The next meeting of the Yorkton branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogy Society will be on Tuesday, December 9, 7:00 p.m. at the Yorkton Public Library. The Yorkton Genealogy group welcomes researchers at all stages of research, whether you are just beginning to trace your family tree or are an experienced time-traveller. For more information please call Dave at (306) 783-1093 or Glenn at (306) 782-7969.
Attention, class! A number of fascinating resources are available or genealogy researchers. An interesting site is the "Saskatchewan One Room School Project " at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com which states "Saskatchewan One Room School Project provides an online history for current generations to enjoy, preserve, and experience, our historical educational, architectural, and cultural, heritage. The one room school house of the late 1800s of the NWT and early 1900s provided education to a burgeoning population. This website honors the communities, teachers and students of that era." It aims to achieve several goals: "This Saskatchewan One Room School Project was conceived on many levels: 1) Digital preservation of schoolhouse history, lifestyle, reminiscences and events. 2) Genealogical collection of school rosters, student and teacher names, and biographies. 3) Supplement Saskatchewan placenames. The objective of the Saskatchewan One Room School Project is an online project for those interested with the digital preservation of Saskatchewan country schools, recording the location of one room schools, celebrating the legacy of schoolhouses remaining, restored or commemorated by plaque or picture, the oral history of the people and places involved, digital capture of images, data, memories and recollections from those who taught and attended Saskatchewan One Room School houses."
If you are looking for a perpetual calendar, check out www.whitey.net and click on "calendar" under Useful Files. This will enable you to find out what day of the week a significant date fell on in any given year.
With Christmas approaching, one of the best gifts you can give to your family is a sense of their own family history. Don't be intimidated if you don't have time to begin a full-blown genealogy search. Start by writing down special memories from your own childhood, or interesting memories about grandparents, aunts or uncles. You don't have to go back 100 years; for today's children, the "olden days" would be the 1950's or 1960's! They are not familiar with black and white TV's, party lines, rotary dial phones, or communicating via mail. Write down these memories, compile them in a folder or binder and you will be giving a priceless gift!
Every family has a story: discover yours with the Yorkton Genealogy Society! The Yorkton members take this opportunity to thank the Yorkton Public Library for their ongoing help and support.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas, and many happy memories!
submitted by
Debbie Hayward
