Begin with Books
Mark the date!!! — Sunday, October 30th
BCGS Library’s Begin with Books is back!
There will also be “Speakers” and a “Surplus Books Sale”!
Lots of parking will be available.
BEGIN WITH BOOKS SPEAKERS
Celia Lewis 10:30a A Library is Your Best Genealogy Resource: 10 TIPS
With several questions and 10 tips to focus your use of a library, Celia will help you quickly learn how a Library - any Library - can be your BEST genealogy research resource.
Aidren Kayce 11:30a Older Can be Better
Aidren will discuss the cd/dvd collection she has been organizing. She will highlight some of the gems she found that are not necessarily on the internet and will discuss how to operate the older cds on the library computers.
Yvette Howard 1:00p Who Do We Exchange Journals With?
Yvette Howard will discuss the journals that BCGS receives from over 100 family history societies from all over the world. Only a few of these are found on the website. All can be found in the Library stacks or on the Journal Exchange database.
Ann Buchanan 2:00p British Columbia and British Isles Newspapers
Ann Buchanan will demonstrate the new Library subscription to the British Newspapers Archive. She will also review and show where to find the many British Columbia newspapers that have been collected by BCGS members for decades.
This is a perfect opportunity to check out
the British Newspaper Archives for yourself!
Sunday, October 30, 2022 - 10:00 pm to 3:00 pm
BCGS Library and Resource Centre
211 - 12837 - 76 Avenue, Surrey, BC
Please note that this is NOT a Zoom meeting. Attendance is In-person at the BCGS Library.
Masks are optional for people who are fully vaccinated UNLESS mandated differently by the BC Ministry of Health.