BCGS Coffee Chat: EXPLORING GENETIC GENEALOGY - Introductory DNA

1st Monday of most months

November 4, 2024 via Zoom
1 pm to 3 pm
Facilitators: 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, October 31st 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 Writers Group - Via ZOOM

Tuesday 29 October 2024

6:00PM-7:300PM

The BCGS Writers Group meets the last Tuesday of each month from 6 to 7:30 pm.

September to April they will be meeting via Zoom.
If you would like a link to the online meetings, send your email address to
Sue Sullivan at graphics@familyancestrees.com

Facilitator: Sue Sullivan

From May to August we meet in-person. The in-person meetings are at
the BCGS Genealogical Library and Research Centre 211 - 12837 76th Avenue, Surrey.
No registration is required for in-person meetings when they resume in May.

BCGS Coffee Chat: CANADIAN PRAIRIES GENEALOGY

Thursday, October 24th 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 .

TRACKING INDIGENOUS ROOTS

Thursday, October 24, 2024 via Zoom*
2:30 to 4:00 pm NOTE: New times - Thursday afternoon for October and November 2024
Presented by the Aboriginal Genealogy Association.

Facilitators: Sharon Syrette & Sheila Albrecht

“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 week 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: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday October 21st via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Sharon Syrette

*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

OPEN RESEARCH DAY at the BCGS Library   

Sunday October 20th 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.

KINDERTECH – October 19th 10am – noon at the 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: UNITED STATES GENEALOGY

Thursday, October 17th 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 Coffee Chat: PALAEOGRAPHY

Tuessday, October 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

The BCGS Genealogical Library will be closed Saturday, October 12, 2024 for the Thanksgiving weekend.

BCGS Coffee Chat: SCOTLAND GENEALOGY

Thursday, October 10th 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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
09 October 2024 at 7:30PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

Guest Speaker: Ted Usher “What is the Last Post Fund?”

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: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday 09 October 2024 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

BCGS Coffee Chat: EXPLORING GENETIC GENEALOGY - Introductory DNA

1st Monday of most months

October 7, 2024 via Zoom
1 pm to 3 pm
Facilitators: 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, October 3rd 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: IRELAND GENEALOGY
Thursday, September 26th 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

TRACKING INDIGENOUS ROOTS

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 via Zoom*
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm NOTE: New times - now in the early afternoon on Tuesdays
Presented by the Aboriginal Genealogy Association.

Facilitators: Sharon Syrette & Sheila Albrecht

“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 week 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

OPEN RESEARCH DAY at the BCGS Library   

Sunday September 22nd 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.

KINDERTECH – September 21st 10am – noon at the 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: ENGLAND GENEALOGY

Thursday, September 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

BCGS Coffee Chat: PALAEOGRAPHY

Tuessday, September 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: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday September 16th via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Sharon Syrette

*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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
11 September 2024 at 7:30PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

Guest Speaker: Jacqueline Gresko “Susan Allison: researching a writer and her family history”

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: CHINESE GENEALOGY 101

Wednesday 11 September 2024 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

BCGS Coffee Chat: EXPLORING GENETIC GENEALOGY - Introductory DNA

1st Monday of most months

September 9th, 2024 via Zoom
1 pm to 3 pm
Facilitators: 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, August 31, 2024 for the Labour Day weekend.

TRACKING INDIGENOUS ROOTS

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 via Zoom*
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm NOTE: New times - now in the early afternoon on Tuesdays
Presented by the Aboriginal Genealogy Association.

Facilitators: Sharon Syrette & Sheila Albrecht

“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 week 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: Family Tree Maker Users Group

Monday August 19th via Zoom*
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
With Sharon Syrette

*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

Our next BCGS members’ meeting will be via Zoom.us on
14 August 2024 at 7:30PM.
Join the meeting between 7 & 7:30 when Members chat and share.

Guest Speaker: Claire Smith-Burns “The 1862 Murder of James Webster in Victoria, BC

When I discovered that my fourth great-uncle was murdered on the streets of Victoria in 1862, my curiosity was piqued and I had to find out more. Newspapers of the day helped me to unfold the story of his tragic death: a case of mistaken identity. The circumstances culminating in his murder took me on a romp from California up to the Cariboo gold fields. The characters and events encountered paint a picture of life in the Wild West!

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.