November 3: Every Source Matters: Using a variety of clues to find distant family members
Researching your family history has never been easier, thanks to an ever-increasing number of records available as well as the information you can unlock from your spit. Many of us have pushed into new territory with our family history work, but we should never think we have learned all that we can. Dave has several examples from his own research to show what can be done if we keep at it. Remember: Every time you go through a brick wall, you will likely find at least two more brick walls. And whenever you get an answer to a question, you will probably have more questions. And all of that will help you to discover more.
Date: Monday, November 3, 2025, 7pm
Presenter: Dave Obee
Location: via Zoom
Price: KDGS members Free; non-members $10; REGISTRATION REQUIRED – REGISTRATION FORM
Bite-size:My Mom: World War II Veteran, with KDGS member, Claire Smith-Burns
Dave Obee is a journalist and genealogical researcher who has written a dozen books and given more than 700 presentations at conferences and seminars in Canada, the United States and Australia since 1997. He is Editor and Publisher of the Times Colonist in Victoria, British Columbia. Dave has worked as a journalist in British Columbia and Alberta since 1972. He has received numerous awards and acknowledgements for his work as both a genealogist and journalist. Dave was born in British Columbia, and his roots there go back to the arrival of his great-great-grandfather from Manitoba in 1890. Some of his paternal ancestors arrived in North America from England and Ireland two centuries ago, while his mother was born in a German colony in the Soviet Union, and came with her parents to Canada in 1928.