Master Builders of Family History – LCGS Annual Show and Tell
Saturday October 14, 2017 @ Beckwith Township Municipal Complex
Start time: 1:30 pm
Bring, display and share your amazing story of genealogical serendipity
– family heirlooms, artifacts, journals and documents
– pictures or an album inherited from grandmother’s estate
– a recently published book, Auntie’s diary, Grandma’s Guest Book or Ghosts of the Past
– or an equally exciting discovery at one of our Lanark County Genealogical Society events
Next Meetings: Mark your Calendar!!
Oct. 14 – Master Builders of Family History – LCGS Annual Show and Tell, Bring, display and share your amazing story of genealogical serendipity – family heirlooms, artifacts, journals and documents – pictures or an album inherited from grandmother’s estate for example – a recently published book that you like, Auntie’s diary, Grandma’s Guest Book or Ghosts of the Past – or an equally exciting discovery in a scrap book, or newspaper clipping. Maybe you have a story just waiting to be told. This audience is definitely interested!
Nov. 4 – Guest Speaker Irene Robillard, who will speak to us on the wealth of genealogical and historical information contained in the “Tweedmuirs of the Women’s Institute in Ontario, her presentation will also explain how to find and access these collections, both in paper and in digitized format. Irene is a member of the Women’s Institute and is currently the Digitizing Coordinator for Ontario. She is the author of 3 books on local history in the Ottawa Valley
The Women’s Institute was founded by Adelaide Hunter Hoodless in 1897 after her infant son died from drinking tainted milk. She vowed that no other families would suffer the same fate and dedicated her life toward the education and development of rural women.
As the Federation Women’s Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) approached its 50th anniversary in 1947, the executive decided part of their celebration should include community histories. In association with Lady Tweedsmuir, the widow of Lord Tweedsmuir (Governor-General 1935-1940) the Tweedsmuir History Book project was launched.
Dec. 9 – LCGS Christmas Pot Luck Party starts at 12:30 pm. Sharing categories of your contribution to the buffet tables include appetizers, main dishes, salads, desserts, non- alcoholic beverages, and party goods. Please bring our own cutlery, dinner plate and beverage cup.
Annual General Meeting will follow Pot Luck. Election for Board of Director Volunteers will take place.
Back by popular demand, guest speaker Randy Boswell. If you missed his presentation earlier this year you really must try to make it to this event. Randy is an entertaining speaker. He will be speaking on his historical finds in the old newspapers. Randy has a wide-ranging career with the Ottawa Citizen and Postmedia News, where he covered city hall, had a business column, wrote a variety of feature stories, served as city editor and developed a national history beat, he became a full-time professor at Carleton University in 2012.
All meetings are held at Beckwith Municipal Office Building, 1702 9th Line Beckwith – Carleton Place Ontario K7C 3P2
Come and visit the Lanark County Genealogical Society Facebook page– what’s there? Cool old photos–and lots of things interesting to read.
Lanark County Genealogical Society website–click here
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