Hi all: Received this on another list I belong to. Wish I could be up in WNY at this time. My ancestors came to Canada from Ireland before moving on into the United States via Buffalo. Would be worth $10 in Canadian (about $6-7 in US) to hear the Irish talk. Don White --- pic <BLUROC1@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > From: "pic" <BLUROC1@worldnet.att.net> > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 10:17:20 -0500 > To: NIAGARA-ONT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NIAGARA-ONT] Fw: Archival exhibit and > lectures of interest to genealogists and historians > > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Incoming/outgoing mail > scanned by Norton 2004 > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > ----- Original Message ----- > From: gilchrists > To: CAN-ONT-YORK-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 11:10 PM > Subject: Archival exhibit and lectures of interest > to genealogists and historians > > > Beginning on Wednesday February 2nd, 2005 and > closing on Sunday February 27th, 2005, The Peel > Heritage Complex will be the host to an interesting > exhibition of archival documents and associated > artifacts of interest to all genealogists and > historians who have connections with the pioneer > days of Ontario. > > "Unique Journeys : Canadian Emigrant Letters, 1815 - > 1852" is an exhibit that was developed by the Centre > for the History of Migration at Carleton University > in Ottawa in 2003, one of the team leaders being > noted Irish genealogical specialist and immigration > historian Dr. Bruce Elliott of The Department of > History at Carleton University. > > The Peel Heritage Complex is the first touring venue > for this exhibition. > > The theme is that since most Canadians have > ancestors who came from other parts of the world at > some point in time, what were some of the factors > that contributed to the reason to migrate to Upper > Canada / Canada West? How did one prepare for the > long sea voyage? What were the expectations of life > in the new country, and what was the reality of the > situation once here? > > Three different viewpoints are illustrated, being > those of the traveller, the student and the > emigrants themselves, with the focus being on how > very different communication was in the days before > electricity and before the age of "instant" news > delivery. > > To supplement the exhibit, on Thursday, Feb. 3rd at > 7:00 p.m., internationally respected Canadian > genealogist, J. Brian Gilchrist, will present a 90 > minute, free, public lecture entitled: Discovering > Your Family History: An Introduction. > > On the following three Thursday evenings, all at > 7:00 p.m. at the Peel Heritage Complex, Mr. > Gilchrist will present subsequent lectures on > sources for genealogy and family history. Each > lecture costs $10.00 per person per evening, and > must be pre-registered to attended. The topics are: > Thursday Feb. 10: An Introduction to English > sources; > Thursday Feb. 17: An Introduction to Irish sources; > Thursday Feb. 24: An Introduction to Scottish > sources. > > The Peel Heritage Complex is composed of The Region > of Peel Archives, The Region of Peel Museum, and The > Art Gallery of Peel. The address is 9 Wellington St. > East, Brampton, Ontario. For further information, or > to reserve a seat for the Thursday evening lectures, > please call 905-791-4055. > > Exhibition hours are: Monday to Friday: 10:00 a.m. > until 4:30 p.m. > Saturdays and Sundays: 12:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. > The exhibition is also open on Thursday evenings > from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. > > Also your admission to the Unique Journeys exhibit > entitles you to tour the rest of The Museum, and > also The Art Gallery of Peel (which will be > co-hosting an exhibition, in conjunction the with > The Art Gallery of Mississauga, called Tribute: The > Art of African Canadian Artists to celebrate > February being Black History Month). > > Please forward this notice to any one or any other > group(s) that you feel would like to be informed of > this exhibit and lecture series. Thank you. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250