Volume 30 Number 4 June 2014 ISSN: 1185-8869

Kelowna Café - Bernard Avenue - Circa 1905 Where the Paramount Theatre now stands Left to right Harry A. Cleve, John Bouch, H.E. and Mrs. Hitchcock, Mr. A Beere. B.C. Provincial Archives Photo courtesy of Bob Hayes

Kelowna & District Genealogical Society The Researcher Volume 30 Number 4 June 2014

The Okanagan Researcher is published four In This Issue Page times per year (October December March June) by A Message from the President…………...3 Harvest Your Family Tree…………………….4 Kelowna & District Genealogical Society PO Box 21105 Family History Forums………………..………6 Kelowna, BC, V1Y 9N8 KDGS 30th Anniversary…….………………..6 KDGS is a non-profit organization registered under Basket Raffle……………………….……………..7 the Society Act of . Looking for Genealogy Forms……………..7 Meetings By Betty (Thomas) Maurice st 1 Monday of every month. 7:00-9:30 pm. Family Treasures (No meeting in July and August). Grandma’s Statue Meeting Location Janet Gillis…………….…...…..8 Hawthorn Park Retirement Community A Favourite Family Heirloom 867 KLO Road, Kelowna, BC Claire Smith Burns……..…...8 Free parking is available on Casorso Road and across the street at Okanagan College. Northwest Rebellion Medal Lorainne McLarty…………....9 Membership Fee: $30 per year (individual) Bite-Size Genealogy $35 (family) Adding Images to FamilyTreeMaker Library Located in the Kelowna branch of the Geoff Dawson……………………...... 10 Okanagan Regional Library 1380 Ellis Street. Using the Ancestry Card Catalogue Genealogists in Residence are available at the li- Clair Smith Burns………………….….10 brary for research assistance at the following times: Wills: Terminology & Resources Monday 10 a.m. to 12 Tuesday 1to 3 p.m. Cathy Philpott………………...……….11 Thursday 6 to 8 p.m. Query—Beverley Allan………..………………12 Sunday 1 to 3 p.m. (Winter hours from October 1) My Dear Aunt Martha……………..………….13 Saturday 1 to 3 p.m. (Summer hours) Letters from our Ancestors Web Page http://www.kdgs.ca Susan Baumann………………...…...13 Queries [email protected] - a minimum donation of Gwen Neil………………………..……..13 $20 for the queries would be appreciated. The following services will be researched: Anne Miller………………….………....15 Cemetery Records, Gravestones, Directories, Local Welcome to Our Newest Members….….15 Histories, Historical Society Records, Obituaries, Canada and the First World War…….…..16 BC Vital Statistics and other local sources. Uncle Leonard—A Story of Sacrifice and Do you have an article for the Coincidences by Vickie Beamish……..…..16 Okanagan Researcher or an idea for one? Contact Mary Read, Newsletter Editor at I Saw it In the Newspaper…………………...19 [email protected] Submitted by Betty (Thomas) Maurice Periodical Highlights……………………….…..20 Items that appear in blue in the digital newsletter New Acquisitions at the KDGS Library….21 are hyperlinks. If clicking the link doesn’t work try We Appreciate our Volunteers!...... 24 Ctrl-click.

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Eastern European Genealogy Research Lead by Xenia Stanford in the Oak Room, Hawthorn Park March 12, 2014

