Talk notes

 

The programming and speakers at AFHS events are both practical and of a high quality. From time to time, and as notes become available, this page will grow with its copies of speakers' notes or transcriptions from those programs.

 

2013

• Alberta Ancestors (Presentation) - Christine Hayes
• Alberta Ancestors (Notes with links) - Christine Hayes

 

2012

• A Few of My Favourite Things - Jim Benedict
  
• Preparing for a Research Trip - Lois Sparling
  
  

2011

• English land records - Lois Sparling
• Ontario land records - Marion Peterson
  
  

2010

• Newspapers in Genealogy - Christine Hayes
  • Handout for Newspapers in Genealogy
• Obscure Sources - Christine Hayes
• Desperation genealogy: what the rest of us can learn from Irish family history researchers - Lois Sparling

2009

• Military Resources - Various
  Note: Large file - may take a minute to open. Links with blue boxes around them are clickable.

• Present Your Family History - Xenia Stanford

• Tips for Researching Women in Scotland - Lois Sparling

2008

• Recommended Genealogy Journals and Magazines - Christine Hayes

• Genealogy in Early British History - Colin Chapman [Colin's website, lochinpublishing.org.uk]

• Marrying by License - Xenia Stanford

• Scots Law - Lois Sparling

• Ukrainian Genealogy, a book review - Xenia Stanford

• My Favourite Books, Websites, etc. - Various Speakers

• Family History in Homestead and Land Records - Charlie Hansen

• Industrial Influences on Family Migration in England - Alan Cassley

2007

• Grandpa Went to War - Jim Benedict

• So Many Ways to Die - Marion Peterson

• Clues in Old Photographs - Marion Peterson

• Copyright and Family Histories - Martin P.J. Kratz

2006

• Archival Repositories - Marion Peterson

• Finding Obituaries - Linda Holdaway

2004

• Wills and Probate - Norma Lendrum
• What's new in Scotland Research - Lorna Laughton
• Sites to Excite - Alan Cassley
• East European Ancestry
• East European Ancestry Part 1 - Xenia Stanford
• East European Ancestry Part 2 - Xenia Stanford
• East European Ancestry Part 3 - Xenia Stanford
• East European Ancestry Document Part 1 - Xenia Stanford
• East European Ancestry Document Part 2 - Xenia Stanford

2003

• Prairie Land Systems - Gordon Williams

2002

• 1901 English Census Demonstration - Rene Dussome
• Using the 1881 Census CD (LDS) - Rene Dussome
• Using a Graphics Package for Your Family History Work - Judith Rempel
• WWW: The Genealogist's Own Gemstone (Mining Online Resources VI)- Judith Rempel
• Practicing Safe Computing - Charlie Hansen & Gordon Hulbert

2001

WildRose Seminar
• Mining Online Resources V

GenSoft 2001 Collection:
• Mining Online Resources IV - Judith Rempel & Gordon Hulbert
• Canadian Genealogical Projects Registry - Judith Rempel
• Safe Computing, E-mail & Browser Tips
• Getting Started (Genealogical Computing) - Gordon Hulbert & William Campbell
• Getting & Staying Organized - Doug Hay
• Ethics & Etiquette - Charlie Hansen
• Canadian Copyright Law - Lois Sparling
• Calgary Public Library's Genealogical Collection - Cathy Mayhood

2000

• Gensoft 2002 - Sit 'n Scan
• An Introduction to RootsWeb Resources - Charlie Hansen
• Recommended Military Links - Charlie Hansen

1999

• Mining Online Resources - II - Judith Rempel
• Border Crossings - Claire Neville
• Mining Online Resources - III - Judith Rempel
• Personal Ancestral File 4.02 - Peter van Schaik

1998

• Mining Online Resources - I - Judith Rempel
• Charles II to William IV: the Lives and Times of their English Subjects - Suddie Mumford
• Doing your Family History at the Archives of the Hudson's Bay Company - Graham MacDonald
• The Significance of the Medical Family History - Dr. Brian Lowry
• Scanning Considerations - Doug Hay and Elizabeth Rodier

1997

• Why I Use This Software Program - Panel
• The Book I'd Like to See in My Christmas Stocking - Judith Rempel