Lansing United Church Beecroft Rd & Poyntz Ave Toronto ON M2N 1K4
Our feature presentation, by Allison Lau and her team from Ancestry.ca, will be an overview of how Ancestry.com has developed Handwriting Recognition Technology to improve the customer experience of the 1931 Census of Canada. They will also provide updates on other products and services from Ancestry Canada.
Speaker Allison Lau is General Manager, Canada, for Ancestry.com
Opening Act:
When Family Treasures Turn Out to be Genealogical Road Signs
Marian Press owns only two pieces of family memorabilia from her ancestors: a much-treasured 19th-century sampler embroidered by her great-grandmother and two small school notebooks written as a (mandated) daily diary by this same great-grandmother’s brother while he was a pupil at Edinburgh’s Donaldson’s Hospital, a residential institution for poor “deaf and dumb” children. Both turned out to provide significant genealogical clues when the speaker began to research her family history.
The sampler and the notebooks will be available to view at the in-person meeting.
These will be hybrid presentations. No need to register if you are attending in person. To attend online, click here to register and get your unique Zoom link.