KDGS Executive 2013-2014 A message from our president… President Anne Miller It has been a year Past President Eileen Cook of change, chal- lenges, discoveries Vice President Cheryl Purdey and optimism. New Secretary Marie Ablett opportunities have Phone 250-763-7159 given our members Treasurer Kelly Walker and the general public the chance Directors at Large to find other meth- Wendy Turnbull ods of researching. This has been through our webinars, Family history Joan Kirkbride forums, our newsletters, special presentations, bite- Joan Reynolds sized genealogy and meeting programs. 14 members travelled to Salt Lake City last Novem- Committee Heads ber and were astonished to see how much is avail- Archivist Anne Harrison able to research. New stories were developed as the Cemetery Committee Susan Campbell meat was added to the bones of their families, the Education - Member Greg Dean body was becoming whole. th Education - Public Claire Smith-Burns We have our 30 anniversary celebration in June and an all day open house will allow the public to Library Committee Claire Smith-Burns view what we have contributed to our community Membership Marlene Crane and what is available to them if they wish to re- Newsletter Mary Read search. Obituary Committee Bette Torhjelm In September we host our conference, the largest in Publicity Lu Mills Western Canada, with a wonderful variety of speak- Queries Bob Hayes ers and amazing topics to choose from. It should be Social Committee Don Rampone a great success as they have in the past. Thank you to all of the executive and committees Webmaster Geoff Dawson who have worked so hard and to others who have volunteered to make our club such a successful one. Visit our website for contact information I look forward to another season with everyone. Your President, www.kdgs.ca Anne Miller

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Western Canada’s Largest Genealogy Conference! Meet the Harvest Your Family Tree Roster of Speakers To read the complete bios of the speakers and to download the conference brochure visit the KDGS website www.kdgs.ca Ann ten Cate is an archivist and program producer with the Royal BC Museum. She is an impassioned ad- vocate for archives and their significance for us all - whether as tools for family and community history or as a way to learn about our collective history. After more than 20 years of reference and processing work in the BC Archives, she is still finding new and fascinating archival sources which genealogists overlook or dismiss because they can’t see the connection to their own story. Ann is an impassioned advocate for archives. She is a history graduate of the University of Toronto, and has worked in a number of different types of archives in Ontario and BC. . May Chan was born and raised in Melville, Saskatchewan. She graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2005 with a Master of Archival Studies (MAS) and a Master of Library & Information Studies (MLIS). After graduation, she worked as a reference archivist at the City of Surrey Archives and a library cataloguer at the Van- couver Maritime Museum before pouncing on the opportunity to move back to her home province in late 2006. Since then, May has been the Prairie History Librarian at Regina Public Library in Regina, Saskatchewan. She spends the majority of her time providing reference service, maintaining the li- brary’s local history and genealogy collection, delivering a variety of public programs and writing for the award-winning Prairie History Blog (www.reginalibrary.ca/prairiehistoryblog). Dave Obee is a journalist and genealogical researcher and has been researching his own family history since 1978. He has written a dozen books and given more than 400 presentations at conferences and seminars in Canada and the United States. In 2012, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Victoria. Dave is the Editor in Chief of the Times Colonist newspaper in Victoria, BC. In 2012, the British Columbia Historical Federation announced that Dave's 2011 book, The Library Book: A History of Service to British Columbia, had been judged one of the top three examples of historical writing in the province. Dave is the co-author (with Sherry Irvine) of Finding Your Canadian Ancestors: A Begin- ner's Guide. Dwight Radford is a professional genealogist residing near Salt Lake City, Utah. He specializes in Irish and Irish immigration research. Since Irish is among some of the most difficult genealogy to research, Dwight is constantly looking for "thinking outside the box" strategies through which he can approach and solve genealogical problems. He writes an Irish blog on his website www.thejourneyhomegenealogy.com where you can always expect the unexpected. He is also the co-author of A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors (2001, 2012). His prime love is documenting the old home sites for his clients. Dwight’s own descent is from the original Scots- Irish families who settled in the American Colonies of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Ten- nessee. Originally from Tennessee, Dwight left in 1985 and moved to Salt Lake City to develop a career as a professional genealogist. Page 4 The Okanagan Researcher Volume 30 Number 4 June 2014

