Tag: OGS

On the first Thursday of every month, the Ontario Genealogical Society hosts an education webinar.  This month, Tina Beaird will be presenting a webinar entitled ‘Scotland’s Resources: There is more to Scottish research than ScotlandsPeople!’.   The presentation will begin at 7pm EST on December 6 and registration is required.

Tina says “There are dozens of sites available to help you in your Scottish research once you are ready to move beyond Scotlandspeople. Sites like GENUKI, ScotlandsPlaces, SCAN and the National Library of Scotland are just a few of the free websites available to you from ‘across the pond”.

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity:   REGISTER HERE for Thursday’s webinar

On the first Thursday of every month, the Ontario Genealogical Society hosts an  education webinar.  This month, Tammy Tipler-Priolo will be presenting a webinar entitled ‘ Franco-Ontarians History & Genealogy’.   The presentation will begin at 7pm EST on November 1 and registration is required.

Tammy says “Franco-Ontarians have their roots deep within the lands called Ontario. Their proud heritage has been celebrated for hundreds of years. This lecture will cover the history of Francophones in Ontario, as well as what records are available to conduct genealogical research for this part of Ontario’s society today. Whether you can speak French or not does not matter, as once you learn the basics of French records you will see that it can be an enjoyable journey researching the Francophone past”.

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On the first Thursday of every month, the Ontario Genealogical Society hosts an  education webinar.  This month, Lynn Palermo will be presenting a webinar entitled ‘Writing a Family History: Turning Research into Shareable Stories ‘.   The presentation will begin at 7pm EST on October 4 and registration is required.

Lynn says ”
Every life is a story…if you only knew how to tell it. In this webinar, Lynn Palermo shows you how to pull from your research to craft an engaging and captivating story your family will want to read. For the overwhelmed family historian, Lynn shares tools on how to get organised and helps you identify a starting point for your first story.

What Attendees Can Expect to Learn:

· Tools to organize before your write
· Creating an efficient workflow
· How to identify the story you want to write
· Finding the key ingredients of a story in your research
· How to structure your family history to read like a novel
· How to make writing a part of your daily”

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity:   REGISTER HERE for Thursday’s webinar