Summer 2022 - What's Happening in Local Genealogy events?

 Genealogy Life is getting busy here again - not quite as normal, but much more happening! Looking forward to getting out and about more this summer.

Last weekend, I was at Greater Vancouver's Scandinavian Summer festival. Beautiful weather, very hot! And many visitors to the Scandinavian Cultural Society's Genealogy Room with questions! We do try to answer them all! Keep up with local Scandinavian events here - https://scancentre.org/

Coming up July 1st is THE Genealogy Show - 

Get your tickets here: https://www.thegenealogyshowlive.com/plans/show-tickets/   I'm speaking on "A 12 Week Genealogy Year?" Come to hear me and find out all about it. Check out all the other great speakers too! 

The Vancouver Genealogy Group continues to meet on Zoom, as do the Guild of One-Name Study members while the Lower Mainland Bookcrossing enthusiasts are meeting in person again (carefully, of course) and more.

Coming up in the Summer?

I'm speaking next week to the Maple Ridge Family History Group on "Why study a surname?" I know that some of this award winning group have surnames perfect for one-name studies! But really any surname can be done - with patience and collaboration. See more about the group's many projects here: http://mapleridgemuseum.org/about-us/family-history/

Our Scandinavian genealogists are off again in July to Eurofest in Maple Ridge, July 23rd/July 24th, 2022.  No matter where your family is from, this will be a fun event. Keep up with the details here: https://www.europeanfestival.ca/ 

And beyond? 

I'll be teaching genealogy classes again in the fall in person, I hope. And still Zooming too. 

Stay tuned for more event news coming up. 

FamilySearch Family Tree - Sourcing & Adding Media - May, 2019 in Surrey, BC

Sourcing and Adding Media in FamilySearch Family Tree - with Jeannie Vance

Monday May 13th 2019 from 10 am to Noon 

or 

Wednesday May 15th 2019 from 7 -9 pm 

At the Surrey Family History Center,

6270 126 Street Surrey BC.

Pre-register: Email surreyfhc@gmail.com  or text or call Jeannie at 604 318 5925 - please indicate which class you will be attending —walk-ins welcome.

• Learn techniques for adding sources in FamilySearch. 
• Learn to attach a source to an individual in FamilySearch or save the source to be able to attach it to others. 
• Learn to add your own media too. (Bring a photo to try this.)
• BONUS: Learn about RecordSeek – an app for creating source citations easily for records found on other web pages. 


Class time followed by a computer lab for those who pre-register.

Learn more about the Surrey Family History Center here.

Upcoming Genealogy Events - Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada

I've missed blogging lately as have been busy at events, or getting ready for events, or recovering from events. Now I see Blogger is offering to let us 'post-date' entries - that's great!

This weekend, I was with other B.C. Genealogical Society members at the 5th Annual Burnaby Festival of Volunteers at Brentwood Mall. We talked to many, many people interested in tracing their family's roots.

Among the geographical areas we were asked about particularly were:

Burma, Switzerland, Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick), China, Columbia, England, Ireland, Kenya, Scotland, Taiwan and the U.S.A.


Watch for B.C.G.S. members and displays at these upcoming events:

British Research Seminar with Chris Watts, Burnaby, B.C.
May 10, 2008 - all day

Details: www.bcgs.ca

Topics:
- Some Underused Sources for English Genealogy
- Tracing Birth, Deaths & Marriages at Sea
- World War I Army Service Records at The National Archives of the U.K. & Elsewhere

British Columbia Historical Federation conference, New Westminster, B.C.
May 8-11th, 2008

Details & registration: www.bchistory.ca


Historical tours & talks, meet some 'Royal Engineers', tour Fort Langley and New Westminster, Paddlewheeler and cemetery tours.

Book fair open to the public Friday 1-6 pm, at the Inn at Westminster Quay, New Westminster.


European Festival, Burnaby, B.C.
May 31, 2008 - all day - see schedule on-line

Details: www.eurofestbc.ca/index.html

Entertainment, food and more representing these countries: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Metis, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine.

'Beginning Your Family History’ with M. Diane Rogers, Burnaby, B.C.
June 19, 2008, 7-9 pm, Burnaby Village Museum

Info & Registration: www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca

Learn how to get started and how to organize your family tree. Hear tips about connecting with long-lost relatives and about using on-line websites and databases, all without spending a fortune.


Scandinavian Midsummer Festival, Burnaby, B.C.
June 20-22, 2008

Details: http://www.scandinavianmidsummerfestival.org

Dancing, choirs, musicians, great food, even some Vikings to talk to!



B.C. Highland Games, Coquitlam, B.C.
June 28, 2008 - all day - watch for schedule on-line

Details: http://www.bchighlandgames.com

Bagpipers, fiddlers, dancers, drummers, athletes, and good food, the Scottish clans and societies - oh, and did I mention the pipe bands are parading, my favourites?


That's all for now!