The AFHS Society Meeting is our regular meeting for all members, usually held on the second Monday of each month from September to June. Guests are welcome to attend!

Topic: The Value of the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives for Genealogists

Description: The bankruptcy of the Hudson’s Bay Company has brought to light the value of its over 300 years of records. Their records are now housed at the Archives of Manitoba. This presentation explores the genealogical value of Hudson’s Bay Company records, detailing their history, archival holdings and digitized materials. It highlights resources like servants’ contracts, biographical sheets, post journals and vital records, offering invaluable insights into ancestors involved in the fur trade, despite limited genealogical documentation in early Canadian records.

Our Speaker: Tara Shymanski

Most of you already know Tara Shymanski and her passion for genealogy. Tara caught the genealogy bug at 17 after listening to family stories and hasn’t stopped since. That passion led her to earn a History degree and a Certificate in Canadian Records from the National Institute for Genealogical Studies.

She’s a specialist in Ontario, Quebec and Canadian research, with solid experience in American and English records, too. Tara is known for her enthusiasm, her love of teaching and her knack for digging up those obscure sources that others might miss.

Her husband Rob says she might be a little obsessed with genealogy—but she still makes time to go hiking and camping with him in the mountains.

This meeting will be a hybrid Zoom meeting held at our Resource Centre (Suite 251S, 8500 Macleod Trail SE in the Heritage Square building). If you are in Calgary and area, we’d love to have you join us in person. The Zoom link will be posted here when it is available.

We welcome guests!

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For more AFHS events, see our calendar.

To see our other two society websites, browse to https://albertaancestors.ca or https://familygenes.ca.