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St. Andrew's United Church 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
There is also a parking lot at front of church, accessible by the private driveway on left of
1550 St Joseph (large grey house with red tile roof, previously the manse).
The house is the first one east of 16th and the fourth house west of 15th. Walk to side entrance of the church.
BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Bus #195 passes along Notre Dame, just north of the church:
From the West Island: Bus #195 goes east-bound along Notre Dame and stops at 15th. Walk south on 15th (towards the water).
From Montreal: The bus goes west along Saint Louis (which is parallel to and south of Notre Dame). The bus stops at 15th, almost across from the church.
From 15th Ave., take path from the gate to side entrance.
Our "Lecture Series" are held on the second Saturday of the months of March, April, and September to December, inclusive .
Date: Saturday, September 12th, 2009
Time: 10:30 a.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Judy Isherwood of Shoreline Publishing in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue
Topic:
"Getting your family history into print".
She will talk on what a publisher can do to help you get your family history into print.
Date: Saturday, September 26th/27th, 2009
Time: 10:00 a.m at QFHS Library - Cartier Avenue
Speaker: QFHS - OPEN HOUSE:
Topic:
"QFHS - OPEN HOUSE:".
As part of the “Journees de la Culture” Festival the QFHS will be holding an Open House and Booksale at their Library, 173 Cartier Ave, Pointe Claire on September 26th & 27th , from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come in and learn what records are available in the QFHS Library and where to find Information about Your Canadian, American, Irish, English and Welsh ancestors.
Date: Friday, October 23th, 2009
Time: 1:00 P.M at McCord Museum in downtown Montreal
Speaker: To Be Announced
Nora Hague:
"Notman Photograph Collection".
Nora will talk about the Notman Photograph Collection and how it can be used by family historians. After her talk we will tour the Irish exhibit at the McCord
Date: Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Time: 10:30 a.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Peter Harrison - a great-grandson of Dent Harrison
Topic:
"the story of the Harrison Bakery,".
He will tell the story of how Harrison Bakery, founded by Dent Harrison of Yorkshire, England, evolved into Harrison & Sons Bakery and finally POM Bakery.
Date: Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Time: 10:30 a.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Heather McNabb
Topic:
"Tartan Weave".
20th Century. Heather was the principal researcher for the exhibit 'The Scots: Dyed-in-the Wool Montrealers' which was shown at the McCord Museum in 2003-04
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NOTE CHANGE OF TOPIC:
Date: Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Time: 10:30 a.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Malcolm Cogswell
Topic:
Editing a Family Newsletter, large and small.
Editor of the Cogswell Courier, newsletter / magazine of the Cogswell Family Association - descendants of John and Elizabeth Cogswell who arrived in America in 1635 on the ill-fated Angel Gabriel, which was wrecked in Pemaquid Harbour (Maine) in a hurricane. He plans to speak of large newsletters in contrast with smaller ones. He will also describe the circulation of the Courier. He will speak of how he finds material and the kinds of material he looks for, as well as contributions from family members. He will make specific reference to some Cogswells who had a connection with the province of Quebec. And, will have enough back issues of the Courier available that anyone who wants can take one home with them
Date: Saturday, October 18th, 2008
Date changed from 2nd Saturday of the month - due to holiday week-end
Time: 10:30 a.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
SPECIAL NOTE: This is third Saturday not second
Speaker: George Laidlaw
Topic:
Historical research, writing and publishing a book.
The author of many works of historical fiction, he will talk about doing historical research. This will be an opportunity for anyone planning to write a family history to get tips on how to add some colour to the dry details of birth, marriage and death. He will also be discussing the books he has written and have them available .
Date: Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Time: 10:30 a.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Gordon Morley.
Topic:
Mount Hermon Cemetery in Sillery [Quebec City].
Gordon Morley has published a book with the transcriptions of the 10,000 headstones at Mount Hermon in Sillery (Quebec City) and will discuss the highlights of this project.
Date: Saturday, December 13th, 2008
Time: 10:30 a.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Bob Dunn
Topic:
How to maximize your research effort using QFHS on-line database.
The QFHS information databases has evolved from a marriage index for the Montreal area to indexes that cover births, marriages, deaths, census data, land grants, seigneury tenants, and cemetery headstone inscriptions. The number of entries in our on-line database has grown from fewer than 100,000 with the original Montreal Marriage Index to over one million enteries today. Not included in the one million is the on-line QFHS library catalogue which is searchable.
