Dutch and Italian Streams get an “Official” Boost

Posted by conference on April 22, 2010 under Blog: New Postings, Dutch Research Stream, Italian Research Stream, Sponsors | Comments are off for this article

We are thrilled to announce that the Dutch and Italian Ancestry streams at the Ontario Genealogical Society’s Conference 2010 have both received “official” blessing in the form of sponsorship support from the local consulates of the Netherlands and Italy respectively. The funds will help defray the extra transportation and publicity costs incurred in staging these special-interest programs. Equally important, the sponsorships give assurance to attendees that the lecture streams enjoy community support.

This is the second time we have welcomed support for genealogical education from the Netherlands Consulate General in Toronto. In 2007 the Consulate General supported the Dutch ancestry workshop staged by OGS Toronto Branch. For information about other consular activities, including those involving culture and the arts, visit the website at http://www.cgtoronto.org/homepage.asp.

Support in the Italian community comes via the Italian Cultural Institute (Istituto Italiano di Cultura), the Cultural Section of the Consulate General of Italy in Toronto, established in 1976. The main facility is on Huron Street in downtown Toronto, and there is a suburban location in Woodbridge. The Institute promotes cultural events and exhibitions, and offers language classes. For more information, visit http://www.iictoronto.esteri.it/IIC_Toronto/Menu/Istituto/.

For more information about, or to register for, the Dutch or Italian lecture streams at Conference 2010, visit: http://torontofamilyhistory.org/2010/dutch and http://torontofamilyhistory.org/2010/italian respectively.

We express our deep gratitude for this support from both Consulates General.