As many of you know, CFHA has had to postpone its planned Friendly Friday community building event. Many of us will be following good self-distancing practices. This will provide many opportunities for “found time”. It has occurred to us that members and viewers might benefit from some CFHA-related suggestions for Read more
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. Stay safe, stay home, and wash your hands! We look forward to spending time with you and learning Read more
On September 21st 2019, the CFHA held its Annual General Meeting at Toronto Friends House. Those who attended were delighted by the keynote research delivered by Randy Saylor, CFHA’s Transcriptions editor and former Webmaster. We share the text of his talk below (without references) as well as in this PDF Read more
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. The nearest transit stop Read more
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 Read more
Happy Black History Month! The CFHA has numerous documents and publications that can help you with historical research and inquiry about Black people in Canada. One such document is the Memorial written about William Allen, a man who was born as a slave in Tennessee and died as a minister Read more
We’ve just added a new transcription – Pelham Monthly Meeting 1834 – 1866 (H-7-4). A proposition from Michigan Quarterly Meeting to Erase the word “of Ministers and Elders” from a paragraph of the Discipline 22ndpage was considered and united with & the womens Meeting have informed us of their concurrence Read more
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 Read more
Our intrepid transcription volunteer Carman Foster has completed another meeting book – Whitchurch Preparative (O-8-9). This document can now be found on the Transcriptions page, as well as right here. This is the first Whitchurch document we have ever shared! “Whitchurch meeting was established in 1805as an indulged meeting and Read more
We’ve just shared two new transcriptions! Pickering Prep Orthodox 1828-1852 minutes book (O-6-1) and Norwich Monthly Meeting Women’s 1819-49 (H-5-1) are now online. Thanks as always to our wonderful transcription team! Please note we’ve also made an update to the Pickering Orthodox Monthly Meeting 1842-1870. The committee to inspect into Read more