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June 2024 marked the 30th anniversary of BIFHSGO's inception. This anniversary year will feature the work of our members over the past three decades.  Presentations “From the Vaults” will be reprised; “Spotlight on BIFHSGO” talks will report on projects which dedicated volunteers have worked on over the years to create resources on our website; and the winning entries from the 30th anniversary writing contest will be featured in issues of the BIFSHGO Anglo-Celtic Roots journal.

Treasures from the Past 30 Years, on the linked page, highlights Anglo-Celtic Roots articles and presentations from BIFHSGO conferences and monthly meetings.

And … watch this space to learn how YOU can contribute to our 30th anniversary activities.

Milestones

30 years ago, on 9 November 1994, BIFHSGO’s founders submitted the application for federal incorporation.


Read a  letter  of congratulations from His Excellency, John Concannon, Ambassador of Ireland to Canada



Congratulations to the winners of the

30th Anniversary Writing Competition
Our competition had 12 entries. Six judges made tough decisions. Here are the results.

      

1st

Claire Callender

The Misses Strachan of Fyvie

2nd

Carol Annett

Who was Annabella Chatterton?

3rd

Veronica Scrimger

Hannah Scrimger, 1840–1876: The Untold Story of a Mariner’s Hardworking Wife

Honourable Mentions

4th

Linda Reid

DNA Confirms a Lloyd family in  Ireland for Two and a Half Centuries

5th

Ann Burns

Frances Core 1860–1930

6th

Adrienne Stevenson

Robert Malcolm: Saddler, Soldier, Sportsman


Winning entries will appear in upcoming issues of Anglo-Celtic Roots. Congratulations to the winners. Thank you to all the entrants and our judges.






From the Vaults

As part of our 30th anniversary year, four members are reprising the outstanding presentations they gave before we started recording the monthly talks. Watch for these excellent presentations in the 2024–2025 season.
12 October 2024

Travels with My Aunt: Adventures in Europe 1914 
Presenter: Barbara Tose
First presented in February 2014
14 December 2024

Great Moment: It Happened in Coolross
Presenter: Ann Burns
First presented in June 2011
11 January 2025

The Time of Cholera
Presenter: Alison Hare
First presented in February 2009
10 May 2025
 Copyright for the Family Historian
Presenter: Marnie McCall
First presented in December 2016


Spotlight

Throughout this 30th anniversary year, join us for presentations spotlighting BIFHSGO volunteers and the projects they have worked on over the years—such as the Middlemore Collection, Bernardo’s Ups and Downs magazine and indexing records from Library and Archives Canada with information about other home children and No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station soldiers’ biographies. Learn what others have done and you may think of a way you too can contribute!
8 February 2025

Illuminating the John Sayers Collection

A presentation by Sue Lambeth (Research and Project Director) and the collection volunteers