Durham Region Branch Announces "Day of Learning" October 19th

Click HERE for more information.

DNA Special Interest Group Meets Wednesday

This Wednesday, Aug. 21st is our next meeting for the DNA group. It will start at 7 pm in our Office at Northminster United Church (3rd floor Boardroom).

There have been many summer sales by the big DNA companies, many set to expire at the end of August. I hope that you have taken advantage of the great prices.

DNA Special Interest Group Meeting Wednesday June 19th

The DNA Special Interest Group will be meeting this coming Wednesday, June 19th at 7 pm.
We  meet in the 3rd floor Boardroom at the Northminster United Church, 676 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa (corner of Simcoe and Rossland).
 Blaine Bettinger’s latest video on mini-clustering using Ancestry’s latest tools will be shown.
All levels are welcome and your questions will be answered.

Durham Branch Hosts Bob Dawes at June Meeting

Tuesday - June 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Northminster United Church 

 676 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, ON L1G 4V7

 (NW corner of Simcoe Street North and Rossland Road West)

Bob Dawes - The Family History Reno Project (the easy do-over)

Why should a genealogist perform research again, on subjects already covered? Genealogy has changed considerably in the recent decade. Bob Dawes will show how doing so helped to improve his results, just as surely as it will do the same for you. Bob's handout: - Bobs Bytes The Easy Do-Over

Our meetings are often streamed on YouTube starting at 7:30. Our channel for streaming is http://www.youtube.com/ channel/UCiHiKL0pfzXzG- G9YARS8Sg/live .

Everyone is welcome.

 

DNA group meets Wednesday, May 15th

Our DNA Special Interest Group meeting will be this Wednesday night at 7 p.m.

It will be held at Northminster United Church (corner of Rossland and Simcoe) and will be held in the 3rd floor Boardroom.

Bring your questions and if there is time, we will watch a DNA video.

Everyone is welcome.

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!

DNA SIG meets Wednesday April 17th

Our DNA Special Interest Group meeting will be this Wednesday night at 7 p.m.

It will be held at Northminster United Church (corner of Rossland and Simcoe) and will be held in the 3rd floor Boardroom.

We'll answer any DNA questions you may have and then Nancy will be demonstrating the results from the auto clustering tool at MyHeritage.