Helen V. Smith has been researching her family since 1986 when her Mother lamented the fact she had never known her Grandfather, George Howard Busby. Helen found some information and a newspaper photo of him, was hooked and has been addicted ever since with research in Australia, Ireland and lots of English research. Helen is the author of Death Certificates and Archaic Medical Terms and has written for a number of publications including Inside History, Australian Family Tree Connections, Forgotten Times, family history journals and scientific publications. Professionally, Helen is a Molecular Epidemi- ologist specialising in Public Health Microbiology and has a strong interest in infectious diseases and Public Health through the ages. Xenia Stanford, a professional genealogist with 35+ years’ experience, has written many articles for genealogy magazines and was editor when Chinook, the newsletter of the Alberta Family Histories Society, twice won best local society newsletter from NEGHS. Formerly a teacher, educational researcher, corporate librarian and archivist, she now devotes her time to genealogical research, writing books and editing memoirs. Her areas of expertise include Métis, First Nations, French North America, Canadian History, Eastern Europe, workplace records, preservation techniques and writing memoirs. She has a B. Ed. in Secondary English and History as well as coursework towards B.A. (Hons) and M.A. (Hons) in English literature and linguistics. Published in Chinook, Family Chronicle, History Magazine, Michigan’s Habitant Heritage, Lifelines (Plattsburg, New York) and May- rand Magazine, she is also a former columnist of “Nos Racines Francaises” for Global Genealogy, Obituari- eshelp.org blog and contributor to several online genealogy forums. Maureen Taylor In 1978, Maureen Taylor fell in love at first sight–with a shiny metal photograph known as a daguerreotype. As a photo curator, genealogist, and now as a writer and photo identification and preservation expert, the focus of Maureen’s work is family photography, history and genealogy. She has been featured in top media out- lets, including The View, Better Homes & Gardens, the Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, MSNBC, New Morning (Hallmark Channel), Life Magazine, DIY: Scrapbooking, PBS Ancestors, Creative Memories’ Lasting Moments and Dear Myrtle. Maureen is the author of a number of books and magazine articles, as well as a contributing editor at Family Tree Magazine. She helps people solve a range of photo-related mysteries, from dating a Civil War-era daguerreotype to organizing gigabytes of family photos from a digital camera. Stephen C. Young was born and raised in London, Ontario. He earned a Bachelor’s de- gree at Brigham Young University in Family and Local History (1985) and a Master’s de- gree in American History (emphasis in Public History) at Bowling Green State University in Ohio (1990). An employee of the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1988, Stephen has enjoyed several assignments during this time in the Family History Library ad- ministration, and a four year appointment (1992-1996) in England supervising the British 1881 Census Pro- ject. Currently Stephen is assigned as a FamilySearch project manager with responsibilities in working with other genealogical organizations in the cooperative indexing and publication of historical records in Canada, the Western United States, and the South Pacific. It’s been another great year!

Volunteers make our meetings a success! Above left, Bob Hayes, Lu Mills and Marlene Crane welcome everyone at the door. Don Rampone (centre) provides great treats for the break. Our hardworking membership chair, Marlene Crane (right) keeps track of all of us and our name badges. To join the roster of KDGS volunteers, please contact a member of the executive.

Page 5 The Okanagan Researcher Volume 30 Number 4 June 2014 Family History Forums Kelowna & District Genealogical Society in partnership with Okanagan Regional Library offers a series of Family History Forums in the meeting room at the down town Kelowna library. All sessions begin at 7 p.m., are free and open to the general public. This is the last Family History Forum of the season. Watch for a new series in the fall.

Mon. June 23:

Proving your First Nations or Métis Status: Benefits, Procedures and Challenges: This is a follow-up to our Feb. 2013 Family His- tory Forum presented by Xenia Stanford, an expert on Métis and First-Nations genealogy. Xenia will explore the records available, how to access them and how to use them in proving your Métis and/or First Nations Status.

The Kelowna & District Genealogical Society is celebrating 30 years of promoting and preserving Central Okanagan Family History!

To mark this occasion, we are hosting an all-day event June 18, 2014 10am – 8pm at the Downtown Kelowna Library Featuring displays, workshops and information on the KDGS and Family History in the Library’s Meeting Room and in the KDGS Reference Library Special reception followed by cake and coffee at 2 pm.

