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Migration to Canada – presentations by our Canadian members

Posted on 16th September 2023

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... more

Migration to Canada and America – Dorset members’ tales

Posted on 7th February 2023

Migration to Canada and America – Dorset members’ talesHow my ancestors arrived in the US or Canada: members’ accounts of their own research Four of our members from the Dorset end of the journey will talk about the common strands, Guernsey to Quebec, West Dorset migrants who served in the Canadian army in the 1st World War and Mormon Maybees who arrived in Utah We are planning another session with Canadian and American members’ contributions, later in the year If you've already... more

MORE BRICK WALLS

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Brick Walls session Following our popular session last year when members sent in their brick walls for help and bright ideas, we thought we’d have another So look out for the email asking for your vexing questions about your ancestors and send them in Again, it will be on a first come first served basis and I’m giving people time to pull together their existing research and for researchers to tackle them Don’t forget to tell us exactly what your question is and what sources you’ve... more

‘Dear Mother’: a postal journey through WW1

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'Dear Mother': a postal journey through WW1' by Sheila Meaney Sheila Meaney is a well known local speaker whose talk will be based around a collection of postcards that were sent by soldiers back to their families during the First World War If you've already emailed Jane in order to attend a zoom meeting this year, you won't need to contact us again We will build up a list of subscribers & send out the zoom details, shortly before the meeting Otherwise, do contact her... more

HELP! MY ANCESTOR HAS VANISHED!

Posted on 5th January 2023

SIMON FOWLER ON HELP! MY ANCESTOR HAS VANISHED! You’ve been happily researching someone and then they disappear from the records Simon will take you through the possibilities and discuss the reasons why this could happen Simon is an experienced genealogist and researcher, having worked for The National Archives and has published many well regarded books For this talk, if you had already emailed Jane in order to attend a zoom meeting during last year, you’ll get a link, shortly before... more