The 2nd Annual Family History Fair

On Saturday November 14, 2015 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm., there will be the 2nd Annual Family History Fair which will be held at the Family History Centre at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia at Cumberland Drive, Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. 

This fair will include workshops focusing on family research methodologies and cultural histories, including Black Loyalists, British Home Children, Mi'kmaq and Scottish ancestry. There will be Roots Tech video presentations and family history exhibits. Also included are hands-on indexing workshops for the Billion Graves Project and the Freedmen Bureau Project.

 If you are not familiar with genealogy, there's a beginner's workshop with an introduction to the free online Family Search program. 

 You can go to http://nsgna.ednet.ns.ca/fhc/RegistrationInformation.pdf to read the programe, and then to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1roJGBGCTXJoi2EKWTSlY7gXBqrtOnPY8lC9-_DD692A/viewform to register, or phone (902) 462-0628. 

 For more information please visit http://nsgna.ednet.ns.ca/fhc

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Quilt Documentation Day

Do you have a 50 plus-year-old quilt or quilts at home, and would like to have it or them documented? 

The Fort Heritage Precinct at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta is hosting a public Quilt Documentation Day this Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kinsmen Room at the Canadian Northern Railway Station. Appointments are required and only pre-1970 quilts will be considered.

The intention is to document and photograph the quilts in order to preserve their history and contribution to Alberta’s quilting history.

The quilts will be registered, photographed and examined by a Royal Alberta Museum quilt expert. The expert will then be able to document the quilt in a personal history station. 

To set an appointment for the Sept. 26 event, contact Kris Nygren at 780-998-1783 or by email at knygren@fortsask.ca.

Does anyone know if we do this in the rest of the country? I personally have never heard of it, but it is quite possible that we do this sort of thing through historical societies. If you know the answer, please leave your it in the comments section.Thanks. 

For more details, go to http://www.fortsask.ca/home

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The Canadian War Museum is ranked #3 best in Canada!

The Canadian War Museum issued a press release yesterday which said -

The Canadian War Museum is proud to be recognized once again by TripAdvisor as one of the best museums in the country, ranking third among the top 10 museums in Canada for the second year in a row. The annual Travellers’ Choice awards highlight the top 1 percent of attractions in the world, based on the quantity and quality of visitors’ reviews over a 12-month period.

“We are pleased that so many visitors to the Canadian War Museum enjoy their experience enough to take the time to leave positive comments on TripAdvisor,” said Stephen Quick, Director General of the Canadian War Museum. “We are proud to be consistently ranked as one of Canada’s most highly recommended museums, and we will continue to produce the exceptional exhibitions and programming that make this a must-see attraction.”

Earlier this year, TripAdvisor welcomed the Canadian War Museum into its Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame, which honours attractions that have won a TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence five years in a row. The online review site also lists the War Museum as #1 among 190 “Top things to do in Ottawa.”

The website is at http://www.warmuseum.ca/home/

And the good news doesn't end there.

Dr. Tim Cook, an esteemed historian at the Canadian War Museum, received The Order of Canada, one of our country’s highest civilian honours this past Wednesday.

Tim Cook has worked at the museum since 2002, and he has been curated the First World War permanent gallery and other exhibits. He also teaches at Carleton University, and has authored seven books, many of them award-winning, including Warlords, The Madman and the Butcher, Shock Troops, At the Sharp End, Clio’s Warriors, and No Place to Run. 

His newest book, The Necessary War, is the first volume of a two book set to explore Canada in the Second World War. The second volume, Fight to the Finish, will be published this year.

A heartfelt congratulations to both the museum and Tim Cook. Through their work, out nation is richer from knowing and honouring the sacrifice that our county men and women have made (and continue to make) over the years in defending Canada.

Also, Peter Milliken, retired MP and longest-serving Speaker of the House of Commons, and the Patron of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) also received the Order of Canada on Wednesday. 

To read about the position of patron, you can go to https://www.ogs.on.ca/patron.php

  

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is taking a survey

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is taking a survey so that they can “better understand our audience and how we tailor our services and communications to your needs”. 

Although, I never had anyone die because of the their service in First and Second World Wars, I visit the site quite often when doing research, so I was interested in what the survey was like, so I took it this morning.

I found the survey a bit long, and I think it was done to see how people felt about social media and (I think, although, I am not sure) what we would think about being charged a certain amount of money for things that maybe they were looking to sell.

So, what do you think? Do you find the site useful? Do you visit it that often?

1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces are buried in 154 counties around the world, including Canadians. 

The survey can be accessed here https://survey.crowdology.co.uk/snapwebhost/s.asp?k=144231495493

The website is at http://www.cwgc.org/

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

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New Canadian Facebook page

Al Lewis, has for years, been the person behind the very successfull website A Digital History of Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, Canada, and now he has started a new Facebook page called BytownorBust at https://www.facebook.com/BytownorBust

The website includes over 1,700 web pages, and it covers the history of the Ottawa area, including Western Quebec. and the cities of Ottawa and Hull/Gatineau from 1600.

If you have ancestors who lived in these areas, the website and the Facebook page should be read to find information on the areas.

The website is at http://www.bytown.net/

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BillionGraves Index updated

FamilySearch has updated the BillionGraves Index online at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2026973 

This collection can include:

Name of deceased 

Date of birth 

Date of death

Name of cemetery 

Date of burial 

This is an expansive family history database of records and images from the world's cemeteries, all tagged with GPS locations. They have Canadian cemeteries, so it deserves a look to see if your deceased ancestor is there. 

You can also go to website at http://billiongraves.com/

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British Home Child Day

British Home Child Day will be held Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the Brockville Museum, 5 Henry Street, Brockville, Ontario. 

There will be lectures, displays, open mike sessions where participants can tell the story of their Home Child, along with other events. Everyone is welcome. Admission is by donation. 

The morning program will repeat in the afternoon. There are on site lectures with side Cemetery tour to see the monument to the Fairknowe children buried in the Old Brockville Cemetery and an outside look at Farirknowe 

The agenda is as follows - 

9 –10 am Lecture Genealogical Resources / Cemetery Tour 

10 – 10:30 Open Mike 

10:30 –11:30 Lecture: William Quarrier Children / Fairknowe

11:30 – noon Open Mike

1:30 –2:30 pm Lecture Genealogical Resources / Cemetery Tour

2:30 –3 Open Mike

3 – 4 Lecture: William Quarrier Children / Fairknowe

So, if you are in the Brockville area, you are invited to go to the British Home Child Day.

ONTARIO EAST BRITISH HOME CHILD site is at http://www.onteastbritishhomechildfamily.com/

The Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) has a group called the British Home Children

and website at https://www.ogs.on.ca/bhc.php 

The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) has a Home Children site (complete with indexes) and is at is at http://www.bifhsgo.ca/cpage.php?pt=4

Happy Researching!

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