Page 6 The Okanagan Researcher Volume 30 Number 4 June 2014 Basket Raffle To raise funds for prizes at our Harvest Your Family Tree Conference, the monthly 50/50 cash draw was replaced by a raffle of beautiful gift baskets donated by generous KDGS members. The basket for the March raffle (left) was donated by Lu Mills, Marie Ablett and Bob Hayes. The winner, Beverly Brooks was visiting from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In April, Past-President Eileen Cook was the lucky winner of the basket donated by Claire Smith Burns, pictured below left. Geoff and Karen Dawson donated a Hawai- ian-themed basket for the May meeting draw. It was won by new member Chris- tene Hoffert from Powell River.

LOOKING FOR GENEALOGY FORMS Submitted by Betty (Thomas) Maurice There are many websites available with a variety of genealogy forms that you can print. FamilySearch.org and Family Tree Magazine are popular. The Midwest Genealogy Center has pedigree charts, family unit charts, research logs, research checklist etc. I particularly like this site because you can input the data and print it. If you don’t have a software program yet, or just want to have a guideline or working document, it is easy to input your data and then print.

The Midwest Genealogy Center: http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/family-history-forms

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Family Treasures

Do you a family treasure you would like to see featured in the newsletter? A family heirloom, a verifiable antique or an interesting item — we’d all love to read about it and see a photo. Contact [email protected]

Grandma’s Statue by Janet Gillis This statue belonged to my grandmother Florence DENCH (MOODY). As long as I can remember it sat on a shelf in her little old house on Coleman Avenue in Toronto. We lived in the country in Ontario and Mum and I would take the bus to visit her. She would have our lunch ready when we arrived; I'll always remember the smell of Bubble and Squeak -- cabbage and left over potatoes in bacon fat. It would be nice to go back to those days and have another visit. My grandmother and grandfather came to Canada from England in 1907 and raised 8 children in London, Ontario and then Toronto. I think the statue and her tea caddy were their most prized possessions. I never knew my grandfa- ther but had 12 yrs to get to know my grandmother. She was a lovely lady who had learned dressmaking from her aunt in London, England and who willingly shared her talents. Made in France by LafouMollo, the statue is dated 1886. It evidently be- longed to my grandmother's aunt who, as the family story goes, was in the San Francisco earthquake – not something that would be easy to prove! The subject matter of the statue, an oriental man offering a cigarette to a lovely lady in a short dress, was one of controversy in those days. I was always fascinated by the details in the clothing but you have to imagine the fingers of the gentleman as they long ago disappeared. Years later when I was given the statue, I carried it home on an airplane. No security then! A Favourite Family Heirloom By Claire Smith Burns I treasure the many items I am fortunate to have had passed down to me through various branches of my family. However, there is one item that gives me par- ticular pleasure – a vintage Dutch Boy Cookie Jar (manufactured by American Bisque). My Grandparents, Arnold BEETSTRA and Anna DE JONG were from the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. My grandfather was a dairy farmer; when I was a baby, he owned a large dairy farm in Steveston. My grandmother died when I was just 21 months old and my grandfather re-married soon after to Alice ZEILSTRA, a woman who had worked for the family as a maid. This, coupled with the fact that Alice was only a few years older than my oldest uncle, was upsetting to my mother and her siblings. Soon after his marriage to Alice, my grandfather sold his Steveston farm and bought a large dairy farm in Mat- squi (near Abbotsford). Here, I spent many, many happy days as a child! When we visited “the farm” (a tedious drive along the Old McLellan Road and over Mount Lehman), we children were always greeted with two things: a glass of Orange Crush (which we NEVER got at home) and a reach into the Dutch Boy Cookie Jar which was al- ways full of Scotch Mints! My grandfather and step-grandmother were not demonstrative with their love and

