Kelowna and District Genealogical Society Activities

Regular Monthly Meeting
Kelowna and District Genealogical Society’s Regular Monthly Meeting will be held on Monday May 3 via Zoom. Please check website for the start time as our guest speaker is from Ontario. Not a member and interested in joining us as a guest? Please contact info@kdgs.ca and a Zoom invitation will be sent to you.

Genealogists in Residence
Do you need help with your family history project? While the KDGS Family and Local History Centre in the downtown Kelowna Library remains closed, volunteers from the Kelowna and District Genealogical Society are freely available to do lookups in our collection (see our book list at http://www.KDGS.ca, library page), or assist you by email, phone or Zoom. For more information: Librarian@ KDGS.ca.

Family History Forum via Zoom
Family History Forums are here again! These are informative presentations and discussions regarding various Genealogical topics, and are partnership programs between the KDGS and the Okanagan Regional Library.
Family History Forum, Tuesday, April 27 6:30-8:00
Genealogy Sources: What are They?
Join us as we explore sources of information for building your family history. We will discuss types of sources and reliability of the information found therein, how to find and access sources of information and how to construct a proper source citation. Presented by Claire Smith-Burns of the Kelowna and District Genealogical Society.
This is a free talk but Pre-registration is necessary; sign up through the ORL’s Events Calendar:
https://orl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar – click on the listing on the Tuesday, April 27 section of the calendar.