Welcome to the British Columbia Genealogical Society

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Posted on August 24, 2011 by DRogers

Our members have been researching and preserving and publishing their own families and British Columbia’s families since 1971. Last year, 2011, was our Society’s 40th anniversary.

The British Columbia Genealogical Society has been on the World Wide Web since 1996. This is now our new website – but it’s not yet complete.

This is the link to our ‘old’ BCGS website database list. Here is the old BCGS What’s New page and the BCGS Membership page. And here is the link to the BCGS mobile site. You may find more there for now, but please have a look at what’s here first.

We welcome new members and visitors and invite you to see what we offer on-line and at our BCGS Walter Draycott Library in Surrey, BC and at our monthly meetings in Burnaby, BC.

Please visit our Research, Walter Draycott Library and Membership sections to see what resources are available to you here.

New BC collections – at FamilySearch.org

Posted on May 18, 2012 by DRogers

Now at FamilySearch.org – Browse only BC collections

British Columbia, Naturalization Records, 1859-1926

British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death notices, 1901-1939

These are brand new and there seem to be some technical difficulties so far (but The BCGS Editor thinks we should watch for more BC collections at FamilySearch).

‘Trails in Time’ – winner of 2011 BCHF BC Website Award

Posted on May 18, 2012 by DRogers

Walter Volovsek is the winner of the British Columbia Historical Federation’s 2011 BC Website Award for his attractive and useful site, Trails in Time, “dedicated to the contemplative walker”, and offering descriptions of each trail covered, a look at the trails’ construction, and history articles. Lots of photographs, old and new.

Walter Volovsek has been active in both constructing and interpreting local trails and their history and his book, Trails in Time: Reflections, will be published this August, along with his book on Edward Mahon, one of the founders of Castlegar, BC.

Scottish Sources – handout posted

Posted on May 9, 2012 by DRogers

The Scottish Sources – 2012 handout by George Caldwell for his Genealogy in Scotland session, yesterday, Tuesday, May 8th at Vancouver Public Library (VPL), Central Branch, Vancouver has been posted on the BCGS Education Handouts webpage.

This session was one of an on-going series of free genealogy programmes co-sponsored by the Vancouver Public Library and the British Columbia Genealogical Society.

The next will be Irish Genealogy with BCGS Education Co-ordinator, Eunice Robinson – Monday June 4, 2:00 pm-3:30 pm. Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level, Central Library, 350 West Georgia St. Vancouver. For this and more VPL events, see the VPL events calendar.

Guindon Family Reunion – July 2012 – Alberta

Posted on May 9, 2012 by DRogers

The Guindon Family Reunion will be July 27, 28, 29, 2012 in Westlock, Alberta. All the details are on the Guindon Yandeau Reunion blog.

Registration deadline: July 1, 2012.

Join the Guindon/Yandeau Family Reunion group on Facebook too.

For more information about the Reunion and for the Guindon Family Membership and much more about researching this family line, see the GUINDON_NEWSLETTER__42. For example, you’ll learn that variations of the Guesdon spelling in France include Gesdon, Guédon, Guidon, Guydon, and Guesdonne.

Please e-mail guindon.yandeau.family.reunion@gmail.com with any questions about the Reunion or registration.

Genealogy in Scotland, 8 May 2012, Vancouver

Posted on May 5, 2012 by DRogers

Genealogy in Scotland, Tuesday, May 8th at VPL Central Branch, Vancouver

A talk by BCGS Scottish facilitator, George Caldwell, on researching in Scotland from 3 – 4:30 in the Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level, VPL Central Library, 350 West Georgia. Free; space is limited. Co-sponsored by the BC Genealogical Society and Vancouver Public Library.

For more about this session, see the VPL events calendar.

BCGS General Meeting Reminder – 9 May 2012 – Burnaby

Posted on May 5, 2012 by DRogers

MEETING REMINDER – The next BC Genealogical Society Meeting is Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at 7:30 pm, Edmonds Community Centre, 7282 Kingsway (Kingsway & Edmonds), Burnaby V5E 1G3.

Two sessions:

Computer Group
Irish Group

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BCGS General Meetings: the second Wednesday of every month, 7:30 pm at Edmonds Community Centre, 7282 Kingsway (Kingsway & Edmonds), Burnaby V5E 1G3.