*Via Zoom - To sign up, please email us at coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time . Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended an Exploring Genetic Genealogy Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

*Via Zoom - To sign up, please email us at coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time . Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended a Scotland Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

“The way of knowledge is like our old way of hunting. You begin with a mere trail – a footprint. If you follow that faithfully, it may lead you to a clearer trail – a track – a road. Later on there will be many tracks, crossing and diverging one from the other. Then you must be careful, for success lies in the choice of the right road.”
– Many Lightenings Eastman, SANTEE SIOUX

Join us to network and exchange information about indigenous ancestors, where and how to research. Focus each meeting will be a collaborative sharing, what you know, and what you are looking for.

*Via Zoom - To sign up, please email us at coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time . Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

Once you have attended a Tracking Indigenous Roots Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up again.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

The BCGS Writers Group meets the last Tuesday of each month.

Facilitator: Ann Buchanan

To register or for more information, contact: coffeechat@bcgs.ca.

*Via Zoom - To sign up for this Chat please email the Scheduler coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time. Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended an Eastern Europe (including Germans from Russia) Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

Please pre-register terrhart1@gmail.com

*Via Zoom - To sign up for this Chat please email the Scheduler coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time. Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended a Palaeography Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

*Via Zoom - To sign up for this Chat please email the Scheduler coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time. Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended a Family Tree Maker User Group Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

Join us for an Open Research Day at the BCGS Library - the largest genealogical library in Western Canada. This is an opportunity for you to access the library’s many resources - check our our map collection, the new databases on our library computers and of course, the thousands of books and journals on our shelves. We are also a Family Search Affiliate, so you can view images at our library that you may not be able to see at home.

No registration is required.

Kindertech is an ongoing in-person workshop on the third Saturday of each month from 10am to noon at the BCGS Library and Research Centre.

Kindertech is intended to teach very simple computer techniques and to help attendees use their computers for family history.

Previous sessions have covered screenshots/screengrabs, blog reader apps, and Google apps (Docs, Sheets, Drive). Email kindertech@bcgs.ca if you have suggestions for future topics.

The facilitators are Margaret Sharon and Meg Riter. This is a hands-on workshop; bring your own device (laptop, tablet and/or phone) so you can practice at your own pace with as much support as you need.

No registration is required.

*Via Zoom - To sign up for this Chat please email the Scheduler coffeechat@bcgs.ca Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended an Ireland Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

Guest Speaker:

An invitation from the BCGS to the meeting, using Zoom, will be sent to members.
Watch your inbox for more details about the website address,
meeting number and password.

If you don’t receive the email by the day before the meeting, please contact info@bcgs.ca.

Each member needs a 'free' Zoom account to participate. Go to www.zoom.us to sign up for your free account.

Are you new to Chinese genealogy and don’t know where to start? Or have you been doing your family genealogy for a while and are stuck?

Come join BCGS member Linda Yip as we talk about Chinese genealogy issues, brick wall busters and the hidden gems of Chinese genealogical research. Bring your questions.

The time will not change regardless of Daylight Savings Time - please adjust accordingly. Eastern time is three hours ahead of Pacific time.

*Via Zoom – email Linda Yip at hello@past-presence.com and you will be sent an invitation to join the meeting via Zoom

The BCGS Genealogical Library closed Tuesday, November 11, 2025 for Remembrance Day.

The BCGS Genealogical Library closed.

*Via Zoom - To sign up for this Chat please email the Scheduler coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time. Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended a Canadian Prairies Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca .

*Via Zoom - To sign up, please email us at coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time . Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended an Exploring Genetic Genealogy Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

*Via Zoom - To sign up for this Chat please email the Scheduler coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time. Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended a British Columbia Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

The BCGS Writers Group meets the last Tuesday of each month.

Facilitator: Ann Buchanan

To register or for more information, contact: coffeechat@bcgs.ca.

*Via Zoom - To sign up for this Chat please email the Scheduler coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time. Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended a Scandinavia Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca.

Please pre-register terrhart1@gmail.com

*Via Zoom - To sign up for this Chat please email the Scheduler coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time. Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended a Palaeography Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

*Via Zoom - To sign up for this Chat please email the Scheduler coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time. Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended a Family Tree Maker User Group Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

Join us for an Open Research Day at the BCGS Library - the largest genealogical library in Western Canada. This is an opportunity for you to access the library’s many resources - check our our map collection, the new databases on our library computers and of course, the thousands of books and journals on our shelves. We are also a Family Search Affiliate, so you can view images at our library that you may not be able to see at home.

No registration is required.

Kindertech is an ongoing in-person workshop on the third Saturday of each month from 10am to noon at the BCGS Library and Research Centre.

Kindertech is intended to teach very simple computer techniques and to help attendees use their computers for family history.

Previous sessions have covered screenshots/screengrabs, blog reader apps, and Google apps (Docs, Sheets, Drive). Email kindertech@bcgs.ca if you have suggestions for future topics.

The facilitators are Margaret Sharon and Meg Riter. This is a hands-on workshop; bring your own device (laptop, tablet and/or phone) so you can practice at your own pace with as much support as you need.

No registration is required.

*Via Zoom - To sign up for this Chat please email the Scheduler coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time. Please include your BCGS membership number or the name of your Affiliate Society.

If you have already attended a United States Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

BCGS Genealogical Library closed.

*Via Zoom - To sign up, please email us at coffeechat@bcgs.ca at least 24 hours ahead of time . Please include your BCGS membership number or Affiliate Society name.

If you have already attended an Ontario Coffee Chat, you will receive an invitation automatically and don’t need to sign up.

To unsubscribe from this Chat, please email coffeechat@bcgs.ca

Guest Speaker:

An invitation from the BCGS to the meeting, using Zoom, will be sent to members.
Watch your inbox for more details about the website address,
meeting number and password.

If you don’t receive the email by the day before the meeting, please contact info@bcgs.ca.

Each member needs a 'free' Zoom account to participate. Go to www.zoom.us to sign up for your free account.

Are you new to Chinese genealogy and don’t know where to start? Or have you been doing your family genealogy for a while and are stuck?

Come join BCGS member Linda Yip as we talk about Chinese genealogy issues, brick wall busters and the hidden gems of Chinese genealogical research. Bring your questions.

The time will not change regardless of Daylight Savings Time - please adjust accordingly. Eastern time is three hours ahead of Pacific time.

*Via Zoom – email Linda Yip at hello@past-presence.com and you will be sent an invitation to join the meeting via Zoom