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The majority of genealogists begin their research online and often become frustrated with the lack of results. The cause might not be a lack of records at the specific site but the manner in which you’re performing the search! While basic search techniques work on all the major genealogy sites, you need to power up…
Scrapbooks are one of my favorite record sources that I love to access and do research in and also to process as an archivist. Scrapbooks are like time capsules, they contain just about anything and until you “open them up”, you don’t know what is in them. This presentation is going to talk about the…
This talk is targeted towards those researching those that made the ultimate sacrifice in their service to Canada in the Second World War. The primary focus will be on the online records and where to find them. However, I will also be touching upon records that may help out in learning more about those that…
It all started with the 1921 census. Follow the Franklin family from Saskatchewan to Ontario and to England. Learn how to use census, civil, and church records as we track this family back 4 generations. Find out how to extract information from censuses, calculate birth, marriage, and death dates and create a database to organize…
We will use Google Maps to see where your ancestors walked, plot the migration of your ancestors, plot where your earliest known ancestor was located, and organize a trip. This session will explain how to use Google Maps to see what is now in the location of an ancestor’s home add these locations with stars…
When tracing Ontario families we usually start with census records and civil registration. But these records are closed for most of the 20th century. So where do you start if your earliest known ancestor was born after 1921? Or maybe you’ve traced your ancestors, but now you want to find out what happened to their…
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