II veteran has retraced some of her father’s footsteps through Europe, ending with the liberation of Holland towards the end of the war.  

Saskatchewan 

2015-2016 Heritage Award Re1cipients Announced 


The City of Saskatoon’s Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee (MHAC) today announced the recipients of the 2015-2016 Heritage Awards. The Committee presents Heritage Awards every second year to recognize contributions to heritage preservation within the City of Saskatoon in the areas of archaeology, history, museums, historic buildings and sites, genealogy, natural history, and folklore. 

Celebrating more than a century of black history in Saskatchewan 


It’s a frequent occurrence for nurse Crystal Mayes: patients look at her dark skin and ask how she’s coping with Canada’s harsh winters. 

She has to laugh. Mayes’ great grandparents were among the province’s first black settlers. Her family has been in Saskatchewan for more than a century. 

Local history of the Hebrideans - part one 


There has been a lot of discussion in the media in the past year about immigration. 

Therefore, this may be a time to reflect back on one of the more significant organized immigration efforts in Central Alberta – the relocation of hundreds of men, women and children from the West Hebrides of Scotland to this region in the mid-1920s. 

Alberta

Snapshots of time preserve southern Alberta's history 


Coyote Flats Pioneer Village, just south of Picture Butte, Alta. exists to preserve the history of the southern Alberta town and surrounding area — and now it's getting some help from a younger generation, as well as the federal government to fulfill that mandate. 

North West Territories

Fort Smith man wants Michif made an official language of N.W.T. 


A Fort Smith man wants to make Michif, a Métis language, one of the official languages of the Northwest Territories. 

Lance Sanderson is the manager of the N.W.T. Cree Language program and also advocates on behalf of Michif speakers. He said it's hard to estimate how many Michif speakers there are in the territory.

Canadian Stories this Week 

20 Years of Cyndi's List 

Cyndi's List (http://www.CyndisList.com) was launched 20 years ago on March 4, 1996. What started out as a side-page in a personal genealogy web site has become one of the top genealogy resources online. The original site started on one web page with 1,025 links. By the end of that first year the site was sorted onto individual pages with more than 9,600 links in more than 50 categories. Just after its one-year anniversary the site had grown to 17,300 links in more than 60 categories on 195+ separate web pages. The site has continued to grow exponentially with the popularity of genealogy and the Internet. Today there are more than 330,000 links in 207 categories that point to an endless supply of related genealogy links online. 

So, congratulate Cyndi. May you have many more years of success! 

Do you want to write a family history book? 

Well, look no farther, Lynn Palermo can help you! At The Family History Writing Studio, she has course where you can learn how to gather material for the book, and put a book together. If you wish to write a blog, she can tell you how to do that too! 

To check out the course which Lynn offers, go to http://www.thearmchairgenealogist.com/ 

Job Opportunity 

Dwayne Meisner is looking for volunteers to help proofread the 1921 census of Nova Scotia. The 1921 census pages on my site have been set up to make it easy to do this. You have to be a member of the site to help. It also helps, but is not necessary to have access to the census images at Ancestry. You can use other resources such as NSHVS, Family Search, Automated Genealogy etc, to
help figure out the names and other information. 

To get started, go to the NS Census map at the link below and choose any one of the eighteen counties you want to work on. Then, check the "Who's Helping" button to see what is being and been done. 

Once he receives your first correction, your name will be added to that part of the list for that particular area within the county. 


And that was the week in Canadian news! 

This e-newspaper has been published since April 2012! 

Be sure to tell your friends about us. 

If you would like to subscribe, please send your email to genealogycanada@aol.com 

Publishers Elizabeth and Mario Lapointe 

Sponsored by Elizabeth Lapointe Research Services. To learn more about the research services offered by ELRS, go to www.elrs.biz 

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Monday, February 29, 2016

Canadian Week in Review 29 February 2016



I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too. 

This Week in Canadian History  

Canada's oldest candy company  

Ganong Bros., Limited is Canada's oldest candy company. It was founded by James and Gilbert Ganong in 1873 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. It is a producer of boxed chocolates,  

Gilbert W. Ganong patented a process for imprinting the bottom of individual chocolates with a wordmark. Each hand-dipped chocolate bears the initials “GB”. 

For more information, go to https://ganong.com/our-sweet-story/  



Japanese men sent to work camps 

All Japanese men between 18 and 45 were to be temporarily moved from Canada's west coast to further inland to work on road camps in British Columbia's interior, or to agricultural projects in the prairies. 

Each adult was permitted to take 150 pounds of clothing, bedding and utensils. Other property, including homes, businesses, fishing boats, cars, and personal possessions, was sold.  


Social Media 

(Photos) Hants History: Feb. 25, 2016 edition 


Here's a look at what was making the news 25 and 50 years ago in the Hants Journal, 25 years ago (Feb. 27, 1991 edition) The 25 years ago segment is temporarily unavailable. 

