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Migration to Canada – presentations by our Canadian members

We're very pleased to welcome: Gail Benjafield, from St Catharines, Ontario with in-depth knowledge of local genealogy groups She is also going to speak about the Home Children Martha Stanton-Smith, from a small town between Regina and Moosejaw, Saskatchewan who again has expertise in tracing families across the Prairies and Alberta Anne van Dyk lives in Hamilton, Ontario and is the convenor of the Canadian group She will speak on the history of immigration and shipping resources This...
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An introduction to the history and ongoing work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

An expert from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission will be talking about the work of the CWGC which commemorates the 17 million men and women from the Commonwealth who lost their lives in the two World Wars The cemeteries, memorials, graves, landscapes, and records in their care may be found at 23,000 locations and in more than 150 countries and territories They are both the practical means of a commemoration of the fallen and vehicles for discovery, inspiration, and engagement The CWGC...
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