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BCGS Seminar Notes – Glenn Wright & Lesley Anderson – April 27, 2013

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Handouts for Saturday’s seminar with speakers, Glenn Wright and Lesley Anderson, will be posted soon.

 Glenn Wright & Lesley Anderson, Burnaby, BC, Canada, april 2013

Glenn Wright’s book sold out at the BCGS Seminar on Saturday. Copies of Canadians at War 1914-1919: A Research Guide to Wordl War One Service Records (Global Heritage Press, 2010) are available at Global Genealogy: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/military/resources/101160.htm

 

Many of the books mentioned during the talks are available at the BCGS Walter Draycott Library.

BCGS Editor, M. Diane Rogers, @mdianerogers, tweeted the seminar using the hashtag #bcgsseminar. The comments are her own.  The BCGS Twitter id is @bcgs_ca. If you are on Twitter, do follow BCGS! And you can still comment or ask questions.


What’s New at FamilySearch – webinar Wednesday April 24, 2013

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Wondering what’s new or what’s changed this month on FamilySearch.org?

There’s a free webinar this Wednesday, “What’s New at FamilySearch”, a presentation by Devin Ashby, a Community Advocate for FamilySearch. There’s a new look at FamilySearch.org, but also new opportunities to share photos and stories, new learning videos and more.

April 24, 2013, 2:00pm Eastern; 11 am Pacific
More Details & Registration

If you can’t watch this live, the recording will be available for free at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com

FamilySearch indexers have hit the billion mark! One billion records have now been indexed and arbitrated. See the FamilySearch blog for more about this.

For all the upcoming genealogy webinars, chats, Google Hangouts, etc., see the GeneaWebinars site, a central spot for related genealogical educational opportunities.

 

Do you have Huguenots in your family tree?

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This information about a new Huguenot Heritage Centre in Rochester, Kent, England just received from the Federation of Family History Societies.

The French Hospital has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a Huguenot Heritage Centre in Rochester. The project aims to tell the story of the Huguenots, a group of some 100,000 French Protestants who fled from religious persecution during the 16th and 17th centuries. The Centre will include resources for researching family history, as well as a programme of events and activities. For further information please visit the website
http://www.frenchhospital.org.uk/huguenot-heritage-centre/

There is an on-line survey for feedback on ideas for the Huguenot Heritage Centre. Please complete the online questionnaire. It will take about 5 – 7 minutes.
Link to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HuguenotHeritage

 

Genealogy in England Handouts- BCGS at VPL – April 17, 2013

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Breaking news! The BC Genealogical Society’s free Library Week will be Monday,  July 15 to Saturday July 20, 2013 and the Open House will be on Sunday, July 14th.  See the BCGS Walter Draycott Library page for the address, etc. and watch for details soon.

The handouts for the Genealogy in England session today at Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch are posted here.

HEPZIBAH-English Genealogy April 17 2013 – Judith Ueland

English Genealogy Research – Lorraine Irving

BCGS-VPL English Genealogy Book List-2013

Additional websites and books mentioned during the talks and question period were:

England – Online Parish Clerks: http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/online_parish_clerk

Rootsweb.com – free website – worldwide surnames and place name e-mail lists and boards, surname entries, all searchable, genealogy information and aids: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Phillimore’s Atlas and Index of Parish Registers by Cecil R. Humphrey-Smith and James Bell, 3rd edition (2004). VPL 929.342 P55h2

Researching English Probate Records by Dr. Penelope Christensen (2001). VPL 929.342 C55rp

 

 

 

BCGS DNA Group discussion – April 2013

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Here is a .pdf copy of last night’s DNA group meeting handout.  BCGS DNA handout – April 2013  If you would like this in another format, please just e-mail: webmaster@bcgs.ca

For a follow up on possible benefits of autosomal testing, see Judy Russell’s March 31, 2013 article at her website, The Legal Genealogist, Another matchmaker match!  Judy Russell will be giving the APG DNA April 30th, 2013 webinar mentioned last night. See last night’s handout for more about that.

And if you are interested in ‘personal genomes’, there is a recent textbook, Exploring Personal Genomics by Joel Dudley and Konrad Karczewski that may be of interest. Here’s a link to a review of it.

“Bioinformaticians Share Their Own DNA in Personal Genomics Textbook” by Crystal Gammon, March 25, 2013 at the New York Genome Center website.

Vancouver’s Mountain View Cemetery Walking Tours – Spring and Summer 2013

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Vancouver’s Mountain View Cemetery Walking Tours – Spring and Summer 2013

Walking Tour Poster Page

Saturday, April 27 – 10:00 am to 12:00 pm – Walking tour – Mountain View’s 1919 section

Mountain View Cemetery – meet at the Celebration Hall, 5445 Fraser Street (enter at 39th Ave.);  cost: $10 per person (cash only please)

Join Lorraine Irving from the BC Genealogical Society for a walking tour of the 1919 section of the cemetery. Located on the south side of 41st Avenue, this section is the last resting place for Joe Fortes, the best loved Vancouver lifeguard, and Janet Smith whose murder has never been officially solved. As well, tJoe Fortes - Vancouver beach, BC. Postcardhere are other murder victims, those that died in the sinking of the S.S. Sophia and Britannia Mine disaster, there’s the first memorial for the Sons of Italy, a memorial for firemen, and much more.

 

Monday, June 10 – 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm – Walking tour – Food Traditions at Mountain View

Mountain View Cemetery -meet at Celebration Hall, 5445 Fraser Street (enter at 39th Ave.);  $10 per person (cash only please)

Community historian Chris Mathieson takes you on a tour exploring the history of Vancouver’s relationship with food, through introductions to fishermen, farmers, hunters, shopkeepers, brewers and more. We’ll also discuss food traditions associated with death and cemeteries.

Sunday, July 14 – 10:00 am to 12:00 pm – Walking tour – Chinese, Japanese and Jewish sections of Mountain View Cemetery.

Mountain View Cemetery – meet at Celebration Hall, 5445 Fraser Street (enter at 39th Ave.);  cost: $10 per person (cash only please)

Historian Maurice Guibord leads a walk exploring the Chinese, Japanese and Jewish sections of Mountain View Cemetery. These sections are fascinating examples of the segregation that existed even in cemeteries during the 19th and 20th centuries. Each of these three areas evokes cultural traits of communities that were seeking a foothold in Vancouver’s society. We will discuss the disinterment of Chinese remains, until 1937, to be repatriated to China for reburial with their ancestors; the self-segregation of a burgeoning Jewish congregation; and the survival of an impressive swastika-decorated Japanese obellist through the Second World War.

Sunday, August 4 – Women’s History Walking tour of Mountain View with Lorraine Irving, M. Diane Rogers and Jolene Cumming, co-sponsored by the BC Genealogical Society and the Herstory Cafe.  Watch for details soon.

Vancouver’s Mountain View Cemetery tour information: http://vancouver.ca/your-government/visit-mountain-view-cemetery.aspx

E-mail contact: mountain.view@vancouver.ca
Telephone: 604 325 2646