789 Yonge St
Toronto, ON M4W 2G8
Canada
Course runs on three Wednesdays: January 31, February 7 and 14, 2018.
There are many choices for how to put your family information online for others to find and for them to respond to what they find. This three-week course will cover the various options available for family historians to choose from: the use of major genealogy sites like FamilySearch or Ancestry; wiki sites such as WikiTree; blogs; or building your own website. The simpler and free options will be emphasized. In addition to a full exploration of these options, the course will also describe what can happen to your online information when you die and what planning you should do for this eventuality.
This course is co-sponsored with the Humanities and Social Sciences Department at the Toronto Reference Library.
Course Instructor: Marian Press
Marian Press, MLS, MA, is a retired academic librarian living in Toronto. Born in New Zealand, she has been researching her Scottish, English, Irish and Portuguese roots for over 35 years, sharing the results online and in articles in family history journals. Much of this research involves travel to the places where her ancestors lived and worked. She is a frequent speaker at genealogical workshops and conferences and a writer on family history topics. In 2011, Dundurn/OGS published her book Education and Ontario Family History: A Guide to the Resources for Genealogists and Historians, the result of her years at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
HOW TO GET TO THE COURSE LOCATION
The Toronto Reference Library building is on the east side of Yonge Street, one block north of Bloor Street.
By public transit:
The closest TTC subway station is Bloor/Yonge.
Driving to the Library is not recommended. Parking in the immediate area is extremely limited.
Accessibility:
The Toronto Reference Library building is wheelchair accessible. For more information about our policies on accessibility, visit our policies page.
For assistance with a specific accommodation request, please send an email message to courses@torontofamilyhistory.org.