The Centre d’archives de la région de Thetford in Quebec has created a low-cost, online This Day in History-type calendar that genealogical and historical societies may want to consider producing for their website. Called Une histoire au quotidien (Daily History), the calendar is a collection of historical events that took place in the town of Thetford Mines since asbestos was first discovered in the region. Many of the events are illustrated with a photo that can be enlarged by clicking on it.
Even if you do not read French, you can easily figure out how the calendar works. For example, click on today’s date, July 23, and you will discover that on this day in 1939 Benson James Bennett, the first mayor of Thetford Mines, died. He was the son of Samuel James Bennett and Elizabeth Mary Fair. He is buried in Saint-Alphonse Cemetery in Thetford Mines. As you can see below, his photo appears next to this information, and there are two other dates in history.
Image of July 23.
The calendar contains 1,050 events and more than 350 photos. The Archival Centre intends to regularly update the calendar with future events and new discoveries. They hope that anyone with historical information and/or photos will contact them at: archives@cegepth.qc.ca.
The calendar was produced in collaboration with the Société de généalogie et d’histoire de la région de Thetford Mines and the Town of Thetford Mines.
You can see the online calendar here.
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