Branch Workshops

From time to time, the Simcoe County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will host workshops of a more hands-on nature than our monthly meetings. These workshops are presented to:

  • create situations for beginner genealogists and family researchers to learn from more experienced members
  • provide opportunities to access research material not available in the local area

Genealogy Course
Managing a Family History Project

Date:
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Time:
Session 1 ~ 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
                       or
Session 2 ~ 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location:
Barrie Public Library
60 Worsley Street
Barrie
Fee:
$25.00 (Course proceeds will go towards the SCB Microfilm Project)

This course deals with managing the piles of paper and records that are gathered as the genealogy of family history project evolves. Avoid getting bogged down under the piles of paperwork that clutter the workspace. This workshop is designed to show various ways to handle this confusion. It will also show ways to access your records quickly and easily.

The registration fee includes a workbook, with a bibliography of recommended books and web-sites. At the break will be coffee, water and juices.

William (Bill) Bienia is the owner and principal researcher for Cobblestone Legacies, a genealogical and family history research services business in Hillsburgh, Ontario. He is a frequent lecturer to genealogy and general interest groups. His favourite topics are genealogy software (RootsMagic, Legacy, Family Tree Maker, The Master Genealogist), and researching records for Upper Canada and 19 th Century Ontario, and for the United Empire Loyalists. His lectures include family history basics, getting started, documenting and evaluating your findings, and through the genealogy software, publishing the findings.

Bill Graduated from DeVry Institute of Technology in Electronics Engineering. He retired in 2004 after nearly 34 years in the electronics industry. He is now a full-time Canadian-based professional genealogist, is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and Chair of the Ontario Chapter. He is a member of the faculty of the National Institute for Genealogical Studies at the University of Toronto. He is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild and the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors.

He is involved in the Halton-Peel Branch, OGS, serving as Indexing Coordinator and previously as the local H-P coordinator for the APOLROD project that inventoried and helped preserve their local Land Registry records.

For more information, contact Ken Reese

Simcoe County Branch ~ Ontario Genealogical Society
Box 892 ~ Barrie, Ontario ~ L4M 4Y6