My Roots, Your Roots, Our Ontario Roots: The Keynote Lecture Tonight

 My Roots, Your Roots, Our Ontario Roots:

At the opening session for the virtual Ontario Ancestors Annual Conference, Janice Nickerson gave a very inspiring keynote speech about diversity, inclusion, marginalization and the imbalance of the lack of diversity of members involved in our hobby of genealogy in Ontario. It was an amazing talk which included many hints on what can be done to redress this imbalance. As soon as it finished, I felt the need to explore Durham Region's history and makeup of our population. Five minutes of Googling found the following links:

https://www.durhamimmigration.ca/en/moving-to-durham-region/history-of-durham-region.aspx

https://bit.ly/3uRHKLL - Land Acknowledgement from Durham College

I challenge other readers of this blog to find further links that explore Durham Region's diversity! Please post in the comments.

Nancy

Can't Wait for the "RootsTech Connect" Conference!

 

It's going to be the biggest RootsTech yet, and it's virtual and free! Watch this YouTube video to get a sneak peek at the all new Rootstech.org website that will be opened up to us this coming Wednesday. They are going to show you all the links, expo hall, speakers (both recorded & keynote), other languages and the Relatives at RootsTech feature (you must be in the global family tree at familysearch.org). They will also explain how logging into your FamilySearch account (register here for a free account) will increase your conference experience quite a bit.

The Expo Hall preview starts on Wed. Feb. 24th at 7 pm EST and the first Keynote speaker will be at 11 pm EST. This conference has over 314,000 registrants from 224 countries world-wide, so the conference will go 24 hrs a day for a full 3 days!!

Action Items:

1. Register for the conference at rootstech.org

2. Create your FamilySearch free account. 

3. Make sure that you are linked to the global Family Tree.

4. Sign in to your account and go to the Find New Relatives page and join in. You'll be able to chat with relatives once the conference starts.

It’s going to be like no event ever before, and I can’t wait!

FamilySearch Announces RootsTech Connect 2021: A Free Global Virtual Event

FamilySearch has announced that their 2021 RootsTech Conference will be a FREE virtual event.

It will be held on Feb. 25 - 27, 2021 and you can register for it now! The recorded sessions will be available for viewing after the event as well.

See the full details in their press release at 

https://media.familysearch.org/familysearch-announces-rootstech-connect-2021-a-free-global-virtual-event/

Scottish Conference Online May 1st

The following was announced in the Ontario Ancestors e-Weekly today!

Scottish Indexes Conference - 1 May 2020

After the success of our first conference on 9 April 2020, we are pleased to announce that our second virtual conference will be held on Friday 1 May 2020.

A detailed schedule will be posted shortly so you can plan your day. We will again start at 7 am BST and end after 10 pm BST, this should enable our genealogy friends around the globe to join us for part of the day. The day will be in two sessions, with the presentations being repeated to enable you to watch them from different time zones.

This event is completely free and will be streamed live to our Facebook group which you can join here. The event will also be accessible on Zoom, click here to register.

We’re still finalising the exciting schedule, but here are some highlights to look forward to on the day. Chris Paton, Professional Genealogist and author of “Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet” will give the presentation, “Tracing the Irish in Scotland”.

Kirsty Wilkinson, Professional Genealogist and author of “Finding Your Scottish Ancestors: Techniques for Solving Genealogy Problems” will deliver an interesting talk, “Sources in Scotland for Tracing Scottish Emigrants”. The presentation “DNA Testing for Family History” is eagerly anticipated and will be delivered by DNA Detective Michelle Leonard.

We’re also pleased to announce that George MacKenzie, a former Keeper of the Records of Scotland, will be joining us to deliver a presentation with the intriguing theme, “...bread & cheese & kisses is not enough…”

Keep an eye on Facebook and here on our website for announcements of more subjects and the event schedule.

One World - One Family Conference August 20th

The venue of the LDS Conference "One World - One Family" to be held on August 20th has been moved from Brampton to Etobicoke. This is the 7th year that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) has held this one day conference. They bring in excellent speakers from Salt Lake City and from Ontario as well.

For details of the lectures and a map showing the new location, find the information here.

The early bird pricing of $22.00 (includes box lunch) will end on July 16th. More details here.

This conference is very enjoyable, and the registration fee is nominal! I would recommend it for beginners through advanced genealogists.

Sign Up for OGS Conference 2016 by May 15th!

If you’re already registered for Conference, or if you sign up by May 15, you’ll be eligible to win a deluxe genealogy giveaway courtesy of our very generous sponsors. We can’t reveal the details just yet, but thinkAncestry, MyHeritage, Global Genealogy and the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. And that’s just a start.

Don’t delay, make the commitment and register onlinetoday.

OGS Conference 2014 - Branch Table

Durham Region Branch will have tables in the Marketplace at St. Catherines!

However, we need VOLUNTEERS to man the table!

Just looking for an hour or two! No experience needed. Just some knowledge of old Ontario and Durham Counties.

SO, please check which lectures you are attending and see if you can help out.

Thanks everyone, 

Nancy

Contact me at nancy.trimble@gmail.com.

Conference 2014 has a Facebook Page!

Don’t forget Conference 2014 in Niagara! They are looking forward to your registrations. 

They have a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/NiagaraPeninsulaBranchOgsConference2014

Click on "Like" , so that it gets included on to your wall and you can follow whenever there are new posts!

Early Bird Special ends March 31

Save money by registering for the Conference by March 31. Save a few dollars!
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada - Durham College and the Ontario University Institute of Technology

http://www.ogs.on.ca/conference2013/registration/
Online payment with PayPal does not require a PayPal account. It is secure and safe. Alternately, mail a cheque with the completed paper registration form. The OGS office is there to help by phone.

Conference 2010 Registration Now Open!

You can register on-line or download a pdf registration form from the following link:

http://torontofamilyhistory.org/2010/how-do-i-register

The programme and speakers look great!