QFHS - Public Lecture Series

Date: Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Time: 10:30 a.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Sharon Callaghan
Topic: "Paths of Opportunity".

Sharon will talk about her book Paths of Opportunity, which evolved from a desire to discover more about the Irish Montreal experience of her great-great-grandparents.

Date: Saturday, April 10th, 2010
Time: 10:30 a.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Merle Kastner and Rosalee Kovalsky
Topic: "Lovell's Directories ".

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 !

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, 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, 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.

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, 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, 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, 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: Friday, May 9 th, 2008
Room: M.450 (at the metro level)
Address: 475, boul. De Maisonneuve Est Montréal (Québec) H2L 5C4
Metro: Métro : station Berri-UQAM
Time: 2:00 p.m at Room: M.450 (at the metro level)
Topic:Tour, -- Grande Bibliotheque in downtown Montreal

This meeting will be an afternoon tour of the Grande Bibliotheque in downtown Montreal.

Space is limited --- Please book before May 8th by phoning the library at (514) 695-1502 so we have an idea of the attendance. This is so the library knows how many guides are needed so the groups are not too large.

Date: Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Myriam Cloutier
Topic:Mount Royal Cemetery

Myriam Cloutier, Director of Heritage Programs at Mount Royal Cemetery will give a brief presentation on what is done to preserve and promote the historical potential of Mount Royal Cemetery ; and Andrew Sarrasin, Coordinator of Community Relations will report on the upcoming Cemetery Conservation Workshop planned for May 24, 2008 featuring Jane Irwin , author of Old Canadian Cemeteries - Places of Memory.

The Friends of the Mount Royal Cemetery is a charitable entity which was formed in 1998. With fundraising campaigns and specific projects pertaining to the preservation of Mount Royal Cemetery, t he Friends helps preserve and promote the tremendous natural and historical treasure that the Mount Royal Cemetery has become since its founding in 1852. Over the years, many restoration projects have been undertaken, the flora has been enhanced and many educational activities have taken place such as historical walking tours, art and photography exhibitions, lectures and production of detailed historical literature .

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. .

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

Date: Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: QFHS Executive
Topic:ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

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, 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: 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, September 8th, 2007
Time: Either 10:00 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Michael Ogilvie
Topic:The Ogilvie Family of the Ogilvie Flour Mills

Saturday at either 10:00 or 1:30 to be confirmed. Michael Ogilvie a descendant of the Ogilvie Flour family will speak about the arrival of the family in Montreal in the early 1800's and the growth of the family flour mills into the largest flour miller in the British Empire.

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.

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: 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, 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, October 14, 2006
Time: 1:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Robert N. Wilkins who has had many articles in Connections.
Topic: INDEXING THE DEAD: A Journey Through Edwardian Montreal Death Data He will speak firstly about his indexing project on Montreal obituaries which has been going on for 9 years. This will lead into the second part of his talk on what kind of city Montreal was in the early 1900's

Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Time: 7:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker:David Anderson who is associated with the "Northwesters" museum in Williamstown, Ont
Topic:David Anderson will be giving an genealogical overview of the various groups that settled in Glengarry County, Loyalists, Scotch, etc.

Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Time: 7:30 p.m at St Andrew's United Church, Lachine
Speaker: Lucille H Campey, author of five major books on early Scottish immigrants to Canada
Topic:The Pioneer Scots of Lower Canada: 1763-1855

Date: Tuesday, April 11th 2006
Topic: Preserving photos, documents and scrapbooking.

Date: Tuesday, March 14th 2006
Topic: "The history of the world, part 3"

Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Topic:"Adventures in the World of Family History Research"
This will be an illustrated lecture on the various exciting discoveries that Bruce has made over the course of his genealogical research

Date: Tuesday, November 8th 2005 QFHS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Topic:Their world, our world. How events and the world around them affected our families over the generations. By studying history we can have a better understanding of their lives

Date: Tuesday, October 11th 2005
Topic: "The Not So Impossible John Smith"
Commonly named ancestors can be the curse of our genealogical lives. But tracing them is not always as hopeless a prospect as it sometimes seems. This genealogical case study describes one genealogist's success in building a detailed picture of an ancestor despite the extreme ordinariness of his name.

