RootsTech is an annual conference put on by Family Search. It is the largest genealogical conference in the world with sessions in multiple languages, and is an in-person as well as an online conference. With over 100 speakers to choose from, you are sure to …
Submitted by Rick Brown, Project Chair project@mbgenealogy.com MGS Member Genealogical Project Back before all the current privacy issues many members filled out family pedigree charts. We plan to use the information to enter the names into MANI and create spreadsheets showing names, date of birth, …
Generations Journal Poll Results BACKGROUND The journal has had no regular editor for 7 issues. The VP Communications, whose portfolio includes the journal, became the interim editor in accordance with the VP Communications job description. After 7 issues with no editor forthcoming, with the volunteer …
We are pleased to announce that KOHA is back online.
Our friends over at the Surrey Library are again hosting this free online webinar with historical photos expert Maureen Taylor. Check it out. If you have an old photo to submit for analysis, your photo might be chosen for this event. Friday, February 17 10am …
Our library catalogue system is temporarily unavailable. We are striving to get the problem rectified as soon as humanly possible. Please be patient as there has been a medical emergency and access to it is subsequently stalled. We are doing our best to get …
This provocative and thought provoking article by Gordon Goldsborough gives the reader an insight into Manitoba Heritage and the poor showing the Manitoba government has made in supporting Heritage over the decades. It has never been a priority in Manitoba like it has been in …
The next opening dates for Saturday Library will be June 17th and August 19th. We ask for your reservation on or before the Wednesday prior to those dates. Volunteer staffing will be by members of the Southeast and Winnipeg Branch. To make an appointment, please …
Presentation Monday, Jan 16, 2023. Essential Free Online Research Sources for Family Genealogists in Manitoba by Rick Walker and members of the MGS Research Team Members, plan to attend this meeting on Wednesday, January 11th at 7:30 PM. The program for the …
By Rick Brown, Projects Chair “The main product of the Cummins Map Company was a series of landowner maps, known as the Cummins Rural Directory Maps, for Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Prince Edward Island. The rural directory maps contained the names and locations of …