It’s that time of year again—our November meeting was devoted to Great Moments in Genealogy! On Monday November 27, eight Branch members will regaled us with a series of short and inspiring presentations on trials, tribulations and treasure in family history. Here’s the list of this year’s speakers and topics: Beth Adams—It’s a small world after all Ann Brown—Together in Toronto Dawn Kelly—Joah Earnshaw—Death in a Yorkshire coal mine Elayne Lockhart—Think your family history […]
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Our next Toronto Branch meeting will take place on May 29 (NOTE: not our typical 4th Monday of the month due to Victoria Day), beginning at 7:30 p.m. (EDT). The ever-popular duo of Dawn Kelly and Carol Ufford will be returning with the third in their series of talks about New France. This time, they’ll be regaling us with lively tales of a widow’s scandalous remarriage, a salt smuggler, and more! Get set for […]
The first monthly Toronto Branch meeting of 2023 took place on Monday January 23. Our main January speaker Rick Hill made a wonderfully fruitful discovery when building out his family tree. He came across a 3rd great-grandmother with not just one, but three grandparents who were United Empire Loyalists. What’s more, she had a Loyalist great-grandfather as well! Rick’s newfound UEL ancestors all fled Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War, and three of them […]
Our next Toronto Branch meeting will be on Monday, June 22. It will begin a little later than usual—at 8:00 p.m.—in order to accommodate our members’ Annual General Meeting, which will get underway at 7:00 p.m. Both the AGM and the regular Branch meeting will be entirely online due to COVID-19 restrictions, and the Branch meeting will be open to all—but you must register in advance. This month, Carol Ufford and Dawn Kelly will […]