Kawartha to Feature Cemetery Transcribing at June Meeting

Kawartha Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, recognizing the need for this ongoing preservation is having a mini workshop on how to record a cemetery. Discussion will show how to lay out a map of the cemetery, family plots, and transcribing the stone information in the proper method for publication.

Ian Wilson, Lois Magahay, and June James will present .

Our monthly general meeting will be held Tuesday June 21, 2011 at 7:00 PM at de la Fosse Branch Library, 729 Park St. S. Peterborough.

We welcome all local historical and genealogy groups to attend as well as anyone interested in volunteering some time in this effort.

The transcription of cemeteries throughout our Province has preserved invaluable history for generations to come. Many organizations with their volunteers have worked countless hours to record and make available information found on cemetery stones. Years and weather erode transcribable information. Early transcriptions done by volunteers have preserved so much that now is lost to that possibility.

June Meeting - Tales and Images from Labrador

Alexandra Hartmann (CEO of the Uxbridge Library - wearing green) recounted her all-season visits to the interior of Labrador, elaborating with photos of various landscapes, the remote communities, and the mining operations that she and her husband encountered on their sometimes frightening road trips. She treated the audience to famous Eastern favourites by Purity Foods: Jam Jam Cookies, thick crackers, Rum and Butter/Mollasses Candy Kisses, and a chance to test the hardness of genuine Hard Bread (a.k.a. Hard Tack).

Getting Started in Genealogy in Three Parts - ADVANCED NOTICE

 November 7, 14, 21, 2011.

Monday Afternoons

(1 to 3p.m.)

  In partnership with
Whitby Seniors at the Brooklin Community Centre

Getting Started in Genealogy

in Three Parts
 

I.    Who’s Your Grandpa?
Sources: at home; through family; pedigree; family data; research cycle; repositories; Internet; organizations; charts and more.

II.   Base Camp for Family History
Organizing ideas; other researchers; places to find family histories; military records; online histories; queries and message boards; search engines; genealogy database software and more.

III.  Vital Statistics: Births, Marriages, Deaths
This workshop focussed on BMD sources; search techniques; documenting.

Registration mid August through Whitby Seniors

See their brochure.

One World - One Family Conference - September 17

The Toronto Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is hosting a one-day family history conference at the Stake Centre at 24 Ferrand Drive.
It runs from 9 am to 5 pm and includes workshops on
Ontario, British,  Canadian,  Chinese,  Irish,  Italian,  Jamaican,  Polish,  Spanish,  West Indies,  Native, and French.
Speakers include James Thomson of Toronto Branch, Dorothy Kew and Brian Gilchrist of Halton/Peel Branch and Gwen Armstrong (who spoke to Toronto Branch last February).
The fee is $15 until May 31 and then $20 (includes a box lunch)

To register:
Provide your name, phone number, email and the date.
Send with a cheque payable to "Toronto Family History Centre"
and mail to:
    Toronto Family History Centre
    24 Ferrand Drive, Suite 100
    Toronto M3C 3V4
Details at:
www.oneworldonefamily-theevent.com

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Google Forms - FREE Webinar from Legacy

Google Forms for Genealogists .
 Learn how to use Google Forms which is part of Google Docs - a free application complete with spreadsheets, word processing and more - to your advantage. While a basic understanding of Google Docs is not necessary, it helps if you know how to access the Google Docs program (see the Google Docs for Genealogists webinar recording). We'll cover how to create new forms, how to add templates, how to embed forms in blogs and websites, how to share forms, and how to be notified each time a form is competed. 


The Webinar will be presented live Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.).
Registration required . .CLICK HERE 
If you can't make it,  it will be online for a week or so afterwards. (not interactive)

Google Docs - FREE Webinar from Legacy

Free webinar now online - Google Docs for Genealogists by Thomas MacEntee

Today's webinar, Google Docs for Genealogists, presented by Thomas MacEntee, is now in our webinar archives. Webinar attendees wrote, "I didn't realize there was so much to Google" and "I had heard about Google Docs but had never realized how very powerful it is...". Thomas did a superb job teaching how the free Google Docs can aid our organization, research, and backup strategies.
View the recording
If you could not make it to the live event, the 1 hour 29 minute recording of Google...

is ONLY Available until May 30, 2011 
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Moderators and Presenter for May 3 2011 "Breaking Down Brick Walls"

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