Page 8 The Okanagan Researcher Volume 30 Number 4 June 2014 in fact were quite austere. My step-grandmother, whom we called “Auntie Alice,” was especially formidable with her conser- vative dresses, heavy accent and gruff manner. Nonetheless, we enjoyed our many stays at the farm, together with our cousins, exploring the barns, finding kittens in the hayloft, walking in the fields to the gigantic old chestnut tree, riding on the cows, walk- ing on the railway tracks (which, of course, we were NOT al- lowed to do), making pets of the calves, exploring the attic where we found old games and toys, etc. My grandfather retired from dairy farming when I was around 16 BEETSTRA Farm, Matsqui and moved to Abbotsford. The cookie jar disappeared and, frankly, I had forgotten all about it. My step- grandmother had a reputation for being a zealous cleaner and purger and I know that many things (like fam- ily photos) were thrown out. In 1975, my grandfather died; this sad event initiated a metamorphosis in my step-grandmother: Auntie Alice learned to drive, she bought pant-suits, she smiled and became interested in us! Thus she continued to be a part of our family and we grew to love her. Auntie Alice lived to the age of 91, dying in 2002; she outlived all of her seven step-children but one. I tried to make a point of visiting her when I could; shortly before she died, Auntie Alice moved to an assisted liv- ing home. Just before her move, I was driving back from Victoria (picking up one of my daughters from uni- versity) and told her that we would stop and have lunch with her on our way. When I arrived, she had the dining room table covered with an assortment of silverware and a few other odds and ends and asked if I would take all these items and divide them among my sister and female cousins. There were some great treasures in that collection but the thing that stood out for me was the Dutch Boy Cookie Jar which I hadn’t seen for over 30 years! The Jar immediately evoked memories for me and even now I only have to look at it and I am transported back to the happy days of my childhood “on the farm.” The painted decoration on the jar is almost gone due to Auntie Alice’s rigorous cleaning but to me it is as attractive as ever! Northwest Rebellion Medal by Lorainne McLarty My great uncle, Robert Henry ENNIS was born in Grey County Ontario in 1856. The family moved first to Muskoka District when it opened for settlement in 1868. They farmed there and also bought and sold timber. Early maps show that the local schoolhouse was on their property. Seems they sold this land and moved west to the Grenfell, Saskatchewan area in 1882, settling in Summerberry. RH enlisted in Calgary on the 29th of March 1885 and served as a Scout under Colonel French. I do not have his Northwest Rebellion medal but do have one that belonged to the father of a very dear friend of ours. She gave it to my husband many years ago along with his binoculars used at that time. When Hugh and I were in Ottawa at the Archives in 1995, we searched for proof that R.H. Ennis had been involved in the Rebellion and were able to get a copy of the receipt he signed acknowledging receipt of his medal.

Page 9 The Okanagan Researcher Volume 30 Number 4 June 2014 Bite-Size Genealogy Bite-Size Genealogy is a regular feature of KDGS monthly meetings. Members are invited speak on topics selected by the Member Education Committee

