We’ve updated our transcriptions page with a new upload: Toronto Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) book from 1893-1902. You can also see the PDF here: https://cfha.info/staging/TorontoMMB-2-47.pdf The Toronto Quaker Meeting continues to be an active meeting to this day. More about the history of the meeting can be found on the first Read more
This guest post is contributed by Doug Smith. Doug Smith volunteered on the transcription of the minute book of Tecumseth Preparative Meeting 1869-1899 (O-8-6) (PDF), as can be found in our Transcriptions page. Here are some of his reflections based on reading the minute book and his own knowledge of Read more
All over the world, digital research collections are being prioritized to ensure continuing access to people working from home, self-isolating, or sheltering in place. Ancestry is no different: they’ve made their usual Library Edition (only available at the computer terminals of contracting public libraries) available from home. Go to your Read more
The CFHA is now on Facebook! We’ve set up a page you can follow to see new blog posts, articles, events, and news shared by the community. You can find us at https://www.facebook.com/Canadian-Friends-Historical-Association-100910118316978/ Every blog post we publish here will automatically appear there. A special thanks to Sydney Harker for volunteering Read more
NPR’s Planet Money published this charming video about the history of charging fair prices to consumers: For most of human history, you had to haggle over prices before you could buy something. The Quakers were among the first people to commit to fixed prices — and they did it Read more
The Adolphustown-Fredericksburgh Heritage Society has been around since 1989, chronicling the history of one of Ontario’s oldest United Empire Loyalist settler communities. Adolphustown is of particular interest to Quaker historians as the site of the first Preparative Meeting in Upper (or lower) Canada, started in 1798. Membership in the AFHS Read more