The Special Genealogy Presentation on Sunday, sponsored by the Ottawa Branch Ontario Genealogical Society and the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa, was a great success. About 132 people squeezed into the Woodroffe United Church banquet hall to hear Kirsty Gray deliver two lectures: Solving Problems Through Family Reconstruction and Searching for Surnames: Challenges, Pitfalls and the Downright Ridiculous.
Advice and tips were provided on levels of family reconstruction, things to consider in family reconstruction and how to do it. Tips on searching the internet were also provided, with examples of interesting (ridiculous) items found in the census.
Hopefully we will have more events like this.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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03 November 2014
29 October 2014
Special Genealogy Presentation - Sunday Nov. 2nd - Ottawa
Speaker: Kirsty Gray
Sunday, November 2, from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Woodroffe United Church, Banquet Hall (207 Woodroffe Ave.)
Ottawa, Ontario
UK Rockstar Genealogist Kirsty Gray will give two lectures in Ottawa on
Sunday November 2nd. The lectures, sponsored by the Ottawa Branch of
the Ontario Genealogical Society and the British Isles Family History
Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO), will be:
1. Searching for Names: Challenges, Pitfalls and the Downright Ridiculous
2. Solving Problems Through Family Reconstruction
This event will be held at the Woodroffe United Church Banquet Hall (207 Woodroffe Ave) from 2-5 p.m. Admission is $10 per person at the door. A break with light refreshments will be held between the two lectures. Signed copies of Kirsty's book will be available.
Kirsty's first involvement in family history came at the tender age of seven years with her maternal grandfather’s tree in hand. Obsessed with her great-grandmother’s maiden name of Sillifant, Kirsty began a one-name study on the name in 1999, publishing tri-annual journals on the surname for more than ten years. Kirsty took up genealogy professionally while training to be a teacher in 2002. Running Family Wise Limited, Kirsty ‘finds people’ and has conducted research for private individuals, solicitors, academics and companies worldwide. As an author, Kirsty has written for many international publications on various topics for beginners to more advanced levels and her first book, Tracing Your West Country Ancestors, was published in March 2013 by Pen and Sword with her second, Tracing Your Industrial Ancestors, due out in early 2015. A sought-after lecturer, her knowledge and her energetic and infectious personality wows audiences around the world. Appointed as Director of English Studies with the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (University of Toronto, Canada) in 2011, Kirsty has more recently been awarded Superstar Genealogist (Gold Medalist in the Rockstar Genealogist Awards 2013) for the UK/Ireland by fellow family history professionals: Rockstar genealogists are those who give “must attend” presentations.
1. Searching for Names: Challenges, Pitfalls and the Downright Ridiculous
2. Solving Problems Through Family Reconstruction
This event will be held at the Woodroffe United Church Banquet Hall (207 Woodroffe Ave) from 2-5 p.m. Admission is $10 per person at the door. A break with light refreshments will be held between the two lectures. Signed copies of Kirsty's book will be available.
Kirsty's first involvement in family history came at the tender age of seven years with her maternal grandfather’s tree in hand. Obsessed with her great-grandmother’s maiden name of Sillifant, Kirsty began a one-name study on the name in 1999, publishing tri-annual journals on the surname for more than ten years. Kirsty took up genealogy professionally while training to be a teacher in 2002. Running Family Wise Limited, Kirsty ‘finds people’ and has conducted research for private individuals, solicitors, academics and companies worldwide. As an author, Kirsty has written for many international publications on various topics for beginners to more advanced levels and her first book, Tracing Your West Country Ancestors, was published in March 2013 by Pen and Sword with her second, Tracing Your Industrial Ancestors, due out in early 2015. A sought-after lecturer, her knowledge and her energetic and infectious personality wows audiences around the world. Appointed as Director of English Studies with the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (University of Toronto, Canada) in 2011, Kirsty has more recently been awarded Superstar Genealogist (Gold Medalist in the Rockstar Genealogist Awards 2013) for the UK/Ireland by fellow family history professionals: Rockstar genealogists are those who give “must attend” presentations.
28 September 2014
Special Presentation - Speaker Kirsty Gray
Special Presentation
Speaker: Kirsty Gray
Sunday, November
2, 2p.m. – 5p.m.
Woodroffe United
Church, Banquet Hall (207 Woodroffe Ave.)
UK Rockstar
Genealogist Kirsty Gray will give two lectures in Ottawa on Sunday November
2nd. The lectures, sponsored by the
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society and the British Isles Family
History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO), will be:
1. Searching for
Names: Challenges, Pitfalls and the Downright Ridiculous
2. Solving
Problems Through Family Reconstruction
This event will
be held at the Woodroffe United Church Banquet Hall (207 Woodroffe Ave) from
2-5pm. Admission is $10 per person at
the door. A break with light
refreshments will be held between the two lectures. Signed copies of Kirsty's book will be
available.
Kirsty's first
involvement in family history came at the tender age of seven years with her
maternal grandfather’s tree in hand. Obsessed
with her great-grandmother’s maiden name of Sillifant, Kirsty began a one-name
study on the name in 1999, publishing tri-annual journals on the surname for
more than ten years. Kirsty took up
genealogy professionally while training to be a teacher in 2002. Running Family Wise Limited, Kirsty ‘finds
people’ and has conducted research for private individuals, solicitors,
academics and companies worldwide. As an
author, Kirsty has written for many international publications on various
topics for beginners to more advanced levels and her first book, Tracing Your
West Country Ancestors, was published in March 2013 by Pen and Sword with her
second, Tracing Your Industrial Ancestors, due out in early 2015. A sought-after lecturer, her knowledge and her
energetic and infectious personality wows audiences around the world. Appointed as Director of English Studies with
the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (University of Toronto, Canada)
in 2011, Kirsty has more recently been awarded Superstar Genealogist (Gold
Medallist in the Rockstar Genealogist Awards 2013) for the UK/Ireland by fellow
family history professionals: Rockstar genealogists are those who give “must
attend” presentations.
16 October 2013
Honour your First World War ancestors! Saturday October 26th
Saturday,
October 26, 9:00 to 16:00
A
full day genealogical event including the
Ryan
Taylor Memorial Lecture
Ben
Franklin Place, Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa
Council
Chambers
Honour
your First World War ancestors! In the morning, archivist
and historian Glenn Wright will
explain how to search for information on your military ancestor in his or her
service record, and genealogist Ken
McKinlay will provide a case study of an individual.
In the afternoon, historian and strategic
analyst Andrew Godfrey will present
the Ottawa Branch's Ryan Taylor Memorial Lecture on the contributions of Canada
and Ottawa to the Great War.
Bring your
Great War memorabilia for display or identification! This full day event is offered in partnership
with the Ottawa Public Library, the British Isles Family History Society and
the Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogy Society.
Registration is
not required. No registration fee.
03 April 2013
BIFHSGO DNA Interest Group
The next meeting of the BIFHSGO DNA Interest Group will be held on Saturday, May 4th at the new Ottawa City Archives building at 100 Tallwood Drive at 09:30 AM in Room 306. Participants will be required to sign in at the front desk.
Bill Arthurs
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