The Toronto Branch meeting took place on Monday November 25. This was our last monthly meeting for 2024 and, in keeping with our long-standing end-of-year tradition, it was also a celebration of our members’ Great Moments in Genealogy. Eight Branch members surprised and inspired us with their presentations on milestones and minefields in their own family history journeys: Bev MacCulloch—The ancestor in Box #3 Bonnie Bell—A man from Deeside, a 30-year search to account […]
Great Moments
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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 […]
We were delighted to be able to host our annual celebration of Great Moments in Genealogy both online and in person! On Monday November 28, eight Branch members entertained us with moments of success, surprise and serendipity in their family history research in our traditional series of short and inspiring presentations. Here’s a quick list of this year’s speakers and presentation topics: Janice Nickerson—Barking up the Wrong TreeDebi Eatherly—My Great Grandfather, the Imposter, a.k.a. […]
We’re delighted to announce that all ten of our terrific 2021 Great Moments in Genealogy presentations are now available for you to enjoy at your leisure over the holiday season and right through until the last week of January 2022: You Can’t Just Ignore Something Like That!—Paul Jones takes up the challenge of researching the elusive date of birth of architect Eden Smith, the subject of the 2021 Toronto History Lecture. Edward Francis Kelly […]