The Committee of Friends Meetinghouse, Uxbridge, Ontario is a group of local Uxbridge and area citizens who have provided stewardship and access to the 200-year-old local Quaker meetinghouse. They are the group which organizes and presents a popular annual gathering and contemporary church service mid-June of each year. It is Read more
We repost information from the following webpage: Dear CQHA friends, This is not the message we had hoped to share with you at this point in our planning for the CQHA 2020 conference. Our program committee had worked through proposals and acceptances and was justifiably proud of the program 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
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
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
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
“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
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. The business Read more