Kingston Branch Community

Kingston and District Branch UELAC invite you to visit the "old stones of Kingston" that are connected with Loyalist families. Our Walking Tour brochure is available in a number of local locations, but you may also print your own copy.

Meetings are held in the Wilson Room, 2nd floor, Kingston Frontenac Public Library - Central Branch, 130 Johnson Street. Meetings begin at 10:00 am and end by noon. Next meeting is Saturday, February 18, 2012. AGM followed by Silent Auction of genealogical materials. Visitors are always welcome.

Next meeting Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - Wilson Room, 2nd floor, Kingston Frontenac Public Library - Central Branch, 130 Johnson Street, 7:30 pm

Share your opinion about Kingston’s history and stories.

As part of the continuing work on the Kingston Culture Plan, the City has launched a Your Opinion survey to ask Kingston residents, businesses and institutions how they perceive the city’s history and stories.

“With so many significant anniversaries and celebrations coming up in the next few years, this process of gathering and sharing stories is getting underway with a brief opinion survey to help identify those things, past and present, that have helped to make Kingston what it is today,” says Colin Wiginton, Manager of Cultural Services. “The stories, memories, suggestions and personal perspectives of Kingston’s citizens are vital to the success of this initiative.”

This information will be used as part of the Integrated Cultural Tourism and Cultural Heritage Strategy that was recommended in the Kingston Culture Plan. In partnership with Tourism Kingston, a division of Kingston Economic Development Corporation, the City is currently working with Lord Cultural Resources to develop:

- A Cultural Tourism Strategy that leverages Kingston’s arts, heritage and cultural assets, including the feasibility of a summer festival

- A Cultural Heritage Strategy that develops Kingston’s powerful historical narrative, built heritage and natural heritage features into a broad-based strategy for telling Kingston’s stories

- Guidelines to provide the City of Kingston direction for support of other national and international commemorative events in preparation for a number of upcoming anniversaries

You can get involved by filling out the “Your Opinion” survey found on the cityofkingston.ca homepage until Monday, February 6. If you wish to be included on our distribution list or for more information about the Integrated Cultural Tourism and Cultural Heritage Strategy, please contact Colin Wiginton, Manager of Cultural Services at cwiginton@cityofkingston.ca or (613) 546-4291 ext. 1357.

Coming to St. Lawrence College, Kingston Campus, June 1-3, 2012: "Borders & Bridges: 1812-2012". The annual conference of the Ontario Genealogical Society returns to Kingston for the first time since 1991. Full details are available at www.ogs.on.ca/conference2012 -- you can register on-line through the secure site, or else print the PDF brochure, complete registration form and mail it in.