How Do I Find My English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh Ancestors in Quebec?

Saturday April 5, 2014
10:30AM to 2:30PM with a 60 minute break.
$10.00 per Member

This extensive workshop will explore the wide variety of genealogical resources that are available for family history research in Quebec. We will focus on finding the records related to the waves of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh immigrants to the province of Quebec. A significant portion of Vermont settlers from these ethnic groups came through Quebec on their journey here.

Gary Schroder has been the President of the Quebec Family History Society since 1995. He was the Chair of Roots 1997, Roots 2002, Roots 2007, and Roots 2011, the International Conferences on Family History held at McGill University in Montreal. He has taught family history courses at McGill University and Champlain College. During the past two decades he has given numerous lectures across North America from New Hampshire to Victoria, British Columbia to various genealogical and historical societies. He was a Speaker at the 2001 International Conference on Irish Family History held at Trinity College, Dublin. Gary has been a Member of the Special Advisory Board of Library and Archives Canada. He is the editor of numerous published works including Christ Church, Montreal Marriages 1766-1850. He has been a frequent guest on Canadian Radio and Television answering a wide variety of genealogical questions and promoting the educational value of family history research. He originated the All Day Genealogical Seminars which are held at the Quebec Family History Society Library. His primary research interests are Canada, England, Ireland, and British Military resources for genealogists. His first known ancestor to set foot in Canada was his great great great grandfather Cornelius Flynn who arrived in the Port of Quebec City in 1805. Cornelius Flynn 1787-1861 a native of the city of Cork in Ireland served in the Royal Navy for over twenty years and was wounded aboard the HMS Agamemnon during the Battle of Trafalgar.

This is a 3 hour workshop with a 60 minute break for lunch. You may go out for lunch or if you bring your lunch you may eat in the break room. The cost is $10 per person. Please set the quantity to be equal to the number of people attending. You email receipt is your ticket, please print and retain it.