Marcia At the +55 Friendship club

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:20:43 -0400

Last Tuesday in Meaford Ontario I was invited to talk to the members of the 55+ Friendship Club about how they may want to
create a photo book about their own family history.

About 50 members show up in the Meaford community centre and seated themselves in chairs facing the presentation area.

I started by asking who’s ancestors came from where and who’s ancestors came from all the British Isles. About a third of the folks
put up their hand in response to the last question.

I started to try and explain what kinds of material one might want to include in a personal history book. I showed a book I created for my own family that had images of ships and ship lists. I show how postcards and marriage certificates could be included. I had images of tombstones and obituaries.

Later we discussed what documents to use to research your own family history. At the end I answered questions about how to go about researching specific information.

After my hour was up we all had a chance to talk amongst each other and enjoy refreshments.

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Marcia At the +55 Friendship club