BCGS Coffee Chat: EXPLORING GENETIC GENEALOGY - Introductory DNA

1st Monday of most months

January 6th 1 pm to 3 pm via Zoom

Facilitator: Christene Hoffert

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday January 8th 10 - 11 am via Zoom

With Linda Yip, BCGS member and Ancestry Advisory Board of Canadian Genealogists

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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
8 January 2025 at 7:30PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: Atlantic Canada Genealogy

Thursday, January 16th via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Brenda Jones

*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 Atlantic Canada 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

KINDERTECH – January 18th 10am – noon at BCGS Library   

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.

OPEN RESEARCH DAY at the BCGS Library   

Sunday January 19th 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday January 20th via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Debra Cole

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: PALAEOGRAPHY

Tuesday, January 21st via Zoom*
12 noon to 1 pm
With Kathie Ross

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: Advanced DNA

Tuesday, January 21st via Zoom
7 pm to 9 pm
With Terry Hartley, Jim Graham and Kathleen Graham

Please pre-register terrhart1@gmail.com

BCGS Coffee Chat: SCOTLAND GENEALOGY

Thursday, January 23rd via Zoom*
7 pm to 9 pm
With Eunice Robinson

*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

BCGS Writers Group

Tuesday 28 January 2025

6:00PM-8:00PM

via Zoom

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

Facilitator: Sue Sullivan

Registration is not required but if you would like a link to the online meetings, send your email address to graphics@familyancestrees.com.

TRACKING INDIGENOUS ROOTS

Thursday, January 30, 2025 via Zoom*
2:30 to 4:00 pm
Presented by the Aboriginal Genealogy Association.

Facilitator: Sharon Syrette

“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

FRENCH CONNECTION (FRENCH-CANADIAN) COFFEE CHAT

Thursday 30 January 2025 via Zoom*
7:00pm - 9:00 pm with Maurice Guibord

*Via Zoom - To sign up for this Chat please email 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 French Connection (French-Canadian) 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 Coffee Chat: EXPLORING GENETIC GENEALOGY - Introductory DNA

1st Monday of most months

February 3rd 1 pm to 3 pm via Zoom

Facilitator: Christene Hoffert

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: ENGLAND GENEALOGY

Thursday, February 6th via Zoom*
7 pm to 9 pm
With Sandra Cunliffe

*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 England 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 Coffee Chat: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday February 12th 10 - 11 am via Zoom

With Linda Yip, BCGS member and Ancestry Advisory Board of Canadian Genealogists

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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
12 February 2025 at 7:30PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: ONTARIO GENEALOGY

Thursday, February 13th via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Janet White

*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

KINDERTECH – February 15th 10am – noon at BCGS Library   

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday February 17th via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Debra Cole

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: PALAEOGRAPHY

Tuesday, February 18th via Zoom*
12 noon to 1 pm
With Kathie Ross

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: Advanced DNA

Tuesday, February 18 via Zoom
7 pm to 9 pm
With Terry Hartley, Jim Graham and Kathleen Graham

Please pre-register terrhart1@gmail.com

BCGS Coffee Chat: UNITED STATES GENEALOGY

Thursday, February 20th via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Celia Lewis

*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 Writers Group

Tuesday 25 February 2025

6:00PM-8:00PM

via Zoom

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

Facilitator: Sue Sullivan

Registration is not required but if you would like a link to the online meetings, send your email address to graphics@familyancestrees.com.

SCANDINAVIA COFFEE CHAT

Thursday, February 27th via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Kathie Ross

*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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: EXPLORING GENETIC GENEALOGY - Introductory DNA

1st Monday of most months

March 3rd 1 pm to 3 pm via Zoom

Facilitator: Christene Hoffert

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: BRITISH COLUMBIA GENEALOGY

Thursday, March 6th via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Janet White

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday March 12th 10 - 11 am via Zoom

With Linda Yip, BCGS member and Ancestry Advisory Board of Canadian Genealogists

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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
12 March 2025 at 7:30PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

Members’ Meeting and AGM

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: CANADIAN PRAIRIES GENEALOGY

Thursday, March 13th via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Judith Ueland

*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 .

KINDERTECH – March 15th 10am – noon at BCGS Library   

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.

OPEN RESEARCH DAY at the BCGS Library   

Sunday March 16th 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday March 17th via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Debra Cole

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: PALAEOGRAPHY

Tuesday, March 18th via Zoom*
12 noon to 1 pm
With Kathie Ross

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: Advanced DNA

Tuesday, March 18 via Zoom
7 pm to 9 pm
With Terry Hartley, Jim Graham and Kathleen Graham

Please pre-register terrhart1@gmail.com

BCGS Coffee Chat: IRELAND GENEALOGY
Thursday, March 20th via Zoom*
7 pm to 9 pm

With Eunice Robinson

*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

BCGS Writers Group

Tuesday 25 March 2025

6:00PM-8:00PM

via Zoom

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

Facilitator: Sue Sullivan

Registration is not required but if you would like a link to the online meetings, send your email address to graphics@familyancestrees.com.

