Meetings of the Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador usually feature a guest lecturer but sometimes take the form of a workshop. These meetings are open to the general public, and there is no charge for admission.
Meetings are normally held at 7:30 PM on the fourth Tuesday of the following months: January, February, March, April, May, September, October, and November, but sometimes dates have to be changed because of conflicting civic functions, adverse weather conditions, etc. For updates please check our website. If you are a FHSNL member then please let us know if you would like to receive meeting notifications by e-mail.
The Society’s Annual General Meeting is generally held early in the year, usually in conjunction with the last regular meeting before the summer break.
Audio recordings, presenters’ slides, etc., from several of our past meetings and lectures are available further down on this webpage.
Upcoming Lectures
The next lecture will take place in September 2013.
[postponed to a date to be determined] at 7:30pm
Speaker: Greg Walsh
Topic:
Location: Hampton Hall, Marine Institute
Abstract: Mr. Walsh will provide an update and overview of Provincial Archives’ activities, discuss several important initiatives they are currently engaged in and answer any questions from the audience.
Archived Lectures (Publicly Accessible for Downloading)
24 April 2012
Speaker: Pat Walsh
Topic: Climbing My Family Tree. Where Do I Start?
Available to FHSNL Members and Non-Members: slides from Pat Walsh’s lecture and an audio recording of the meeting
(File sizes: 17 MB and 37 MB)
Archived Lectures (Downloading these is limited to FHSNL members)
26 April 2011
Speaker: Gordon Handcock
Topic: Story of the Eastport Peninsula
Available to FHSNL Members: slides from Dr. Handcock’s lecture and an audio recording of the meeting
(File sizes are 30 MB and 59 MB)
24 May 2011
Speaker: David Pike
Topic: New Developments in Genealogical DNA Testing
Available to FHSNL Members: slides from Dr. Pike’s lecture and an audio recording of the meeting
(File sizes are 96 KB and 48 MB)
27 September 2011
Speaker: John Griffin
Topic: Guide to Genealogical Material in the Newfoundland and Labrador Collection – Newfoundland Public Libraries
Available to FHSNL Members: Genealogy Guide document, slides from John Griffin’s lecture and an audio recording of the meeting
(File sizes are 229 KB, 1.5 MB and 32 MB)
25 October 2011
Speaker: Frank Galgay
Topic: Family Names of the Southern Shore
Available to FHSNL Members: slides from Frank Galgay’s lecture and an audio recording of the meeting
(File sizes: 995 KB and 28 MB)
22 November 2011
Speaker: Mike Wilkshire
Topic: “Mormon emigration to Utah: love, cholera, and the overland trek”
Available to FHSNL Members: slides from Mike Wilkshire’s lecture and an audio recording of the meeting
(File sizes: 2 MB and 35 MB)
24 January 2012
Speaker: Nath Sheppard
Topic: Bell Island
Available to FHSNL Members: an audio recording of the meeting (this lecture did not have any slides)
(File size: 45 MB)
28 February 2012
Speaker: David Dawe
Topic: Riots and Religions in Newfoundland
Available to FHSNL Members: an audio recording of the meeting (this lecture did not have any slides)
(File size: 48 MB)
27 March 2012
Speaker: Mike Flynn
Topic: People of Bay Roberts
Available to FHSNL Members: an audio recording of the meeting (this lecture did not have any slides)
(File size: 35 MB)
22 May 2012
Speaker: Leslie Winsor
Topic: Finding Fallen and Buried Headstones in Burgeo
Available to FHSNL Members: photos from Leslie Winsor’s lecture and an audio recording of the meeting
(File sizes: 171 MB and 32 MB)
27 November 2012
Speaker: Colleen Field
Topic: Genealogical resources in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies and QE II Library
Available to FHSNL Members: slides from Colleen Field’s lecture and an audio recording of the meeting
(File sizes: 10 MB and 32 MB)
26 February 2013
Speakers: Valerie Burton and Mark Humphries, Department of History, Memorial University
Topic: A Soldier or Sailor in the Family: Getting into the Primary Evidence
Available to FHSNL Members: an audio recording of the meeting
(File size: 62 MB)
Dr. Burton has also provided a link to a condensed version of her lecture, at YouTube
26 March 2013
Speaker: Craig Peterman
Topic: Cemetery Secrets: A look at burial places, grave markers, and what we can learn from them
Available to FHSNL Members: an audio recording of the meeting
(File size: 39 MB)
23 April 2013
Speaker: David Pike
Topic: The WHITE Family of Tickle Cove, Bonavista Bay
Available to FHSNL Members: slides from David Pike’s lecture and an audio recording of the meeting
(File sizes: 16 MB and 39 MB)
