Congratulations to Gillian Glover on her recent podcast guest spots! Gillian Glover has been a member of MGS since 2013. She is also a member of the Southeast and Winnipeg Branch and is the MGS Facebook volunteer doing our Facebook posts. Thank you Gillian! …
Old documents are sometimes a challenge. They are difficult to read and understand the handwriting. Here is a chance to get ahead of this challenge. This will include: Learning to read the letters, words and sentences in old documents. Early writing materials Forms of …
The Manitoba Genealogical Society is once again going to be at the Scottish Pavilion for Folklorama. This year, the dates will be July 31 to August 6, 2022, and the location will be at the Centro Caboto Centre, 1055 Wilkes Ave, Winnipeg. MGS is …
MGS WILL BE CLOSED APRIL 13, 14, 2022. The Manitoba Genealogical Society, Inc. has the following policy: From time to time, world circumstances warrant the temporary closure of the Resource Centre—this could be blizzards, pandemics, maintenance issues and the like. Business continues as usual for …
The Farmers of Manitoba – Collecting Stories project aims at gathering stories of the past, present and even the future of farming in our province to contribute to the Farmers of Manitoba exhibit at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum. Farming holds a special place in Manitoba’s …
Indexing Cummin’s Maps Some time ago a friend introduced me to the Cummin’s Rural Directory Map of Manitoba, The Manitoba Railway Guide. I believe it is from 1923. All the railways operating in Manitoba, at that time, are shown on the map each with a …
MGS is completely operated by VOLUNTEERS. We presently have many hard-working program volunteers but fewer administrative volunteers. We need 13 Standing CommitteeChairsto keep MGS running. MANY of the current committee chairs have served in their positions for many years. We need some NEW people to …