Toronto Branch presented the thirteenth annual Toronto History Lecture via Zoom on Tuesday August 6, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. EDT. This year’s speaker was acclaimed novelist and non-fiction writer Kristen den Hartog. Her newest book, The Roosting Box: Rebuilding the Body After the First World War, is now longlisted for the 2024 Toronto Book Awards, 50th Anniversary Edition. And it’s available for purchase in the Toronto Branch eShop too! In the 2024 Lecture, we […]
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Toronto Branch has arranged two exciting online learning events to brighten these last weeks of winter. In February, we’re offering a two-part course on how to decipher old handwriting. Not sure whether that squiggle is a letter or just a flourish? Can’t make out a crucial name in an old family document? Help is on the way. Join us for Tips and Tricks for Reading Old Handwriting, led by genealogist and former director of […]
Did you miss our January 25 pop-up presentation by Katy Rowe Schurwanz on new tools and features at Family Tree DNA? Or would you like to see it again? If you are a member of Toronto Branch OGS, you’re in luck. The session was recorded and is now available to view on the Toronto Branch Members’ Only pages. Click this link and use your OGS username and password to access the recording. The recording […]
Toronto Branch was pleased to present the twelfth annual Toronto History Lecture via Zoom on Tuesday August 8. This year’s speaker was urban planner and ardent Toronto admirer Eric Sehr, who shares stories about the people, places, and plans that have left an indelible mark on the city through his blog, “Toronto Shaped.” In the 2023 Lecture, we learned about one of the most ambitious undertakings of the early 1900s, the construction of the […]