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The Victoria Genealogical Society was established in 1978 as non-profit volunteer society. VGS's aim is to further the study of genealogy - the exciting search for one's ancestors and family history. Please join us!
News and Events.....
Next Meeting - February 11, 2010 - What’s an Odd Fellow?
- More details.
New Regular Hours -
Starting Mon, Jan 4th the Resource Centre will be open six afternoons a week & Thursday morning to all VGS members and the public.- More details
Resource Centre Saturday Morning Workshops
All Saturday Morning Workshops are held at the VGS Resource Centre, 947 Alston Street, from 10 am till 12 noon. The cost is $10 for members or $12.00 for non-members.
Advanced registration is required as the Resource Centre has a seating limit. Register at the Resource Centre or by contacting Leila Muldrew.
We hope to see you at our Resource Centre Saturday Morning Workshops. The speakers will be informative and your registration fee will help the Save the Library fund. Come between 9:30 and 10:00 to enjoy a cup of coffee and meet the other attendees.
February 6 – Using Ancestry.com to research your Canadian ancestors (with emphasis on Ontario) with Gerry Poulton. Gerry will share his experience with Ancestry and how it has helped him research his Canadian ancestors.
February 20 - Identifying Photographs Using Costumes with Gwen Spearman will help you identify old photos by estimating the dates of the costumes of the people portrayed.
NOTE: Scanned copies of your photos that you would like Gwen to identify should be forwarded to Diane Clarke (vgsworkshop@gmail.com). If you have photos you’d like Gwen to look at, but don’t have a scanned copy, bring the photo to the Resource Centre and we will be pleased to scan a copy for you.
February 27 - Genealogy For Beginners – Part 1 with Michael Kellogg, continued by Part 2 …
March 6 - Genealogy For Beginners – Part 2 with Michael Kellogg. Join Michael for 2 consecutive Saturdays beginning February 23rd to learn the basic skills of how to get started with your family tree.
Do you have a little knowledge about your family history, a few old photos and a consuming curiosity? Topics covered include:
· How to get started
Basic research skills
· How and where to look for information
· How to properly record and document your data
· All about vital records; where information they contain & where & how to get that information
· A brief look at the 40+ software programs that are available for recording your family data
Additional Saturday Morning Resource Centre Workshops will be announced soon. Watch this space for more information.
Benefits of Membership
- VGS is a great place to meet people who truly care about history and families; people who can teach you wonderful lessons about research and history.
You can work directly with these people, learn from them, and help each other as you search for your family.
- VGS is always looking for people with all kinds of talents .. or people with time to do all kinds of tasks. Can you organize, answer phones, research data? Are you interested in transcribing documents, indexing, raising money, promoting the group? Whatever your talents and interests, VGS can use them. Some of the ongoing volunteer projects by members of the VGS are the Cemetery indexing and Coroners Indexing.
- Vote at the Annual General Meeting
- Receive a copy of our quarterly Journal. Members are invited to submit stories about their family research.
- Free access the VGS genealogical library that houses the BC Vital Statistics, information on local history as well as books, maps, periodicals, working papers and CDs of genealogical interest re: Canada, the UK, Eire, the US and other countries. Microfiche/film readers and computers are also available.
- Opportunity to join a SIG - Special Interest Group - where members with similar interests and research objectives participate in small, focused meetings and discussions.
- Reduced cost of Seminars and Workshops offered by VGS.
- Reduced cost of archival copies of BC birth, death, and marriage registrations.
- Monthly meetings featuring speakers on a variety of topics concerning genealogy, history, and heritage and may more topics.
To become a member of the Victoria Genealogical Society, go to the VGS Membership Application, print the page,
complete the form and forward a cheque or money order to the address below.
Single membership - $45.00 Canadian per year, or the Family membership - $70.00 Canadian per year.
Victoria Genealogical Society
PO Box 43021
Victoria North P.O.
Victoria BC Canada V8X
3G2
Questions about Membership? Email our Membership Director at
Aims of the Victoria Genealogical Society:
- Further the study of genealogy in the various areas of interest to the members;
- Collect and preserve, by donation or purchase, materials relevant to such genealogical study;
- Advance and encourage public knowledge of genealogical resources;
- Encourage and instruct members in the ethical principles, scientific methods, and effective
techniques of genealogical research;
- Publish and distribute printed and other materials to further the aims of the Society;
- Raise funds for any of the foregoing aims and to accept donations, gifts, legacies, and bequests,and;
- Enter into friendly relations with other Societies having similar or related aims in
BC, other parts of Canada, or in other countries and cooperate with them in
promotion of our common interests.
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