Monthly Meetings

Month	Guest Speaker(s)	Topic
January 2010	Reg "Dutch" Thompson	Rumrunning Years. Stories & slides collected from rumrunning in PEI, NS, including Pictou Co.
December 2009	No Regular Meeting at Library Program Room	Christmas Dinner at 1st Baptist Church Hall, New Glasgow
November 2009	Bob MacRae, WWII Vet	Patriotism
October 2009
September 2009	Judge Clyde Macdonald	Talking about his new book Innocent Until Proven Guilty.
August 2009	Michelle Lelivre	Not everyone arrived on the Hector
July 2009	Lynn McLean	Ships & Spirits Tours
June 2009	Mona MacDonald	Anchored in Time
May 2009	Kenneth Fraser	The Gaelic language
April 2009	Rev. Donald Sutherland	Battle of Culloden Remembered
March 2009	Beth Henderson	Pictou Co. Photographic Society collecting & perserving photos
February 2009	Cherry Paris	Segregated Schools in NS
January 2009	Eunice Wood	Dr. Frederick Day (Sr.)
December 2008	No Regular Meeting at Library Program Room	Christmas Dinner at Kirk Church Hall, New Glasgow
November 2008	10 Anniversary Meeting	10 Anniversary Meeting & Social
October 2008	Ellen Mallard	Festival Time in Tatamagouche
September 2008	Don Beeler	History of Brule & Brule Point
August 2008	Peggy Todd	A time to keep Grandmother's Diaries
July 2008	Dale Swan Cathy Fox	Talking on their new archive location and Anna Swan (giantess) "No one tells this Scottish/Irish/ Estonian/Canadian when to die"
June 2008	Monica Graham	Dawson City and connections to Pictou Co., NS
May 2008	Tara Pero & Mark Momburquette	Mayors of New Glasgow
April 2008	Stefan Lanta	High Tech and Long Term Archiving
March 2008	Eric Stackhouse	Expansion of the New Glasgow Library
February 2008	Annual Meeting	Social afterwards
January 2008	Reg "Dutch" Thompson	The Kindness of Strangers : The Second World War
December 2007	No Meeting	Christmas Party
November 2007	Olive Bowen	Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire also known as IODE
October 2007	Norris Whiston	History and geography of Gully Lake and Nuttby Mountain
September 2007	Fergie MacKay	Pictou Bar Lighthouse
August 2007	Rev. Allan MacLeod	Time spent in Mali, Africa
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007	Randy Muir	Ballantyne Family
April 2007	Rev. Allan MacLeod	Dr. G. Douglas Young who was the son of missionary Luther Young and wife Catherine Mair.
March 2007	Jennifer McLennan	"100 years of Scotsburn"
February 2007	Karen MacLeod	Research she has done on J. Frederick McCulloch, Mabel McColloch Gass and Harold "Gotobed"Graham McCulloch
January 2007	Frank Calder, Carolyn Wallace, Blanche MacFarlane, Hazel Reid & Bob Marshall	Telling a Story from the past
December 2006	John Ashton	Proposed series of information Kios.
November 2006	Vince Joyce	New War Museum
October 2006	George Dooley	Talking on his family and the history of Westville.
September 2006	Billy Dee	Heritage Sports Hall of Fame.
August 2006	Karen MacLeod	Carl Langille Collection
July 2006
June 2006	Carolyn Wallace & Mildred Dorrington	Aubrey Dorrington and his family
May 2006	No guest speaker	Visit to the Pictou Co. Roots room to see our expanded area & resources.
April 2006	June MacDonald	Year book project on events in the Lismore area.
March 2006	Kim Dickson	The Town's Future Visions
February 2006	Eric Stackhouse	Future proposed Library
January 2006	No Speaker
December 2005	No Meeting
November 2005	Beverly Morse	Stellarton Rink
October 2005	Judge Clyde Macdonald
September 2005	Jocelyn Gillis	The Antigonish Museum & their collections
August 2005	Dr. Allan Marble	Sourcing information
July 2005	Gaynol Keith	The Bell Family of New Glasgow
June 2005	Lynn McLean & Linda Arsenault	Talking on the Living History Tours in New Glasgow
May 2005	Beth Henderson	Pictou Photography Society
April 2005	George Megheney	Stellarton Police Force & his 42 years of Police work
March 2005	Karen MacLeod	Genealogy Requests
February 2005	Clarence Porter	Porter Family & the building of the lumber business
January 2005	Beverly Morse	Everett Badoux and his achievements in the Air Force
December 2004`	Marlene Chisholm, Bill Fraser, Karen MacLeod, Bob MacPhee, Frank Calder & Blanche MacFarlane	Short and interesting stories
November 2004	Everett Badoux	Technical Roots
October 2004	Lolly MacLean	Antiques with a story
September 2004	Olive Pastor	Monarchist League in Pictou Co.
August 2004	George Dooley	Tidbits from Westville
July 2004	John Ashton	Raymondville and the people that came from France
June 2004	Rev. Richard Sand, (Minister of St. Andrews Church, New Glasgow)	Celtic Origins

May 2004	Dale Swan	Anna Swan from Tatamagouche area and her connection to Pictou Co.
April 2004	Blair Morrow	The first roads in 1606 in the Grand Pre area to the present and when the road was built from Truro to New Glasgow area between 1790 and 1811.
