Haunted Mississauga

The 14th Annual "Haunted Mississauga" Heritage Tour evening will take place on Friday, October 16th, 2015.

Location: Streetsville Memorial Cemetery (299 Queen Street South, Streetsville), Ontario.

Tour times: 7:20pm, 7:40pm, 8:00pm, 8:20pm, 8:40pm, 9:00pm

Please book your tickets in advance as space is limited! 905-828-8411 ext.0

$5.00 for adults, $3.00 for children and seniors

This year the story is set in October of 1831.

The Home District election is set for January 2nd, 1832. William Lyon Mackenzie, the Reform leader, has been ousted from the Assembly, and there is much unrest leading into the January election. Three Streetsville locals are running in the by-election to challenge Mackenzie. They are Timothy Street, Henry Rutledge and John Church Hyde. One is a Conservative, one is a tied and true Orangeman, and one is a Free Thinker with ideas of Reblucanism and Reform.

Who will win?

The characters you will meet are personalities from Streetsville’s past. The actors are volunteers. The story is part of the history of Streetsville.

Go to http://www.heritagemississauga.com/assets/Haunted%20Mississauga%202015%20-%20Flyer.pdf to read their flyer.

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If you missed last week’s edition, it is 

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Fall courses in the Kitchener-Waterloo area

Brooke Skelton, and genealogist and a friend, sent me this information about a learning opportunity in the Kitchener-Waterloo area in southwest Ontario. It is fall courses at the Waterloo Campus of the Laurier Association for Lifelong Learning (LALL) of the Wilfred Laurier University. 

 Some examples of the courses that will be offered are - 

You’ve Got Mail: The Story of the Postcard with Rych Mills Mondays, October 19 — November 23, 12:30 — 2:20 p.m.,on the Waterloo campus. 

Before the digital age of email and text messages, the postcard was a common means of communicating to friends and family – whether you were communicating your safety from the front lines in wartime or writing from a sunny beach destination. 

This course will illustrate the history of the postcard, exploring topics such as publishing and distribution, imagery and the emergence of photography, wartime propaganda, the collecting craze, genealogy and local history, as well as the future of the postcard. Mills has authored two books - on Kitchener history, numerous articles for WHS and is the Flash from the Past columnist in each Saturday’s Waterloo Region Record. 

 The “Charming” Christian Eby: Waterloo County Medicine Man or Witch? with Joanna Rickert-Hall Wednesdays, October 21 — November 25, 9:30 — 11:20 a.m. on the Waterloo campus. 

There was a time when fear, superstition and faith were intertwined. If you were sick, you sought the services of a healer or a priest. Depending upon the outcome of the "cure" the healer may have been labelled as a witch and at one time even condemned to death. Fortunately for Christian Eby, a Mennonite healer in early 20th-century Waterloo County, he was both feared and admired.

Courses are non-credit and are intended for personal interest and self-education. Courses are offered at a cost of $70 each.

For more information on courses, and to register for the courses, go to http://legacy.wlu.ca/documents/61880/LALL_Fall_2015_Course_Brochure.pdf

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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.

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

31 Days to Better Genealogy

 Amy Johnson Crow has started 31 Days to Better Genealogy, in which you receive a suggestion on a daily basis by email.

Although she is an American blogger, I wanted to check it out first to see if it was US-centric, but it isn't. The suggestions can be applied to your genealogy, no matter where you live, and it is FREE.

Go to http://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/31-days-to-better-genealogy/ to sign up for the email.

 

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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/2015/10/canadian-week-in-review-05-october-2015.html

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

Do you need help?

I don't know about you, but I need help sometimes with answering my questions about software and websites.

This came to my mind when Dear Myrt announced earlier this week that she was going to do a special Wacky Wednesday episode on Friday simply called HELP.

It took an hour to listen to her, and she made a good points – you should read ALL of the website, because many times, the answer ARE already there.

If you are a member of her Dear Myrt Genealogy Community at https://plus.google.com/communities/104382659430904043232 you can see the video there, or if not, you can listen to the Google+ Hangout on Air on the You Tube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOlBsUUUqfA

 

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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.

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at http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2015/10/canadian-week-in-review-05-october-2015.html

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