Adding Images to FamilyTreeMaker By Geoff Dawson At our March meeting, Geoff Dawson provided hints and tips on adding media to FamilyTreeMaker. Orga- nizing the images is the first step. Geoff creates folders by sur- name then by image type which is basically the same as the “coloured file folder” system for hard copy documents. Name the files consistently so they sort logically within the folder, for example “pic-Stubbs-Ismay-wedding 1909.jpg” or “pic-Watson- Kenneth-Gravemarker.jpg”. Some thoughts on organizing digital images can be found at About.com/Genealogy: http://genealogy.about.com/od/organization/a/digital.htm Images can be embedded into the FamilyTreeMaker database but this would make the file very large and backups would be very slow. What FamilyTreeMaker does in- stead is to save a pointer or link to the file location on your computer. Of course this means that if you move or rename the image file, the program won’t be able to find the file. To add a picture already stored on your hard drive select the person related to the media. Click PERSON and the MEDIA tab at the bottom of the window. Select NEW and choose LINK TO EXISTING MEDIA. Lo- cate the picture on your computer then click OPEN. To add images of census, births, deaths etc to source citations, select the person. Click NEW SOURCE CITA- TION on the Editing Panel on the right side of the window. Click ADD NEW source citation. Choose the ME- DIA tab and click on ATTACH NEW MEDIA. Select the appropriate image. If the image is in the organized folder, link without copying; otherwise, copy and link. Using the Ancestry Card Catalogue by Claire Smith Burns At the April meeting, Claire Smith Burns provided pointers on using the Card Catalog on Ancestry to narrow searches. Under SEARCH on the page header, select CARD CATALOGUE (image left top) to navigate to the CARD CATALOGUE SEARCH SCREEN (image left below). Searching by a key word and/or a title will find specific data- bases to facilitate a concentrated search. Remember when searching for a database that “less is more” and a few words will often provide satisfactory results. Try multiple searches with different words to find a variety of databases. Ancestry will often try to focus the Card Catalogue Search to a specific set of records. Watch for this and if appropriate, “uncheck” the box that limits the search to a specific country. Narrowing a search to a specific database also allows for brows- ing through the individual pages – a good way to find someone when the index is not providing satisfactory results. To learn more about how to search the catalogue, click into the GET HELP link at the top right of the Ancestry screen and search CARD CATALOGUE.

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Wills: Terminology & Resources By Cathy Philpott A WILL is a document that specifies your wishes for disposal of your property after death. In England and Wales, a will devised real property and a testament bequeathed personal property but the two could le- gally be combined into one “will and testament”. The TESTATOR is the person for whom the will is written and the EX- ECUTOR or EXECUTRIX is the person the testator appoints to administer the estate after death. You die TESTATE if you have a valid will at death. After the death of the testator, the executor applied to the court with the final will and testament to “PROVE THE WILL”. When the court was satisfied the will was valid, a document called a GRANT OF PROBATE was issued. The probate grant allowed the executor to carry out the terms of the will, i.e. administer. NUNCUPATIVE wills (sworn evidence of a verbal declaration near death) were also probated. INTESTATE is the term used for a person who dies without a will. Next of kin (or creditors) applied to the court to appoint an administrator to divide the estate of a person who died intestate. The court documents issued are known as LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION (LOA or Admons). Sometimes LOAs were issued when the will was not valid due to a deceased executor, etc. LOAs often required an INVENTORY of movable goods with their value, to be taken and filed. From Medieval times in England and Wales until 1858 most wills were probated in ecclesiastical courts with jurisdictions in different places and at different levels. The system was complex and most court levels are associated with the levels of the church hierarchy. These include the lowest parish level where the peculiar court had jurisdiction, then higher to the Rural Deanery, Archdeaconry, Consistory and Prerogative Courts. In January 1858 responsibility for probate was transferred to the PRINCIPAL PROBATE REGISTRY – a single civil system with two jurisdictions: the Principal court and District courts. Ancestry.com has Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, England & Wales National Probate Cal- endar (Index of Wills and Admons 1858 – 1966) and UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 Findmypast.co.uk has (UK) Index to Death Duty Registers, 1796-1903, Bank of England Wills Extracts 1717- 1845, British India Office Wills & Probate and Index of Irish Wills 1484-1858 Origins.net has Probate Jurisdiction Maps & Research Guides, British Record Society Probate Collec- tion 1320-1858 and many British Probate Collections not found elsewhere GENUKI (Genealogy UK and Ireland) http://www.genuki.org.uk/ also has many resources. There are some special circumstances in the UK. From 1653–1660 due to the Civil War, Parliament abol- ished ecclesiastical courts, restoring them again in 1661. Wills proved during that time were filed at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC). From1796–1903, a tax was placed on all estates valued over £10. This was called an ESTATE DUTY. The Estate or Death Duty Register can be a useful finding aid because it shows the name and court where the will was proved. PALAEOGRAPHY is the study of old handwriting. The National Archives has an online tutorial that will help you learn to read old English documents (1500-1800) at the following site: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/tutorial/ The trick to this is practice, practice, practice, and ask for help. Wills, Admons and Inventories are much easier to locate than they used to be. Wills and LOAs can be very useful in establishing relationships within families and are considered to be direct evidence of those rela- tionships. They can also link places of residency when a generation moves away from their birthplace.

