Sunday, September 7 at 2 p.m. (only $2)
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Oshawa Union Cemetery - Sept 7 - Grave Stone Symbols
John Alford forwarded a photo of this notice in the Oshawa Express, as it appeared on August 20 - page 19.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Genealogy Software Reviews
Yesterday Dick Eastman in his Online Genealogy Newsletter began a series of reviews of popular genealogy data base software products. The first was Legacy Family.The link follows >>
http://blog.eogn.com/2014/08/17/genealogy-software-review-legacy-family-tree/.
If you are looking to buy genealogy database software this series will inform you and could help you in making your decision.
It is not clear if all reviews will be in the free standard edition as this first one is.
I think you will find Dick's reviews very frank and worthwhile. He also included yesterday's readers comments in today's edition.
Guy
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
The British Newspaper Archive starts digitising eight new titles
The British Newspaper Archive starts digitising eight new titles
More than 8 million newspaper pages from 1710-1954 are now available to search at The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.
In the last month, the website has started digitising the newspaper archives of eight new titles. These cover England, Scotland and Northern Ireland and include the London Evening Standard, Glasgow’s Daily Record and the Northern Whig.
The first years from the following new titles have been added to The British Newspaper Archive:
· Biggleswade Chronicle, covering 1912
· Daily Record, covering 1914-1915
· Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser, covering 1864
· London Evening Standard, covering 1860-1862 and 1866-1867
· Newcastle Evening Chronicle, covering 1915
· Northern Whig, covering 1869-1870
· Surrey Comet, covering 1854-1857 and 1859-1870
· Watford Observer, covering 1864-1865, 1867, 1869-1870
You’ll find more information and links to these new additions at http://blog.
The British Newspaper Archive is a partnership project between the British Library and Findmypast. From November 2011 to 2021, up to 40 million pages from historical newspapers across the UK and Ireland (spanning the period 1700 to 1954) will be uploaded to the website www.britishnewspaperarchive.
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It provides world class information services to the academic, business, research and scientific communities and offers unparalleled access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive research collection.
Friday, July 11, 2014
The Workers’ City: Lives of Toronto’s Working People
The 2014 Toronto History Lecture is dedicated to the memory of J. Brian Gilchrist(1956-2014).
THE 2014 TORONTO HISTORY LECTURE
6 August 2014, 7:30 pmCity of Toronto Archives, 255 Spadina Road
Admission is free, but reservation is required.
6 August 2014, 7:30 pmCity of Toronto Archives, 255 Spadina Road
Admission is free, but reservation is required.
The 2014 Toronto History Lecture, titled The Workers’ City: Lives of Toronto’s Working People, will offer a rare window on the diversity of working-class experiences in Toronto’s past and highlight their distinctive place in its history. Generations of working people literally built the city and created the goods and services to sustain a large metropolitan population. Yet their stories are seldom told. Historian Craig Heron will explore the opportunities and challenges that members of the city’s working class have faced over the past 150 years, and will share his insights into major changes and common themes during that period, through the lives of eight different Toronto workers.
For more information, see the website here.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Dig Up Your Roots at the Pickering Museum Village - Today!!!
Today from 10am - 4:30pm, our Branch will be manning a table at the "Dig Up Your Roots" event at the Pickering Museum Village. This event is part of their History in Action Saturday series.
Come out, enjoy the pioneer village, bask in the sunshine and visit the Redmond House to talk to us about family history!!
Friday, June 27, 2014
Ancestry.ca Offers Free Access to all 235 Million Canadian Records
from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter of today:
“Access to the records will be free until 11:59pm.(Eastern Time). To view these records you will need to register for free with Ancestry.ca with your name and email address. Once you have registered we will then send you a user name and password to access the records. If you haven’t already, you will be prompted to register once you start trying to search and view the records. After July 1, 2014, you will only be able to view these records using an Ancestry.ca paid membership.”
In celebration of Canada Day on July 1st, Ancestry.ca is offering free access to all its Canadian records. Quoting from the web site’s home page: “Explore our extensive variety of Canadian records – ALL FREE this weekend – and connect the milestones of your ancestors’ lives.”
For more information, or to view the records free of charge, go to http://www.ancestry.ca.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
“How-To DNA” – A Multimedia How-To Guide for Genetic Genealogy
Blaine Bettinger is a genealogist and a DNA expert with a Ph.D. in biochemistry with a concentration in genetics. He is a frequent author and lecturer with a focus on DNA. He has now announced the creation of a new online how-to guide for genetic genealogy. The site will include short instructional how-to videos for beginners, as well as presentations and webcasts for the advanced genealogist.
How-To DNA (www.howtodna.com) will also provide links to the latest videos, podcasts, and other instructional material created by DNA experts.
You can learn more in Blaine’s announcement at http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2014/06/20/announcing-dna.
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