May 19, 2024
Welcoming the Merry Month of May, and hoping you had a wonderful Mother's Day!
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May, the month of blossoms, paints the world in hues of pink and green. 
As April showers retreat, May arrives with sun-kissed days and fragrant blooms.
In May, the earth awakens, and the air dances with the promise of summer.
May whispers secrets to the wind, and the trees sway in celebration.
Blossoms unfurl, birds sing, and hearts bloom—such is the magic of May.
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UPCOMING KFHS MEETINGS AND EVENTS
REMINDER: KFHS Next Regular Meeting
Thursday, May 23 - Heritage House
Agenda:
6:00 - 6:30: Set Up: Couch, Soft Chairs, One Table, 5 Chairs, 2 Flip Charts (Help always appreciated)
6:30 - 7:00: Social Time
7:00 - 7:45: Round The Room: 'Celebrating Our Mothers Or Others'
Bring along a photo to share around the room. Do you look like your mom?
Share a memory story (3 min) about your mom or about a special female ancestor.
Did your mom have a favorite saying that you continue to use today?
7.45 - 8:00: Break time
8:00 - 8:45: Group Collaboration
Group 1: KFHS Member Profile Website Project -Team Lead - Linda Cuthbert
Purpose: To develop a format for KFHS Member Profiles to be uploaded to our Website
Group 2: KFHS 2024-2025 Meeting and Event content - Team Lead - Marg Rodgers
Purpose: To develop content for each upcoming meeting beginning Sept 2024 to May 2025
Suggestions: We choose a Country to Celebrate at each meeting. We kick off our September meeting with Celebrating Ireland with a dinner of Irish delights.
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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
Kelowna & District Genealogical Society Okanagan Regional Library
Join us for our FREE Tuesday, May 28. 2024 Family History Forum, 6:30-8:00pm, via Zoom!
Ontario Land Records for Family History, presenter, Claire Smith-Burns
Many of us have ancestors who settled (at least for a short time) in Ontario. Ontario’s land records are almost all available online and are full of amazing information about your ancestors: hardships, immigration, military service, family members and so much more! We will do an overview of the types of records available, what they may contain and how to find them.
Family History Forums are a partnership presentation series of the Kelowna & District Genealogical Society and the Okanagan Regional Library. The topics vary but are typically at the beginner’s level in Family History research. All are welcome to these FREE Zoom presentations, but pre-registration is required through the ORL’s Events Calendar, https://orl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar, scroll down to the fourth Tuesday of the month (no FHF in Dec, July or August), 6:30pm and find, “Online Family History Forum.” Click on the event in the Calendar and follow the instructions. Be sure to enter your email address correctly and watch for the email from the ORL to confirm your registration and the Zoom link. A handout for the Family History Forum will also be sent via email shortly before the Forum date.
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SAVE THE DATE! KFHS Picnic at Richmond Park on Tuesday, June 18, 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Now is the time to invite family or friends to see what our society is all about! Please bring your own lunch and lawn chair. Dessert and juice beverages will be provided. Be prepared for casual chatter!
We would appreciate an RSVP to webmaster@kfhs.org by June 11 to make sure we have dessert for everyone to enjoy! |
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