The Yorkton Branch of the Saskat-chewan Genealogy Society invites you to join them at their next regular meeting on Tuesday, March 10 at 7:00 p.m. at the Yorkton Public Library. Whether you are new to genealogy or have been researching for a while, you will find helpful people at all stages of genealogy research who can answer your questions or just give you the confidence to finally get started yourself! New members are always welcome.
Genealogy is a painstaking, time-consuming, on-going project. While genealogists do their best to insure that all this research information is safe, are your prepared for the unexpected?
As the saying goes, it is best to hope for the best but prepare for the worst, especially when you have invested so much time and energy into genealogy research. The Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists (SCAA) is holding an “Emergency Preparedness for Flooding” workshop on Friday, March 27 at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Jane Dalley of Dalley-Froggat Heritage Conservation Services will conduct the workshop. Here is what the SCAA website (www.scaa.sk.ca/services/workshops) says: “Instructor: Jane Dalley - has worked in the field of conservation for over 30 years. She began her career as a summer student at the Royal Ontario Museum in 1973, then travelled to England to study conservation at the National Maritime Museum, and bookbinding at the London College of Printing and Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. Following her return to Canada, Jane worked privately in Montreal for 5 years then spent 12 years as Chief Conservator for the Provincial Archives of Manitoba.
She has completed many conservation surveys and site visit reports. She authored The Conser-vation Assessment Guide for Archives, published by the Canadian Council of Archives in 1995. She has been involved in archival construction/renovation projects of various sizes over the past twenty years, including the construction of the 1996 Hudson’s Bay Company Archives vault project.
Jane now works as a conservation consultant for institutions locally, nationally and internationally.
She accepts a wide range of conservation projects including treatments, publications, planning documents and training for museums and archives.
She also writes and presents workshops on collection care, exhibition, acquisition, disaster management, preventive conservation, integrated pest management and conservation planning.” With such a qualified instructor, much valuable information can be obtained for genealogy research on any scale.
Also coming up is an “Introduction To Basic Archives” workshop on Wednesday, April 29 in Esterhazy.
This workshop is structured for novice archivists or those who would like a refresher, and includes topics such as what are archives, fundamental principles of archives, arrangement and description, and making archives available. For more information about these workshops call the SCAA office at (306) 780-9414.
Genealogy comprises not only tracing family trees, but also archiving photos and family stories that will be of interest to future family members. You don’t have to go back as far as “pioneer” times; writing down stories about getting your first TV set, or what it was like to communicate over the distances by mail will all be fascinating reading to those who have grown up with iPad and texting.
Every family has a story: discover yours with the Yorkton Genealogy Society!