TRACKING INDIGENOUS ROOTS

Thursday, March 27, 2025 via Zoom*
2:30 to 4:00 pm
Presented by the Aboriginal Genealogy Association.

Facilitator: Sharon Syrette

“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

BCGS Coffee Chat: EASTERN EUROPE Genealogy (including GERMANS from RUSSIA)

Thursday, March 27th via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Eunice Robinson

*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

SCANDINAVIA COFFEE CHAT

Thursday, April 3rd via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Kathie Ross

*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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: EXPLORING GENETIC GENEALOGY - Introductory DNA

1st Monday of most months

April 7th 1 pm to 3 pm via Zoom

Facilitator: Christene Hoffert

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday April 9th 10 - 11 am via Zoom

With Linda Yip, BCGS member and Ancestry Advisory Board of Canadian Genealogists

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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
9 April 2025 at 7:30PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: ENGLAND GENEALOGY

Thursday, April 10th via Zoom*
7 pm to 9 pm
With Sandra Cunliffe

*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 England 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

OPEN RESEARCH DAY at the BCGS Library   

Sunday April 13th 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: PALAEOGRAPHY

Tuesday, April 15th via Zoom*
12 noon to 1 pm
With Kathie Ross

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: Advanced DNA

Tuesday, April 15 via Zoom
7 pm to 9 pm
With Terry Hartley, Jim Graham and Kathleen Graham

Please pre-register terrhart1@gmail.com

FRENCH CONNECTION (FRENCH-CANADIAN) COFFEE CHAT

Thursday, April 17th via Zoom*
7:00pm - 9:00 pm with Maurice Guibord

*Via Zoom - To sign up for this Chat please email 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 French Connection (French-Canadian) 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 Genealogical Library will be closed Saturday, April 19, 2025 for the Easter weekend.

BCGS Coffee Chat: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday April 21st via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Debra Cole

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: SCOTLAND GENEALOGY

Thursday, April 24th via Zoom*
7 pm to 9 pm
With Eunice Robinson

*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

BCGS Writers Group

Tuesday 29 April 2025

6:00PM-8:00PM

via Zoom

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

Facilitator: Sue Sullivan

Registration is not required but if you would like a link to the online meetings, send your email address to graphics@familyancestrees.com.

BCGS Coffee Chat: CANADIAN PRAIRIES GENEALOGY

Thursday, May 1st via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Judith Ueland

*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 .

BCGS Coffee Chat: EXPLORING GENETIC GENEALOGY - Introductory DNA

1st Monday of most months

May 5th 1 pm to 3 pm via Zoom

Facilitator: Christene Hoffert

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: Atlantic Canada Genealogy

Thursday, May 8th via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Brenda Jones

*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 Atlantic Canada 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 Coffee Chat: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday May 14th 10 - 11 am via Zoom

With Linda Yip, BCGS member and Ancestry Advisory Board of Canadian Genealogists

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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
14 May 2025 at 7:30PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: UNITED STATES GENEALOGY

Thursday, May 15th via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Celia Lewis

*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

The BCGS Genealogical Library will be closed Saturday, May 17, 2025 for the Victoria Day weekend.

BCGS Coffee Chat: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday May 19th via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Debra Cole

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: PALAEOGRAPHY

Tuesday, May 20th via Zoom*
12 noon to 1 pm
With Kathie Ross

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: Advanced DNA

Tuesday, May 20th via Zoom
7 pm to 9 pm
With Terry Hartley, Jim Graham and Kathleen Graham

Please pre-register terrhart1@gmail.com

BCGS Coffee Chat: BRITISH COLUMBIA GENEALOGY

Thursday, May 22nd via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Janet White

*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

TRACKING INDIGENOUS ROOTS

Thursday, May 29, 2025 via Zoom*
2:30 to 4:00 pm
Presented by the Aboriginal Genealogy Association.

Facilitator: Sharon Syrette

“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

BCGS Coffee Chat: EASTERN EUROPE Genealogy (including GERMANS from RUSSIA)

Thursday, May 29th via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Eunice Robinson

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: EXPLORING GENETIC GENEALOGY - Introductory DNA

1st Monday of most months

June 2nd 1 pm to 3 pm via Zoom

Facilitator: Christene Hoffert

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: ONTARIO GENEALOGY

Thursday, June 5th via Zoom*
7 to 9 pm
with Janet White

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday June 11th 10 - 11 am via Zoom

With Linda Yip, BCGS member and Ancestry Advisory Board of Canadian Genealogists

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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
11 June 2025 at 7:30PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: IRELAND GENEALOGY
Thursday, June 12th via Zoom*
7 pm to 9 pm

With Eunice Robinson

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday June 16th via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Debra Cole

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: PALAEOGRAPHY

Tuesday, June 17th via Zoom*
12 noon to 1 pm
With Kathie Ross

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: Advanced DNA

Tuesday, June 17th via Zoom
7 pm to 9 pm
With Terry Hartley, Jim Graham and Kathleen Graham

Please pre-register terrhart1@gmail.com

BCGS Coffee Chat: ENGLAND GENEALOGY

Thursday, June 19th via Zoom*
7 pm to 9 pm
With Sandra Cunliffe

*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 England 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

KINDERTECH – June 21st 10am – noon at BCGS Library   

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.

