June 2025 – Social (members-only)
Our June Social is WEDNESDAY, June 4, 7pm at Reid’s Hall (Benvoulin Heritage Church, 2279 Benvoulin Rd). This is a members-only event.
Please try and carpool as parking is limited.
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May 2025 Family History Forum
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 common phraseology. We will also discover how to access wills with examples from Canada, the USA and the UK.
Family History Forums are a partnership presentation series of the Kelowna & District Genealogical Society and the Okanagan Regional Library. The topics vary but are typically at the beginner’s level in Family History research.
April 2024 Family History Forum
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 how best to access them. Plus, we will take a look at some great websites and resources for Scottish family history research.
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April 2025 General Meeting
April 7: Lost in London, presenter Helen Smith of Brisbane, Australia. This recording is no longer available. London can be a daunting place to research. Part of this is due to the massive population growth: 600, 000 in 1700 to...
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Heritage Week: KDGS members, Robert Nield, Mary Read, Sandra Sellick and Claire Smith-Burns have researched the five SS Sicamous captains for our Heritage Personalities display boards; see these at the Monday February 17th...
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February 3: AI & Genealogy: Trouble Ahead While AI (artificial intelligence) might be the current “hot” buzz word, the fact is that many genealogy vendors and even genealogists have already been using this technology for...
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December 4: Christmas Social for KDGS members only Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 7pm Location: Reid Hall at Benvoulin Heritage Church
Read MoreNovember 2024 Family History Forum
November 26: Italians who Helped Build Kelowna, presented by Don Rampone Most people know of the important contributions that the Casorso and Capozzi families have made to the building of Kelowna. But there are many other...
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