GANS "Lest We Forget" Workshop

On January 24th, the Genealogists Association of Nova Scotia (GANS) is hosting a workshop called Lest We Forget Workshop, led by two representatives of the Halifax Public Libraries, to work hands-on with First World War military services files for both soldiers and nursing sisters.

There is no cost for this workshop.

According to their press release, "After a brief introduction to Canadian military records, each participant will be given a real Canadian Expeditionary Forces service file of a Nova Scotian soldier or nursing sister, with the task of finding out their personal war story. At the end of the workshop, participants will share their discoveries and questions with the rest of the group. Halifax Public Library staff Joanne McCarthy O'Leary and Vicki Clark will be on hand to assist with research and advice on further research. Please see flyer attached with times and location".

This is restricted to 25 participants, so register soon to secure your spot.

To register, send an email to membership@novascotiaancestors.ca

The GANS website is http://www.novascotiaancestors.ca

The Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/NovaScotiaAncestors

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Nova Scotia Schoolhouse Receives Heritage Designation



At November's town council meeting, a small one-room schoolhouse in Truro, Nova Scotia, received heritage designation. Originally located in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, it is now on the Nova Scotia Community College's property on Arthur Street in Truro.

The Little White Schoolhouse Museum's website http://littlewhiteschool.ca has a picture of the schoolhouse, and lots of material in their archives, such as texts “used in Nova Scotia schools and other books relating to education from the mid-1800s to the early 1970s. In addition, annual Reports of the Superintendent of Education from 1851 onwards, the Journal of Education and other publications from 1893 onwards”.

They can also assist you to research student records of the Provincial Normal School, and the Provincial Normal College from 1854 to 1946.

My great-aunt Josephine Barclay, from Jordan River, Shelburne County, went to the Provincial Normal College in 1908, and then went to Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont, where she taught school. She was married to the Rev. George Gellatly.

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The Manitoba Museum Wants Artifacts

The Manitoba Museum wants to know if you have artifacts relating to the first time women were allowed to vote in the province. 

A new exhibit called “Nice Women Don’t Want the Vote” will open at the museum on November 5, 2015. The title comes from the words uttered by former Manitoba Premier Sir Rodmond Roblin during a heated exchange with Nellie McClung.

The exhibit will commemorate the 100th anniversary when the Manitoba Legislature amended the Manitoba Election Act on January 28, 1916 to allow women to vote.

“Nice Women Don’t Want to Vote” will run until February 9, 2016 before travelling for the next eight months across Manitoba prior to open at the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa on November 17, 2016.

Anyone with artifacts or a story for the exhibit should contact Roland Sawatzky at (204) 988-0634 or by email rsawatzky@manitobamuseum.ca.

Read the history of how women won the vote in Manitoba at http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/32/womenwonthevote.shtml

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Watch Hamilton Branch of the OGS on YouTube tonight

The Hamilton Branch of the Ontario Genealogist Society is meeting tonight for their Annual General Meeting, with guest speaker Pat Blackburn, UE and the topic will be What is a United Empire Loyalist (UEL)? How do you trace your lineage?

Meeting time is 7 pm. It will be held at the Lincoln Alexander School (near the LINC and Upper Gage Ave), 50 Ravenbury Dr. Rm. 1, Hamilton, Ontario.

And the meeting will be broadcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uHLRrO5ejo

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Dear Myrt’s Beginning Genealogy - Session 2

As I promised in my blog on 06 January 2014 at http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2015/01/beginning-genealogy-study-group.html, I watched Dear Myrt’s Beginning Genealogy Session 2 yesterday. I will continue to watch the rest of the study group as it proceeds. 

The two main topics that were discussed yesterday were the FamilySearch Wiki, and the transcription of records.

First, we went back to the FamilySearch Wiki where we were last week, and this time, we went to the Research Process at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Research_Process.

Dear Mryt spent time explaining the 5 steps of researching to us – 1. Identify what you know 2. Decide what you want to learn 3. Select the records to search 4. Obtain and search the records and 5. Evaluate and Use the information.

Then she went to the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) at http://www.bcgcertification.org/resources/standard.html and went through the five elements of the GPS. You must know these five elements in order to conduct ‘reasonably exhaustively research’ properly, thereby making your conclusions sound.

She asked for people to take birth, marriage, and death records and share them with us, and we saw records from Pennsylvania and Great Britain. Different aspect were then discussed, errors were noted on the certificates, and people were asked to give their ways of handling different errors in records.

The second subject was the importance of doing proper and accurate transcriptions of records, which can then point out these errors, for example.

It is necessary that to transcribe every record we come across in a record, because it helps to understand the complete record, and what it is saying to you, the researcher.

So if you want to watch this session, it is available online at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFi7sTUexhQ

Remember to make yourself a member of Dear Myrt’s Genealogy Community before watching the YouTube Google+ Hangout on Air at https://plus.google.com/communities/104382659430904043232

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A one-day workshop on Genetic Genealogy

The Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society is planning a one-day workshop on 6 June 2015 on Genetic Genealogy and its uses in family history research.

The press release says that "We are looking for speakers who would like to be take part. The workshop will deal with the main types of DNA testing that are used by genealogists as well as how the results from genetic testing are used in conducting or supporting genealogical research. We hope to offer lectures for audiences at the beginner level as well as for people with a more advanced level of knowledge who have used DNA testing”.

The details are at http://torontofamilyhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Call-for-Speakers-Genetic-Genealogy-Workshop-June-2015.pd

The deadline is this Saturday 17 January 2015.

Meanwhile, details of the first annual Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy Colloquium, the final draft of the Genetic Genealogy Standard has officially been announced and released! They are finishing the guidelines for Y-DNA and mtDNA testing and interpretation, and they are putting together some guidance for citing DNA test results in reports, scholarship, and in general.

You can read more at http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2015/01/10/announcing-genetic-genealogy-standards/

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Saskatchewan Genealogical Society (SGS) is offering courses

Do you know that the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society (SGS) is offering certificates in the following areas of study?

Saskatchewan Record Searcher Certification Course

This course instructs you on how to conduct a search of the basic Saskatchewan sources, to write a documented research report, and conduct your business in an ethical manner.

Saskatchewan Researcher Certificate Course

This certification qualifies you to analyze genealogical research problems, to conduct research in all records sources in Saskatchewan, write well-documented research reports, and conduct your business in an ethical manner.

Instructors Certification Course

This certification qualifies you to teach basic genealogical methodology.

Aboriginal Researcher Certification Course

This course, which is divided into ten sessions, will focus on tracing Métis and Aboriginal ancestry on the Prairie Provinces.

If you require information on the following, please phone the office at (306) 780-9207, or go to the website at http://www.saskgenealogy.com/index.php/education/certification-courses/.

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