2025 Meeting Topics

---

Please Note: Club Members can download the presentations and handouts when avalable from the Presentations and Handouts page.

Feb 2025

Moving South: Canadian Migration to the United States with Dave Gaboury.

During a 50 year period around the end of the 19th century, nearly a million Canadians moved to the United States. If you have Canadian ancestors, chances are they were part of this mass migration. We’ll take a look at where they came from, where they went, their reasons for moving south, and how you can trace them in your family tree.

French Settlement in Canada in the 1600’s with Chris Pelikan. Chris will talk about Samuel de Champlain’s exploration, settlements, the rise “Mercantilism”, population growth, his ancestors role in this early Canadian history and briefly discuss French migration south in 1700’s.

Jan 2025

DNA and DNA Matches with Sheila Griffin. Shiela is the Secretary of the Genealogy Club at Trilogy Vistancia. She will walk us through how DNA can benefit our genealogy research . [Presentation] [Handout]