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.

Learn How to Use FaceBook to Further Your Research - May Meeting

Tuesday, May 7th at 7:30 p.m. in basement meeting room,
Northminster United Church, 676 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa (NW corner of Simcoe and Rossland)

Sandra will be discussing Researching Through FaceBook and will also integrate the Trick and Trades of a Genealogy Sleuth.

Sandra McNamara graduated from York University in 1983 as a Geophysicist. She oversaw digitization of African Airborne Magnetic Maps and worked on the compilation of Ontario Aeromagnetic Maps. For the past twenty-five years she has been a stay at home mom, focusing her research on the genealogy of her father's side of the family, keeping in mind her Grandmother saying, "I come from a strong Loyalist stock". Her latest endeavour is researching into the Declaration of Dependence, for which she has started closed FaceBook group for descendants of those signers. She is an administrator for "Revolutionary War Research" and the initiator of "Loyalist In Depth Study".

Our meetings are often streamed on YouTube starting at 7:30 pm. See our website for full details.

All are welcome!

Join Our Facebook Group!

Did you know that the Durham Region Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society now has a Facebook Group? This allows our members more ability to communicate with each other, as well as with the Branch leadership.

There are many areas to explore in the Group once you have been added to the members: Check out the links to Files, Photos, Events and Members.

Announcements of meetings, handouts, surnames list and many other items are posted to the Group.

This join button is found in the lower right corner of the Facebook group's cover picture.

Once you have been added to the group, you have more options in that area, including the ability to get notifications of new postings.

Don't delay - Click the Join button now at the Durham Region Branch Facebook Group

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!