Public Meeting PEIGS – Saturday 16 November 2019
The PEI Genealogical Society (PEIGS) held a public meeting on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at the Carriage House located at Beaconsfield Historic House in Charlottetown.
The guest speaker was genealogist Linda Jean Nicholson who spoke on “Crossing ‘the pond’ for research and fun.” In her illustrated talk Linda Jean re-lived her… [Read more]
Public Meeting PEIGS – Saturday 28 September 2019
The PEI Genealogical Society held a public meeting on Saturday, September 28th, 2019 at the Carriage House located at Beaconsfield Historic House in Charlottetown.
The guest speaker was Linda Libby speaking on “DNA – Challenges to its effective use as a Genealogical Tool.” Like many other current family researchers Linda… [Read more]
PEI Genealogy Fair 27 April 2019
Our 3rd Annual Genealogy Fair was a very successful event with around 80 people in attendance on 27 April 2019. It went from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located at 10 Northridge Parkway, Charlottetown, PEI.
Registration was at the door. (There was, as… [Read more]
PEIGS Public Meeting – 17 November 2018
The PEI Genealogical Society held a public meeting on Saturday, November 17th, 2018 at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House, in Charlottetown.
The guest speaker was Mr. Hillard MacKinnon who spoke on the two books that he has published: “Donald McPhee of Brae, PEI and His Descendants” and “Richard Garrett of Fairfield,… [Read more]
PEIGS Public Meeting RESCHEDULED to 9 March 2019
The PEI Genealogical Society held a public meeting on Saturday, 9th March 2019 at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House in Charlottetown.
The guest speaker was Louise Morris, speaking on “Breaking Down Brick Walls using DNA”. Louise took those assembled on a journey of breaking down brick walls that was made possible through… [Read more]
Public Meeting PEIGS – 29 September 2018
The PEI Genealogical Society held a public meeting on Saturday, September 29th, 2018 at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House located at the corner of Kent & West Streets in Charlottetown.
The guest speaker was Janet Weinreich-Keall. Janet was abandoned as an infant at the Prince Rupert Hospital and has spent 21+ years… [Read more]
February 2016 General Membership Meeting
The first general membership meeting of 2016 for the PEI Genealogical Society took place Saturday, February 20 at 2:00 p.m. at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House in Charlottetown. Our Guest Speaker was Mr. Jean Bernard, experienced dedicated genealogist and author of a genealogy of the Acadian families of Prince Edward Island from… [Read more]
November 2015 General Membership Meeting
The PEI Genealogical Society held its final General Membership Meeting of 2015 on Saturday November 21 at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House in Charlottetown. Guest Speaker was Sarah Fisher, Project Manager for UPEI’s new website booklives.ca developed by the Robertson Library. The Book Lives project originated with research on the provenance of… [Read more]
September 2015 General Membership Meeting
The PEI Genealogical Society held a General Membership Meeting on Saturday Sept 26, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House, located at the corner of Kent and West Streets in Charlottetown. The meeting focused on immigrants to PEI from Devon, England. Dr. Janet Few, accomplished professional Genealogist and Social… [Read more]
Annual General Meeting 2015
The 2015 Annual General Meeting of the PEI Genealogical Society took place Saturday, April 18 at 2:00 p.m. at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House in Charlottetown.
Jean MacKay, Assistant Archivist at MacNaught History Centre & Archives in Summerside was the guest speaker. Ms MacKay gave a presentation on the History of the… [Read more]
