Thursday, October 22, 2015

Family History @ Your Library



My Thanks go to David Nicholson of Thunder Bay for sending the following article to me. It sounds like an exciting time!

If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about your family tree, then the Family History Forum is your chance to get some help from the experts. 

The Thunder Bay Public Library is holding its second annual Family History Forum at the Mary J.L. Black Branch Library on Saturday, October 24th from 1-4 pm. 

This event was launched in 2014 and nobody was entirely sure what to expect in terms of public attendance; which turned out to be an unnecessary worry as the family history enthusiasts came out in droves. Based on that success and the feedback received from participants, this year’s forum is going to be even better.

Local genealogist Dave Nicholson will be the host for the afternoon’s activities. “There isn’t a specific theme for the Forum; we want to have a variety of discussions based on three concepts – technology sources for genealogy, a family historian sharing their personal research experience, and traditional records not found on the Internet.”

While commercials for ancestry websites can make it seem as simple as a couple of clicks to find your entire family tree, not all the answers can be found online. Basic family history research techniques include talking to relatives about the stories of their ancestors and working back from the present to the past, one generation a time.

The afternoon sessions include Sharing Your Family Archives Online with Sara Janes (City of Thunder Bay Archives), Using DNA Tests To Find Your Family with Clare Cook (Thunder Bay Branch – OGS), and Genealogy and the Funeral Home: What Can I Find and Where with Sheleigh Dika (Everest Funeral Home). There will be a Q&A session to wrap up the afternoon as well as a variety of door prizes for those in attendance. Light refreshments will be available.

The Library is also offering an Ancestry Library Edition database class on the same day from 11 am-12 pm, pre-registration for this class is required and space is limited. Call 684-6815 to register.

Connect with this event on Facebook to get updates leading up to the day.

Contact Jesse Roberts at jroberts@tbpl.ca for more information or with questions.

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Another Scottish Webinar






Christine Woodcock is going to present another Webinar, and this time historian and author Lucille Campey will share her extensive knowledge about the early Scots Pioneers and their impact in shaping this country - Canada.

The Webinar will be held Saturday, November 7 at 1:00 pm

To find out more about the Webinar, go to the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/525919520903723/  

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Norfolk Archives Fall Genealogy Workshop


My friend, Lynn Palermo, the Marketing and Social Media Manager of the Norfolk Archives of the Eva Brook Donly Museum and Archives which is operated by the Norfolk Historical Society, Norfolk, Simcoe, Ontario, has just forwarded to me materials that advertises the upcoming Norfolk Archives Fall Genealogy Workshop.

It will be a all-day workshop held on November 7th, and will feature DNA Testing for Genealogists with Dave Naylor, Tracking your Ancestor Through Canadian Ports of Entry by Kathryn Lake Hogan, and Beyond the Estate File with Jane McNamara.

This is a great event for any genealogists in the Southern Ontario area.

Tickets can be purchased by telephone 519.426.1583.

The Norfolk Archives website is at http://www.norfolklore.com/

The Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/evabrookdonly

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Ta’n Weji-sqalia’tiek Mi’kmaw Place Names Digital Atlas of Nova Scotia


In 2010, the Ta’n Weji-sqalia’tiek Mi’kmaw Place Names Digital Atlas Project (formerly Pjila’si Mi’kma’ki: Mi’kmaw Place Names Digital Atlas and Website Project) was launched to document approximately 13,000 years of Mi’kmaw presence within Mi’kma’ki, the place of the Mi’kmaq, and to raise public awareness of this ancient history of eastern Canada.

They have been able to record approximnatlry 1, 500 place names, and they have translated 700 of these names and they have been geo-referenced and placed on the map.

The names were then entered into a database as the basis of the digital atlas and interactive maps featured on the website. We have also developed numerous map layers for cross-referencing physiological and cultural/historical information.

The digital atlas will directly support other Mi’kmaw activities including the development of educational products for schools and the promotion of cultural awareness about Mi’kmaw people. 


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Kingston Genealogical Society Branch Facebook address changes



For those who follow the news of the Kingston Genealogical Society Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will note that the Facebook address which was reported on yesterday's Canadian Week in Review (CWR) at http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2015/10/canadian-week-in-review-19-october-2015.html has been changed to https://www.facebook.com/groups/KingstonBranchOGS  

Please note that it is a closed group, so you will have to follow instructions and apply for membership on the Join Group sign at the top of the Facebook page.  

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Monday, October 19, 2015

Canadian Week in Review 19 October 2015


I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.

This Week in Canadian History 

In 1841, Queen's College (now Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario) obtained a royal charter as a Presbyterian institution of higher learning. 

For more information, go to 

In 1914, Canada's first contingent in the First World War reached Plymouth, England.

The fleet entered Plymouth Sound off the south coast of England on the evening of 14 October 1914. Censorship about the arrival of the Canadian Armada had been so strictly controlled that the fleet was completely unexpected by the local people of Plymouth and Devonport.

