The De Cew House, Thorold, Ontario.
When I read the details about the day-long workshop, Finding Your Upper Canada Ancestors, I wish I still lived in my hometown of Toronto. What an incredible roster of speakers and topics — and all for a very reasonable price of $35 for Ontario Genealogical Society members and $40 for non-members, who take advantage of early-bird registration.
The Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS), in collaboration with the Canadiana Department of the North York Central Library, offers this workshop on Saturday, April 11, at the North York Central Library in Toronto. During the workshop, you will “explore the various kinds of social records about the people of this province between the 1790s and the 1860s as well as some of the relevant economic and social history.”
Expert speakers will address a number of topics, including using old maps to understand how the colony and province changed and how to use the maps for genealogy; using the records of early surveyors-general, who played important roles in early Ontario society; finding land and church records; using the records of petitions submitted to government authorities; understanding the key role of transportation systems in the development of the local economy and communities; finding records about the widows of the War of 1812; and using the records associated with the administration of justice in Upper Canada.
And that roster of speakers? Here are their names:
Amy Brewitt
Ruth Burkholder
Linda Corupe
Elwood Jones
JaneMacNamara
Janice Nickerson
Guylaine Petrin
Marian Press
Joan Winearls
One of my favourite presentation titles is I’m Not Related to D. W. Smith – Why Should I Look at His Records? by Jane MacNamara.
Apart from the location (for some us), the only downside is that some of the presentations are concurrent, which means some tough decisions need to be made. Our life should always be this difficult.
Read the details here.
Oh, that sounds wonderful! I wish I lived closer so I could go. I discovered last year (researching and writing up ancestors for the 52 Ancestor blogging challenge) that I have multiple branches worth of ancestors that settled/lived in Upper Canada!
By the way, I’ve listed your blog as an essential resource for people researching Canadian ancestors in my Canada Resources page on my blog. Thank you for all your informative posts. You have been such help to me!
I just discovered your terrific resource this afternoon — and plan to look at it more closely. Thanks for listing my blog. Very kind of you. A nice surprise.
Gail: Thannks for your submissions and particularily concerning this TObranch seminar. There are many of us who live too far away to be able to take advantage of “Candy” like this!! Do you know whether the sessions will be available as videos for us to view after the event?
I am not aware of any plans to record the presentations, but I would sure like that to be the case.