Category: Family History Forums

Delving into Family History is a wonderful adventure! Curious about your ancestry or how to start tracing your family tree? Family History 101 is the perfect introduction. In this session, we’ll explore the value of family...

Learn What School Records, including from Residential Schools, of Your Ancestors Can Teach You, presented by Xenia Stanford Records from primary school to university can teach you much about your ancestors. Where were their...

May 27: Wills & Probate Papers: an Underused Resource Wills are one of my favourite records! We will learn some basic information about Wills, Administrations, Inventories and Probate, including terminology and interpreting...

Introduction to Scottish Genealogical Research with Claire Smith-Burns Learn how to effectively begin researching your Scottish Ancestry: the idiosyncrasies and pitfalls. This talk will cover the major Scottish record groups and...

The S.S. Sicamous and Her Captains presented by Robert Nield, KDGS member. The majestic sternwheeler, S.S. Sicamous, plied Lake Okanagan transporting people, mail and produce from 1914 until 1936. During that time, she had five...

Topic:  Some Cool Things for Family Historians There’s a lot going on in the genealogy world, including new technology. We will explore several cool FREE things: powerful search engines fueled by AI, fun photo enhancements, the...

Organizing Your Online Research and Digital Files, Claire Smith-Burns presenter One of the biggest concerns most genealogists have is how to organize their paper and digital files. We will look at organizational ideas, from...