Meeting dates and other special events for both Nanaimo Family History Society and other family history societies are included in this calendar.  Our meetings are normally held on the third Monday of each month (except July and August).

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  • Genealogy Book Club

    Genealogy Book Club, Terry Hartley   This group will meet the 2nd Thursday of every month from January to June, 2025. We’re diving into "Research Like a Pro with DNA" by Diana Elder, Nicole Dyer, and Robin Wirthln.  The January session will be working on Chapter 7 of the book. 

  • NFHS General Meeting

    Tony Green of Nanaimo, BC – NFHS member Tony will speak on “Letters from the Crimean War” Title: A Midshipman at Crimea Charles William Thomas Cookesley, aged just 15, was witness after the fact of the Charge of the Light Brigade.  From Boulogne-sur-mer on the French seaside, this privileged Doctor’s son starred as a Midshipman in the Crimean War […]

  • Computer Talk for Technophobes

    Computer Talk for Technophobes, Susan Bates The topic for January 23rd will be “How to Use Google Drive”. This is a free app that offers 15MB of free storage space to users. The storage space is in the “cloud” and you can make it available to persons of your choosing. It’s an ideal way to share family […]

  • Researching in the Location of Your Choosing

    Researching in the Location of Your Choosing, Bronwyn Frazer, Susan Bates, and others This group will meet once a month, on the first Thursday of every month, from February to June, 2025.  The geographic focus will vary in response to research questions posed by participants. Join us if you have research questions, and also join us […]

  • NFHS General Meeting & AGM

    Annual General Meeting and Executive Elections Cathy Smart from the BC Genealogical Society (BCGS) will be giving a short presentation of the benefits of an affiliated member of the BCGS during our general meeting after the AGM.  

  • Genealogy Book Club

    Genealogy Book Club, Terry Hartley This group will meet the 2nd Thursday of every month from January to June, 2025. We’re diving into "Research Like a Pro with DNA" by Diana Elder, Nicole Dyer, and Robin Wirthln. 

  • My Oyster Dredging Family

    My Oyster Dredging Family, Carolyn Kemp Carolyn will share the methods in her madness exploring four hundred years of her oyster dredging family at Whitstable, Kent. A few stories, a few brick walls smashed, a few important sources, and even a very brief video from 1908.