The
Quebec Family History Society will be hosting a Seminar, Social Event, Free
Public Lecture, December, 2012.
All
information is detailed below.
Saturday,
December 1
A
Genealogical Day in Scotland: 1500-2012 (Seminar)
10:00 am
to 3:00 pm - Quebec Family History Society Heritage Centre and Library, 173
Cartier Avenue, Pointe-Claire, QC H9J 4H9
Presented
by Jackie Billingham, Susan Gingras and Gary Schroder
Learn
about the major sources used in in Scottish genealogical research from civil
registrations to Kirk records, and from censuses to probate records.
Participants will learn how to correctly use the information available on the
Scotland’s People website and what strategies to use when planning a research
trip to Scotland.
Fee:
$30.00 members; $40.00 non-members.
Reservations
are required. Call 514.695.1502 or contact Jackie Billingham at qfhs.communications@bellnet.ca
Wednesday,
December 5
Celebrating
Our Military Roots Day - Afternoon & Evening
Afternoon
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm - Evening 6:30pm to 9:30 pm
Quebec
Family History Society Heritage Centre and Library, 173 Cartier Avenue,
Pointe-Claire, QC H9J 4H9
Join us
for the first in a series of monthly Celebrating Our Roots Days.
Drop by
for coffee, tea, and informal conversation. Share your research and learn what
others have discovered about their ancestors who served in the military.
Joining
us in the afternoon will be Earl John Chapman, author of several military
history books, including "Canada's Black Watch: Legacies of Gallantry and
Service."
Bring
your favourite military books to show others. On display we will feature books
from the QFHS military collection for you to browse and borrow. Also on display
will be members' military memorabilia.
So, bring
along copies of your military letters, photos, service records, medals, coffee
mug, a friend, or just bring yourself.
Saturday,
December 8
An Insider's View of the Institut généalogique
Drouin (Free Public Lecture)
10:30 am
to 12:00 pm - Briarwood Presbyterian Church Hall, 70 Beaconsfield Blvd.,
Beaconsfield, QC H9W 3Z3. Visit www.qfhs.ca
Presented
by Sébastien Robert
Sébastien
Robert, vice-president at the Institut généalogique Drouin will provide us with
a unique opportunity to learn from an insider what the Drouin records offer
family historians.
Until the
late 1900s, church registers in Quebec were the source of birth, marriage and
burial records. Every year, all churches were required to send a copy of their
registers to the appropriate courthouse. During the 1940s, these records were
filmed by the Institut généalogique Drouin.
Members
and non-members are invited to attend and stay afterward for refreshments and
conversation.
©2012, copyright Alana Farrell
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