Bob will describe how to maximize your research effort by describing how to find your way around and work with the on-line databases
Date: Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Time: 10:30 a.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: QFHS Members
Topic:
SHOW & TELL: PHOTOS.
This "Show and Tell" lecture will give QFHS members the opportunity to display and talk about photos from their genealogical research collection.
Date: Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Time: 10:30 a.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: QFHS Members
Topic:
"SHOW & TELL: ITEMS OF INTEREST".
This "Show and Tell" lecture will give QFHS members the opportunity to display and talk about items of interest they have collected during their genealogical research.
Date: Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Time: 10:30 a.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: QFHS Members
Topic:
"A Panel of Genealogical Experts".
Now is your chance to ask the experts genealogical questions about your own research. And, to listen to the answers others receive to their questions. It may mean breaking through that brick wall in your search for an elusive ancestor !
Date: Friday and Saturday, September 28th and 29th , 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.
Location:Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave.,
Topic:QFHS OPEN HOUSE
As part of the “Journees de la Culture” Festival the QFHS will be holding an Open House and Booksale at their Library, 173 Cartier Ave, Pte Claire on Friday and Saturday, September 28th & 29th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come in and learn what records are available in the QFHS Library and where to find Information about Your Canadian, American, Irish, English and Welsh ancestors. EVERYONE is WELCOME so bring a friend.
Anyone wishing to donate books may drop them off at the QFHS Library AFTER Labour Day.
For further information about the Quebec Journees de la Culture visit their website at: http://www.journeesdelaculture.qc.ca/index_en.htm
Date: Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Alan Hustak of The Montreal Gazette
Topic:Sir William Hingston (1829-1907) a prominent Irish Catholic Montrealer of the last half of the 1800’s
Alan will talk about Sir William Hingston (1829-1907) a prominent Irish Catholic Montrealer of the last half of the 1800’s. Hingston was a medical doctor, Chief Surgeon at Hotel-Dieu, Professor of Medicine , twice mayor of Montreal, President of the City and District Savings Bank, Senator, and knighted by Queen Victoria. He was actively involved in public health and sanitation in the city, and an early proponent of smallpox vaccination.
Date: Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: QFHS Executive
Topic:ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
The annual General Meeting will be held Prior to the Lecture..
Date: Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Thelma McCourt of Hudson
Topic:She will discuss her family and ship building in Gaspe.
Thelma McCourt, a lifelong resident of Hudson, has an interesting visual record of her great-great-great-grandfather James Day, born in 1768 on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England.
In 1791, after starting out in the Royal Navy, Day came to Paspebiac on the Bay des Chaleurs to work as a shipbuilder for Charles Robin. Robin was one of the legendary Channel Island entrepreneurs who made Gaspe an international cod-fishing, whaling and shipbuilding center.
Many of the locals built schooners, to transport fish and other supplies to Quebec City, the Caribbean, and even to Europe. But these vessels were small. Robin needed larger ships to carry the large cargoes generated by his commercial empire. He turned to James Day to design and build ships of up to 249 tons burthen. The names of these vessels, such as the Seaflower, the Day, the Gaspee, and many others, still resonate on the Coast. These ships were subject to attack by the French navy during the Napoleonic Wars and by pirates and bad weather any time. Thelma can recount interesting stories about the fate of many boats in the Gasp fleet.
James Day went on to build a gristmill, become a Justice of the Peace, and assume the duties of a prominent citizen before he died in 1833.
Thelma’s presentation will be amply illustrated. She will show pictures of her ancestor’s ships in their Gaspe and foreign settings.
Date: Saturday, December 8th, 2007
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Dinu Bumbaru of Heritage Montreal
Topic:Historic Montreal Place Names
He will be talking about Historic Montreal Place Names.
Date: Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: David Inglis
Topic:My Family History Documents on CD
David Inglis who rather than publishing his family history on paper in book format has put it on a CD for distribution. He will describe how he went about doing this and offer suggestions on putting one together. .
