10:00 am to 12:00 pm Room 115, City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Drive, Ottawa, Ontario Are you interested in your Scottish roots? In discovering who your Scottish ancestors were and how they lived? The Scottish Genealogy Group is made up of people who share these interests. At our informal meetings we share information […]
"Using Family Lore with a Grain of Salt", a talk by Lynda Gibson. Find out the real story when Lynda investigated a family story and traced the true origins of her Scottish great-grandparents.
The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa will be holding its April Meeting online on the subject of Maud Lampman, the first woman to work on Parliament Hill. You must register in advance to attend. As a descendant of one of Toronto’s earliest settlers, Emma Maud (Playter) Lampman came from a privileged background, […]
Join members of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa on Saturday, June 13th at 10:00 am EDT for "Great Moments in Genealogy". This meeting will be held on Zoom. Several BIFHSGO members will speak about their amazing research discoveries. Brian Glenn will discuss a breakthrough in regards to his Elmer-Leonard James brick […]
Register The presentation is free, but donations are gratefully accepted through Canada Helps here. When Marianne Rasmus began her family history research journey, she knew little about her maternal grandparents’ ancestry. They were an unlikely match, although both were immigrants; one came from Newcastle, England, the other from Orenburg, Russia. In 1927 her grandfather, who died when […]