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May, 2023

Monday
1
1:30 PM
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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.
Tuesday
2
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An introduction to genealogy for VGS members. Learn from experienced VGS family history researchers as they share the fun of doing family history. Presenters Sarah Hamster and Penny Holt will encourage and show members how to do it themselves, and answer their questions.
THIS IS A STAND-ALONE WORKSHOP. THE SAME WORKSHOP WILL BE OFFERED IN THE FUTURE AS A BENEFIT OF MEMBERSHIP.
Wednesday
3
1:30 PM
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The Scotland SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in Scotland. Meetings are usually once a month, now on the first Wednesday of the month.
Thursday
4
Members Newsletter Email
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VGS Members Newsletter scheduled to be emailed
Monday
8
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The United States SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in the USA. Meetings are usually once a month.
Tuesday
9
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An introduction to genealogy for VGS members. Learn from experienced VGS family history researchers as they share the fun of doing family history. Presenters Sarah Hamster and Penny Holt will encourage and show members how to do it themselves, and answer their questions.
THIS IS A STAND-ALONE WORKSHOP. THE SAME WORKSHOP WILL BE OFFERED IN THE FUTURE AS A BENEFIT OF MEMBERSHIP.
Tuesday
9
10:30 AM
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The Ireland SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in Ireland. Meetings are held once a month.
Wednesday
10
2:00 PM
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VGS members: learn, share, and contribute your experiences with other members who are researching in England. Meetings once a month.
Thursday
11
Elk Lake Inn and Suites - Holiday Inn
(Meeting room via the Lakes Restaurant front door)
7:30 PM
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The return of an annual tradition where VGS members share their family and research stories with us.
This meeting is IN PERSON at a NEW LOCATION: Elk Lake Inn and Suites - Holiday Inn (previously Howard Johnston), 4670 Elk Lake Drive, Victoria, BC, Canada
Monday
15
1:30 PM
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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.
Tuesday
16
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An introduction to genealogy for VGS members. Learn from experienced VGS family history researchers as they share the fun of doing family history. Presenters Sarah Hamster and Penny Holt will encourage and show members how to do it themselves, and answer their questions.
THIS IS A STAND-ALONE WORKSHOP. THE SAME WORKSHOP WILL BE OFFERED IN THE FUTURE AS A BENEFIT OF MEMBERSHIP.
Tuesday
16
7:00 PM
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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.
Wednesday
17
VGS Ambassador presentation at "Out & About Single Seniors" at Lang Cove Housing Co-op
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Joanne Barnard will introduce genealogy and the VGS to residents of the Kensington Retirement Residence on Shelbourne St, Victoria BC, as part of our VGS Ambassador community outreach program.
Wednesday
17
10:30 AM
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The Ontario SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in Ontario, Canada. Meetings are usually once a month.
Thursday
18
Members Newsletter Email
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VGS Members Newsletter scheduled to be emailed
Saturday
20
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Join us at the Victoria Highland Games. VGS will be represented at the Heritage Tent on both May 21st and 22nd between 11:00 and noon where VGS member Lois Chamberlain Thompson will be giving her presentation on her famous ancestor James "Dunty the Ghost" Porteous and the benefits of VGS membership. Unfortunately we did not secure enough volunteers to have our own VGS tent at the Highland Games this year.
Sunday
21
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Join us at the Victoria Highland Games. VGS will be represented at the Heritage Tent on both May 21st and 22nd between 11:00 and noon where VGS member Lois Chamberlain Thompson will be giving her presentation on her famous ancestor James "Dunty the Ghost" Porteous and the benefits of VGS membership. Unfortunately we did not secure enough volunteers to have our own VGS tent at the Highland Games this year.
Tuesday
23
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An introduction to genealogy for VGS members. Learn from experienced VGS family history researchers as they share the fun of doing family history. Presenters Sarah Hamster and Penny Holt will encourage and show members how to do it themselves, and answer their questions.
THIS IS A STAND-ALONE WORKSHOP. THE SAME WORKSHOP WILL BE OFFERED IN THE FUTURE AS A BENEFIT OF MEMBERSHIP.
Saturday
27
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The poor are always with us – and they did leave records!
Were your ancestors poor? Or did they work with the poor?
There is a good chance that some of your ancestors will appear in the records of the poor, as about 30% of the English population was considered to be poor at any one time. And surprisingly, there are often more records of the poor than the more affluent of the time.
Previously scheduled for 29 April 2023.
Rescheduled for 27 May 2023.
Tuesday
30
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An introduction to genealogy for VGS members. Learn from experienced VGS family history researchers as they share the fun of doing family history. Presenters Sarah Hamster and Penny Holt will encourage and show members how to do it themselves, and answer their questions.
THIS IS A STAND-ALONE WORKSHOP. THE SAME WORKSHOP WILL BE OFFERED IN THE FUTURE AS A BENEFIT OF MEMBERSHIP.