Saturday, 12 October 2024
9 am: How can the Ottawa Branch OGS Library help my research? – Presenter: Grace Lewis
Grace Lewis has been the Volunteer Librarian for the Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society since 2010. She has shepherded the collection through an extensive expansion program, welcoming donations from individuals and organizations alike. In 2016, BIFHSGO closed its library and transferred ownership of the 2,500-item collection to the Ottawa Branch OGS Library, which currently contains over 13,000 items. Grace’s presentation will review what is available for BIFHSGO researchers at the library she has helped develop.
10 am: Travels With My Aunt: Adventures in Europe, 1914 – Presenter: Barbara Tose
Another favourite talk in the BIFHSGOs 30th anniversary From the Vault series, originally presented in February 2014.
Barbara will reprise her story of the adventures her great-grand-aunt Nellie had in Britain and Europe during the summer of 1914. Barbara weaves the stories from Nellie’s 30-page letter to her brother with the momentous events of that summer leading to the start of WW I.
Find out more and register for online attendance at https://www.bifhsgo.ca/events/.
If you attend in person at Knox Presbyterian Church (Lisgar & Elgin), why not join a group for a pub lunch afterwards?
That sounds like a really interesting presentation!!!