NOTE: Due to the ongoing police investigation in the area of Yonge Street and Finch Avenue which is disrupting transit and causing road closures at this point, tonight’s Toronto Branch meeting has been cancelled.
Our next Toronto Branch meeting will take place on Monday, April 23 starting at 7:30 pm at Lansing United Church at Poyntz Avenue and Beecroft Road in North York.
Our main speaker at the April meeting will be the author of Driv’n by Fortune, a book about the 78th Fraser’s Highlanders — a Scots regiment that settled in Canada. Sam Allison will discuss the sources used to trace these military migrants, and highlight some of the problems that both historians and genealogists may encounter in their research, including same names, false names, spellings, changing place names, false assumptions, statistical errors and historical myths. Please join us for Tracking an 18th Century Highland Regiment. After the break, we’ll enjoy a short presentation by Georgie Kennedy on The Search for Ruth.
If you can, come early and join the Members Network in advance of the main meeting, beginning at 6:15 p.m. — share your family history experiences and questions with fellow members in a friendly informal setting.
Lansing United Church is a short walk from the Sheppard-Yonge subway station (look for the exit to Poyntz Avenue). Parking on local streets is free after 6:00 p.m and there are pay parking options nearby. Please leave the few spaces in the church parking lot for members with accessibility needs.
Toronto Branch meetings are free to attend and open to all. Visit our Meetings page to find out more.
