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VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Members Update scheduled to be emailed
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - noon to 4pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
(Details provided below in each activity)
PRESENTED BY: Joanne Barnard.
This session will give you the resources to start researching your Swedish ancestry, even if you don’t speak the language. Some historical background will provide the framework for understanding naming practices, record-keeping and emigration patterns and an analysis of the various online sources (free and paid) will give you a choice of tools for finding your family’s records.
You can attend in person OR via Zoom.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
The Scottish SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in Scotland.
SIG Leader: Heather Shave
SIG Assist: Pat Rosson
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - noon to 4pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
The Ireland SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in the Ireland.
SIG Leader: Kathie Ross
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
The England SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in England.
SIG Leader: Heather Shave
SIG Assist: Gerry Poulton
VGS Members Update scheduled to be emailed
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
SPEAKER EVENT - MEMBERS PRESENTATIONS - TBA
Presentations by our own VGS members. Details TBD
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - noon to 4pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
The Ontario SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in Ontario, Canada.
SIG Coordinator: Gerry Poulton
Free to active VGS members. Members must join this and other Special Interest Groups to receive emails from SIG volunteers containing SIG meeting details.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
Countries investigated by this SIG include Romania, Belarus, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Serbia, Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Austria, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Croatia, and Herzegovina.
In-person only at the VGS Centre.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - noon to 4pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
The Victoria Genealogy Society (VGS) is pleased to announce that we have been invited to operate a Highland Games tent on May 18 & 19 at Topaz Park in Victoria. VGS volunteers will be assisting guests in exploring their genealogy. There will also be a presentation at the on-site Heritage tent in the History Hub on both days from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm by our own Lois Thompson. She will talk about Scottish Home Children. Please join us!
NO WORKSHOP - Victoria Day Weekend
The Victoria Genealogy Society (VGS) is pleased to announce that we have been invited to operate a Highland Games tent on May 18 & 19 at Topaz Park in Victoria. VGS volunteers will be assisting guests in exploring their genealogy. There will also be a presentation at the on-site Heritage tent in the History Hub on both days from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm by our own Lois Thompson. She will talk about Scottish Home Children. Please join us!
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Learning and Research Centre
Learn, share, and contribute your experiences with DNA testing and genealogy research. Learn more about your options if you haven‘t tested your DNA yet.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
The goals of this SIG are to introduce and share the fun of doing family history, and to encourage and show members how to do it themselves. Answer questions.
Geared to new members just starting out, and any active members who would like to brush up on their skills.
In-person only at the VGS Centre.
The focus will be on researching items that have been donated to the VGS. Learn to identify clues by careful observation and search for answers in the many sources we have available. The aim is to return found items to their families whenever possible.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Members Update scheduled to be emailed
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - noon to 4pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - noon to 4pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
The Ireland SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in the Ireland.
SIG Leader: Kathie Ross
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
The Scottish SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in Scotland.
SIG Leader: Heather Shave
SIG Assist: Pat Rosson
VGS Members Update scheduled to be emailed
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - noon to 4pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Learning and Research Centre (unless attending via Zoom)
Between 1867 and 1948, over 100,000 British children were sent to Canada to either work on farms or be put up for adoption. It is estimated that today, between 3 and 5 million Canadians can trace their ancestry to one of these children. Lois will lead the workshop through a step by step procedure on how to look for clues, confirm your ancestor was a home child, how to conduct the research by using English and Canadian locations along with religion and age. She will discuss the various resources available.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
The United States SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in the USA.
SIG Leader: Pat Rosson
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
The England SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in England.
SIG Leader: Heather Shave
SIG Assist: Gerry Poulton
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
Annual General Meeting for VGS members
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - noon to 4pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
The goals of this SIG are to introduce and share the fun of doing family history, and to encourage and show members how to do it themselves. Answer questions.
Geared to new members just starting out, and any active members who would like to brush up on their skills.
In-person only at the VGS Centre.
The focus will be on researching items that have been donated to the VGS. Learn to identify clues by careful observation and search for answers in the many sources we have available. The aim is to return found items to their families whenever possible.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
The Ontario SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in Ontario, Canada.
SIG Coordinator: Gerry Poulton
Free to active VGS members. Members must join this and other Special Interest Groups to receive emails from SIG volunteers containing SIG meeting details.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Members Update scheduled to be emailed
Countries investigated by this SIG include Romania, Belarus, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Serbia, Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Austria, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Croatia, and Herzegovina.
In-person only at the VGS Centre.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - noon to 4pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
VGS Centre Open - noon to 4pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About Us menu.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Federal Statutory Holiday in Canada