10 April 2014

BIFHSGO April meeting

The program for the Saturday April 12 monthly meeting of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa at Library and Archives Canada is:

9:00 a.m.
Before BIFHSGO Education Talk
In Ken McKinlay's talk, Using Evernote for Genealogy Research, he will provide an overview of the online tool and  how it can help with genealogy tasks.

9:30 a.m.
Browse our Discovery Tables and talk to Ken McKinlay about the online tool Evernote.

10:00 a.m.  From Aberdeen to Albany: How Our Scott Family Ancestors Became United Empire Loyalists in Canada
Ken Harley will build on an earlier presentation he made to BIFHSGO in December 2009 during which he established how his wife Maxine's family arrived in Manitoba as original homesteaders.This talk will track Maxine's GGGG-grandfather's emigration from Inverurie, in Aberdeenshire Scotland through Ireland and on to the American Colonies in the early 1700s.
Ken is interviewed about this presentation at www.bifhsgo.ca/upload/files/Podcasts/Ken%20Harley%20Apr%202014.mp3

The meeting takes place at Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa. Free parking is available in the lots east of the building only on Saturday and Sunday.

Open to members and visitors. Free admission. Free parking in lots east of the building which is at 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa.

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