Due to the ongoing concerns related to COVID-19 we are taking the precaution of postponing the Friendly Friday event that was scheduled for this Friday March 20th at Toronto Friends House.
We will be in touch when we have a new date. . . . (Click here to read more) “Friendly Friday postponed”
Sixth Day, Third Month 2020 (Friday March 20 2020) 1PM – 4PM
You are cordially invited to attend the first CFHA ‘Friendly Friday’ at Friends House (60 Lowther Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 1C7). This inaugural meeting is open to all, and there is no admission charge. . . . (Click here to read more) “Friendly Friday: Blog Launch Celebration at Friends House, Toronto”
The CFHA will be joining the Middlesex Centre Archives this weekend at the Middlesex Heritage Fair. We’ll have a booth where you can learn about Quaker history and descendance, our new website, and our programs and activities.
The Fair will be 10am to 4pm on Saturday the 22nd at the Delaware Community Centre: 2652 Gideon Drive, Delaware, ON, N0L 1E0 (map)
The event is free and there’s lots of parking! . . . (Click here to read more) “See us at the Middlesex Heritage Fair on February 22 2020”
We’ll be helping to close out the Ontario Ancestors 2020 annual conference in Hamilton this June. On Sunday the 7th we’ll be presenting at 2:30pm. We’ll be talking about our efforts to modernize our organization and provide new digital resources for researching Quaker history: from updating our website and indexing our publications to building a new digital archives platform to present our digitized documents and transcriptions. . . . (Click here to read more) “See us speak at the Ontario Ancestors Conference in June”
The 2020 Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists will be held at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, June 12th to 14th.
Proposals are now being accepted:
. . . (Click here to read more) “The Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists”The Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists (CQHA) will hold its 23rd biennial conference at Earlham College on June 12-14, 2020.
“At our preparative Meeting of Pelham the 29th of the 5th Mo. 1811
This Meeting was Inform,d that Benjamin Birdsall is Living in the Neglect of Attending meetings Appears out of plainness both in Dress and Address and making use of the Vain Compliments of the World & that he is Concernd in the Distillation of Grain also that he has Reciev,d A tract of Land of land from Government under the Appelation of UE. . . . (Click here to read more) “Randy Saylor to make Keynote Presentation: Quaker United Empire Loyalists: An Exploration”
September 10th, 6pm
Richmond Hill Public Library
Ontario Genealogical Society – York Branch
Topic: Researching your Quaker ancestors
Presented by: Gordon Thompson and Heather Ioannou
The AGM of the Canadian Friends Historical Association (CFHA) will be held once
again this year at Friends House, 60 Lowther Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5R 1C7 on
Seventh Day, the 21 st of Ninth Month (Saturday, September21) 2019.
Registration will open at 9:00 AM in the Dining Room. . . . (Click here to read more) “Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Friends Historical Association”
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What goes on at a CFHA Annual General Meeting? The morning business meeting satisfies the official requirement that CFHA provide financial and activity reports for the scrutiny, review and approval of the members. It is also the time when the proposed slate of members willing to serve on the Executive committee in the coming year, and the draft budget, are reviewed and approved. . . . (Click here to read more) “AGM 2018 Highlights”