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VGS Center Open - Noon to 3pm
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
VGS Center 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 Center Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About US menu.
VGS Center Open - Noon to 3pm
For directions and more details about our VGS Centre, please visit our Location page in the About US menu.
VGS Center 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
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
VGS Members Update scheduled to be emailed
ATTENDANCE VIA ZOOM ONLY.
Jacqueline shares her fifty-year journey researching Susan Allison, a prominent British Columbia pioneer. Beginning in 1972 while assisting Dr. Margaret Ormsby with "A Pioneer Gentlewoman in British Columbia" (UBC Press, 1976), Jacqueline‘s research has expanded through conversations with Allison‘s descendants, scholarly discussions, and extensive archival research.
Jacqueline Gresko is a teacher, researcher, and writer of British Columbia history. She is Faculty Emerita at Douglas College and a lecturer at St. Mark’s College at UBC.
VGS Learning and Research Centre
The Netherlands SIG welcomes all members who are researching their Dutch family history in the Netherlands.
HYBRID MEETING FORMAT.
SIG Leader: Frans Compeer
The United States SIG welcomes all members who are researching their family history in the USA.
SIG Leader: Pat Rosson
VGS Learning and Research Centre
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.
VGS Learning and Research 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 Learning and Research Centre
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 Learning and Research Centre
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 CLOSED - STAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Enjoy your Easter weekend!
VGS CENTRE CLOSED - STAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Enjoy your Easter weekend!
VGS CENTRE CLOSED - STAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Enjoy your Easter weekend!
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 Members Update scheduled to be emailed
Join four leading genetic genealogy experts for an exciting DNA Day seminar. Discover how to transform your family history research using the power of all three DNA testing types: Autosomal DNA, Y-DNA, and mitochondrial DNA. Plus, learn how to run your own DNA project at Family Tree DNA.
Don‘t miss this excellent opportunity to learn from these highly respected educators: Blaine Bettinger, Jim Brewster, Mags Gaulden, and David Vance.
This seminar is a ZOOM ONLY event. It includes four 1-hour sessions, with 10-minute breaks and a 45-minute lunch break between sessions