Need help researching ancestors in this perplexing region? Register for this online overview of the large Szukajwarchiwach database. This free, powerful database offers data from Poland state archives, registration offices and other institutions that encompass many German and Jewish residents. The presenter is Sigrid Pohl Perry, Ph.D., an accomplished and experienced presenter and researcher. The...
Between 1869 and 1948, over 100,000 children between the ages of 1 and 18 were sent to Canada from Great Britain as indentured farm labourers and domestic servants. Their average age was 12. Many were sent to Saskatchewan and many moved here as adults. All contributed to the building of our communities. Presented by Susan...
Guest Speaker: Merv Weiss Merv Weiss grew up in the predominantly German community of Fox Valley, Saskatchewan. The vast majority of the early pioneer homesteaders were German who had immigrated from the Black Sea region of old South Russia (today Ukraine). Merv has been actively researching his German- Russian background since the year 2000. To...
