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: The Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists (CQHA) will hold its 23rd biennial conference at Earlham College on June 12-14, 2020. CQHA is a Read more
Kathleen Schmitz-Hertzberg (nee Brookhouse) was born on Fourth Day, the sixteenth of Second Month in 1916. Her birth commenced a life of almost 103 years and one which made a difference in the lives of countless people who knew Kathleen or benefitted from one or more of the many aspects Read more
“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 Read more
Dear members: It has been almost a year since the previous issue of The Meetinghouse has been published. The usual activities of CFHA have continued during this interval. In addition, much effort has gone into upgrafing member on-line capability. This issue will provide details of these activities, plus Read more
The Canadian Friends Historical Association is pleased to announce the creation of two new posters. The new posters have been added to the existing ‘Who are the Quakers?’ display sets. This brings the number of posters in the complete set to 10. Beaver Harbour New Brunswick “No Slave Master Read more
The “Tidbits” included in this issue of The Meetinghouse are all taken from transcriptions of meeting minutes recorded at various times and location in the meetings then established in Upper Canada. The excerpts broadly relate to items of business which came before and “claimed the aattention” of the Preparative (PM) Read more
Contributed by David Zavitz Thanks to David Zavitz for compiling the following list of Quaker documents and family history records available at the Middlesex Centre Archives. David advises that at present none of these records are viewable online via the Archives. For additional information visit the archives website www.middlesexcentrearchives.ca or Read more
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 following is the list of postings of new minute book transcriptions and other documents which have been added to the CFHA website since the last issue of The Meetinghouse. This list includes new previously unavailable transcriptions of 13 meeting minute books. The list indicates the date of posting followed Read more
We are very pleased to announce that CFHA has taken some bold and necessary steps and secured the assistance of Allana Mayer and Chris Landry on a part-time basis. Allana will be upgrading the CFHA website and adding new member features and capability. Allana will also be assessing Read more