Stories of My Hawaiian Family, Susan Garcia Susan will describe the places in Canada where her Hawaiian ancestors lived and how various gatherings have attempted to keep the Hawaiian descendants celebrating their culture, especially through dance. Similarly various descendants have different stories about their heritage and brick walls & red herrings abound for the few […]

Genealogy Book Club, Terry Hartley The book club will study “Tracing Your Ancestors Using DNA”, edited by Graham Holt. The group will share questions and ideas which arise from reading the book. Everyone interested in the use of DNA for genealogy will enjoy the discussions, regardless of previous experience. The book will continue to be […]

Dalys Barney of Nanaimo, BC, Telling My Norwegian Story, will appear in person and will have a booklet to sell, Message on a Bottle: Nanaimo’s Soda History Dalys Barney is the great granddaughter of Ole and Konstanse (Fyhn) Olsen who came to Canada separately from Norway prior to meeting and marrying in Bella Coola in […]

Self-Publishing 101, Mali Bain   An Overview of Publishing Your Family History  This session will give an overview of the steps involved in moving from a draft text to a completed book.  It will also compare traditional and self-publishing methods and share some of the options available to have your book printed for family and/or […]

Researching Your Elusive UK Ag Labs, Carolyn Kemp “Ag Lab” is a census abbreviation denoting “Agricultural Labourer”.  Carolyn will present a couple of case studies from her research into her own “Ag Labs”.  Carolyn is the editor of our journal, Ancestree. 

DNA Book Club, Terry Hartley The book club will study “Tracing Your Ancestors Using DNA”, edited by Graham Holt. The group will share questions and ideas which arise from reading the book. Everyone interested in the use of DNA for genealogy will enjoy the discussions, regardless of previous experience. The book will continue to be […]

How To Use Google Photos, Beth Skala Google Photos is a free app/program that provides utilities for organizing your photo collections and sharing them with your family. Beth will demonstrate how she has used the program to organize her own photos and describe the benefits of it. 

Captain Colin MacGregor Stevens of Richmond, BC – will appear by Zoom. He has agreed to speak at our “Remembrance Day” meeting on military genealogy.   He spoke at the 2021 Remembrance Day meeting of BCGS and was well received. Zoom only meeting

How and Why to Transfer Your Ancestry DNA to Gedmatch and My Heritage, Susan Bates Ancestry has by far the largest database of persons whose DNA has been tested there. Unfortunately, it does not allow its subscribers to “see” their DNA at the chromosome level. Both Gedmatch and My Heritage allow uploads of DNA data […]