Choose from these selected free online events. All times are Eastern Time, unless otherwise noted. Registration may be required in advance—please check the links to avoid disappointment. For many more events, mainly in the U.S., visit https://conferencekeeper.org/virtual/.
Tuesday, 29 September
2:00 PM: Ottawa Virtual Genealogy Drop-In, by OGS Ottawa Branch.
https://ottawa.ogs.on.ca/events/virtual-genealogy-drop-in-2-2026-09-29/
Wednesday, 30 September
10:00 AM: The Widow Won, the Barkeep Lost: Using Historical Context and the FAN Club to Enrich Your Family Stories Method, by Candace Marx for Legacy Family Tree Webinars. https://familytreewebinars.com/upcoming-webinars/
11:30 AM: Manuscripts and Timelines: Finding Ancestors in Personal Papers, by J. Mark Lowe, for Legacy Family Tree Webinars. https://familytreewebinars.com/upcoming-webinars/
1:00 PM: Taming Same-Name Research, by Jenny Hansen, for Legacy Family Tree Webinars. https://familytreewebinars.com/upcoming-webinars/
Thursday, 1 October
1:00 PM: Shakespearean England and Views of the Irish Language, by Mícheál Ó Mainnín for Gresham College. (Not family history, but interesting)
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/shakespeare-irish
7:00 PM: Home Children and Orphan Trains: North American Child Migration Schemes of the 19th and 20th Centuries, by Kate Penney Howard for OGS Monthly Webinar. https://ogs.on.ca/october-webinar-home-children-and-orphan-trains-north-american-child-migration-schemes-of-the-19th-and-20th-centuries-kate-penney-howard/
Friday, 2 October
2:00 PM: Migration Pathways Between Canada and the United States You Haven’t Considered, by Kathryn Lake Hogan for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/migration-pathways-between-canada-and-the-united-states-you-havent-considered
Saturday, 3 October
BIFHSGO Monthly Meeting
9:00 AM: Preserving Family Archives, by Kyla Ubbink
10:00 AM: Casting the Past: Historical Storytelling, by Pierre Brault
https://www.bifhsgo.ca/events
10:00 AM: The Newspaper Ecosystem: Finding Hidden Collections, by Matthew M. Wheeler and Mitchell A. Lewis for OGS London and Middlesex Branch.
https://londonmiddlesex.ogs.on.ca/events/london-and-middlesex-branch-the-newspaper-ecosystem-finding-hidden-collections/