To read more about this, go to http://www.greatwar.co.uk/westfront/armies/britishunits/1cdndiv.htm


Social Media

(Facebook) Kingston Genealogical Society Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society has a new Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ontgensoc/permalink/907795835980762/

Newspaper Articles

Newfoundland 

A grave discovery: Portuguese fishermen return to honour White Fleet

Forgotten grave found and restored in honour of lost fishermen

Tilt Cove, Canada's smallest town, a big draw for tourists


Tucked away in a small corner of Newfoundland's Baie Verte Peninsula, the minuscule town of Tilt Cove is hiding a whole lot of history.

At first glance you would never be able to guess that this was a mining boomtown — not once, but twice — nor imagine what used to be here. 

Nova Scotia

Halifax Farmers' Market celebrates 265 years


The Halifax Farmers' Market, now known as the Halifax Seaport Farmers' Market, is celebrating 265 years last weekend. They say that they are the longest running farmer's market in North America. It was established by royal decree in 1750, a year after Halifax was established itself. 

Welcome To Vonetta’s museum centre 


Vonetta’s Museum Centre features Nova Scotia’s heritage and of Maritime country music.

Prince Edward Island

Anne of Green Gables characters increase visits to historic site 


Parks Canada says there has been an increase in the visitors at the Anne of Green Gables museum because of the interactive programming and the introduction of costumed characters at the museum.

Quebec

Top 10 Places To See In Quebec


These are ten best places to see in Quebec!

Ontario

16 resources to help you research your Canadian ancestry


The state on Maine has 16 pointers id you are looking for your Canadian ancestors. 

Manitoba

Manitoba Museum gets $10M from province for renewal


The Manitoba Museum is embarking on its largest-ever renewal and received a big boost Thursday with a $10-million donation from the province.

Canadian news stories this week

October 18th was Persons Day in Canada


The decision to include women in the legal definition of "persons"u was handed down by Canada's highest court of appeal – the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Great Britain – on October 18, 1929. This gave women the right to be appointed to the Senate of Canada. 

The five women who pursued the case have become known as the Famous Five and they are Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Louise McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards.


October is Mi'kmaq History Month in Nova Scotia 

It was officially proclaimed in 1993 by then Premier John Savage and Mi'kmaq Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy as an initiative to promote province wide awareness about Mi'kmaq culture and heritage. 

It always starts with Treaty Day in recognition of the Treaty of 1752 that designated Oct. 1 as the date the Crown would present gifts to the Mi'kmaq as a sign of good faith.

Here is a timeline of Mi'kmaq history in Nova Scotia - 

• 12,000 years ago: Modern scientific evidence shows Aboriginal People lived in North America since at least the last major ice age and most likely crossed a land bridge over what is now the Berring Strait.

• 1500s: Mi'kmaq begin to have contact with Europeans.

• 1610: Mi'kmaq Grand Chief Kjisaqmaw Maupeltuk becomes first indigenous North American to be baptized and becomes known as Henri Membertou.

• 1617: Mi'kmaq population is reduced from an estimated 35,000 to less than 9,000 after warriors return from Maine with disease.

• 1713: Treaty of Utrecht cedes French Acadia to England, but Mi'kmaq land claims are ignored and relations with British are strained.

• 1780s: United Empire Loyalists from United States arrive in Maritimes and outnumber the Mi'kmaq.

• 1801: Nova Scotia government creates 10 Mi'kmaq Reserves.

• 1868: Indian Act becomes law. Amendments state that Natives must give up status to become Canadian. Aboriginal ceremonies, festivals and rituals become unlawful.

• 1900: Mi'kmaq flag is raised for first time.

• 1914: More than 150 Mi'kmaq men enlist to fight in First World War.

• 1926: Mi'kmaq forced from Kings Road Indian Reserve to present-day Membertou.

• 1930-1967: Atlantic Canada's only Indian residential school operates in Shubenacadie.

• 1951: Revisions to Indian Act remove ban on performing traditional ceremonies.

• 1971: Membertou's Donald Marshall, Jr. wrongly imprisoned for murder. Freed in 1982 and receives apology and monetary compensation from province in 1990. Marshall Jr. dies in 2009.

• 1991: Donald Marshall, Sr. dies at age 66 as serving 27 years as Mi'kmaq Grand Chief.

• 1993: Newly-appointed Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy and then Nova Scotia Premier John Savage decree October as Mi'kmaq History Month

To read more about the mi’kmag culture, go to http://mikmaqhistorymonth.com/ 

And that was the week in Canadian news!

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Sunday, October 18, 2015

The Archives of Ontario: doing research from a distance



On Tuesday, October the 20, 2015 from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Gerrard-Ashdale Library, Toronto, Danielle Manning will present the talk on The Archives of Ontario: doing research from a distance. 

Danielle Manning has worked at the Archives of Ontario for over two years, first as an archivist and now as an Outreach Officer. Danielle will introduce you to some of the great key resources available to genealogists and local historians at the Archives of Ontario.

The website of the Archives of Ontario is at http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/
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