The conference will be held on April 22-23 in Edmonton, Alberta. See more information on the AGS website. http://www.abgenealogy.ca/2017-ags-conference?mid=0
Sign up for the Libraries bimonthly newsletter at http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/whatshappening/emailsignup.asp Western Canada at War Saturday, January 28: 1-2:30 pm Two presentations will be made by the Manitoba Historical Society on the impacts of the First World War on Manitobans: Franco-Manitobans and the First World War: Claude …
OGS is hosting a conference entitled “Our Canada – your Family: Building a Nation” to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. The conference will be held from June 16-18 at Algonquin College in Ottawa, ON. More information is available on the OGS website.
The Winnipeg Public Library has just launched a great new online Resources Information Guide for genealogy and local history. It is an excellent source for both beginning and experienced genealogists. Tell all your friends about it. It contains: Lists of genealogical databases and organizations that can help …
David Archer has created a group Facebook page called “Operation Picture Me” to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I. He is sharing a year-long research project using the Winnipeg Tribune Archives, highlighting the contribution of over 5,000 Winnipeggers/ Manitobans who went to war, …
Tuesday, October 25, 7:00 pm. McNally Robinson Booksellers. Launch of “Abandoned Manitoba: From Residential Schools to Bank Vaults to Grain Elevators”. http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-15194/Gordon-Goldsborough—-Book-Launch#.WAktHTKZPjB Travel with Gordon Goldsborough from Rapid City School to Mallard Lodge to Union Stockyards and many places in between. This book looks at abandoned …
Sunday, November 6, 11:00 am. The City of Winnipeg is offering tours. Veterans’ talk followed by bus tour. For more information, link to http://winnipeg.ca/ppd/cemeteries/pdf/RemembranceWeekTours.pdf
Digital Archive Database Project (DAPD) Contains over 100,000 transcribed historical documents related to Metis research. View thousands of Métis historical documents, genealogical information, Hudson’s Bay Company records, Church missionary records, and personal Métis accounts. The database is currently offering 109262 records for public and institutional …
The Forgotten History of Rooster Town Tuesday, October 11, 7-8 pm. In 1901, seventeen Métis families moved into shanties in the bush and grassland in Fort Rouge (Grant Park area) in southwest Winnipeg. Occasionally joined by non-Métis households, “Rooster Town” survived for five decades until …
Tuesday, May 31 – Winnipeg Libraries Presentation Gilles Lesage and Janet La France of the Centre du Patrimoine, Société historique de Saint-Boniface, presented the various resources available to anyone interested in researching their Métis ancestry. These resources included census data and records kept in archives and …