The Prairie Immigration Experience This website is a collection of nearly 15,000 digitized archival documents, including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and audio and video recordings from the holdings of the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections and the University of Saskatchewan Archives. These archival records …
Writing Your Family History Saturday, April 1: 2-4 pm. Elizabeth Briggs covers planning for writing your family history book, what resources and documents to use, the kind of content that should be included, and how to make questionnaires and interview your relatives to gather the …
Sundays February 19 to March 5, 2017 – 3:00 to 5:00 PM The Manitoba Museum will be holding Sunday afternoon highlight tours of their new exhibition, Legacies of Confederation: A New Look at Manitoba History, followed by a trip to the Peg Beer Company. Space …
The Southwest Branch Workshop “Celebrating Our Roots” will be held on Saturday, April 22 at Knox United Church, Brandon MB. Their annual Heritage Dinner will be held following the workshop. Guest speaker will be Gordon Goldsborough who will present on “Abandoned Manitoba”. Details on speakers are …
Improvements continue to be made to MANI (MAnitoba Names Index). Gordon McBean, VP Information Technology, has written a newsletter to inform MGS members about the changes. Non-members will be interested in the benefits of using MANI and may consider becoming an MGS member in order …
“The L’viv Archive (Ukraine) Experience: A First-hand Account”by Brian Lenius. Wed., February 15, 7:00 pm. Thomson Funeral Home, 669 Broadway Ave. The Central State Historical Archive in L’viv, Ukraine is one of the most important archives for Galicia (Poland and Ukraine). It is also one …
Canadian battlefields of Europe: D-Day and Vimy Ridge (15 days). May 27 – June 10, 2017. Hosted by Dr. Jody Perrun. Bookings and enquiries – contact Insight Vacations at 1-866-747-8120 or see your Travel Agent. IV16-IV-0031 – D-Day Expert Hosted Collection_highres