The next Toronto Branch meeting will take place on Monday October 22 at Lansing United Church in North York beginning at 7:30 p.m. Where did your ancestors look for support when they first arrived in Canada? In our featured presentation this month, we’ll explore the activities and surviving records of benevolent organizations, which offered guidance and assistance to new immigrants trying to make a new home in this country from the early 1800s on. Please join author, blogger, instructor […]
Sherilyn Bell
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Our next Toronto Branch meeting will take place on Monday 27 March starting at 7:30 pm at Eglinton St George’s United Church at 35 Lytton Blvd in North Toronto (in the Sanctuary), and will feature a presentation titled What Lies Beneath. Speaker Sherilyn L. Bell will take us through an intriguing genealogical case study involving a suspicious series of events in Toronto and Coboconk in the early 1900s, some unusual research techniques and the occasional ethical dilemma. After our […]
The June 2014 meeting of Toronto Branch will take place on Monday 23 June starting at 7:30 in the evening at the Burgundy Room, North York Memorial Hall, 5110 Yonge Street in Toronto (convenient access from the North York subway station). Our featured speaker, Coral Grant, will take us on a journey of discovery back in time, beginning in Toronto’s garment district of the early 1930s and ending in 19th century Eastern Europe. The […]