When it comes time to write the stories of your ancestors’ lives, whether you want to write a blog post or a book, you are going to want more than names, places and dates. These lists of facts make for boring reading. This lecture will reveal Janice’s secret (no longer) method to uncovering hidden episodes of our ancestors’ lives that bring their stories to life. Four dramatic examples drawn from her own family history illustrate the power of conflict to drive your ancestors’ stories. Come learn how to uncover your ancestors’ inner conflicts, conflicts with other people, conflicts with the natural world and conflicts with society, to tell better family history stories.
Speaker: Professional genealogist Janice Nickerson loves a good challenge whether it’s identifying elusive ancestors, tracking disappearing descendants or telling richer family stories. Her specialties include early Ontario research, criminal justice records and using genealogy gifts and games to create a legacy. Janice is a proud 8th-generation Canadian, with English, German, Irish, Welsh and First Nations ancestry. Her company website is UpperCanadaGenealogy.com
OPENING ACT: Patricia Blackstock will present “In Search of Irish Ancestors”.
This will be a hybrid presentation. No need to register if you are attending in person. To attend online, click here to register and get your unique Zoom link.
In keeping with our November, last-meeting-of-the-year tradition, Toronto Branch members will be sharing “great moments” in their family history research in a series of short, inspiring and frequently humorous presentations.
We look forward to this meeting all year!
Here is the roster so far:
Bev MacCulloch: “The Ancestor in Box #3”
Debi Eatherly: “Rita’s Story”
Janice Nickerson: “An old fur trader’s story gets a boost from AI”
Linda Reid: “There was more: An 18th Century memorial links two generations in Ireland”
Marian Press: “The Sad Lonely Death of Charles Henry Farrington … It pays to read the original document”
Michael Nettleton: “Braiding Connections”
This will be a hybrid meeting. You are welcome to join us in person at Lansing United Church. Or watch the presentation live online. Click here to register for the webinar and get your unique Zoom link.