IRISH FAMILY HISTORY WORKSHOP

Kyle J. Betit, BS (Biology) is a professional genealogist, lecturer and author residing in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a co-editor of the popular journal The Irish At Home and Abroad, and is co-author of A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors. He is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and the National Genealogical Society (NGS), The National Writers Union, and the Genealogical Speakers Guild. Kyle has spoken at National Genealogical Society and Federal of Genealogical Societies conferences, as well as given presentations to the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the New York Biographical and Genealogical Society, British Isles Family History Society (USA), British Isles Family History Society of Great Ottawa, Quebec Family History Society, Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland, and to many other groups. Kyle writes a column on Irish research that appears in the Canadian on-line genealogy magazine Global Gazette. He has written articles for many genealogical publications including Ancestry, Heritage Quest, Family Chronicle, and New England Ancestors. ,

Dr. David R. Elliott has taught Canadian and European history at a number of Canadian universities. For the past ten years he has operated Kinfolk Finders, a company that specializes in Canadian-Irish genealogical research. He has made nine research trips to Ireland where he has conducted research for his clients and has indexed cemeteries, parish registers and poor law union records there. He is the author of the recently published Researching Your Irish Ancestors at Home and Abroad. He is also the past-chair of the London & Middlesex OGS and the vice-chair of the OGS Irish Special interest group.

Marian Press MLS, MA, is a retired academic librarian who has been tracing her roots for over 25 years. She is a frequent speaker at genealogical workshops and conferences, teaches courses for the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society and writes regularly for Internet Genealogy and Family Chronicle. She recently published Education and Ontario Family History: Resources for Genealogists and Historians, OGS/Dundurn Press, 2011.

Linda Reid MLS is a retired librarian who has been tracing her British and Irish roots for over 25 years. She is program co-ordinator for Toronto Branch and a volunteer in the Toronto Family History Centre. She has taught Toronto Branch courses and presented at meetings, workshops and conferences throughout Ontario, most recently at Toronto Branch’s Great War Workshop in November 2011 and the BIFHSGO Conference in Ottawa in September 2011.

James F. S. Thomson has designed and taught over a dozen very popular advanced and expert-level family history courses co-sponsored by Toronto Branch OGS and the Toronto Public Library. For these courses and in his articles and presentations at conferences and workshops, as well as in his capacity as a University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies instructor, James draws on over thirty years of experience of family and local history research.

How to get to the workshop:

By public transit: North York Central Library is connected directly to the North York Centre subway station, on the Yonge line. Inter-city trains and buses link with the subway at Union, Dundas, or York Mills stations. Allow at least 35 minutes from Union or Dundas, or 15 minutes from York Mills, to get to North York Centre.

By car: North York Central Library is at 5120 Yonge Street, Toronto M2N 5N9, on the west side at Park Home Avenue (about halfway between Sheppard and Finch). From Highway 401, exit northbound at Yonge Street; proceed north to Park Home Avenue (6th or 7th traffic light) and turn left. The most convenient parking ($5 per day on Saturdays) is under the building—enter from Novotel on Park Home, or from Beecroft Road (parallel and west of Yonge Street).

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REGISTRATION FEES:
For registration postmarked by Friday October 26
$40 Members of the Ontario Genealogical Society
$55 Non-members
For registration postmarked after October 26 (late registration, space permitting)
$50 Members of the Ontario Genealogical Society
$65 Non-members