Good list of speakers at the upcoming Kelowna & District Genealogical Society’s conference. Image courtesy of Num_Skyman/FreDigitalPhotos.net.
The Kelowna & District Genealogical Society’s bi-annual conference will be held at Okanagan College, September 26 to 28, 2014, and they offer a terrific line-up of speakers and topics.
The society has only 130 members, yet they can host a three-day conference with eight genealogy rock stars from Canada, the United States, and Australia. The speakers are Dave Obee, Maureen Taylor, Helen V. Smith, Stephen Young, Dwight Radford, May Chan, Ann ten Cate, and Xenia Stanford.
Topics include Canadian genealogy, Irish research, dating photos, WWI, WWI, technology, Chinese settlers in Canada, DNA, evaluating resources, and English parish records.
More than 200 genealogy enthusiasts are expected to attend from across Western Canada and the northwest U.S.
The Kelowna & District Genealogical Society is one of the largest and oldest genealogy societies in BC. They celebrate their 30th anniversary this year.
Read more about the conference speakers and topics here.