The BCGS Genealogical Library will be closed Saturday, June 28, 2025 for the Canada Day weekend.

The BCGS Genealogical Library will be closed Tuesday, July 1, 2025 for Canada Day.

BCGS Coffee Chat: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday July 9th 10 - 11 am via Zoom

With Linda Yip, BCGS member and Ancestry Advisory Board of Canadian Genealogists

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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
9 July 2025 at 7:30PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday July 21st via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Debra Cole

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday August 13th 10 - 11 am via Zoom

With Linda Yip, BCGS member and Ancestry Advisory Board of Canadian Genealogists

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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
13 August 2025 at 7:30 PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

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.

The BCGS Genealogical Library will be closed Saturday, August 30, 2025 for the Labour Day weekend.

BCGS Coffee Chat: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday September 10th 10 - 11 am via Zoom

With Linda Yip, BCGS member and Ancestry Advisory Board of Canadian Genealogists

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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
10 September 2025 at 7:30 PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday September 15 via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Debra Cole

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: PALAEOGRAPHY

Tuesday, September 16th via Zoom*
12 noon to 1 pm
With Kathie Ross

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: Advanced DNA

Tuesday, September 16th via Zoom
7 pm to 9 pm
With Terry Hartley, Jim Graham and Kathleen Graham

Please pre-register terrhart1@gmail.com

KINDERTECH – September 20th 10am – noon at BCGS Library   

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.

The BCGS Genealogical Library will be closed Tuesday, September 30, 2025 for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

BCGS Writers Group

Tuesday 30 September 2025

6:00PM-8:00PM

via Zoom

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

Facilitator: Sue Sullivan

Registration is not required but if you would like a link to the online meetings, send your email address to graphics@familyancestrees.com.

BCGS Coffee Chat: EXPLORING GENETIC GENEALOGY - Introductory DNA

1st Monday of most months

October 6th 1 pm to 3 pm via Zoom

Facilitator: Christene Hoffert

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday October 8th 10 - 11 am via Zoom

With Linda Yip, BCGS member and Ancestry Advisory Board of Canadian Genealogists

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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
8 October 2025 at 7:30 PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

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.

The BCGS Genealogical Library will be closed Saturday, October 11, 2025 for the Thanksgiving weekend.

KINDERTECH – October 18th 10am – noon at BCGS Library   

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday October 20 via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Debra Cole

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: PALAEOGRAPHY

Tuesday, October 21st via Zoom*
12 noon to 1 pm
With Kathie Ross

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: Advanced DNA

Tuesday, October 21st via Zoom
7 pm to 9 pm
With Terry Hartley, Jim Graham and Kathleen Graham

Please pre-register terrhart1@gmail.com

BCGS Writers Group

Tuesday 28 October 2025

6:00PM-8:00PM

via Zoom

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

Facilitator: Sue Sullivan

Registration is not required but if you would like a link to the online meetings, send your email address to graphics@familyancestrees.com.

BCGS Coffee Chat: EXPLORING GENETIC GENEALOGY - Introductory DNA

1st Monday of most months

November 3rd 1 pm to 3 pm via Zoom

Facilitator: Christene Hoffert

*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

The BCGS Genealogical Library will be closed Saturday, November 8, 2025 for Remembrance Day weekend.

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

BCGS Coffee Chat: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday November 12th 10 - 11 am via Zoom

With Linda Yip, BCGS member and Ancestry Advisory Board of Canadian Genealogists

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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
12 November 2025 at 7:30 PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

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.

KINDERTECH – November 15th 10am – noon at BCGS Library   

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday November 17th via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Debra Cole

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: PALAEOGRAPHY

Tuesday, November 18th via Zoom*
12 noon to 1 pm
With Kathie Ross

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: Advanced DNA

Tuesday, November 18th via Zoom
7 pm to 9 pm
With Terry Hartley, Jim Graham and Kathleen Graham

Please pre-register terrhart1@gmail.com

BCGS Writers Group

Tuesday 25 November 2025

6:00PM-8:00PM

via Zoom

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

Facilitator: Sue Sullivan

Registration is not required but if you would like a link to the online meetings, send your email address to graphics@familyancestrees.com.

BCGS Coffee Chat: EXPLORING GENETIC GENEALOGY - Introductory DNA

1st Monday of most months

December 1st 1 pm to 3 pm via Zoom

Facilitator: Christene Hoffert

*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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
10 December 2025 at 7:30 PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

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.

BCGS Coffee Chat: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday December 15th via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Debra Cole

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: PALAEOGRAPHY

Tuesday, December 16th via Zoom*
12 noon to 1 pm
With Kathie Ross

*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

BCGS Coffee Chat: Advanced DNA

Tuesday, December 16th via Zoom
7 pm to 9 pm
With Terry Hartley, Jim Graham and Kathleen Graham

Please pre-register terrhart1@gmail.com