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Join us at a BCGS General Meeting

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BCGS General Meetings are the second Wednesday of each month.

Please note that for the April 10, May 8, and June 12, 2013 general meetings, we wll be at the Danish Lutheran Church, Downstairs Hall, 6010 Kincaid St., Burnaby, BC. (The Edmonds Community Centre is closing so we will no longer be meeting there.)

Our Hospitality Committee will welcome you – anyone interested in genealogy and family history is welcome to attend.

Usually there is a short business meeting, followed by refreshments, and then either there will be a speaker, or two or three of the special interest groups (SIGs) will meet.

Meeting details, including information on the Special Interest Group sessions, are listed on the BCGS Calendar ahead of time. If you’d like to be in touch with a Special Interest Group facilitator before the meeting, see the BCGS SIG facilitators’ contact information here on the BCGS Education page.

Our BCGS Boutique and Publications Committee members are often at meetings with tables of books, BCGS publications and genealogical tools – and fun items too.

You’ll be free to see more about our past projects and talk to members about our current activities.  We hope you will then join us as a BCGS member! See BCGS Membership benefits and application information here.

Reminder – BCGS General Meeting – June 12, 2013 – Strawberry Tea! BCGS Book Awards! Displays!

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The next BCGS General Meeting will be Wednesday, June 12, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm at the Danish Lutheran Church, Downstairs Hall, in Burnaby.

This will be our BCGS Strawberry Tea night and Announcement Night for the BCGS Family History Book Awards. Authors will be there to talk about their books and books will be for sale too. Join us for an educational and fun night.

And members are invited to bring their own displays to show. Please contact Eunice Robinson at 604 596 2811 to ensure space.

Location: Danish Lutheran Church, Downstairs Hall, 6010 Kincaid St., Burnaby, BC. Download BCGS- Location Change-April 2013  (.pdf) for a prinable map of the Danish Church’s location with directions.

The books submitted for this year’s BCGS Family History Book Award included (alphabetically by author’s last name):

Baile, Lisa—John Clarke, Explorer of the Coast Mountains (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2012).

Bentley, Peter, with Fowler, Robin—One Family’s Journey: CANFOR and the Transformation of B. C.’s Forest Industry (Vancouver, BC: Douglas and McIntyre, 2012).

Hawthorn, Tom—Deadlines: Obits of Memorable British Columbians (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2012).

Hope, Sharon—The English Travelers: Three Narratives (Sidney, BC: 2011).

MacLean, Albert Mair with Margaret Anne Hume—My Life: Adventures of an RCAF Flying Officer, Eaton’s Manager, and Family Man (Vancouver, BC: Caissie Cape Publications, 2012).

Martin, Elinor—The Kurrajong Tree: Loves and Lives of Three Women in Colonial Australia (West Vancouver, BC: Eastcot Publications, 2012).

McBride, Sam—The Bravest Canadian – Fritz Peters, VC: the Making of a Hero of Two World Wars (Vancouver, BC: Granville Island Publishing, 2012).

Pavlik, Janet, and Smith, Desmond, and Smith, Eileen—Echoes Across Seymour: a History of North Vancouver’s Eastern Communities Including Dollarton and Deep Cove (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd, 2012).

Young, David Esson—The Uchuck Years: A West Coast Shipping Saga (Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2012).

BCGS Irish Group – Notes from 8 May 2013

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The Ireland Reaching Out website was discussed by Mary Cooper, BC representative: http://www.irelandxo.com  

See the website’s feature, Find My Parish – by Province or County: http://www.irelandxo.com/where-do-i-start

The Peter Robinson settlers from Ireland 1823, 1825 were mentioned. The following is a sampling of websites with information, indexes and databases

The Archives of Ontario, see particularly the Land Records research guide, “From Grant to Patent: A Guide to Early Land Settlement Records, ca.1790 to ca.1850″, pages 11-12: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/tracing/the_records.aspx

