Upcoming Events
SWB Monthly Meeting – Wednesday, January 8, 2025 @ 7:00 PM featuring Ken Storie
This evenings program will feature Ken Storie presenting on "Finding the Alpha: the story of the steamboats on the upper Assiniboine River 1879 - 1885". Zoom Invitations for this event will be sent out to members closer to the date.
Joint Southeast & Winnipeg Branch and SWB – Wednesday, February 5, 2025 @ 7:00 PM hosted by SWB
This evenings program will be presented by Kelly Southworth from Winnipeg former President of the Manitoba Genealogical Society. Kelly will be presenting on "The Other Half - Matrilineal Line Research". Zoom invitations for this event will be sent out closer to the...
SWB Monthly Meeting – Wednesday, March 5, 2025 @ 7:00 PM featuring Gordon McBean – AGM to follow presentation
This evenings program will be presented by Gordon McBean "Railway in my Tree and Blood". Please join us for a very interesting presentation by Gordon. Gordon is a honorary life member of the Manitoba Genealogical Society, former MGS President and Creator of the MGS...
Joint Program with Southeast & Winnipeg Branch – Monday, March 10, 2025 @ 7:00 PM
This evenings program will be hosted by the Southeast & Winnipeg Branch. The presenter is Colleen Murray speaking on "Strategies for Successful Irish Research". Colleen is from Edmonton and has a Professional Learning Certificate from International Institute for...
SWB Monthly Meeting – November 6th @ 7:00 PM – Zoom Only – Presentation by Marie Palmer
Travelling Back in Time Using Google Earth Pro Marie will show us how we can visually dazzle our friends and relatives with our family research. Learn a few tricks on how to use Google Earth which is a free program to map out your ancestors history. Marie Palmer is a...
October 2, 2024 at 7:00 PM – Joint Meeting with SE & Winnipeg Branch
The speaker for the evening will be Will Goodon (MMF Minister of Housing and Property Management) who will present on Metis Culture and Heritage. Please join us for this very informative presentation. Note: Start time is 7:00 PM on Zoom.
Genealogy Writing Workshop – October 19, 2024 at Knox United Church Brandon 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Genealogy Writing: Exploring the Ways to Write and Share your Genealogy Research Join us as we take a deep dive into how to take all your genealogy research and put it into a format that is enjoyable for you to make, and accessible to your family members and future...
South West Branch Programs for 2024 – 2025 (full listing)
Click the link below for program listings: SWB 2024 - 2025 Programs
Getting Started Workshop – September 28, 2024
This workshop is open to the public and members of the the South West Branch. Click the link below for more information: Getting Started
SWB Annual General Meeting – Wednesday, March 6, 2024 @ 7:30 via Zoom
Members, plan to attend this meeting on Wednesday, March 6th at 7:30 PM. The program for the meeting will be a presentation by SWB Member George Mackay - "My Scottish Adventure with a DNA Twist"