Genealogy and Local History for All: Services to Multicultural Communities
Satellite Pre-Conference
6-7 August 2008, Ottawa, Canada
Genealogy and Local History Section (in collaboration with Reference and Information Services Section)
Programme
- Keynote:
Discovery, Inspiration, Legacy: The Vocabulary and Practices of Family History
Susan Tucker
Curator of Books and Records
Newcomb College Center
Tulane University
Louisiana, U.S.A. - Canadian Genealogy Centre Strategy
Antonio LeChausseur, Roanne Mokhtar
Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Genealogy Centre Website
Sylvie Tremblay
Canadian Genealogy Centre
Library and Archives Canada - Chinese-Canadian Genealogy: Genealogy Outreach to Chinese-Canadians
Janet Tomkins
Vancouver Public Library
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada -
The "Clandestinity Question" in the Search for Identity Among Francophone Metis People: The Case of the Laderoute-Perron-Marion Family Group
Marie-Louise Perron
Chief of Staff to the Commissioner of Official Languages
Ottawa, Canada - Drilling Down for D.N.A.
Jeffrey Bockman
Genealogical lecturer and author
Napierville, Illinois, U.S.A - From Raw Records to Digital Images: Making the Records of the World More Accessible at FamilySearch
Paul Smart
Outreach Manager
FamilySearch
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. - Tour of Gatineau Preservation Centre, Gatineau, Quebec
- Finding a Needle in the Haystack Called Eastern Europe
Dave Obee
Genealogical lecturer and author
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - Exploring Dutch Records
John De Vries
Emeritus Professor of Sociology
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada - Recovering, Remembering and Reviving the Voiceless: Recording the Caribbean Presence in Canada
Jerome Teelucksingh
Department of History
University of the West Indies
Trinidad - Freedman Bank Records: A Key Source for African-American Genealogists
William Forsyth
Director of Product Management
ProQuest - The Big and Little Things That Bug You About French-Canadian Genealogical Research: The Tremblay Experience
Sylvie Tremblay
Canadian Genealogy Centre
Library and Archives Canada - Librarians and Professional Genealogists
Louise St-Denis
Director
National Institute for Genealogical Studies
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Quebec Regional History
Marc Vallieres
Professor (retired)
Department of History
Laval University
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada