Genealogy Club Presentation: Discovering Industrial Ancestors in Mills, Logging Camps, and Company Towns

Join us on Zoom December 9th at 7pm, as we welcome Kathryn Lake Hogan, a professional genealogist, presenting Discovering Industrial Ancestors in Mills, Logging Camps, and Company Towns.

Canadian genealogy often focuses on farms and homesteads, but millions of ancestors lived in Canada's industrial centres. From pulp and paper towns to coal mines, railways, steel plants, and hydro projects, industries left behind unique records of workers and their families. Explore labour archives, union records, accident claims, government reports, company magazines, and community voices preserved in newspapers. Learn how to combine these resources with maps, directories, and census data to uncover the overlooked stories of ancestors who laboured in Canada’s mills, factories, and company towns from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries.

Presenter Bio:

A native of Southwestern Ontario, Canada, Kathryn Lake Hogan, PLCGS, UE, is a professional genealogist, educator, and speaker with deep Canadian roots through Loyalist ancestry. Since founding Looking4Ancestors…