British Columbia Genealogical Society-----Library Research Week, July 17-22, 2006

BRITISH COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

WALTER DRAYCOTT
RESOURCE CENTRE & LIBRARY


Monday, July 17 to Saturday, July 22, 2006, Library Research Week

10 am to 3 pm each day

***Free to all researchers this week only***

Featuring research on England, Monday; Scotland, Tuesday; Ireland, Wednesday; Canada, Thursday; U.S.A., Friday; & Europe, Australia and New Zealand on Saturday. See what’s available in your area, or ask for assistance.

The Society’s Resource Centre & Library in Surrey, B.C., contains over 10,000 genealogical & family history related books and periodicals, microfilmed records, CDs & clipping & card files compiled by the Society, including one of 100,000 entries on past British Columbia residents.

Library catalogues are searchable on the Society's website: www.bcgs.ca

Address:
#211– 12837 76th Avenue, Surrey, B.C. (76th Avenue and 128th Street)

Phone: 604- 502- 9119

For more information, please call the Library

or see the B.C.G.S. website: www.bcgs.ca

B.C.G.S. Library Open House, Surrey, B.C., Canada

BRITISH COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

WALTER DRAYCOTT RESOURCE CENTRE & LIBRARY

OPEN HOUSE

Sunday, JUNE 25, 2006 1 -3 pm

The British Columbia Genealogical Society celebrates the Walter Draycott Resource Centre & Library's 10th anniversary, June 25th, from 1-3 pm. Free event. All welcome.

The Society’s Resource Centre & Library in Surrey, B.C., contains over 10,000 genealogical & family history related books and periodicals, microfilmed records, CDs & clipping & card files compiled by the Society, including one of 100,000 entries on past British Columbia residents.

#211– 12837 76th Avenue, Surrey, B.C.
(76th Avenue and 128th Street)
Phone: 604- 502- 9119 Library Administrator: Betty Allen

For more information, please call the Library
or see the B.C.G.S. website: www.bcgs.ca

Psst...need a catalogue for your library?

Thanks to Marnie Oakes, who sent in a 'quick tip' to Ancestry's Weekly Journal & to DearMyrtle, who noticed it, I just discovered www.LibraryThing.com, a very cool website.

I have lots of books & I am an active BookCrosser, so some of my collection is listed on the World Wide Web already, but my genealogy collection is not. I can already see so many possibilities for LibraryThing in genealogy.

It's quick & easy to register & to enter books, & so easy to edit & find them in your 'catalog' once they are in there & you can keep your information private, if you like. Right now, I can list up to 200 books there for free; it's $10. U.S. for a year or $25 U.S. for a lifetime, after that. Sounds like a bargain, really. This idea & website is put together by Tim Spalding, a web designer from Maine, U.S.A. Thanks, Tim!

You can 'tag' each book with a descriptive word or several, same as often is done now for photographs on the web. I've just started---these are the tags showing for me:
conservation (1), edwardian history (1), family u.k. (1), fashion history (1), genealogy (9), genealogy organization (1), genealogy u.s. (1), genealogy websites (1), gps (1), heirlooms (1), history u.k. (1), history u.s. (1), journal (1), photographs (3), photography u.k. (1), photography u.s. (1), preservation (1), victorian history (1), writing (2)

After you enter 10 books, the site 'suggests' books that other people with your same books or tags have on their lists. Very interesting.....as we used to say. Have a look!

LibraryThing: www.librarything.com

Dear Myrtle: www.dearMyrtle.com

Ancestry Weekly Journal, 10th April, 2006: http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?cat=9

BookCrossing: www.bookcrossing.com

P. S. April 26th....been playing with my library catalogue all night!
Lots of books are off the real shelves & onto my virtual ones.
I should have mentioned that LibraryThing has links to worldwide libraries, including Canadian ones! Grand!
Thanks again, Tim