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Upcoming Events
February 7, 2012 England & Wales SIG Meeting - Join Joe Forsyth at 1:00 p.m. at the Family History Center located at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 591 Arbutus Street, Qualicum Beach. Bring your current brick wall from England or Wales and see if we can climb over it together. All welcome - no set agenda this month.
February 14, 2012 Scotland SIG Meeting - Join Donna Fraser at 1:00 p.m. at the Family History Center located at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 591 Arbutus Street, Qualicum Beach. We'll review some of the best Scottish websites to help you with your Scottish family history research. Please feel free to share your favourite websites with us. All welcome.
February 15, 2012 - QBFHS Annual General Meeting, 7.00 p.m., Knox United Church, Humphrey Rd, Parksville. Election of new officers - Program Director, Education Director, Librarian, Treasurer, Journal Editor, Publicity Director, Director at Large - and presentation of a set of Policies for the Society.
Featured Speaker, Dr. Michael Tripp, will speak about Necrogeography: Landscapes of the Dead. Cemeteries have always been an integral part of my life, beginning in early childhood with frequent visits to an Eastern Orthodox cemetery where generations of relatives and friends were buried. What began as a duty increasingly became a source of inspiration and understanding, first within the cemetery I knew best and then well beyond its borders. Each new site brought with it revelations about the individuals within, their relations to each other, the perspectives of their times and the societies to which they belonged. Taken collectively these traits produce landscapes specific to their cultures - their necrogeographies - some discoveries and insights of which I would like to share with you.
February 28, 2012 Computer Group Meeting, 1pm at the Family History Center located at The Church of Latter Day Saints, 591 Arbutus Street, Qualicum Beach.
March 6, 2012 - Joint Meeting with QB Historical Society and Museum, 7:30 p.m., Qualicum Beach Civic Center. Featured speaker, Lynne Bowen will talk about her research and book "Whoever gives us bread - the story of Italians in B.C."
March 17 2012 - Workshop ANCESTRY SEARCH STRATEGY - Gerry Poulton,Victoria Genealogical Society Carmanagh Room, Tigh Na Mara Resort, 10- a.m. 12 noon; 1 - 3 p.m.. Fee: $15 in advance. Limited to 20 people at each session. The morning session is full but there is still room in the afternoon - deadline for registration is February 16. For more details and to register contact Kathy Jones.
Goal: How to maximize your search results using Ancestry.
In this popular workshop Gerry will share his experience with Ancestry and how it has helped him research his Canadian ancestors. In particular, Gerry will discuss strategies to increase your success rate with Ancestry searches, such as:
- Why use a research log to track search variations and results?
- What is the ‘advanced search’ option? How can it best be used?
- What do the terms ‘wildcard’, ‘Soundex, ‘filters’ mean?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages to using the above search strategies?
If time is available, Gerry will also discuss Canadian records (emphasizing Ontario) including:
- Census records
- Birth, marriage and death records
- Immigration & emigration records (including passenger and border crossing records)
- Military records
Saturday, April 21, 2012 the Campbell River Genealogy Society Spring Seminar with Dave Obee
Dave's topics will be:
#1 Write Your Family History
#2 It's About Time: A Simple Way to Organize Your Work
#3 Family History in Western Canada
The seminar will be held from 10:30 a.m. until 3:45 pm at the Maritime Heritage Centre in Campbell River. For further information please go to http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bccrgc/crevents.html
Coming in 2013, a Comox Valley, Vancouver Island All-day Seminar
Mark your calendar for the next Comox Valley Family History Research Group (CVFHRG) one-day seminar on April 21, 2013. Our special guest speakers from Ottawa are archivist and author Glenn Wright and Ancestry.ca content acquisition consultant Lesley Anderson. We have booked the very large 6000 sq ft Conference Hall in the Florence Filberg Centre in downtown Courtenay, so there will be lots of room for everyone.
The topics and further details will be released at a later date. In the meantime, you may access the “Seminars” tab of our CVFHRG website to read the speakers’ profiles and to obtain more information. http://www.cvfamilyhistory.org/
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