Genealogy - Beyond the Names - Saturday, October 14

Enjoy a full day of workshop experiences, including lunch, with top notch speakers - all for only $35. 

Location: Courtice, Ontario (on the eastern border of Oshawa)

http://durham.ogs.on.ca/workshops/

 

Introducing ... Our Workshop Speakers: Stephen Wood

Stephen Wood is a long-time genealogist, having been a member of the Ontario Genealogical Society for over 40 years. He is a founding member of the Durham Region Branch and has headed up the Research Committee for almost as long, as well as serving several terms as branch chair. Stephen has ancestral roots in Scotland, the Netherlands, England and also Quaker families from Pennsylvania. His own family research includes families in Perthshire and he will share his Scottish research expertise with us with his presentation on "Particulars & Peculiarities of Scottish Research"

For more information on our workshop, see http://durham.ogs.on.ca/workshops/index.htm

Introducing ... Our Workshop Speakers: Ruth Blair

Ruth Blair is one of our 2 speakers at our first "Day of Learning" - British Isles Research from Afar. She will be doing 3 talks for us on October 29th: 

• Researching Your English and Welsh Ancestors
• Taking Your Irish Ancestors Back Over the Pond
• Researching Your Scots-Irish Ancestors: Canada and Beyond

Ruth Blair is a professional genealogist and lecturer based in Oakville, Ontario. She has been doing family history research for over 30 years. Ruth has researched her family history from Canada to Ireland, England, Scotland, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. She has her Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies for Canada, England and Ireland from the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. Ruth has written two books: Planning a Genealogical Trip to Ireland: the Research Trail in Dublin helps novice research travellers prepare for their trip and gives advice on using the various repositories in Dublin. Her second book, Remembering Trafalgar Township, commemorates the township’s 200th anniversary.

Ruth is the author of The Passionate Genealogist blog. She is a member of the Ontario Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Ontario Genealogical Society, Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society, Genealogical Society of Ireland, Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society and the National Genealogical Society. 

For more information on our workshop, see http://durham.ogs.on.ca/workshops/index.htm

A Day of Learning - temporary web page problem

During OGS's migration of our branch website, the page showing the Day of Learning Workshops information has reverted to an older version for some reason. This is what it should look like (and should again, in the near future), with an active link to the Paypal instructions: http://durham.ogs.on.ca/workshops/paypal.htm
Just to review, registration simply involves e-mailing your name and e-mail address to durhamevents@ogs.on.ca. Anne Delong, will read your message and generate a Paypal invoice to be sent to your e-mail address. The invoice will have a link for making payment, either with a Paypal account (not necessary), or with a credit card. Or, mail your registration information, with a cheque, to the address shown on the form - still clickable, on the workshops main page.
In order to make lunch arrangements, she requests registration by October 18th.

British Isles Research - A Day of Learning

The registration for the British Isles Workshop on October 29th is now open at durham.ogs.on.ca/workshops 

1. On the left is a downloadable print form to (snail)mail to us with a cheque or money order.

or

2. You can click on the PayPal symbol in the middle of the page & follow our instructions on how to access that service. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to successfully programme a 1-click button, so we have to do a 2-step procedure. Once you sent us your information by e-mail to durhamevents@ogs.on.ca, we will generate a PayPal invoice back to your e-mail. Once you click on the Pay Now button in that invoice, choose the "Don't have a PayPal Account?" button at the bottom in order to use your credit card directly.

What IS TONI All About?! (Saturday March 21st)

We are holding a TONI (The Ontario Name Index) Indexing Workshop this weekend! This provincial project is needing help at the local Durham Region level. (Indexing can be done from home, so our distance members can certainly participate - contact durham@ogs.on.ca to find out how)

Some items we will cover:

• What is the hype all about?
• Who should do the indexing? (everyone, we hope!!)
• Why should I care about indexing for TONI?
• How can I do this from home in my PJ's?
• What's in it for me? (we'll feed you!!)
• I don't think I have the skills, so how can I help? (come to our workshop & we'll show you how easy it can be)

Stacy & Nancy will be at the Durham Region Branch Office this Saturday March 21st from 10am till 2 pm (or longer if needed) to help you learn how easy the indexing is with hands-on training. The office address is 1000 Stevenson Rd North, Oshawa. Access from Rossland Road, not from Taunton. We are in the building at the base of the NAVCAN control tower. Lots of parking is available. Here is a map.

Coffee and Timbits will start our day, and lunch will be provided. Extra bonus - Stephen & Deb will be there to show off our office resources.

Bring your LAPTOP or TABLET and we will show you how to get started on a very exciting way to give back to the genealogical community. (We have some computers at the office if you don't have a portable one.)

Getting Started in Genealogy Series

These three sessions are offered at the NEW Brooklin Community Centre

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Getting Started in Genealogy

All three Workshops for only $18.55

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Nov. 7, 14, 21

I. Who’s Your Grandpa?

Where to begin, searching your home, talk to family, 

family data, research cycle, repositories, Internet, 

organizations, pedigree chart and family group sheets & 

descendants’ charts and more.

II. Base Camp for Family History

Organizing ideas, other researchers, places to find family histories, military records, online histories, familysearch.org, queries & message boards,

 search engines, genealogy software.

III. Vital Statistics: Births, Marriages, Deaths

This workshop’s content is more focussed and detailed.

Selected topics: sources; search techniques, documenting and more.

Offered in partnership with the 

Durham Region Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society.

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Registration Begins Aug 10, 2011.
Pick up an Activity Guide at a Whitby municipal building or download . . .

http://www2.whitby.ca/asset/cm-leisure_fallactivityguide-2011.pdf

See Page 4 on how and where to register & Page 52 for description.

You must have a current Senior Services Membership
Card to register for this Seniors' course.