"From messy binders full of scrap paper to an organized compact disc, how to publish your own Family History on CD." The purpose of this presentation is how to organize your Family History onto a CD-like book without the expense of producing an actual and expensive hard cover or spiral-bound photocopied book. Being less expensive and convenient to update, it's a very practical medium. Topics include: Organizing an outline and content, folders, and subfolders, convenient text and photo editing software, how to scan photos and printed material (high versus low resolution), making the CD-book, archival issues and more. .
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Date: Saturday, June 14th, 2008
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Several QFHS Members
Topic:My Family History Research
Each member will talk about some part of their Family History or Research (for 5 to 15 Mins each).
Date: Saturday, November 11, 2006
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Wes Cross and/or Chris Milligan of the "McGill Remembers: World War II" project.
Topic:They will talk about this project and the over 5000 files at McGill
on students who served in World War II. In addition, if any of our
members have/had a relative who was a student at McGill and served in
World War II and we notify the speaker(s) in advance they will have the
information from the file at our meeting
Date: Saturday, December 9, 2006
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Dr. Michael Kenneally, Director for the Centre for Canadian Irish Studies at Concordia University
Topic:The Irish Presence in Quebec
From the original French armies settling New France until recent years, there has been a steady if uneven flow of Irish immigrants to Quebec. They have influenced and shaped all aspects of Quebec society, leaving a profound and lasting legacy. This talk will touch on some of the Irish-Quebec figures who have impacted the political, social, religious, educational, business and sports life of Quebec.
Date: Saturday, March 10th, 2007
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Members QFHS
Topic:Members Meeting
Members meeting with several QFHS members talking about interesting stories from their family history research.
Date: Monday, May 21, 2007
Change of Location: Eleanor London Cote St Luc Public Library 5851 Cavendish Blvd, Cote Saint Luc
Time: 7:30 p.m at New Location (see above)
Speaker: Noted genealogist Stephen Morse
Topic:One-Step Webpages.
A potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools.
A joint meeting with the Jewish Genealogical Society. Noted genealogist Stephen Morse will speak about his work in genealogy. (He has a web site www.stevemorse.org).
Date: Saturday, April 14th, 2007
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Member Susan Gingras
Topic:Researching Scotland
Member Susan Gingras will speak about researching Scottish genealogy, from here and in Scotland.
| Future lectures | Past lectures |
All are at the QFHS library and are held on Saturday afternoons.
| A GENEALOGICAL DAY IN THE BRITISH AND CANADIAN ARMIES 1660-1945:
Everyone whose ancestors came from the British Isles has ancestors who served in the Army. This seminar will examine the various sources like Army Lists, Pension Records, Muster Rolls, Personnel Files, Medal Rolls, War Diaries, etc. that are used in genealogical military research. The seminar will also examine the most important Web Sites used in Army genealogical research. |
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| Lecturer: | Gary Schroder, and others |
| Date: | Saturday, February 13th 2010 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| A FULL DAY WORKSHOP on SCANNING and EDITING - For documents and Photographs:
As a follow-up to the September 29th seminar "What do I do with all this Family History Stuff". We will expand on Preservation and Organization of your family history documents and photographs as digital images. This will be a practical seminar / workshop. It will examine how to scan documents and photographs and then edit the digital images to suit your needs. It will discuss the techniques for scanning and editing, and include practical demonstrations with your material. So bring your own material along to be scanned. |  |
| Lecturer: | Bob Dunn and Derek Hopkins |
| Date: | Saturday, March 20th, 2010 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| LEGACY FAMILY TREE VERSION 7
The new version of the program will be used to demonstrate how Legacy works. Compare some of its features to those of Family Tree Maker or your current program. This program has been highly rated by several sources and is worth considering, especially if you are planning to buy or upgrade in the future. Note that the course will also include tips on how to download your family tree from your current program to Legacy, even if you just want to try it out. Thanks to the generosity of the Millennia Company, owners of Legacy Family Tree, EACH PARTICIPANT WILL RECEIVE A FREE CD OF THE STANDARD VERSION OF LEGACY 7 and A FREE BROCHURE. IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE A DOOR PRIZE OF LEGACY 7 DELUXE ! QFHS WILL ALSO RECEIVE A COPY OF VOLUME 1 OF THE TRAINING VIDEOS, WHICH MEMBERS MAY CONSULT.. |  |
| Lecturer: | Lorraine Gosselin | |
| Date: | Saturday April 17th 2010 | |
| Time: | 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. | |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire | |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| A GENEALOGICAL DAY in ENGLAND
This seminar will examine what’s new and exciting in the world of English Family History and how to find your ancestors lost in England. | |
| Lecturer: | Gary Schroder |
| Date: | Saturday May 1st 2010 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| A Genealogical Day in QUEBEC
This seminar will examine the main sources used in Quebec genealogical research regardless of whether you ancestors originated from France, England, Ireland, Scotland, etc. Church Records, Civil Registration Records, Censuses, Notarial Records, Passenger Ship Lists, Newspapers, Cemetery Records, Land and Judicial Records. There will also be emphasis on the most important web sites used in Quebec family history research and the wonderful new databases available on the site of the Bibliotheque and Archives Nationales du Quebec. |
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| Lecturer: | Sharon Callaghan, Lorraine Gosselin, and Gary Schroder |
| Date: | Saturday, June 5th, 2010. |
| Time: | 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| Q.F.H.S. SPRING BOOK SALE.
