In honour of the 100th anniversary of the battle for Vimy Ridge, UM Archives will host “Voices From Vimy: Manitobans on the Ridge” from April 11 – June 30. The display features letters, postcards and other records of Manitobans who fought on the Ridge. The …
“Identifying WW1 Uniforms from Old Photographs” by Dave M. Olinyk. Wednesday, April 19, 7:00 pm. Thomson Funeral Home, 669 Broadway Ave., Winnipeg. You’ve just opened a box full of your grandparents’ old photographs and some of them are of soldiers wearing odd uniforms. Who are …
“The Ancestor Hunt” website has free Newspaper Research Links for all Canadian provinces and territories, and all USA states. Go to this link for this great newspaper resource. http://www.theancestorhunt.com/newspaper-research-links.html
This excellent website is devoted to descendants of early explorers, fur traders and settlers who first inhabited the great Northwest Territory or Rupert’s Land, and more particularly the region of the Red River of the North. Your host, Gary Still, was born in 1939 in …
Parish Records 101: Galicia by Lisa Haji Abassi. Wednesday, March 15, 7:00 pm. Thomson Funeral Home, 669 Broadway Ave. You know the name of your ancestral village… now what? Lisa will provide some basic information and tips on reading and understanding Greek and Roman Catholic parish …
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 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