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Friday, September 11, 2015

Grimsby Historical Societyand Archives

I have written about the Grimsby Historical Society and Archives before, but it also has an interesting social schedule.

For example, some of their meetings for 2015/2016 are -

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. - St. Andrew's Anglican Church Parish Hall, 7 St. Andrews Avenue, Grimsby there will be a Pie Social and Entertainment.

A talk called The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada: An Historical Footprint in Niagara will be given by Trevor Campbell, Sergeant Retired CDI.

On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. At the Carnegie building corner of Adelaide and Ontario Streets, Grimsby, the topic will be Back to Basics - Heritage Farming in 2015 by Andy Sproston, Farmer, Our Gate to Your Plate and on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., there will be a talk on Grimsby Home Building Co-operative 1953-1956 given by Bernadette Walsh & Janet Muise, Co-op at 60 Working Group.

All are welcome and there’s no cost for non-members.

For more information email info@grimsbyhistoricalsociety.com or cookingpete@yahoo.ca.

And they also have over 100 files on area families, some containing considerable genealogical information, and they are listed on http://www.grimsbyhistoricalsociety.com/families.php

The website is http://www.grimsbyhistoricalsociety.com/

Happy Researching!

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Check the Canadian Week in Review (CWR) every Monday morning for the latest in Genealogy, Heritage, and History news in Canada.

If you missed last week’s edition, it is at http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2015/09/canadian-week-in-review-cwr-07.html

It’s the ONLY news blog of its kind in Canada!

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants

I have to say “Thank You” to Margaret Dougherty, the Deputy Governor of the
Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants, for sending me notices of two meetings of their society to take place this fall in Canada. It should be noted that non-members can attend these meetings.

This weekend, September 12th and 13th, the Nova Scotia Colony of Mayflower Descendants holds its annual meeting in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, beginning with a Friday night supper, followed by a day long meeting on Saturday.

For details, you can go to http://csmd.org/?page_id=814

Then, on Saturday, October 17, they will hold their annual compact meeting and luncheon. Their guest speaker at this luncheon is Sue de Groot, who will be making her popular Dead and Buried presentation.

This will be their 35th Annual Compact Meeting and Luncheon.

Payments and attendance confirmation are due by October 4th

For details, you can go to http://csmd.org/?page_id=1218

If you have any questions, you can contact Margaret Dougherty at deputygovernor@csmd.org

The Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/groups/CSMD2015/

Happy Researching!

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Canadian Genealogy News 08 September 2015

Here are some news items which have come across my desk this morning -

Family history from Scratch

Basics and best practices for beginners and beyond!

Presented by both Hamilton and Niagara Peninsula Branches of the Ontario Genealogical Society, and it helps you find out where to begin.

Network with beginner, intermediate, advanced, and professional genealogists through a day of back-to-basics style of learning!

The highlights will be -

An Overview of Family Search by Terri Wood

Essentials of Ancestry.ca by Lesley Anderson

Research from a Distance by Danielle Manning - Archives of Ontario

Inspirational/Research in the UK by Kirsty Gray, Family-Wise Ltd.

It will be held on Saturday from 8:45 till 4:00 pm, at the St. Andrew's Church, Grimsby, Ontario.

The cost is $20.00.

Their Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/events/1662888647276284/

Branch meetings

There has been a change of date for the September meeting – it will be held tonight with the Durham Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society at the Oshawa Public Library Auditorium, Bagot St., Oshawa at 7:30 pm.

The topic will be Solve Genealogical Problems by Creating a Timeline (recorded webinar)

Timelines are very useful ways of visualizing data. Timelines give you an order of and context for events, or to show what kinds of events were happening around your ancestors. Using Excel spreadsheets, this webinar will show how to solve different types of genealogical problems by using timelines.

The webpage is at http://www.durham.ogs.on.ca/

And

On September 19th, Quinte Genealogical Society will be holding Great Moments in Genealogy. Members will be encouraged to share their research successes, brick wall breakthroughs, serendipity moments or any other significant event in the pursuit of our past.

Join them for the afternoon is Jim Harrison, Mayor of Quinte West. In addition to bringing words of greeting from the city, Mayor Harrison will be making a presentation to Quinte Branch to mark and recognize their 35th Anniversary.

The meeting is held at Quinte West City Hall Library, 7 Creswell Drive, Trenton, Ontario at 1:00 pm.

Their website is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canqbogs/index.htm (They hold records for Prince Edward, Hastings & part of Northumberland Counties).

They also have a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/QuinteBranch.OGS