Peterborough Museum and Archives: http://www.peterboroughmuseumandarchives.ca/Browsing/archivalcollections.htm

Peter Robinson Ships’ Lists, Trent Valley Archives: http://www.trentvalleyarchives.com/resources/online-resources/census-registries-directories/peter-robinson-ships-list

Emigration From Cork Ireland to Upper Canada, 1823, The First Peter Robinson Settlers by Roberta M. O’Brien: http://webhome.idirect.com/~obrienr/cork1823.html

Peter Robinson Settlers of 1823 and 1825, Joe Kenny: http://kennytree.com/links/peter_robinson.htm

Peter Robinson Settlers from Cork to Canada 1823 & 1825, The Ships List: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/peterrobinsonindex.shtml

Peter Robinson Settlers – 1825, Peterborough County GenSearch: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~peterborough/probinsn.html

Extracts from 8 of the Robinson ships, Surgeon-superintendent Reports for 8 of the 1825 vessels, Olive Tree Genealogy: http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/canada/PeterRobinson.shtml

Survey of Robinson’s Irish Settlers, Robinson’s Papers and Correspondence, Ships Lists, Medical Journals, etc. Transcription project: http://peannairi.com

See also -

The book, Peter Robinson’s Settlers by Carol Bennett (originally published by Juniper Books Ltd.: Renfrew, 1987, latest edition published by Global Heritage Press: Milton, Ontario, 2011).

1825 Robinson Settlers website for information on the 2025 Celebration planned and to contribute to a new book on Robinson settler families. Contact the Kawartha Ancestral Research Association Inc.: http://www.karagen.org/robinson.html

also mentioned -

Irish Centre for Migration, ERIN, The Centre for Migration Studies (CMS) at the Ulster-American Folk, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland and the Irish Centre for Migration Studies (ICMS) at the National University of Ireland, Cork : http://migration.ucc.ie/indexemigration.htm

Centre for Migration Studies, Ulster-American Folk Park: http://www.nmni.com/uafp/Collections/Emigration

Irish Petty Sessions Courts were another topic. Some on-line resources are -

Irish Petty Sessions Courts, Irish Genealogy Toolkit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/irish-petty-sessions.html

Irish Petty Session records, Republic of Ireland only, Find My Past (FindMyPast.ie or .com or co.uk – World Search), see list of all Irish indexes and databases at Find My Past: http://www.findmypast.co.uk/help-and-advice/international-records/irish-records

Irish Petty Sessions records, Republic of Ireland only, see the FamilySearch catalog for films: https://familysearch.org/catalog-search

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, petty sessions for the 6 northern Ireland counties only: http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history/family_history_more_sources/family_history_19th_century_sources.htm

Reminder – BCGS General Meeting – May 8, 2013, Burnaby, BC

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Regatta Day, Kelowna, 1910Regatta Day, Kelowna, 1910. George Hudson, photographer.1

 

A reminder that the meeting this Wednesday will be at the Danish Lutheran Church in Burnaby.

BCGS General Meeting, Wednesday, May 8, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Danish Lutheran Church, Downstairs Hall, 6010 Kincaid St., Burnaby, BC. See below for a printable map of the new location.

Group topics:
Genealogy 101 – Parish Records
Irish Interest Group – Petty Session Records – A census substitute??

For the April to June, 2013 general meetings we wll be at the Danish Lutheran Church, Downstairs Hall, 6010 Kincaid St., Burnaby, BC. Download BCGS- Location Change-April 2013 for a map of the Danish Church’s location.

1The photograph above shows Regatta Day at Kelowna in 1910; the S.S. Okanagan is at the wharf. The photographer, George Henry Ernest Hudson, took photographs of Okanagan Valley life for federal government pictorial settlement brochures. For more of his work, see the Greater Vernon Museum and Archives collections at MemoryBC or contact the Museum and Archives.
Credit: Canada. Patent and Copyright Office / Library and Archives Canada / PA-029775.

