Manitoba Genealogical Society Inc.
1045 St James Street - Unit E R3H 1B1 Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Ontario Ancestors webinar on Religious newspapers - Thursday, December 3.

Important Notice KOHA (Library) Service Outage. KOHA will be unavailable from Sunday, November 29 to Saturday, December 5 due to technical difficulties. We apologize for the Inconvenience.

Webinar on Canadiana collections - Saturday, November 28.

Creating a Tribute Webinars and video series. by Gordon McBean and friends This webinar and video presentation series will look at a number of ways that you... cancreate a tribute to share with others this Christmas. Write Your Family story Piece by Piece. Start looking for the stories behind the people, places and events you have uncovered in your research and write up short stories. Christmas is coming and we may be thinking of sharing our family history with other members of the family. After all we have worked on it all year and have some new information to share. We have all seen their eyes gloss over when we start talking about graves and census forms. A place to start is to write up a short article on your "First Manitobans" and submit it to the MGS "Generations" Editor. I have submitted several this year. Now that I have started writing short stories I am looking at what else I can do with this information to make it appealing to other members of my family. I have been assembling a number of ideas and will be trying them out. In this series of upcoming webinars and recorded videos I will introduce you to a number of media projects you can finish in time for Christmas. Information on the series can be obtained by: visiting the webpage https://mbgenealogy.com/webinar-series-creating-a-tribute-/

Ontario land records workshop - Saturday, December 5.

Remembrance Day 2020.

Quebec Virtual Genealogy Conference.

This week's recommendations from Genealogy a la Carte. https://genealogyalacarte.ca/

Webinar on searching for WW1 military records - November 10. https://genealogyalacarte.ca/

Free access to military records until November 12. https://genealogyalacarte.ca/

As school children we learn this poem by John McCrae including the origin and meaning behind it. As adults, in our busy lives, we may forget the meaning, and the reasons why so many may have sacrificed all for the greater good. Let us take the time to honor those who sacrificed for our freedoms, some we may know personally, but for the greater many that may go unnamed we honor them too. [ 41 more words ] https://mbgenealogy.com/2020/11/10/lest-we-forget/

MANI and COVID-19 The Province of Manitoba has announced that Winnipeg will be moving to a code RED. Out of consideration for the well-being of our volunteers a...nd visitors we have decided to restrict all access to only those preforming essential business functions of MGS until further notice. We are continuing to work from home on the many MGS projects, researching, indexing, writing, and creating new content to be added to MANI, for a revamp of our website https://mbgenealogy.com and providing research services for our clients. For our members, many services will continue remotely, including access for researching through MANI and our KOHA catalogue. Together we understand how your family history is a healthy, calming, fascinating outlet of discovery in our lives, now more than ever. Our dedicated volunteers have contributed thousands of hours to create research resources for your genealogical benefit. While we cannot safely convene in large groups right now, MGS members are actively volunteering from either their home or in limited numbers at the MGS Resource Centre. Manitoba Genealogical Society (MGS) is a provincial charitable organization celebrating over 40 years, contributing to family history services and our valuable heritage community. Your support is appreciated. Please consider making a donation to help support this work. Manitoba Genealogical Society -

Webinar - Reseaching your French Canadian Ancestors. https://genealogyalacarte.ca/

Blogs and articles recommended by Genealogy a la Carte. https://genealogyalacarte.ca/

Happy Halloween!!

The Brandon General Museum and Archives has new hours until the end of November.

MANI will be offline on Friday, October 30.

Due to the Winnipeg Region moving to Code ORANGE status or restricted level on the COVID-19 pandemic response system, the Manitoba Genealogical Society Resource Centre has been closed to the public as of October 19, 2020. A decision to reopen the centre will be addressed as new information from Manitoba Government is provided. All on line services will continue during the closure. Many processes will continue remotely or by individual volunteers as was the process during the spring closure. STAY SAFE! We'll see you again soon. https://mbgenealogy.com//mgs-resource-centre-closure-to-p/

Happy Thanksgiving from the Manitoba Genealogical Society.

Some good "gems" this week from Genealogy a la Carte. https://genealogyalacarte.ca/

The Manitoba Heritage Summit attracted about 300 people today.