Choose from selected 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. Many additional events are listed at https://conferencekeeper.org/virtual
TUESDAY 15 NOVEMBER
2 pm: OGS Ottawa Branch Virtual Genealogy Drop-in.
https://meet.google.com/nvz-kftj-dax
2 pm: Getting Started in Genealogy, Ottawa Public Library, Greenboro branch https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/getting-started-genealogy
2:30 pm: Reaching Local Youth by Raising the Dead, by Mona Vance-Ali for Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
https://acpl.libnet.info/event/7465886
8 PM: Their Mark Here: Signatures and Marks as Identifying Tools, by Nicole Gilkison LaRue for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/their-mark-here-signatures-and-marks-as-identifying-tools/
WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER
2 pm: Hunting For Henry: A Case Study Using Collaterals, by Teresa Steinkamp McMillin for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/hunting-for-henry-a-case-study-using-collaterals/
2 pm: The Anthropocene: Inside the Quest for the Human Epoch at Crawford Lake, Ontario, by Tim Patterson for Carleton University Science Café.
https://science.carleton.ca/cu-events/science-cafe-the-anthropocene-inside-the-quest-for-the-human-epoch-at-crawford-lake-ontario/
THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER
6:30 pm: Navigating the (US) Records from The War of 1812, by Brian Rhinehart for Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
https://acpl.libnet.info/event/7465815
FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER
2 pm: Newspapers in Mexico, by Lisa Medina for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/newspapers-in-mexico/
7 pm: Canadian Nurses in the First World War, by Ann McKibbon for Niagara Peninsula Branch OGS.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdOysrjsuHdLXq-u-NMpdXoFVZFbG3ilr
SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER
10 am: Meningful Gift Giving, by Christine Woodcock for Kingston Branch OGS.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItdOCrrz4pGNDdDZjAfyaKXQHblgKen9wg
1 pm: I Found Them… They’re Mine (Ottawa), by Gordon McBean for Ottawa Branch OGS
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcO2grTMsGdM_wLDyCwQDavER-89ZuGDL
1 pm: Great Moments, by Rick Hill: The Suspicious Death of Edward Navin; Wayne Wickson: Miracle Process for Cleaning Gravestones – Safely; Jane Simpson: “Just A Mere” – Just a House! for Qunite Branch OGS.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqdeihqzwoGNf85h53aX-AMvvlLJxE-kz5
for Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.