Canadian Prairies Coffee Chat
This coffee chat meets on a rotation basis on Thursday nights from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Watch the local events calendar for dates and times. People meet online by Zoom to chat about their successes and frustrations. Sharing your experiences might help someone else in the group.
*Via Zoom - Register HERE at least 24 hours ahead of time .
BCGS Members - Please include your BCGS membership number
Affiliate Society Members - please include the name of your Affiliate Society plus the current secret word.
Guests - If you would like to attend as a guest, please type in the word “guest”. We welcome guests to attend a coffee chat once but we require them to become members if they wish to continue attending.
Once you have registered, you will be notified of future Prairies Coffee Chats automatically and do not need to re-register. You will also receive a reminder email a day or two ahead of each chat.
You can cancel your registration via a link in your Zoom confirmation email.
Facilitator: Judith Ueland
Announcements
& News
Please refer to the calendar on Home Page to see when the next coffee chat is scheduled.
Books in
BCGS Library
Metis Makers of History
MACEWAN, Grant
Call No. 971’920 MACUkrainian Cultural Heritage Village - Guide
BILASH, Radmir
Call No. 971.23 BILHistorical Directory of Saskatchewan Newspapers, 1878 to 1983
MACDONALD, Christine
971.24 SAB No. 4Pioneers of Manitoba
HARVEY, Robert
Call No. 971.27 HARThe Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, including the Negotiations on which they were based, and other information relating thereto (Prospero Canada Series)
MORRIS, Alexander
Call No. 971 MOR
Handouts & Research Aids
Many websites to assist you
with your Canadian Prairies research can be found in the following handouts.
BCGS Prairies Coffee Chat
USEFUL WEBSITES
1. Hudson’s Bay Company Archives - Western Land Records including VI and BC sales 1851
3. University of Manitoba - local histories, newspapers & more
6. MemorySask Includes Nunavut
8. Alberta Family Histories Society Online Cemetery database