Monthly Archives: August 2024

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Leeds & Grenville Branch – Picnic on August 30th!

Hello, Leeds & Grenville Branch Members and friends!
 
We’re excited to announce that we are taking a lesson from Kingston Branch about getting folks together to talk genealogy! Although late in the “picnic” season, we are hoping to entice members and friends from Leeds & Grenville to join us for a picnic on Friday, August 30th beginning at noon, at Brockville Museum’s patio located on the Kincaid Street side of the Brockville Museum.  This is an informal affair, just to get together with those who love family history, and talk about our successes, challenges and activities.
 
Bring your own food and beverage, and a comfortable chair. Bring a friend, if you like! There is limited two-hour free parking in front of the Museum and on Kincaid Street, and we don’t anticipate exceeding that timeframe.
 
Should the weather not cooperate, we’ll send out a cancellation notice that morning, along with a “rain date”.  But we remain hopeful that it won’t rain on our gathering!  We hope to see many of you who haven’t had a chance to talk genealogy lately!
 
See you on August 30th!

Leeds & Grenville Branch Council

Leeds & Grenville Branch – September 2024 Presentation – How to Develop Online Newspaper Research Skills – With Kenneth R Marks

Join us on Monday, September 2nd at 7:00 pm via Zoom for our presentation How to Develop Online Newspaper Research Skills with Kenneth R. Marks.

This webinar is intended to build newspaper research skills for genealogy and history researchers.  Online newspaper research can be a frustrating endeavor for several reasons.  The goal is for the audience to understand why it can be difficult, and to learn some skills that will drastically improve search results.  The webinar will cover why to search old newspapers and the challenges in searching old newspapers online, provide several skills and techniques to successfully search newspapers online, and include a demonstration of these skills and techniques.

Kenneth Marks is the founder of the popular website The Ancestor Hunt, a site which now includes over 270,000 curated links to free online resources in 24 common genealogy categories.  Kenneth began his genealogy journey in 2002, and has, over the years, become an expert in newspaper research, which helped to uncover the stories of his ancestors’ lives.

To register for this presentation, click here.