Upcoming Canadian Events 

Conferences 

NEW! Kelowna and District Genealogical Society's (KDGS) Conference 2016 

Sine 1996, every second year, the Kelowna and Distinct Society of Kelowna, British Columbia, has a large conference entitled Harvest Your Family Tree. 

This conference is a three-day event which will be held this year from Sept. 26 to 28 in Kelowna, and the speakers will be from eight keynote speakers are coming from as far as Australia, Rhode Island, Salt Lake City, Regina, and Victoria, including Dave Obee from British Columbia, Maureen Taylor from the United States, and Helen V. Smith from Brisbane, Australia. 

Registration forms will be available from the kelowna & District Genealogical Society website at www.kdgs.ca, printed forms at the KDGS Genealogical Reference Library, located on the second floor of the downtown branch of the Kelowna Library on Ellis Street, and you can contact them by email at conference@kdgs.ca, or call 250-763-7159. 

Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 

Word has reached us that the OGS has accepted a bid to host the 2018 OGS Conference in Guelph, Ontario put forward by the Scottish Special Interest Group [SIG]. Christine Woodcock will be conference chair. 

So stay tuned for further developments. 

32nd Gene-O-Rama of the Ottawa Genealogical Society 

The conference will be held from April 1–2, 2016 at the Confederation Education Centre, 1645 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario which is at the corner of Hunt Club Road & Woodroffe Avenue. 



If you need further information, go to http://ogsottawa.on.ca/Gene-O-Rama/ 

UNLOCKING THE PAST 2016 

International Genealogy ConferInternational Genealogy Conference UNLOCKING THE PAST 2016 will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the The Beach Club Resort, Parksville, British Columbia of the Qualicum Beach Family History Society in British Columbia. 

The featured speakers will be Colleen Fitzpatrick and Chris Paton, and registration is now open athttp://www.eventbrite.ca/e/international-genealogy-conference-unlocking-the-past-2016-tickets-18765135024. It includes an early bird price. 

The website is located at http://www.qbfhs.ca/ 


Genealogy on the Cutting Edge 2016

The Ontario Genealogical Society will be holding its annual conference from June 3rd to 5th at the Toronto’s International Plaza Hotel, Toronto. 

Speakers and agenda has been announced this past week. Registration will open in January. Registration is now open athttp://www.ogs.on.ca/conference/registration/, Keep up-to-date with the latest news by following their website athttp://www.ogs.on.ca/conference/, or their Facebook page athttps://www.facebook.com/events/171812826485725/  


Our Canada – Your Family: Building a Nation 2017 

The Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will host the 2017 annual conference, and they have a call out for presentations. 

The conference will be held in Ottawa on June 16-18, 2017 at Algonquin College. The theme of the conference is Our Canada – Your Family: Building a Nation. 

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS FEBRUARY 15, 2016. 

To submit proposals or ask questions, please contact the Conference 2017 Program Committee at:program.conference2017@ogs.on.ca. For more information about OGS or Ottawa Branch respectively, please visit: www.ogs.on.ca or www.ogsottawa.on.ca. 

Great Canadian Genealogy Summit

The summit will be held in Brampton, Ontario from October 21 to the 23, 2016 at the Courtyard Marriott. 

Registration has opened at http://www.qbfhs.ca/  

2018 Ontario Genealogical Society Conference  

Word has reached us that the OGS has accepted a bid to host the 2018 OGS Conference in Guelph, Ontario put forward by the Scottish Special Interest Group [SIG]. Christine Woodcock will be conference chair. 

So stay tuned for further developments. 

Newspaper Articles 

Newfoundland

Heritage Awards recognize Saint John restoration projects 


In the 25 years since he bought a farmhouse on Manawagonish Road in Saint John that was destined for demolition, Petr Smit has learned to do whatever it takes to restore the 200-year-old property. 

Nova Scotia 

Rebirth of razed Mi'kmaq village part of ambitious plan for aboriginal band

A Nova Scotia aboriginal band is drafting ambitious plans to rebuild a community on the site of a Mi'kmaq village that was obliterated by the Halifax Explosion nearly a century ago.

The Mi'kmaq called it Turtle Grove.

History: First flight in British Commonwealth, Feb. 23 1909 


He’s more known for the telephone, but on February 9th, 1909, inventor Alexander Graham Bell was a driving force behind the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air plane in the British Commonwealth.

Dal student tour to shine a light on history of Africville 


Dalhousie professor Barb Hamilton-Hinch has been taking her students to visit the lands of the former community of Africville on the northernmost tip of the Halifax peninsula for about five years now. 

'We know our history:' New Halifax ferry to be named Viola Desmond following public vote

http://www.metronews.ca/news/halifax/2016/02/25/halifax-ferry-to-be-named-after-viola-desmond.html

Seventy years after Viola Desmond took a stand by taking a seat in the whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theatre, it was announced on Thursday her name will be plastered on the newest Halifax Transit ferry. 

