Lucille Campey’s lecture, “Ignored But Not Forgotten: Canada’s English Immigrants,” is available on the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa’s YouTube channel.
The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) has launched its YouTube channel with one of the most popular lectures at its 2014 conference in September.
If you missed Lucille Campey’s plenary presentation, Ignored But Not Forgotten: Canada’s English Immigrants, here’s your chance. The quality of the video and audio is excellent.
I attended this lecture and enjoyed it immensely. The auditorium at Library and Archives Canada was filled with eager genealogists.
Ms. Campey is a historian and author of several books that interest genealogists. Her lecture at BIFHSGO’s conference was based on her latest book.
The following description of the lecture was published in the conference program:
Lucille will describe the great migration of English people to Canada, which peaked during the early twentieth century. Based on wide-ranging documentary and statistical sources, taken from both countries, she will describe the various events that propelled this immigration saga, which began in the seventeenth century. The great stream of English people who came to the prairies and British Columbia in search of land and job opportunities represents one of the most iconic periods of Canada’s pioneering history.Widely ignored in the past as an immigrant group, these newcomers made an outstanding contribution to Canada’s settlement and subsequent development.
BIFHSGO’s YouTube channel is here.
BIFHSGO’s website is here.
