Choose from free online events in the next five days. All times are ET except as noted. Those in red are Canadian, bolded if local to Ottawa or recommended
Assume registration in advance is required; check so you’re not disappointed.
Tuesday 26 Apr. 2 pm: Virtual Genealogy Drop-In, from Ottawa Branch of OGS and The Ottawa Public Library.
https://ottawa.ogs.on.ca/events/
Tuesday 26 Apr. 2 pm: Different Ways to View Your Tree, by Uri Gonen for MyHeritage and Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/different-ways-to-view-your-tree/
Tuesday 26 Apr. 2:30 pm: Naming Practices in Genealogy, by John Beatty for Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
https://acpl.libnet.info/event/6421747
Wednesday 27 Apr. 1 pm: Newspaper and City Directories, by James Tanner for MyHeritage.
http://www.facebook.com/myheritage/videos/
Wednesday 27 Apr. 2 pm: Wringing Every Drop out of Mitochondrial DNA, by Roberta Estes for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/wringing-every-drop-out-of-mitochondrial-dna/
Thursday 28 Apr. 6:30 pm: “A Nation Talking to Itself”: Intro to Newspaper Research, by Elizabeth Hodges for Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
https://acpl.libnet.info/event/6431250
Thursday 28 Apr. 7:30 pm: Peeling back 13,000 years of Indigenous existence in Niagara, by Michele-Elise Burnett for the Historical Society of St. Catharines.
https://stcatharineshistory.ca/
Friday 29 Apr. 2 pm: DNA Uncovers Family, by Diahan Southard and Nathan Dylan Goodwin.
https://www.yourdnaguide.com/webinar
Accessing the Laurier Archives and Special Collections
Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 7PM EDT
Accessing the Laurier Archives and Special Collections
Speaker: Cindy Preece, Archives Administrator, Laurier Archives and Special Collections
https://wellington.ogs.on.ca/upcoming-events/
Archives at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario have extensive online materials.