Using Online Records to Find our Emigrating & Immigrating Ancestors

📅 Ages: Adults

This workshop will examine the push and pull factors that had our ancestors leaving their countries of origin for a new life in a new country. We will learn of early types of Emigration schemes that helped our ancestors establish themselves in Canada, and the background history of the types of documentation that was created once they arrived. We will have a look at immigrating groups of people and what history can tell us about why they life their home countries. We will review research suggestions to help us explore the large databases and find ancestors.

About the Speaker:
Melissa J. Ellis approaches genealogy with an “outside of the box” mindset. She is the past-president of the Friends of the Archives of Ontario, a graduate of the University of Strathclyde’s Post Graduate Certificate in Genealogical Studies program, and the CEO and forensic genealogist at Archive Search—a firm dedicated to researching the past to connect with the living.