Reminder – BCGS General Meeting – April 10, 2013 – New Meeting location

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A reminder that the meeting this Wednesday has a new location:

BCGS General Meeting

Wednesday, April 10, 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Danish Lutheran Church, Downstairs Hall, 6010 Kincaid St., Burnaby, BC. (map)
Group topics:
DNA – which test is best for your genealogical quest?
English – Apprencticeships
For the April to June, 2013 general meetings we wll be at the Danish Lutheran Church, Downstairs Hall, 6010 Kincaid St., Burnaby, BC.  Download a BCGS- Meeting Location Poster with a map of the Danish Church’s location.

Brickwall Panel Discussion Notes – March 11, 2013

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These are a few of the websites mentioned and some suggestions for topics discussed at the BCGS – VPL Brickwall Panel Discussion, March 11, 2013 in Vancouver. If you are looking for information on anything discussed that’s not here, don’t hesitate to contact the BCGS webmaster: webmaster@bcgs.ca

See also the BCGS Research Links pages for many topics and geographic areas: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=116 These pages are often updated and new topics added. Send any suggestions for additional sites to the BCGS webmaster: webmaster@bcgs.ca

Vancouver Public Library – see the list of suggested books – ‘Brickwall Help – Genealogy and Family History’: http://vpl.bibliocommons.com/list/show/83147979_mdianerogers/159388881_brickwall_help_-_genealogy_amp_family_history

BCGS Library: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=87

BCGS Boutique, lists of the Heritage Book Series books mentioned: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=23

And for any of these topics or ideas, check www.CyndisList.com for more on-line sites and articles.

Techniques

Creating Timelines to Make Sense of Genealogy Records by bethfoulk at Genealogy DeCoded: http://www.genealogydecoded.com/ahha_moments_for_genealogyists_blog/2012/09/21/creating-timelines-to-make-sense-of-genealogy-records/

Using Timelines in Your Research by Donna Przecha:
http://www.genealogy.com/36_donna.html

Evidentia software: http://evidentia.ed4becky.net   See also Too Many Birth Dates – A Trial of Evidentia Software at Brenner Genealogy http://brennerfamilytree.org/wp/2012/12/too-many-birth-dates-a-trial-of-evidentia-software.html

Cluster Genealogy, (sometimes called whole family genealogy), Shoestring Genealogy: http://www.shoestringgenealogy.com/article/Cluster.htm

The F.A.N. Genealogy principle – researching Friends-Associates-Neighbours, or location-based genealogy- videos by Bernie Gracy – see these at Breaking Down Brick Walls with Location Based Genealogy at Find Your Folks by Drusilla Pair: http://findyourfolks.blogspot.ca/2010/11/breaking-down-brick-walls-with-location.html

Reverse Genealogy, Trace Your Family Forward, Family Tree Magazine: http://familytreemagazine.com/article/reverse-genealogy-resources
Twenty Ways to Avoid Grief When Researching” by Margaret M. Sharon, BCGS website: http://www.bcgs.ca/?p=52

Citations

Evidence Explained, Elizabeth Shown Mills: https://www.evidenceexplained.com

UK and Ireland Genealogy

Genuki, UK and Ireland reference site, gazetteeer, find local records offices, etc.: http://www.genuki.org.uk

English Research

Wills and Probate – Further Research guide, National Archives of the UK: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/wills-and-probate-records.htm

England Probate Records, FamilySearch Wiki: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England_Probate_Records

Free BMD: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

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

See also the BCGS ‘England and Wales’ and ‘Great Britain’ Research Links pages: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=116

Ireland

Ireland Reaching Out: http://www.irelandxo.com

ERIN, The Emigration Resources Information Network: the Irish Migration Gateway: http://migration.ucc.ie/indexemigration.htm This is a joint project of the The Centre for Migration Studies (CMS) at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Co. Tyrone, and the Irish Centre for Migration Studies (ICMS) at University College Cork.

