06/09/2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Establishing railways was essential to get expanding crops and good to market for the early settlers. Which rail company to go with and where the stops was was a political debate. It made or broke the growth of a settlement, whether or not they got a train station. The establishment of rail lines opened the […]
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04/10/2023 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Ethical dilemmas unfolding include discovering other people’s secrets, lies, enslavement, unexpected ethnicities, indigenous cultures, convict ancestors, criminality, new DNA relatives, and finding that some relatives aren’t now related. Please join us on Wednesday, Oct 4th at 6:30 p.m. EDT Pre- register for this Zoom webinar at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsd-msrT8uG9OCccBfZpYPohWhd4N3OWqD
29/11/2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Our Nov Webinar speaker will be a panel of speakers on their Huron relative who served in a war! RE-SCHEDULED FROM NOVEMBER 1st. Register at the new link Lest we Forget – stories of those from Huron Co who served in wars. Our 2023 project has been to gather stories to honour those who served. […]
03/01/2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Description: Looking into the historical record concerning First Nations histories in the SW Ontario region. This presentation will look to paint a picture of the socio-cultural structures and influences that documented the genealogical connections of the colonial and early post-colonial eras. Following research into pre-contact and treaty-time records and accounts of Kettle & Stony Point First […]
07/02/2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Once we know where our ancestors lived in Ontario the next step is to see if we can find the land records such as deeds and even wills. In this presentation, we will be taking a look at the Ontario Land Property Records Portal, AKA OnLand, to help us research where our ancestors lived. Using […]
06/03/2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Join us for an interesting & informative webinar to learn about a little known part of Canada’s history that took place from 1869 to 1930. Discover the background of the British Home Children in England, Scotland, Ireland & Wales, the philanthropic groups that sent them & what led to the immigration of 100,000 children to […]