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Meetings
& Events
The Quinte Branch of the
OGS holds meetings at a variety of venues on
the 3rd Saturdays of the month except July, August and December. These
meetings encourage fellowship, sharing of expertise among members, and
guest speakers are invited to share their knowledge. Visitors are
always welcome--come and bring a friend and your genealogy questions. Free admission, refreshments
served.
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Saturdays & Sundays
May through August 2009
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Gallows
& Graveyards Walking Tours in Picton
Discover the darker
side of this wonderful County including the story of a
most famous double hanging at the Courthouse gallows,
the eerie secrets of Picton's early graveyards, and
numerous points of interest in between!
3 pm departures from the Regent Theatre

c/o The Regent
Theatre, 224 Main Street, Picton
Phone 613-476-8416, E-mail info@TheRegentTheatre.org
$10.00 per person, pre-registration required
Tours are held in partnership between History Lives
Here Inc., and Glenwood Cemetery, Macaulay Heritage
Park, and the Regent Theatre. Proceeds from the tours
will go towards the fundraising efforts of these
cultural institutions.
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3 pm
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8 August 2009
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Toronto
Branch OGS
Irish Ancestry Workshop
Toronto Branch and The Canadiana Department of
the North York Central Library present John
Grenham, Richard 'Dick' M. Doherty
and Nuala Farrell-Griffin in a one-day
workshop.
Venue: North York Central Library Auditorium
5120 Yonge Street, Toronto
(North York Centre subway station)
For more
information visit http://www.torontofamilyhistory.org/irishancestry.html
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22 Aug 2009
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The
Stirling/Rawdon Historical Society in partnership with
Stirling-Rawdon Public Library
Stirling-Rawdon
Genealogy Fair 2009
Tracking your Ancestors
Speakers: Fawne-Stratford Devai on Leaving Ontario:
Resources of Tracking Ontario Migrants and David R.
Elliott, "Digital Techniques for Reading Difficult
Tombstones" and "Treasures in the Family
Bible: Methodologies for Discovering Family
History"
Venue: Stirling
Senior School, St. 107 James Street, Stirling, Ontario

Contact
Patricia Marshall at 613-395-6243 or oldcrone@sympatico.ca
for more information.
Drop by
and say hello at the Quinte Branch table.
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8:30 am
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Saturday
19 Sep 2009
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Quinte
OGS Branch Meeting
Speaker: Sean
Smith, Senior Reference Archivist, Public Archives of
Ontario
Topic: How to do Research at the Archives, and
How to Access the Archives from a Distance
The
Archives
of Ontario is a treasure trove of interesting facts
and information. Lined up edge-to-edge, there are
over 60 miles of paper records at the archives. The
archives are now located on York University’s Keele
campus in a new, purpose-built building, that
includes the vast collection of over 45,000 maps,
some 1.7 million photos, almost 2,500 historical and
contemporary art works and over 50,000 films. Using the
archives does take some work. The archives’ Web site
is good place to start. Visual material can be
searched for through the Web site's Visual
Database and records through the Archives
Descriptive Database. As well, there are reference
archivists on staff at the archives itself to help
people get started with their search.
Venue: Quinte
West City Hall Library
7 Creswell Drive, Trenton, Ontario
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1:00 pm
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Saturday
17 Oct 2009
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Quinte
OGS Branch Meeting
Speaker: John D. Reid
Topic: Researching British Immigrants to Canada
Many Canadians have only a vague idea of where their
ancestors came from, perhaps just "they were
English." Now easily accessible records are often
sufficient to allow you to trace their origins back to
an ancestral village. Using case studies, and focusing
on 20th century immigrants pre-WW1, the period of
greatest English emigration, this presentation shows how
to use Canadian and British records together to track
down that elusive ancestral family. John Reid is the
author of the Anglo-Celtic
Connections blog.
Venue:
Quinte
West City Hall Library
7 Creswell Drive, Trenton, Ontario
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1:00 pm
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Saturday
21 Nov 2009
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Quinte
OGS Branch Meeting
Speaker: Mr. William C. (Bill) Hunt, Author,
Historian, Raconteur
Topic: Rum Runners, Gamblers, and Flyers: A
Look Back at Quinte's Fascinating Past
Bill Hunt is the author of several histories of the
Quinte area including: Booze, Boats and Billions,
Smuggling Liquid Gold; Gentleman Charlie and the
Lady Rumrunner; Whiskey and Ice, The Saga of Benn
Kerr, Canada's Most Daring Rumrunner; and Dockside
Democracy: Women, Foster Ward and the Warf Streed
Debating Club.
Venue:
Quinte
West City Hall Library
7 Creswell Drive, Trenton, Ontario
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1:00 pm
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