May 2025 General Meeting
Our May Kelowna & District Genealogical Society General Meeting – Three stories of Genealogical Discoveries by 3 KDGS Members
Hidden in Plain Sight, by Steve Hall: A few months ago I decided to purge all my duplicates and redundant paper copies of family information. On close examination, a rough family tree that I had written out at least 15 years ago had one word beside one ancestor that opened the door to discovering more of my wife Lynn’s Kelowna heritage.
Shea Cousins Project: Bringing Maurice Patrick Shea Back to Life, by Xenia Stanford. This is a real-world case study in how extended family collaboration can restore the past story and glory of a forgotten soldier, Maurice Patrick SHEA (1794-1892), for our future generations to remember and honour.
Astonishing Discovery on my Courtney Family, by Claire Smith-Burns: My 4th Great-grandfather, John Baptiste COURTNEY, settled in an unsurveyed area of Ontario with no churches, schools or local government. A lucky dip uncovered an eye-witness report of a day in his life in 1821. Following a hunch, led me to the greatest discovery yet in my family history.
Bite-size: Using Post Office Records, by member Marlene Crane