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Victoria Genealogical Society

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We support and promote family history research in Victoria, British Columbia, across Canada, and around the world.

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Victoria Genealogical Society@victoriags.org · 7mo ago

UNDERSTANDING ANCESTRY 101 New to Ancestry? Learn how to build a tree, search records, use hints, and explore AncestryDNA. Part 1 of a 2-workshop series Follow-up May 30 With Gerry Poulton 🗓 Apr 11, 2026 10:00–12:00 PM PT In person or Zoom (select at registration) Register: bit.ly/4bbxLt6

Graphic promoting a Victoria Genealogical Society workshop titled “Understanding Ancestry 101.” It shows a family tree diagram in the background, event details for April 11, 2026 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and presenter Gerry Poulton with a portrait image. The graphic states the workshop is available online or in person with registration required.
Victoria Genealogical Society@victoriags.org · 7mo ago

DNA DAY SEMINAR: FROM SEGMENTS TO STORIES 𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗡𝗔 𝗞𝗜𝗧 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗗𝗡𝗔! Learn how to use DNA in genealogy. With: Blaine Bettinger Roberta Estes Janine Cloud Jim Bartlett 🗓 Apr 25, 2026 9:00–2:20 PM PT Register (Zoom only): bit.ly/41inlC6 #genealogy #DNA #VGS

Graphic promoting a DNA Day Seminar titled “From Segments to Stories” by the Victoria Genealogical Society. It features a DNA illustration, event date and time (April 25, 2026, 9:00 am–2:20 pm PST), and four presenters: Blaine Bettinger, Roberta Estes, Janine Cloud, and Jim Bartlett, with photos shown along the side. The event is listed as virtual only with registration required.
Victoria Genealogical Society@victoriags.org · 7mo ago

BLACK HISTORIES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA VGS Heritage History Hour with the BC Black History Awareness Society Learn about the Black settlers who came to Vancouver Island in 1858 and their lasting impact. With Fran Morrison 🗓 Apr 9, 2026 7:00–8:30 PM PT FREE event Register (Zoom): bit.ly/3Nk89Bd

Promotional graphic for a Victoria Genealogical Society Heritage History Hour event titled “Black Histories of British Columbia: Stories, Realities, Legacies.” The left side features the words “Black History Month” stacked vertically in bold blocks of green, yellow, and red against a black background with a colourful geometric pattern at the bottom. The right side contains event details with the Victoria Genealogical Society logo at the top. Text reads: “VGS Heritage History Hour – The Victoria Genealogical Society in association with the BC Black History Awareness Society presents: Black Histories of British Columbia: Stories, Realities, Legacies. Thursday, April 9, 2026, 7:00–8:30 pm. Presenter: Fran Morrison.” A portrait photo of Fran Morrison appears beside the text, and the BC Black History Awareness Society logo is displayed at the bottom.
Victoria Genealogical Society@victoriags.org · last yr.

Such a wonderful and meaningful enterprise. Congratulations to all involved.

Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦@kfduggan.bsky.social · last yr.

PLEASE REPOST 🥺🙏 The Canadian Letters & Images Project is an online digital archive of Canadians’ experience during wartime at home & in battle. It contains thousands of personal letters & photos that reveal people’s experience through their own words & eyes. www.canadianletters.ca/content/abou...

The homepage for the Canadian letters and images project. It shows soldiers posing for a photograph and there is a search bar in the centre. In the about section below, which cannot be seen in this image, it provides this information: The Canadian Letters and Images Project, created in 2000, is an online digital archive of the Canadian war experience, both home front and battlefront, from any conflict in which Canadians have participated. The focus of the project is on the personal materials of participants, such as letters and photographs, which permit us to experience the war through their eyes and their words. These are very often the stories of ordinary Canadians, largely forgotten and overlooked. Our mission is to digitally preserve and continue to make freely accessible this important part of Canada’s heritage for this generation and future generations. The vision of the project is to continue to expand this repository of Canadian archival materials by collaborating with Canadians to preserve and share the individual and collective stories that have shaped our past Accessibility to the past is key to understanding who we are as a nation. We are committed to free access for everyone to the materials of the project. All collections are of equal importance. Every letter, photograph, or other artifact has an important story to tell. The collections and their contents are not edited or censored. Our role as historians is not to judge the past in light of the present, but to present everything in its entirety at the time of its creation.