Last night the Ontario Genealogical Society Hamilton Branch broadcast its monthly meeting live on YouTube. The meeting featured Ruth Blair, who delivered an excellent presentation, called Researching Irish family from this side of the pond.
Ms. Blair’s presentation is ideal for anyone who has ancestors from Ireland who settled in Canada. I particularly liked the part about how to find a land reference in Schedule 4 in the 1871 Canada Census and why you should hope your ancestor was a landowner that year.
If you missed the live broadcast, you can watch the recorded version anytime on the branch’s YouTube channel.
Hamilton Branch is still relatively new at live streaming, which probably explains why there was a wee bit of a technical hiccup with the sound at the beginning. Fortunately, the technical issues were resolved at the 10-minute mark, just in time to introduce Ms. Blair.
If I may make a suggestion to genealogical societies posting videos on YouTube, please write a description of the presentation and identify the person who introduces the speaker. Also take advantage of the About section on your channel to promote your society. Write a short paragraph that describes your society so that people around the world will understand who and where you are, and always include your website address.
Ruth Blair’s presentation, Researching Irish family from this side of the pond, starts at the 10-minute mark.
Hamilton Branch’s YouTube Channel.
Note that the next live-streamed presentation will be Using the Family Search Historical Records Collectionon, presented by Tim Bingaman, on April 16.
Thank you so much for posting this link. I’ve been stuck on an Irish ancestor for a while- Christopher Irwin who I believe was born in 1812 in Enniskillen, county Fermanagh, and came to Canada sometime before 1837. I have him and family on the 1861, 1871, and 1881 censuses, haven’t found a death for him yet. Based on the info Ruth discussed in this video, I decided to go looking for the schedule 4 of the 1871 and after paging through the microfilm online at LAC I discovered that the enumerator for District 58, sub district B was none other than Christopher Irwin himself! Haven’t had a chance to look through all of the schedules yet but at least I can assume that any info recorded for him is accurate!
Woo hoo! So glad Ruth Blair’s presentation helped you. Learning about Schedule 4 in the 1871 census also stood out for me.
Just listened to Ruth Blair’s presentation on Irish Immigrants to Canada. My Great Grandfather, James Stewart came to Canada in 1840 with his brothers. They settled in Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada. I am wanting to get more information about his parents, Eduard/Edward Stewart and Nancy Black of Fermanagh, Ireland. The search continues. Now I have some new resources to explore. Thanks a million.