March 2004	Tom O'Brien	His Irish ancestry and their connection with the coal industry.
February 2004	Janet Hingley, Marlene Chisholm, Frank Calker, Bob MacPhee, Dorothy Scully, Blanche MacFarlene Carolyn Wallace, Margaret MacQuarrie & Doreen Penney.	Show and Tell
January 2004	Fred Archibald	Archibald family history and stories about them.
December 2003	No Meeting
November 2003	Vangie Way	5th Anniversary Party. A report of events of our first 5 years.
October 2003	Fergie MacKay	Pictou Co. Sand Business.
September 2003	Doreen Penney	Epitaphs, and how they changed thru the years.
August 2003	Al McCulloch	McCulloch's of Meiklefield.
July 2003	Wayne MacDonald	Clan Donald, its origins & history.
June 2003	Audrey McGillivray	Arbuckle family of Merigomish and their connections.
May 2003	John Stewart	History & genealogy of the settlement of the Bayfield area of Antigonish Co. and their ties with Guys. Co.
April 2003	Marjorie Jeans	Points on hiring a genealogist and her experiences.
March 2003
February 2003	No Meeting
January 2003	Reg Thompson from PEI	Stories of tools, products & techniques from the past and taped folklore of PEI.
December 2002	Muriel Skinner & Anna Mae Thompson	Recalling humorous and factual stories of Christmas' past.
November 2002	Marlene Chisholm	Hooked on Genealogy and her research on the 1784 Muster Roll and Dr. Alexander Forrest.
October 2002	Mildred Whidden	How you too can write a book on your family history.
September 2002	Elizabeth Reeves	Reminiscing the old days in Coalburn, Pictou Co.
August 2002	Anthony MacKenzie	Hardships of Early Settlers in Pictou County
July 2002	Nedra Wilson	Launching of the Ship Hector
June 2002	Jim Meikel	Meikles of Blue Mountain
May 2002	Nova Bannerman	John "The Bard" MacLean
April 2002	Allen MacDonald	Crofting in Scotland
March 2002	Alan Wilson	Rev. MacGregor's life as a minister in Pictou County
February 2002	Michael Anderson	Anderson family genealogy
December 2001	Rev. Don Shepard	Church History
November 2001	Harry Munro	His Ancestor Robert Munro - Warrior chief of Clan Munro
October 2001	Herb MacDonald	Early History of the Albion Railway
September 2001	Dr. Locke	Lady Marchbanks Aberdeen
August 2001	Bob MacPhee Janet Hingley	Thompson Family Reunion Munroes of Wentworth Grant
July 2001	Dr. Allan Marble	Citing Sources, using Primary Sources
June 2001	Joan MacDonald	Gaelic Language
May 2001	John Ashton	French settlement in the Trafalgar-Lorne 1878-1881
April 2001	Jean MacLeod Cheryl MacIntosh	Ancestors- Leslies Ancestors- Old cards and books
March 2001	Frances McMullin Blanche MacFarlane	Scottish history Smith Ancestors and MacDonalds
February 2001	Tony MacKenzie	Gypsies in Pictou County
January 2001		General Discussion
November 2000	Amelia Ross Fraser	Sutherlands River, from the first settler to present day.
October 2000	Allan Dunlop, form employee of the Archives.	Dictionary of Canadian Biography
September 2000	Karen MacKay, certified genealogist & President of GANS	Genealogical research and becoming certified.
August 2000	Verna Matheson	Ship Hector and her personal interests including Purdy, Matheson and Meikle.
July 2000	Amelia Fraser and Nova Bannerman.	Customs in Erromanga. Nova - The school in Barney's River Station.
June 2000	Robert MacNeil, director of the Historical Society.	His family history & grindstones at Quarry Island.
May 2000	Blair Morrow	Stagecoaches and Stage Drivers.
April 2000	Judge Clyde MacDonald	Alexander Holmes MacDonald
March 2000
February 2000	Bill Fraser Barry MacKenzie	Bill - Brig John & its impact on Pictou. Barry - Research & the Archives
January 2000	Janet Morton, Francis McMullin, Eunice Wood and Doug MacLeod.	Sir Robert James Polk, George Squire MacDonald and his wife Annabelle Cameron, book project on Polling District 22
December 1999	Fergie MacKay of Trenton, N.S.	Pictou Landing
November 1999	Reg Thompson of P.E.I.	Orkney Islands, Scotland
October 1999	Maureen Williams from St. FX University.	St. FX Library / Info Sheet
September 1999	Tony MacKenzie of Merigomish, N.S.	Ship building in Pictou and Antigonish Counties
August 1999	Dr. Allan Marble of Halifax, N.S.	Researching medical history of N.S.
July 1999	Carol MacDonald, Judge Clyde MacDonald, Blanche MacFarlane.	Books on Heritage Groups of the Glen Urquart, Local Stonecutters, Pictures of Brown's Mills
June 1999	Olive Pastor of Pictou, N.S.	Historical Preservation
May 1999	Blair Morrow of Halifax.	Pictou County's Bridges Pictures of Bridges
April 1999	A A MacKenzie of Merigomish.	Info on his family
March 1999	Jerry Byers	Yorkshire 2000
February 1999	Eunice Wood	Life of George Wood
December 1998	Sister Johnson	Resources
November 1998	Judge Clyde MacDonald	James Fraser