2023 OGS Virtual Conference – Diversity in Genealogy with a Spotlight on the Grand River
NOTES: All sessions will have a Zoom link provided to registrants. All times are EDT – Toronto time.
| Saturday Sept 9 | Diversity Stream | Grand River Stream |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:55 AM | KAE ELGIE Importance of, and techniques for, learning your family’s pre-contact history | JENNIFER DEBRUIN Stepping From the Shadows: Exploring Stories of Women in History |
| 10:00-10:55 AM | SARA CHATFIELD Explore Your Roots: First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation Genealogy at LAC | JANE E MACNAMARA Grand Plans for a Grand River |
| 11:00-11:55 AM | LINDA CORUPE Becoming Canadian | ART TAYLOR Railway Museums, Heritage Railways, and Railway Historical Societies for Genealogists |
| 12:00-12:55 PM | Lunch Break & FastTracks Information Sessions | |
| 1:00-1:55 PM | EVA KUJAWA Eastern Europeans in Ontario | JOHN N DAVIS Haldimand Tract Land Records: How They Are Different |
| 2:00-2:55 PM | SHER LEETOOZE The Bible Christians, and how they built Ontario | LAUREEN HARDER-GISSING Mennonite Ebbs and Flows: Two Centuries along the Grand |
| 3:00-3:55 PM | JANICE NICKERSON Early Japanese Families in Ontario | ALISON NORMAN Six Nations Women in the Early Twentieth Century: Using Genealogy to Better Understand a Community |
| 4:00-6:00 PM | Genealogy Lounge – come chat with us! | |
| Sunday Sept 10 | Diversity Stream | Grand River Stream |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:55 AM | JON MARIE PEARSON Unleashing the Power of Genealogy Community on Social Media | BILL DARFLER Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Haldimand Proclamation: A Proposal |
| 10:00-10:55 AM | LORIE PIERCE The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph – an English language resource for non-Quebec families | CHRISTINE WOODCOCK The Canada Land and Colonization Company |
| 11:00-11:55 AM | JANE E MACNAMARA Did your ancestor lease land in Upper Canada? | CHRISTINA HAN Spatial Genealogy of Early Armenian and Italian Industrial Workers in Brantford |
| 12:00-12:55 PM | Lunch Break & FastTracks Information Sessions | |
| 1:00-1:55 PM | KAYE PRINCE-HOLLENBERG Hamilton: A Microcosm of Jewish Settlement in Canada | HEATHER RENNALLS Early Black Settlements in Oxford County |
| 2:00-2:55 PM | LINDA CORUPE Voting For Genealogy | BETH ADAMS The Wedge between truth and lore |
| 3:00-3:55 PM | GORDON L MCBEAN Facial Recognition in Genealogy, Not just CSI Anymore | BILL THOMPSON The Nelles Family at the Grand River and Niagara |
| 4:00-4:15 PM | Closing Remarks | |