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February 23, 2025
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One famous Scottish saying is: "Lang may yer lum reek!"
Translation: "Long may your chimney smoke!" Essentially, it's a way of wishing someone a long and healthy life. Would you like to learn more about Scottish sayings or perhaps some aspects of Scottish culture? |
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KFHS Regular Meeting - February 27, 2025 Heritage House
Let's Visit Scotland
6:00 - 6:30 - Set up (1 table, stack of chairs, comfy couches)
6:30 - 7:00 - Social
7:00 - 7:45 - Presentations Let's Chat about Scotland
7:45 - 8:00 - Break
8:00 - 8:30 - Continue to Round Table Chat and Share
8:30 Clean-up
Note: As I will not be able to attend the meeting my thanks to Lindley for taking the lead and to the participating members. from Marg
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Join us for our Tuesday, February 25th FREE Family History Forum
Topic: Some Cool Things for Family Historians
There’s a lot going on in the genealogy world, including new technology. We will explore several cool FREE things: powerful search engines fueled by AI, fun photo enhancements, the upcoming RootsTech Conference and more!
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Presenter: Claire Smith-Burns
Location: via Zoom
REGISTRATION REQUIRED through the Okanagan Regional Library’s Events Calendar, https://orl.libcal.com/event/3838479. Be sure to enter your email address correctly and watch for the email from the ORL to confirm your registration and the Zoom link plus a handout.
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.
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Did your ancestors live in or pass through the USA? If so, you will want to learn about the records and resources on offer at the National Archives & Records Administration with our speaker from the Seattle Branch of NARA!
March 3: Researching Genealogy at the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA), USA: More than just the Census!
This talk will outline what records NARA maintains with an overview of some of the unique record groups we specifically hold at the National Archives in Seattle. Also, how and which materials can be requested online or via email.
Eric Flores received his Masters of Library and Information Science and graduate certificate in Textual and Digital Studies from the University of Washington, where he is an occasional Lecturer of the course TXTDS 403: Archives, Data, and Databases. He is currently an Archivist with the National Archives at Seattle. Previously, he served as the Vice-Chair for the Seattle Area Archivists (SeArch). He has also volunteered with many archive and library organizations both online and in the Seattle area. He currently lives in Seattle with his wife, two children, two cats, and one dog.
Date: Monday, March 3, 2025, 7pm
Presenter: Eric Flores
Location: via Zoom
Price: KDGS members FREE; non-members $10; REGISTRATION REQUIRED or https://kdgs.ca/2025/march-2025-general-meeting/ (click on REGISTRATION REQUIRED)
Bite-size: Research in the Cemetery, presenter KDGS member, Heather Clifton followed by video on Cemetery Research by Lisa Lisson.
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A reminder for how to register for the March 3, 2025 KDGS FREE webinar:
1. On the Registration Link, click 'N0' to Are you a paid up member of KDGS? Click “maybe interested in joining KDGS at a later date”.
2. Fill in the fields at the bottom of the page, and put in the coupon code: KFHS1982.
3. Then click on 'Next Page' and choose the date of the Meeting you are registering for.
4. Finally click on 'Next Page' and fill in about how you heard about this meeting. You could put "through Claire Smith Burns".
5. Click on 'Register'.
If you have any Questions don't hesitate to call Marg at 778-220-8446
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March 6 - 8, 2025 - Have you registered yet?
Be sure to check out and register for FREE all the webinars at Roots
Tech: https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/
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| Sincere thanks to member, Al Yelland, for his generous donation to our Society in the amount of $549! As a retired Telus employee, Al performed countless volunteer hours doing community services at Kamloops Hospice, BC Wildlife Park, amongst others. For volunteering, his remuneration was a cheque based on his hours of service, plus a management bonus. Thank you again, Al! |
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ATTENTION MANAGEMENT MEMBERS!
Please bring your KFHS binders to the Regular Meeting on February 27. Your binder needs to be updated to reflect some of the possible re-structure.
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Photos from our January 2025 presentation on Scandinavia
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Thank you Karen and Connie!
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| Look how useful Find-A-Grave can be! CLICK HERE |
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Did you know there are 20 places in the world named Scotland?!
- Scotland can be found in two countries throughout the world
- In some countries the place can be found more than once. For example: America
- America has the highest number of places called Scotland, spread across 18 regions
- The majority of the cities named Scotland can be found above the equator
- The northern most place is the region Maine in America. The southern most place is in the region Belize
Go to www.geotargit.com and try it out for yourself.
Thank you Barb for this tidbit!
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Just for those of you who are researching Scotland
Have you seen our Educational Handout under Members Only on our
website? CLICK HERE
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Let's Go Shopping for more helpful Scottish websites! When you find one, please let us know. |
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A warm welcome to our new members Jim Davidson, Linda Healy, Diane Jeremiah, Troylana Manson and Debbie Rinvold!
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• Be sure to check out the latest Exchange Letters including the one from Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society and others •
(CLICK HERE)
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Artificial Intelligence and Family History: The Basics and Beyond Seminar
Kay and I attended this Zoom Seminar on January 29 hosted by the Victoria Genealogical Society. Five sessions from 9:10 am to 1:40. It was amazing so we are sharing our Handouts. We have uploaded them to the Website and we will plan to include discussions of how we can help our members learn to use the incredible AI tools for Family History. {Click on the title for a link to the handout}
Session 1 was: An Introduction to AI and Family History - Steve Little
You will get excited about how world-changing technology will forever change your genealogy research.
Session 2 was: Learn Genealogy Faster and More Easily - Mark Thompson
Mark will show you how to use AI to teach yourself Genealogy.
Session 3 was: Choosing the Right AI Tool for Your Genealogy - Andrew Redfern
With so many AI tools available, how do you choose the right one for your genealogy tasks?
Session 4 was: Family History AI in Action: Rapid fire Demonstration - All Speakers
Demonstrations of their favorite uses of AI
Session 5 was: AI Panel- All Speakers
Discussions that highlight the key strengths, weaknesses and issues with the use of AI in Family History
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