Scenic View Bicycle Races

There are two bicycle races which tour thru Ireland and England this summer as follows.
Data is available at   http://www.steephill.tv
Ireland
Tour of Italy.  Giro d'Italia  TV channel to view, TBA, as well as our time here in down town Ottawa
Starts Thurs 8 May 2014  17:30  Belfast City Hall.
Stage 1.  Fri. 9 May 2014  17:45-20:00
               Team Time Trial.  Belfast  to  Belfast.  Starts  Titanic Belfast  21.7K long
                Each team of 9 Cyclists race around the Course. Team time is taken when the 5th cyclist
                crosses the finish line. As these races last 3 weeks their time accumulates with each
                days race.
Stage 2. Sat 10 May 2014.  10:50-15:25 Belfast to Belfast via north Coast 
              Starts Titanic, Belfast.  Finishes Belfast City Hall   219.0K
              The races can be filmed from a motor cycle or a Helicopter, the later provides some
               great scenery.
Stage 3. Sunday 11 May 2014.  11:45-16:00.  Armagh to Dublin
              Starts the Mall, Armagh.  Finishes Upper Merrion St Dublin.
             On Monday the race shifts to southern Italy and resumes on Tuesday,
             and finishes in Trieste on 1 June


FYI, there is another race, The Tour d'France which starts in England [Leeds to London]
on 5-7 July 2014 and also lasts for 3 weeks, ends in Paris 27 July 2014.
More info later

New Direction for Ottawa Branch Publications

The Ottawa Branch of OGS is pleased to announce the launch of its latest publication as well as a new direction for its publishing endeavours.

The new publication is Renfrew County United Churches, formerly Methodist and Presbyterian: Baptisms 1841-1899; Marriages 1851-1899 [Pub No. 14-01], the second volume in the new “Places of Worship” cooperative project of the United Church of Canada Archives and OGS to be published by the Ottawa Branch. The first volume, Lanark County United Churches, formerly Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian [Pub No. 13-01] was released last year.  The new publication contains a transcription of the baptismal (1841-1899) and marriage (1851-1899) records of former Methodist and Presbyterian churches in Renfrew County. The relevant fonds are for the current Trinity United Church in the Town of Renfrew, Melville United Church in Eganville and the Admaston Pastoral Charge. The publication includes baptisms and marriages in Horton-MacNab, Beachburg, Eganville, Admaston, White Lake, Douglas, Haleys Station, Renfrew and Rockingham. The publication is fully indexed and each entry references the archival fonds and location. Both volumes are available for $30.00 on the Branch Publications List at http://ogsottawa.on.ca/publication-price-list/, which has been significantly redesigned for ease of access.

To mark the occasion, the Branch has re-published the five volumes of the Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Registers Project, for Carleton, Lanark, Prescott, Renfrew and Russell Counties. These were originally published in 2001. They are also available on the Branch Publications List.

The new direction is the move to place all of our publications, current and past, on the OGS e-Store. This means that over the next while the great majority of our publications will be available simply by accessing our Branch Publications List at http://ogsottawa.on.ca/publication-price-list/ and clicking on the “BUY NOW” button which connects directly to the OGS e-store order form and procedure where the publication may be purchased in whatever form it was produced—CD or hard copy. This is not only a more efficient means of obtaining a publication but it also ensures that it is never out of stock. In the meantime, publications which are still in stock will be available by mail order as in the past.

Special Interest Groups

Computer Special  Interest Group

City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Drive, Ottawa.

Time: 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. in Room 115.

Meeting Dates for 2014

Saturday, April 26

Saturday, May 31

Irish Special Interest Group

McNabb Community Centre, 180 Percy St., Ottawa

Time: 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Craft Room

Meeting Dates for 2014

Tuesday, April 22

Tuesday, May 27 

Ottawa TMG Users Group

City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Drive, Ottawa.

Time: 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Room 226.

Meeting Dates for 2014

Saturday, April 12

Saturday, May 1

DNA Interest Group

City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Drive, Ottawa.

Time: 9:30 a.m. in Room 228.

Meeting Dates for 2014

Saturday, May 3

Scottish Genealogy Group

City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Drive, Ottawa.

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in Room 226.

Meeting Dates for 2014

Saturday, April 26

Saturday, May 24

Please check the Branch web site at www.ogsottawa.on.ca/ for last minute changes.

Ottawa TMG Users Group

 

If you use The Master Genealogist, or just want to learn more about it or the TMG companion programs, why not attend the next meeting of the Ottawa TMG Users Group on Saturday 12 April 2014, 2:00 to 4:00 pm in Room 226 at the City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Dr., Ottawa.

Our monthly meetings are now live on the net and available to anyone in the world! Our web conferencing service is hosted by Join.Me, courtesy of Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society.To use the free Join.Me software with audio capability you must download a program to your PC or Mac.  The Meeting ID is ogsottawa.  Click here to view instructions. If you are unable to install or run the application you can join using your browser:  https://join.me/ogsottawa.  There is an Ottawa phone link you will need to use if you are using the browser the option in order to hear the proceedings. The join.me website has a link for alternative numbers for access from other locations. http://help.join.me/knowledgebase/articles/149448-does-join-me-offer-international-conference-number. Once you are connected to the meeting please replace Viewer ## with your actual name & location.