Vernon family history group presents virtual seminars – Lake Country Calendar
, 2022-01-31 02:00:00,
Five virtual seminars, four speakers, three days.
Those with an interest in genealogy can check out the Vernon and District Family History Society, which is presenting the seminars Feb. 25-27.
Kicking things off Friday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. is Victoria Times Colonist editor and publisher Dave Obee, who is also a genealogical researcher. Obee has written a dozen books and given more than 700 presentations at conferences and seminars in Canada, the United States and Australia since 1997.
His presentation will focus on the wide variety of sources that deal with immigration to Canada, including ship passenger lists (available from 1865 through 1935), border crossing records, and naturalization and citizenship documents.
— Vernon & District Family History (@VDFHS2) January 23, 2022
Two presentations Saturday, Feb. 26, will be provided by Annette Burke Lyttle, president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and editor of The Florida Genealogist. Lyttle will speak at 9 a.m. on the topic “Genealogical Proof for the Everyday Genealogist,” then again at 10:30 a.m. on “Border—What Border? – Our Ancestors Who Called Both Canada and the USA Home.”
— Vernon & District Family History (@VDFHS2) January 24, 2022
The final two seminars on Sunday, Feb. 27, will be conducted by Christine Woodcock, a noted researcher in Scottish family history (1 p.m.), and M. Diane Rogers, past president of the B.C. Genealogical Society, who will speak on “Adding DNA to your genealogy and family history tools.”
— Vernon & District Family History (@VDFHS2) January 26, 2022
— Vernon & District Family History (@VDFHS2) January 26, 2022
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