Special Events

The Ontario Chapter APG sponsors a variety of projects. Some projects have been day-long seminars or workshops geared not only to our membership, but to the wider genealogical community and/or the general public. We usually feature a table in the Marketplace exhibit and sales area during the annual Conference of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS). We have held pre-conference days in conjunction with OGS, as well as stand-alone special events. After some of these events we have been able to make donations of relevant books or other materials to libraries or archives within Ontario.

Conference 2010

On Friday, May 14, OGS Conference 2010 will offer a special full-day program for the professional genealogist or advanced researcher with comparable expertise. This special five-lecture module will be one of several options for those looking to profitably extend their weekend. (Other Friday lectures, workshops and a tour will be announced in due course.)

Designed with input from the Ontario Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (OCAPG), the professional/advanced module will deal with thorny issues of genealogical evidence, proof and problem-solving. Delivering the three morning lectures will be Dr. Thomas W. Jones, a genealogical educator involved in family history research personally and professionally since 1964. Dr. Jones is editor of the NGS Quarterly (the journal of the National Genealogical Society), and on the staff at the Samford Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research.

Here is a tentative list of methodological topics on which Dr. Jones will speak in the professional/advanced module:

• Inferential Genealogy: Deducing Ancestors’ Identities Indirectly
• Organizing Evidence to Overcome Record Shortages
• The Jones Jinx: Tracing Common Surnames

Discussions are underway with speakers of comparable stature to deliver two afternoon lectures in the professional/advanced module. Stay tuned…