Scotland

Family History, Mitchell Library: http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/the-mitchell-library/family-history/Pages/home.aspx

Resources for Family History, Mitchell Library: http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/the-mitchell-library/family-history/resources/Pages/home.aspx

See also the Mitchell Library’s virtual tour of old Glasgow: http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell

The surnames of Scotland: their origin, meaning and history by George Fraser Black. New York Public Library, 1946.

The Collins Scottish Clan Encyclopedia by George Way, HarperCollins, 1994.

No Quarter Given: The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s Army, 1745-46 by Christian Aikman, Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd, Jan 1, 2012.

Photographs of the old closes and streets of Glasgow, 1868/1877: with a supplement of 15 related views by Thomas Annan, Dover Publications, 1977.

ScotlandsPeople, census, parish and civil registration records, wills, etc.: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

Canada – see also North American Immigration Centres below

War Service Recognition Books, BC Yukon Comand, Royal Canadian Legion, See the books and submit your own family’s military members, submission deadline June 30th, 2013: http://www.legionbcyukon.ca/content/military-service-recognition-book

Automated Genealogy, free index and access to these Canadian censuses: 1851/52, 1901, 1911; also the 1906 Prairie Province census: http://automatedgenealogy.com

See these links to search or apply for Canadian naturalization records: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-908.011-e.html

See this link to apply for the 1940 Canadian National Registration information: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.007-e.html

Manitoba – Manitobia.ca, newspapers and much more: http://www.manitobia.ca

North American Immigration Centres

Ellis Island, USA, from 1892: http://www.ellisisland.org

Castle Garden, USA, database 1820-1892. Castle Garden operated 1855-1892: http://www.castlegarden.org/

Immigrants at Grosse-Île, Canada,  database: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/grosse-ile-immigration/index-e.html

In Quarantine: Life and Death on Grosse Île, 1832-1937, Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/grosse-ile/index-e.html

Canada, see Library and Archives Canada for all Immigration and citizenship Resources, including passenger lists: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-908-e.html

See also “Selected Census and Immigration Sources – Canada” by M. Diane Rogers (2011) .pdf file: http://www.bcgsoc.ca/Documents/immigration-censusVPL-BCGS2011.pdf 

Local Genealogical Societies – start with these groups

England and Wales, Federation of Family History Societies: http://www.ffhs.org.uk/

Scottish Association of Family History Societies: http://www.safhs.org.uk

USA, Federation of Genealogical Societies; http://www.fgs.org/

Canada, Canadian Provincial Genealogical Societies and their journals: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=1395#comment-74

British Columbia Local Genealogical and Historical Groups: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=1240

Miscellaneous

Rootsweb, for message boards and e-mail lists: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com (or www.rootsweb.com)

Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com

How to register for a free FamilySearch account: https://help.familysearch.org/publishing/519/111396_f.SAL_Public.html

 

BCGS Annual General Meeting & Postcard Presentation – March 13, 2013, Burnaby, BC

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The BC Genealogical Society Annual General Meeting is Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 7:30 pm, Edmonds Community Centre, 7282 Kingsway (Kingsway & Edmonds), Burnaby V5E 1G3.

After the AGM, M. Diane Rogers will give an illustrated presentation, Postcard Craze: Postcards, Postal History and Family History.   Diane has personal collections of family related postcards, and British Columbia postcards, and has her own postcard website, Postcard Craze.

Refreshments. All interested are welcome to attend.

Upcoming event – BCGS Seminar with Glenn T. Wright and Lesley Anderson, all day, Saturday, 27 April 2013, in Burnaby, BC. at the Danish Lutheran Church. Details on the BCGS website. Tickets available at the BCGS meeting, or through the 2013 BCGS Seminar webpage, or by telephone or mail.

BCGS General Meetings: the second Wednesday of every month, 7:30 pm. Please note that for the April 10, May 8, and June 12, 2013 general meetings, we wll be at the Danish Lutheran Church, Downstairs Hall, 6010 Kincaid St., Burnaby, BC.  (The Edmonds Community Centre is closing.)