Upcoming Branch Events

The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) has regular meetings and workshops at the Knox Presbyterian Church (Elgin at Lisgar) in person and online (Zoom registration required). Visitors are welcome.

Annual General Meeting & Spring Social (Zoom-only)

Saturday, April 25, 2026

Online via Zoom, 1:00-4:00pm Eastern Time

The Sir Guy Carleton Spring Social and AGM will be held on Saturday, April 25th.

2026 is an election year for the Sir Guy Carleton Branch. The following positions are up for election:

• President
• Vice President
• Treasurer
• Membership Chair

We need volunteers for:

• Social convenor
• Recording secretary

Information about the open positions will be sent on request.

Featured Presentation
Guest speaker: Michael Adelberg (bio below)
Topic: “The Original New Jersey Volunteers and Their Wartime Experiences”

The presentation will cover:

• Background: Monmouth County on the Eve of Revolution;
• Raising the New Jersey Volunteers;
• The Original New Jersey Volunteers during the War;
• Emigration to Canada.

If there are a few specific ancestors from the 1st or 2nd battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers, Michael can look them up and discuss them at the end of the lecture.

Michael Adelberg has been researching the American Revolution in central New Jersey for more than thirty years. Among his publications are the award-winning The American Revolution in Monmouth County; the well-reviewed historical fiction novel, The Razing of Tinton Falls; and a reference book, The Roster of the People of Revolutionary Monmouth County. He has also authored essays published in leading scholarly journals (including the Journal of Military History and the Journal of the Early Republic) and Rutgers University anthologies such as The American Revolution in New Jersey. His recent publications include 250 for the 250th, a 250-article compendium posted on the website of the Monmouth County Historical Association, and the forthcoming The Revolutionary War on the Jersey Shore.

Adelberg has spoken at the David Library of the American Revolution, the New Jersey Historical Commission's NJ Forum (three times), public television's NJ Today, and the Teachers' Institute sponsored by George Washington's Mount Vernon. He has earned distinctions from the New Jersey Historical Commission (101 Great New Jersey Books), the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance (history book of the year), the Monmouth County government (Jane Clayton Award), and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (recognition in The Wilson Quarterly). A New Jersey native, Adelberg now lives in Virginia with his wife of 30 years, their three sons, and four grandsons.

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