CDNS 2400 Lecture Notes - The Grange, Ramsgate, Mccord Museum, Government Conference Centre
7 Mar 2014
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Guest: david l. jeanes, vice-president, heritage ottawa: lecture on how to research quickly and efficiently, what"s available and how to use them. Some areas for online investigation: buildings, neighbourhoods, architects, owners-occupants, historical context, a big challenge is hwo to cite the information- most archives specify how to do this. Another example: residential house in sandy hill tuscan villa style house. Tools like google maps, google earth, etc useful for getting a quick look at a building i. e. googling visitation convent: different perspectives available through microsoft bing maps visitation convent birdseye. Images from sisters of visitation though they didn"t let anyone in, they posted pictures up. Sisters of the visitation: 1911 census richmond road nunnery shows when the nuns came to the convent moved in 1911. If you know the dates, you can look at the newspaper. Ottawa and other city directories: can find addresses and some occupants of the house/owners.
