We’re happy to announce our winter 2016 educational season at Toronto Branch—guaranteed to keep you learning through those chilly months ahead… On Tuesday afternoons in February 2016, we’re offering A Series on Social History, with four sessions aimed at enriching your understanding of how your ancestors lived. Our four expert speakers—Ingrid Mida, Sarah B. Hood, Sheila Knox and Marianne Fedunkiw—will help you discover what it meant when people became sick or injured in 19th-century Canada, what […]
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Summer may be just underway, but here at Toronto Branch we are already gearing up for autumn with a full array of educational programs planned. September will be a busy month, with a three-session course taught by Carol Nichols on how to make the most of Ancestry.ca Library Edition running on Wednesday afternoons. Carol’s course, titled Hands-On Ancestry.ca Library Edition will be followed by three drop-in sessions at the Toronto Reference Library, again on […]
Toronto Branch is planning a one-day workshop on 19 September 2015 on Irish genealogy and family history with a specific focus on Ulster. Historian Dr. William Roulston and genealogist Chris Paton – who both have a wealth of Ulster knowledge – have agreed to lead this workshop as keynote presenters, and we are now seeking other speakers with Irish expertise who would like to be part of the team. We invite proposals for presentations at either a […]
Family historians are busy people and we know that your calendars for next year are probably already filling up! So we thought we’d give you plenty of advance notice of some important Toronto Branch dates in 2015… We’re planning three exciting full-day workshops next year… and that’s in addition to our regular spring, fall and winter lineups of family history courses, and our monthly Branch meetings with featured speakers on topics of genealogical interest. On […]