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Our Society Announcements Call for Speakers: Our Female Ancestors
Our Society Announcements Call for Speakers: Our Female Ancestors
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2010-03-08 The Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society has issued a Call for Speakers for a one-day workshop to be held Saturday, November 6, 2010 on researching female ancestors. The Women in Our Past: Strategies and Resources for Researching Female Ancestors Workshop, November 6, 2010 North York Central Library Auditorium 5120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario Held in collaboration with the Canadiana Department of North York Central Library, Toronto Public Library, We are looking for proposals for presentations, both focused and more general, at various skill levels. Presentations should emphasize the record sources available for researching the lives of our female ancestors. Possible topics include: - The legal and political framework of women’s lives - Women’s occupations - Women and war - Women outside the law - Women’s involvement in religious and charitable organizations - Topics relating to specific countries or ethnic groups - DNA and maternal ancestry research - Artifacts as women’s record sources - Pioneer women - Unusual sources for women’s records - Case studies Each session will be one hour long, including five or ten minutes for questions. Presentations should be illustrated – we can provide a computer projector. Speakers will also be expected to provide a handout of supporting material (up to four pages) which we will copy for all registrants. Speakers will be paid an honorarium of $100 CDN per one hour lecture, plus modest expenses. Please submit your lecture proposals by e-mail. Please keep them brief and informal at this point. (We may ask for more details later.) Be sure to include your mailing address, phone number, and a brief bio. Deadline for Proposals: Friday, April 30, 2010 To submit proposals or obtain further information please contact Elayne Lockhart at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it For more information about the Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto Branch, click here . |