for the Q.F.H.S. Spring Book Sale where a varity of books in all genres will be on sale.
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| Lecturer: | TBA |
| Date: | Saturday, June 12th, 2010 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| A Genealogical Day in IRELAND:
This seminar will examine the major Irish genealogical resources used in family history research
in both Ireland and Northern Ireland. And, will also explore the exciting new Internet developments
in the World of Irish Genealogy. From Civil Registration to Probate Records to Land Records, |  |
| Lecturer: | Gary Schroder and James Joyce |
| Date: | Saturday, June 19th, 2010. |
| Time: | 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL MY GENEALOGICAL STUFF:
The Preservation and Organization of Your Family History Documents and Photographs. This seminar will examine how to organize and preserve your documents and photographs, techniques for scanning documents and photgraphs and how to incorporate your materials into the Family Tree Maker and Legacy genealogical computer programs. | |
| Lecturer: | Bob Dunn, Lorraine Gosselin, Derek Hopkins, Cecilia Karwowski and Gary Schroder |
| Date: | Saturday, September 19th, 2009 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| QFHS - OPEN HOUSE.
As part of the "Journees de la Culture" Festival the QFHS will be holding an Open House and Booksale at their Library, 173 Cartier Ave, Pointe Claire on September 26th & 27th , from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come in and learn what records are available in the QFHS Library and where to find Information about Your Canadian, American, Irish, English and Welsh ancestors. . EVERYONE is WELCOME . . . . . so bring a friend.. Anyone wishing to donate books may drop them off at the QFHS Library We need books of any description for the Book Sale: novels, history, mystery . . . etc. For further information about the Quebec Journees de la Culture visit their website at: http://www.culturepourtous.ca/journeesdelaculture/index_en.htm | |
| Lecturer: | TBA |
| Date: | Saturday, September 26th, 2009 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| FAMILY TREE MAKER 2009
Come and learn about the most recent version of Family Tree Maker. FTM bills itself as
"the #1 selling genealogy software." It's also a favorite with QFHS members,
so if you run into problems, it is likely one of your friends will also be
using it to track genealogical research. This course is given with our
projector linked to a computer showing the actual FTM software, and not overheads.
This makes it possible to show examples of the software in actual use
and to illustrate answers to questions as they are asked. Bring your questions,
and as many as possible will be answered. Those that can't be answered on the
spot will be covered in a future edition of Connections. You may also send questions
and suggestions for the course ahead of time to computree 'at' yahoo.com and
every effort will be made to incorporate them into the course (provided they
are sent early enough!). |  |
| Lecturer: | Lorraine Gosselin |
| Date: | Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| A GENEALOGICAL DAY in ENGLAND
This seminar will examine what’s new and exciting in the world of English Family History and how to find your ancestors lost in England. | |
| Lecturer: | Gary Schroder |
| Date: | Saturday November 21st 2009 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| A Genealogical Day in IRELAND:
This seminar will examine what's new and exciting in the world of Irish Family History and how to find your ancestors lost in Ireland, and what new databases are available that will help to find those Lost Irish Ancestors. | |
| Lecturer: | Gary Schroder |
| Date: | Saturday, December 5th, 2009. |
| Time: | 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| VOLUNTEERS DAY
QFHS volunteers have been doing an outstanding job of transcribing indexes into computer
format and this information is now on our website for easy access by all QFHS members around the world.
