Gerard Boyer, President of the Cumberland Township Historical Society, will tell us about the varied lot of settlers who first came to Cumberland Township, and dispel some myths in the process.
The Middleville and District Museum in Lanark County has an extensive cache of resources on site and online for both the casual history enthusiast and the seriously committed researcher. Museum staff will showcase these resources and their ongoing digitization plan and walk us through what lies in store for visitors. Ottawa Branch presentations are open […]
Speaker: Gordon L. McBean Details: Different researchers come to different conclusions, Who is right? What do you need to do to prove you have the correct information? Through several case studies of Ontario families we will look at how standard Genealogical research techniques can and were used to find the truth, when we find conflicting […]
Speaker: Janet Uren Details: Lois Long was nearing the end of her long life in June 2017 when she realized that, after 40 years of genealogical work, she had just one ambition unfulfilled – and that was to write a book synthesizing her many discoveries over the years. In the few months remaining before her death, […]
Spreadsheets make analyzing census records easier. Tyra Shymanski will showcase how to create a spreadsheets and manipulate data to reveal actual and implied information from census records.