In this week’s Genealogy Gems podcast, Lisa Louise Cooke speaks to Claire Banton, chief of Orientation Services at Library and Archives Canada (LAC), and you can listen to the interview for free.
Ms. Banton is a good spokesperson. She speaks with enthusiasm about her job, the people she works with, and the resources and services LAC provides to genealogists. She talks about the immigrant groups who came to Canada, what a genealogist will find at LAC and on its website, how to schedule a Skype conversation with an LAC expert, and how to find an ancestor who may have crossed into Canada from the US after 1908. She also touches on LAC’s plans for Canada’s 150th anniversary this year.
The 20-minute interview begins at the 38-minute mark of the podcast. You can easily listen to its from your computer, tablet, or smartphone.
The podcast is here. To find the show notes mentioned in the podcast, scroll down just past the midway point of the page.