Date:Tuesday, September 13th 2005
Topic:"The Wonderful World of Rare and Second Hand Books"
The purpose of this lecture will be to examine the world of rare and second hand books which can be very important resources for finding out more about the life and times of your various ancestors

Date: Monday, June 20th 2005: at The Gelber Conference Centre
Subject: Genetic Genealogy
Family Trees and DNA The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal and the Quebec Family History Society will be co-hosting a lecture in June 2005 on the use of DNA testing in genealogical research.

Friday, April 15th 2005 at Mount Royal Cemetery
Subject: Mount Royal Cemetery: History and Traditions
This is an illustrated lecture describing the history of Mount Royal Cemetery and the types of records that they possess. As you enter the front gates of Mount Royal Cemetery someone from the QFHS will be there to direct you to the lecture.

Tuesday March 8th 2005 at St. Andrew's United Church in Lachine
Speaker: Edwin W. Holland, Dept of Anthropology and Sociology - John Abbott College
Topic:Silent Stones Speak Volumes: social History through Grave Markers

With James Deetz's original study of early nineteenth-century cemeteries in New England, archaeologists and historians have recognized that the silent stones we each erect to honour the dead also speak for the living. Our cemeteries, no less than those of New England, offer a material record of social history. The grave markers of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue reflect, not only local society, but a century of profound change throughout Quebec as well.

Tuesday December 14th 2004 at St. Andrew's United Church in Lachine
Speaker: QFHS Member Bob Dunn
Topic: ADVENTURES IN GENEALOGY

Tuesday, November 9th 2004 - at St. Andrew's United Church in Lachine
Speaker: A Panel of Genealogical Experts
Topic: Meet The Experts
After the QFHS Annual General Meeting a panel of Genealogical Experts will discuss Family History Research and answer your genealogical questions.

Tuesday October 12th 2004 at St. Andrew's United Church in Lachine
Speaker: Rod McLeod
Topic:Writing the History of Schools: Family, Community, Society
Rod McLeod is President of the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network and co-author of the book "A Meeting of the People: School Boards and Protestant Communities in Quebec 1801 - 1998".

Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Speaker: Kyle Betit, Expert in researching irish ancestors
Topic: Recent Developments in Irish Genealogical Research

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Pointe-à-Callière Museum Visit - Old Port of Montreal

Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Speaker: Jane Naisbitt, Head, Library & Archives, Canadian War Museum
Topic : Genealogy Research at CWM: Past, Present and Future "Fantastique"

Tuesday, March 9, 2004
Speaker: Denis Paquet, Director, Foundation for the Preservation of Mural Art.
Topic : Timothy Eaton and his House: Century of Adventure with the most Remarkable Retailer of Canada, 1869 - 1969.

The Public Lectures Series, for the months of
January and February, were on HIATUS

Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Speaker: Sheila Kindellan-Sheehan
Topic: "Sheila's Take"

Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Annual General Meeting of the QFHS
Purpose: Board of Directors Report, Financial Statements,
Elections of Officers
Speaker: Diane M. Shink
Topic: "Signature Quilting in your Research"

Tuesday October 14, 2003
Speaker: Bertrand Desjardins
Topic: "A Fruitful Meeting of Genealogy and Universiry Research in Quebec"

Tuesday May 13, 2003
Speaker: Brian Young, McGill Professor of History
Topic: "Families and the History of Mount Royal Cemetery"

Friday, April 4, 2003 at 2:00 pm
Speaker: Nora Hague, Photo Curator, McCord Museum
Topic: "Photographs at the McCord Museum"

Tuesday March 11, 2003
Speaker: Claire Boudreau, Ph.D., Heraldic Authority
Topic: "The phenomenon of Heraldry from its beginning until today"

Tuesday, February 11th, 2003
Speaker: David Inglis, Professional Photographer
Topic: "Photography and your Family History"

Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Speaker: Derek Hopkins, QFHS member
Topic:"Free BMD Project"

Tuesday, December 10, 2002
Speaker: CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS OF SPEAKER
Topic:

Tuesday November 12, 2002
Annual General Meeting of the QFHS
Purpose: Board of Directors Report, Financial Statements, Elections of Officers
Speaker: CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS OF SPEAKER
Topic:

Tuesday October 8, 2002
Speaker: Robert Allum; of Cold North Wind Inc.
Topic: "Paper of Record Project"

Lecturer:	James Joyce and Gary Schroder
Date:	Saturday, March 15th, 2008.
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

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