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.
For more information, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Canadian_internment
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.
Registration is at http://ogsottawa.on.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/GOR-2016-Fee-Calculator.pdf
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.
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.
Making history come alive in Windsor-Essex
http://windsorstar.com/special-features-3/making-history-come-alive-in-windsor-essex
http://windsorstar.com/special-features-3/making-history-come-alive-in-windsor-essex
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.
And
that was the week in Canadian news!
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