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Enjoy your Victoria Day Weekend!

Enjoy your Victoria Day Weekend!

Enjoy your Victoria Day Weekend!

Statutory holiday, Monday before May 25.

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.

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 Members Update scheduled to be emailed

For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About US menu.

For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About US menu.

For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About US menu.

For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About US menu.

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.

For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About US menu.

For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About US menu.

For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About US menu.

For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About US menu.

For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About US menu.

NOW A VIRTUAL ONLY MEETING - effective 1 Apr 2025
The Ireland SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in Ireland.
SIG Leader: Kathie Ross

The Scottish SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in Scotland.
SIG Leader: Heather Shave
SIG Assist: Pat Rosson

Free to everyone in the community. Drop in, no registration required. Meet and chat about all thing genealogical with like-minded individuals. Network, learn and stay connected over the summer in this casual environment. Held bi-weekly in June, July and August at our VGS Centre in Royal Oak.

VGS Members Update scheduled to be emailed

The United States SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in the USA.
SIG Leader: Pat Rosson

HYBRID MEETINGS via ZOOM or at the VGS CENTRE.
The England SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in England.
SIG Leader: Heather Shave
SIG Assist: Gerry Poulton

THIS is A ZOOM ONLY EVENT.
The AGM of the Victoria Genealogical Society is for current VGS members only. FREE. REGISTRATION REQUIRED - PLEASE LOGIN. AGM reports will be distributed to members prior to the meeting.

The Netherlands SIG welcomes all members who are researching their Dutch family history in the Netherlands.
HYBRID MEETING FORMAT.
SIG Leader: Frans Compeer

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.

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.

Free to everyone in the community. Drop in, no registration required. Meet and chat about all thing genealogical with like-minded individuals. Network, learn and stay connected over the summer in this casual environment. Held bi-weekly in June, July and August at our VGS Centre in Royal Oak.

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.

Free to everyone in the community. Drop in, no registration required. Meet and chat about all thing genealogical with like-minded individuals. Network, learn and stay connected over the summer in this casual environment. Held bi-weekly in June, July and August at our VGS Centre in Royal Oak.

Free to everyone in the community. Drop in, no registration required. Meet and chat about all thing genealogical with like-minded individuals. Network, learn and stay connected over the summer in this casual environment. Held bi-weekly in June, July and August at our VGS Centre in Royal Oak.

Free to everyone in the community. Drop in, no registration required. Meet and chat about all thing genealogical with like-minded individuals. Network, learn and stay connected over the summer in this casual environment. Held bi-weekly in June, July and August at our VGS Centre in Royal Oak.

Enjoy your BC Day weekend!

Enjoy your BC Day weekend!

Enjoy your BC Day weekend!

Free to everyone in the community. Drop in, no registration required. Meet and chat about all thing genealogical with like-minded individuals. Network, learn and stay connected over the summer in this casual environment. Held bi-weekly in June, July and August at our VGS Centre in Royal Oak.

Free to everyone in the community. Drop in, no registration required. Meet and chat about all thing genealogical with like-minded individuals. Network, learn and stay connected over the summer in this casual environment. Held bi-weekly in June, July and August at our VGS Centre in Royal Oak.

Enjoy your Labour Day weekend!

Enjoy your Labour Day weekend!

Enjoy your Labour Day weekend!

Are you in a Clan? Possibly. But only about 1/3 of ancestral Scots can claim to have come from a Clan, so possibly not! Clans were a territorial/kinship/quasi-military phenomenon of the Highlands and the (Eastern) Borders. The Lowlands – the majority of Scotland’s population – had no Clan system. The “clan system” was one, but not the only, consequence of importing the Anglo-Norman feudal system to Scotland.
This talk will cover:
• Who are “The Scots”? – ancient ethnicities and Y-DNA
• What is a clan or Family?
• The nonsense of ”Septs”
• Does our Clan or Family have a Chief, and if not, can we have one?
• Tartans and Heraldry
• Authenticity in Scottish culture.
There will be ample opportunity for Qs & As.

Dr. Bruce Durie is considered one of Scotland’s top genealogists and Heraldists, with an international reputation. He is perhaps best known for his eight-year BBC radio series, “Digging Up Your Roots” and “A House with A Past”, and he has authored over 30 books. Don‘t miss this opportunity to learn more about the different forms of kinship and organization in Scotland from a leading expert.

THIS IS A VIRTUAL ONLY EVENT.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend!

Enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend!

Enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend!