Choose from selected free online events in the next five days. All times are ET except as noted. Those in red are Canadian, bolded if local to Ottawa or recommended. Assume registration in advance is required; check so you’re not disappointed. Additional mainly US events are listed at https://conferencekeeper.org/virtual.
Tuesday, 2 May
1 pm: British Coronations: A History, by Alice Hunt for Gresham College.
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/british-coronations
2 pm: Ottawa Virtual Genealogy Drop-In, by OGS Ottawa Branch. https://meet.google.com/nvz-kftj-dax
2:30: HistoryForge: Mapping Your Family History, by Eve Snyder for Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
http://acpl.libnet.info/event/8367036
7:30 pm: Old Brock Township: Origin & Key Events, by Larry Doble for OGS Durham Region Branch.
https://ogs.on.ca/events/durhams-may-2nd-meeting-old-brock-township-origin-key-events/
10 pm: Convicts: From Trial to Freedom, by Kerry Farmer for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/convicts-from-trial-to-freedom/
Wednesday, 3 May
2 pm
Using multiple WATO analyses to break through a brick wall, by Maurice Gleeson for Legacy Family Tree webinars .familytreewebinars.com/webinar/using-multiple-wato-
analyses-to-break-through-a-brick-wall/
7:30 pm: Decoding the Dash: Build the Stories of Their Lives, by Dave Obee for OGS Huron County Branch.
https://huron.ogs.on.ca/events/huron-branch-decoding-the-dash-build-the-stories-of-their-lives-dave-obee/
Thursday, 4 May
1 pm: A History of Barts, Britain’s Oldest Hospital, by Charles Knight for Gresham College.
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/barts-900
7 pm: Always Get Your Man: Researching the Men of the Mounted Police, 1873-1920, by Glenn Wright for Ontario Genealogical Society.
https://ogs.on.ca/may-webinar-always-get-your-man-researching-the-men-of-the-mounted-police-1873-1920-glen-wright/
Friday, 5 May
2 pm: Working on the Railroad: Pullman Porters and Maids, by Janice Lovelace for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/working-on-the-railroad-pullman-porters-and-maids/
Saturday, 6 May
10 am: Introduction to Evernote for Genealogy, by Lisa Louise Cooke for OGS London and Middlesex Branch.
https://londonmiddlesex.ogs.on.ca/events/london-middlesex-branch-introduction-to-evernote-for-genealogy/