The Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia yesterday announced that its virtual conference, Explore Your Ancestral Ocean Playground, will be held May 4 and 5, 2024. The lineup of topics is bound to interest many family historians whose relatives lived in Nova Scotia.
Registration will open January 1. As for who the speakers are and what the registration fee will be, further details are expected to be made available later this year.
The topics will include:
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Moving from novice to intermediate Nova Scotia genealogist
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Exploring the Acadian mtDNA Project
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Early Scottish settlers in Atlantic Canada
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Irish and Channel Islanders to Nova Scotia via Newfoundland
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Presentations by archivists from each of the primary
religious archives in the region: Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, and United Churches -
Nova Scotia Loyalist research
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Presentation from Nova Scotia Archives staff
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Nova Scotia Crown lands
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Nova Scotia poorhouses and poor records
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Distorted descent: White claims to Indigenous identity
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Using DNA to trace family from California to Nova Scotia
