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November 15th – Breaking Brick Walls – A presentation by Elizabeth Briggs (Online)

by George Mackay | Oct 12, 2022 | Events, Upcoming Events

Tracing a Place of Origin & Family Name, Spelling, Transcription Errors, Bigamists, Incorrect Information in the Census, Barking up the wrong tree, Using Less Familiar Records, Looking for more clues, Reading Old Handwriting, Looking for more clues…....

October 18th – Diseases & Yesterday’s Remedies – A Presentation by Colin & Elizabeth Briggs

by George Mackay | Oct 12, 2022 | Events, Upcoming Events

What treatments did our ancestors receive? What was available to them? What medications were used in earlier times? Any used now? Epidemics & Pandemics. Alternative Names for Conditions. Finding out more about our ancestors health Colin & Elizabeth Briggs...

Culture Days – September 24, October 1 and October 8

by George Mackay | Aug 31, 2022 | Events, Uncategorised, Upcoming Events

Culture Days September 24 and October 1 at the Western Manitoba Regional Library October 8 – Open House at the Margaret E. Goodman Library See attached poster for more details or the link to the National Culture Days Website listing events. To register...

SWB Monthly Meeting – October 5, 2022 @ 7:30 – Lower Level Knox Church and Zoom

by George Mackay | Aug 23, 2022 | Events, Upcoming Events

Members, plan to attend this meeting on Wednesday, October 5th at 7:30 PM.  The program for the meeting will be a presentation by Bob Allebone (SE & Wpg branch) – “Comparing Newspaper Archives and Newspapers.com”  The location of the meeting will...

SWB Monthly Meeting – September 7, 2022 @ 7:30 – Lower Level Knox Church and Zoom

by George Mackay | Aug 23, 2022 | Events, Upcoming Events

Members, plan to attend this meeting on Wednesday, September  7th at 7:30 PM.  The program for the meeting will be a viewing of the video “A Canadian War Story” – Ukranian Canadian Military personnel who contributed to the Allied victory in WWII ....
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