April’s Toronto Branch meeting took place on Monday, April 22. A good crowd joined us in person at Lansing United Church at 49 Bogert Ave in north Toronto, near the Sheppard subway station, and many more watched the presentation live online via Zoom. Our featured speaker Allison Lau and her team demonstrated how Ancestry.com is using technology to help decipher handwriting and make it easier for researchers to find their ancestors—or the cheerful characters […]
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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 […]