"Taking the past into the future"
Halton-Peel Branch
PO Box 24Streetsville, ON, L5M 2B7, Canada
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"Taking the past into the future" Halton-Peel BranchPO Box 24Streetsville, ON, L5M 2B7, Canada |
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Our meetings are held every month with the exception of June, July, August and December. Our Annual General Meeting is held along with our regular meeting in November. The meetings are held at 2:00 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month. They alternate between the Four Corners Branch of the Brampton Public Library at 65 Queen Street East (near the Peel Archives) and the Oakville Public Library, 120 Navy Street, Oakville, Ontario. Visitors are always welcome.
Note: Brampton library parking –
there is limited library parking on the east and west sides of the library.
On Sundays there is also on-street parking behind the library.
There is free underground parking at Brampton City Hall (two blocks west) entrance from George Street — after parking take the elevator to the main floor, exit to and cross Main Street and walk one block down John Street (next to the church) to the library.
| January 22nd 2012 |
Brampton | Guylaine Petrin, Reference Librarian at York University "Using Upper Canada Land Petitions for Research" Petitions for grants or leases of land were created by individuals living in Ontario from Loyalist times to the mid-nineteenth century. Find out what information they may contain about your ancestors and learn how to access them. |
| February 26th 2012 |
Oakville | Marian Press, Librarian at OISE, University of Toronto "Googling for Genealogy: How to Take Advantage of all Google Has to Offer" This presentation will focus on strategies for using Google search tools effectively in family history research. |
| March 25th 2012 |
Brampton | Rick Roberts, owner of Global Genealogy "Introducing Family Tree Maker 2012" This presentation includes an introduction to new features in FTM 2012, including TreeSync™ which allows you to easily update your tree online from your desktop, your laptop, even your iPhone or iPad, and then simply click to sync so your tree is always up to date, no matter where you access it next. |
| April 22nd 2012 |
Oakville | Cheryl McDonald "Women and the War of 1812" Writer, historian and re-enactor Cheryl McDonald draws on eyewitness accounts, contemporary newspapers and other sources to explore the lives of Upper Canadian women during the chaos and drama of the War of 1812. |
| May – No meeting due to timing of OGS Conference from June 1st to 3rd in Kingston, Ontario. | ||
| June, July & August – No Meetings | ||
| September |
to be announced | |
| October |
to be announced | |
| November |
to be announced | |
| December – No Meeting | ||
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This page last updated 20 January 2012