Thinking of packing your bags for family history travel? The key to making it a success is planning! Be sure to join us for a special in-person-only meeting on the afternoon of Saturday June 14 in the Auditorium at the North York Central Library, located at 5120 Yonge Street at the North York Centre subway station. Genealogy educator Christine Woodcock will lead off our program, beginning at 1:30 pm (EDT), with Preparing for a […]
The Toronto Branch meeting took place on Monday May 26, online via Zoom. Branch meetings are free to attend and open to all. Our May speaker Paul Jones has been researching his own and others’ families for 35 years, and he told us about his most complex search yet for a single ancestor. Finding the Father of Regina Diamond Pearl Hole is a success story that involved cutting-edge DNA sleuthing but also hundreds of […]
Toronto Branch is delighted to present new opportunities to learn about researching Italian ancestry, with Brooklyn-based genealogist Pamela Vittorio. We’ll begin with an introductory lecture in early May on how to build your Italian or Sicilian family tree, when you’ll learn the basics about key Italian research resources and naming patterns. A two-part lecture series in June will take a deep dive into the immigration of Italians to Canada—how they made the journey from […]
Toronto Branch celebrated the return of spring with two meetings in April! A special in-person only meeting was held on the afternoon of Saturday April 26, in advance of our regular monthly meeting online on the evening of Monday April 28. Our April 26 meeting took place in the Auditorium of the North York Central Library. The theme of the afternoon was artificial intelligence. Our main speaker Marian Press explained how AI works and […]