Invitation to Join Zoom April 18, 2026, 10 am Eastern with Jannet L. Walsh hosted by Kingston Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS)

Jannet L. Walsh , photo above — Self Portrait by Jannet L. Walsh, October 13, 2024, Wolf Island, Ontario, Canada, with view of Barrett Bay and Kingston in the background.

Jannet L. Walsh
Friday, April 17, 2026
Murdock, Minnesota

You are cordially invited to my online talk Saturday, April 18, 2026, 10 am Eastern, (9 am Central). This event is hosted by the Kingston Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS), This meeting is on Zoom and is open to all, 10 am to 11:30 am Eastern. 

Here’s a few details from the Kingston Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society website about my presentation:

Join Minnesota-based writer, photographer, and educator Jannet L. Walsh as she traces her family’s remarkable immigration journey from County Kilkenny, Ireland, during the Great Famine of the 1840s, to Dublin Township in Minnesota. Along the way lies a mysterious thirty-five–year stopover on Wolfe Island in the St. Lawrence River—a place her father spoke of, but about which little was known.

Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, Jannet brings to life a powerful tale of migration, community, and resilience. Blending family “detective work” with creative nonfiction, she invites audiences to walk with her from Ireland to Canada to Minnesota in what she calls her immersive, “you are there” narrative style—rooted in her family’s oral tradition.”

Please view details and register at Kingston’s Ontario Genealogical Society website for the talk on the society’s events page.

Hope to see you at the Zoom presentation!

Jannet L. Walsh
Written at home, Murdock, Minnesota

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Jannet L. Walsh is a recipient of a Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Artist Growth Grant, 2024-2026. This activity is funded, in part, by a grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State’s general fund.

Please follow update at my website, JannetWalsh.com.

Copyright © 2026. Jannet L. Walsh. All Rights Reserved.

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*Jannet L. Walsh of Murdock, Minnesota is a photographer, writer, and educator. She is the author of a creative nonfiction quest narrative “Higgledy-Piggledy Stones: Family Stories from Ireland and Minnesota,” 2023 by Shanti Arts Publishing. Walsh is recipient of a Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Growth Grant funded by the McKnight Foundation, 2022-2024, and Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, 2024-2026. She is also recipient of a 2024 Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Individuals Grant, funding from National Endowment for the Arts. You can follow Walsh on Facebook and Twitter, and on her other social media channels, with the hashtag #IrishFamilyHistoryDetective.