Alison Hare, CG, to lecture on the time for citations (always) and the time of cholera (London, 1854)

Posted by conference on January 9, 2010 under Blog: New Postings, Delights Stream, Essentials Stream, Speakers and Program | Be the First to Comment

If one of Alison Hare’s ancestors had been named John, Canada might never have gained one of its most accomplished genealogists. As it happens, Busteed Green’s bizarre first name, observed on a grave marker in the early 1980s, intrigued the young Ottawa-based reporter. Soon she was engrossed in genealogy, with Busteed proving a elusive target (although she did eventually track him down). When Alison’s son reached school age in the mid 1990s, she decided to focus on genealogy. By 1999, she had received her CG designation from the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG). And as we approach Conference 2010, where she will give two lectures, Alison now has 29 years of genealogical experience as a researcher, lecturer and editor.

Along the way, she leaves a trail of accomplishment: three-time recognition for the quality of her lectures presented to the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa; induction into that society’s Hall of Fame; genealogist-in-residence at the Ottawa Public Library in 1999; a trustee of BCG; and an active member of the Ontario Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists.

As a former journalist, Alison applies great care to her genealogical writing and editing. Her article “Searching for Greens at the Time of Peter Robinson” was published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly in March 2007. The Ottawa Branch News, newsletter of OGS’s Ottawa Branch, won numerous Marion Keffer awards under her editorship between 1997 and 2002.

At Conference 2010 Alison will speak on citations for Canadians on Saturday and then on Sunday will present her fascinating case study of the victims of the 1854 London cholera outbreak (one of whom was her ancestor).