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Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Durham Branch Library First Drop In!!
Sunday, April 24, 2022
May 3rd Meeting - Scotland From Abroad: The Next Level with Bob Dawes
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Canadian Resources Review - April 5th Durham Branch Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtcOihrz0oEtXZVcRaa3-5x_e6RImJ1czp
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Forged in the Flames of War: Captive Ancestors of North America - Tuesday, March 1st Meeting
Do you have a captive ancestor in your family tree?
In fact, many North Americans can count at least one captive ancestor!
Durham Region Branch invites you to join us as Jennifer DeBruin takes us back to the time of the French and Indian Wars on Tuesday, March 1st at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom.
Riveting, complex and heartbreaking, the captive story is one of tragedy and triumph. As the battle for continental supremacy over the colonies in North America raged over generations, people were swept up in its wake – many of them children. The audience will be taken on a treacherous journey, exploring the many complexities of life in ancient lands, and the result of French and English claims to its riches.
Time Period: Early-1600s – Mid-Late 1700s
About our Speaker: Jennifer DeBruin Researcher | Author | Speaker
With deep ancestral roots in Quebec, Eastern Ontario, and Colonial America, Jennifer has a passion for researching and sharing the stories of ordinary people who experienced extraordinary history.
With a focus on North America from the 16th - 20th centuries, she seeks to expand the understanding of our complex history from a variety of perspectives.
Author of three fact-based historical fiction novels based on North American history, Jennifer is currently writing her first non-fiction book, based on her popular presentation, Loyalist Espionage, and will follow this with her fourth creative non-fiction. She also writes historical pieces, which have appeared in several publications.
In addition to her research and writing, Jennifer has been a professional speaker for over 20 years, is an active volunteer in the historical community, and her most recent venture is an historical podcast, the aWOKEning, which presents information that expands the historical narrative and our understanding of the past, present and future.
Kindly pre-register at the following Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpdu-pqzwjE9F7owzInflZ4ChSPelb4FLJ
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Monday, January 10, 2022
Calling all Researchers with Ancestors in South-Central Ontario
photo credit: Michael Hudson. |
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Saturday, December 18, 2021
Dave Obee Speaking About Migration in Canada at our January 4th Meeting
Speaker: Dave Obee
Topic: In Search of Home: Migration Into, Out of, and Within Canada
Date & Time: January 4th, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Virtually via Zoom
Noted genealogist, newspaper man, and storyteller Dave Obee will be our speaker in January.
Understanding the flow of people will help you understand how your family fits in the history of the country. In some cases, records are available in Canada and in other countries, but in other cases researchers will need to consider social history and traditional migration routes to understand the lives of their ancestors. Includes a look at the social history of the arrival of the railway, which helped bring massive development to the four western provinces. The railways brought settlers, and helped them get their goods to markets. The railway companies had a keen interest in bringing settlers, and ran colonization schemes designed to entice people to the West. Dave is the author of the book Destination Canada.
Dave Obee is a journalist and genealogical researcher who has written a dozen books and given more than 600 presentations at conferences and seminars in Canada, the United States and Australia since 1997. He is Editor and Publisher of the Times Colonist in Victoria, British Columbia. He has worked as a journalist in British Columbia and Alberta since 1972.
Dave’s extensive biography is at his website: http://daveobee.com/bio.html
Kindly pre-register for this event at the following Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtf-yoqzsrEtz1SiupO2ei7rpSNT46jX4r
Thursday, December 2, 2021
There’s Still Time! “Bring and Brag” at Durham's December Social