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 …
With a new generation of people researching their ancestry at MGS, we are considering restarting Special Interest Groups—SIG’s for short. Between the low visitor numbers on Wednesdays and my interest in everything Icelandic, I would like to know if any members would like to join …
MGS produces a 40 page journal every three months–although this number of pages is not set in stone. We have not been able to find an editor for the past 7 issues, and have been relying on our regular volunteers to take on this additional …
One day at the MGS Resource Centre, I opened the bottom drawer of a filing cabinet, and it was filled with papers. I pulled one out, and “what to my wondering eyes should appear” but a MGS member submitted pedigree chart, filled in by hand …
The MGS Council has proposed changes to our MGS Constitution. This is our governing structure for the society so please take the time to review these changes. The intent is not changed. Most changes are either grammatical or relating to our methods of communication delivery. …
Have you every wondered what goes on at the Manitoba Genealogical Society? Well, here is an opportunity to find out! At MGS, the Library Committee volunteers on Tuesdays to keep our Resource Library doors open to members and the public. This is a nice, close …
We all have collections of family photos. Some of them may be old and faded. The appearance of a faded photo is that of looking at an image through a fog. There is a solution. It’s called Vivid-Pix Restore. Whether the photo is black and …
The Annual MGS Fundraising Campaign kicks off with Giving Tuesday and runs through December. This year, in addition to our usual expenses of our occupancy costs and online databases, we are updating our Manitoba Name Index (MANI) and creating a more up-to-date membership area for our members …