Nova Scotia island's historic school down to final student, faces closure 


One of Canada's last remaining one-room schools is down to its last remaining student on Big Tancook Island. 

Prince Edward Island 

P.E.I. museum makeover aims to maximize storage space 


Call it a museum makeover. 

The textile collection of the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation is getting a makeover thanks to RE-ORG Canada, a program that aims to help maximize storage space and make artifacts easier to find.  

New Brunswick 

Saint John heritage fair shares stories of region's history 


New stories of New Brunswick's history are uncovered each year at the Saint John Heritage Fair said organizer and historian David Goss. 

The annual fair to share information about the region's heritage and history was held in Market Square Feb. 20. 

St. Martins raising money to retrieve ship figurehead from England 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/st-martins-ship-figurehead-1.3462820 

The village of St. Martins is trying to raise the money to buy back a significant piece of its history. 

They have obtained the first right of refusal on an original figurehead from the Prince Victor, one of roughly 700 ships built in St. Martins in the late 1800s. 

Quebec 

Black history in limbo at several Quebec sites 


Rachel Zellars, a Phd candidate in McGill University‘s Faculty of Education, launched a campaign last summer, to have 11 locations in Quebec that have the word “Nigger” or the French word “Negre” in the title, changed. 

Ontario 

Black History: Excavation Uncovers Remains of Church Founded by Black Refugees Escaping Slavery ‘Down South’ in America 


The recent discovery of the British Methodist Episcopal Church — once the center of Black religious and political life in Toronto for over 100 years — is a reminder that Black history in Canada is also Black history in the United States. 


Bringing the past into the present and sharing it one tale, talk or tour at a time – for area historian and author Chris Carter, this is his passion. 

Gananoque residents paint piece of history 

http://www.thewhig.com/2016/02/23/gananoque-residents-paint-piece-of-history 

Four hundred Gananoque residents made a little bit of history. 

They each painted a four-inch-square tile that was pieced together with the others to form an eight-foot mural representing Gananoque in the Canada 150 Mosaic Mural project to celebrate the nation’s 150th birthday. 

Saskatchewan 

Workshop makes family history into digital stories 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/workshop-makes-family-history-digital-1.3457692 

The Saskatchewan Genealogical Society has been putting on the Preserving Your Family History: Digital Storytelling Workshop across the province for the past few weeks. They are led by freelance journalist and facilitator Evie Ruddy. 

Group hopes to make Saskatoon park a United Nations World Heritage Site 


A group hopes to have the Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon designated as a United Nations World Heritage site. 

Chief Felix Thomas of the Saskatoon Tribal Council says to achieve that goal the park will need to expand and be improved. 

Alberta 

Family history unveils surprises 


Two Grande Prairie residents have had the question, "Who do you think you are?" answered. 

Radio personality Paul Ouellette and Archbishop Gerard Pettipas of the Archdiocese of Grouard-MacLennan each received thick binders detailing the history of their respective families Saturday. 

British Columbia 

Canadian Stories this Week 

Ontario Genealogical Office is moving 

The Ontario Genealogical Office (OGS) will be moving in less than two week from downtown Toronto to the northend of the city. The moving date will be March the 10th.
They have always been in downtown Toronto ever since I have been a member, so this will be something new for everyone. The site is near the Archives of Ontario, which is an added plus. 
To help with the move, the OGS has two people from the Halton-Peel Branch to help out with the move - Fran Murphy, the past Chair of the Halton-Peel Branch, will be the "cull team leader" who will prepare the OGS deposit library collection for its move from the North York Central Library to the Toronto Reference Library, and Coral Harkies, the Branch Secretary of the Halton-Peel Branch, will be the new Administrative Coordinator at OGS when they move to their new offices at 2100 Steeles Avenue in early March. 
As of March 10th, the address will be 2100 Steeles Ave., Unit #202, Concord, ON L4K 2V1 
RootsTech in Canada 

Why don't more LDS churches put this type of thing on in Canada?
The Halton-Peel OGS is invited to attend the viewing of their favourite workshops from the 2016 RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City. 
It will be held on Saturday, March 19, 10 am to 3 pm. 10062 Bramalea Road, Brampton, Ontario. There’s no charge, but please register since we’ll be providing a light lunch. 
You can register at FHW2016.eventbrite.ca, or you can call Helen Warner, Public Affairs Director--Brampton, Mississauga & Toronto West, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 905-793-3675. 
And the Family Search Library in Salt Lake City has released their March programme of Webinars that you can watch – for free of charge. To view Webinars, you can be viewed online through FamilySearch.org. 
They have Webinars cover everything from Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italians, and the United States Records. 
I watch them on a regular basis, and find them quite good. 
Webinars can be accessed by going to FamilySearch.org; click on Search; select Wiki. Type Webinars and choose the top entry. Click on 1.1 Monthly Class Schedule, then the name of the month; scroll to find the desired class. 
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