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Date(s) - April 18, 2026
10:00 am - 11:30 am
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Please join the Kingston Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) on Saturday, April 18, 2026 from 10:00 to 11:30 for our regular Branch meeting and presentation.
Join Minnesota-based writer, photographer, and educator Jannet L. Walsh as she traces her family’s remarkable immigration journey from County Kilkenny, Ireland, during the Great Famine of the 1840s, to Dublin Township in Minnesota. Along the way lies a mysterious thirty-five–year stopover on Wolfe Island in the St. Lawrence River—a place her father spoke of, but about which little was known.
Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, Jannet brings to life a powerful tale of migration, community, and resilience. Blending family “detective work” with creative nonfiction, she invites audiences to walk with her from Ireland to Canada to Minnesota in what she calls her immersive, “you are there” narrative style—rooted in her family’s oral tradition.”
This meeting is on Zoom and is open to all. If you are interested, please register by clicking this link.
We hope to see you on-line on Saturday morning!
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