Researching at Quinte Branch – QB Monthly Branch Meeting

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Date(s) - 22/06/2024
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

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Please note this is a Hybrid meeting!!

Join us in the Multipurpose Room at the Quinte West Public Library or sign up for the Zoom meeting!

This is the last meeting before our summer break! **

Join the Quinte Branch for an informative scenario-based session where we show some of the research material available at the Quinte Branch Library.

In this session, we will:

• Introduce our research team and provide a video introduction to the library!
• Illustrate best practices for preparing a research query that can be sent to our team.
• Show you how to submit a research question, and what resources can be used from the comfort of your home.
• Introduce some unique QB key resources such as the QBOGS Library Catalogue, FIND-IT, SIL, and demonstrate how to use them with real life research questions from people.
• Describe the digital library content vs paper-based materials.

A wonderful array of research material and resources is available at the Quinte Branch library including many family histories.

• Local newspaper entries – we capture obits etc. out of the Belleville Intelligencer and other local resources.
• Gerald Belanger collection (4 volumes available on the OGS Marketplace); Gerald spent years collecting newspaper clippings of obits etc. from various local newspapers around Hastings County especially along Hwy 7 area.
• John Brebner Genealogies of particular interest for those in and from Prince Edward of the leading historic surnames in the Quinte area from the late 1700s to the present.
• Affiliate Library status by the FamilySearch organization. This means that source files that could only be viewed in an LDS Family History Centre (FHC) can also be viewed in our research library.
• Ancestry database access. QWPL has provided free access that can also viewed in our research library.
• Help – need more help, send us an email – we are here to help.

About our presenter

Join the OGS Quinte Branch Research Coordinator Terry Buttler as he leads us through the amazing Quinte Branch Library!

Registration:

• To attend via Zoom, click here to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvfumhpzosEtEYVLtvQTkklYYSzbmTXVk7
• Please email Kathryn at [email protected] if you are planning to attend in person!

We look forward to seeing you!