We want to answer any of your questions about what you have been doing and to show you
our plans for the future. The seminar will deal with the following subjects: | |
| Lecturer: | Derek Hopkins and Bob Dunn |
| Date: | Saturday September 6th 2008 |
| Time: | 1 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members FREE - non-members FREE |
| A GENEALOGICAL DAY in ENGLAND
This seminar will examine what’s new and exciting in the world of English Family History and how to find your ancestors lost in England. | |
| Lecturer: | Gary Schroder |
| Date: | Saturday October 4th 2008 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL THIS FAMILY HISTORY STUFF:
The Preservation and Organization of Your Family History Documents and Photographs. This seminar will examine how to organize and preserve your documents and photographs, techniques for scanning documents and photgraphs and how to incorporate your materials into the Family Tree Maker and Legacy genealogical computer programs. | |
| Lecturer: | Bob Dunn, Lorraine Gosselin, Derek Hopkins, and Gary Schroder |
| Date: | Saturday November 1st 2008 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| DIGGING FOR TREASURE IN LAND RECORDS
In this session a rarely used source for genealogical data will be reviewed - The Land Register of Quebec. The information provided could lead to discoveries of hidden gems that will help your family tree grow. The seminar will show how you can locate records for properties across Quebec during the 20TH and 19TH Centuries and some even earlier. | |
| Lecturer: | Sharon Callaghan |
| Date: | Saturday November 15th 2008 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| A GENEALOGICAL DAY IN IRELAND
This seminar will examine what’s new and exciting in the world of Irish Family History and how to find your ancestors lost in Ireland. | |
| Lecturer: | Gary Schroder |
| Date: | Saturday November 29th 2008 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $30 - non-members $40 |
| Future Seminars and Classes | Past Seminars and Classes |
| CEMETERY TOUR
This “FREE” tour of both cemeteries will be conducted by QFHS President, Gary Schroder
During this four hour tour you will visit the resting place of more than 50 famous people
including Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Mrs Anna Leonowens [ the real Anna of "The King and I" ]
and victims of the Titanic. |  |
| Tour: | A "FREE" TOUR OF MT ROYAL CEMETERY and NOTRE DAME des NEIGES CEMETERY |
| Date: | Sunday October 18th 2009 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Tour Starts at The front gate of MOUNT ROYAL CEMETERY 1297 Chemin de la Foret, Outremont. Duration of tour: 4 hours |
| Fee: | Members FREE - non-members FREE |
| VISIT TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA
and NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CANADA IN OTTAWA
If you are tired of researching you can easily visit the Parliament buildings, the Bytown Market area,
and other places of historical interest as the archives are located in downtown Ottawa. | |
| Tour: | VISIT TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA and NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CANADA IN OTTAWA |
| Date: | Thursday October 9th 2008 |
| Time: | 7.30 a.m. sharp to 6:00 p.m.[from OTTAWA] |
| Location: | 7:30 A.M. "Sharp" Quebec Family History Society Library, 173 Cartier Ave., Pointe Claire |
| Fee: | Members $20 - non-members $30 |
| CEMETERY TOUR
This “FREE” tour of both cemeteries will be conducted by QFHS President, Gary Schroder
During this four hour tour you will visit the resting place of more than 50 famous people
including Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Mrs Anna Leonowens [ the real Anna of "The King and I" ]
and victims of the Titanic. | |
| Tour: | A "FREE" TOUR OF MT ROYAL CEMETERY and NOTRE DAME des NEIGES CEMETERY |
| Date: | Sunday October 19th 2008 |
| Time: | 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Tour Starts at The front gate of MOUNT ROYAL CEMETERY 1297 Chemin de la Foret, Outremont. Duration of tour: 4 hours |
| Fee: | Members FREE - non-members FREE |
| Lecturer: | -- |
| Date: | -- |
| Time: | -- |
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| Fee: | $ 00.00 members, $00.00 for non-members |
| Future Excursions and Tours | ast Excursions and Tours |
Gene-O-Rama sponsored by the Ottawa Branch of the OGS
This year it is being held at Algonquin College, a suburb of Ottawa on
June 1st to 3rd, 2007.
For more information on this event.
| Future Roadshows | Past Roadshows |