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Sample from England & Wales Na- tional Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Admons 1858 – 1966) (Ancestry.co.uk) The calendar listing can provide a lot of valuable information even before the actual will is located.

Inventory of the goods of Henry Philpott 1748 Henry Philpott died intestate and the Letter of Administration ordered an inventory of his possessions.

QUERY Beverly Allen ([email protected]) is seeking relatives of her grandfather, Kasper DZIUBATY who homesteaded close to Vermilion, Alberta on 160 acres near Derwent. He was born about 1898 and came from Tarnopol, Poland arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 15, 1925 on the vessel Pittsburgh from Southhampton, England. Kasper later sent for his wife Katarzyna Dziubata and Beverly’s biological mother - Anastazja (later called Nancy MELNYK) Dziubata born about June, 1922. Katarzyna and Anastazja arrived in Montreal, Quebec on April 26, 1926 on the vessel Dorie from Liverpool, England. Kasper died on December 1, 1962 at Mannville, Alberta where he had established a welding business. Katharyn died Oct 2/65. Either Kasper or his wife had a sister in Poland at this time, Maria BILOUYS. Nancy MELNYK died July 30, 2007 at the age of 85 in Edmonton, Alberta. Beverly would like to meet her Aunt Helen WAKARUK who is living in Edmonton, Alberta. Beverly’s alternate e-mail for July/August is [email protected]. A message may be left at her cousin's number 250- 368-9525 in Trail, B.C.

Page 12 The Okanagan Researcher Volume 30 Number 4 June 2014 My Dear Aunt Martha Local author and genealogist Barbara Shave visited our March meeting and spoke about her book My Dear Aunt Martha . To quote from Barbara’s blog “MY DEAR AUNT MARTHA is a pioneer epic, based upon a unique and never pub- lished set of nearly eighty letters which were exchanged two hundred years ago between Scots-Irish settlers of the new Illinois territory and the loved ones they left behind in Pennsylvania.” Barbara told the story of how she came to have the letters which were written from 1812 to 1890 and how she went about researching and compiling them into a detailed story of the life and times of the ordinary people who wrote them. Through mentions of well-known historical events and everyday life, fa- mous people, family members and friends, the letters document the history of not only the letter-writers and their extended families but also the history of the United States through details about the War of 1812, the Civil War, the California Gold Rush and the beginnings of the Mormon Church. Many pieces of a puzzle had to fall into place for this book to be written. The 2 sets of letters, one written by the family in Penn- sylvania and the other family members who moved to Illinois, survived 200 years in separate locations. They passed intact through multiple generations of the family un- til by chance, both sets of letters found Barbara who, after a long career as a teacher, had turned her hand to writing. MY DEAR AUNT MARTHA is presented in sections: The History (background), The Letters (transcripts in se- quence with historical and biographical annotations), The People (biographical index), and The Bibliogra- phy. Beautifully presented with lots of photos and images, the book draws you in to look and look again at the faces, the handwritten letters, the historical photos and to read the interesting stories. To read more about Barbara, many details about the book My Dear Aunt Martha and about Barbara’s other books, visit her blog at http://mydearauntmartha.com/ Flesh on the Bones—Letters from Our Ancestors Inspired by Barbara’s book and the letters it contains, KDGS members submitted letters that have helped to add flesh to the bones of their ancestors. Susan Baumann’s grandfather, Charles SAVAGE BA, MA enlisted in 1915 in the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. He served overseas for the dura- tion of the war. His letter to his family, written Apr 4, 1916 reads: Dear Ones at Home – Got your letter of March 13th last night. I’m awfully sorry that you’ve been so long without a letter from me but probably you’ll get two to- gether when they do come. The mail service is sufficiently uncertain so that a delay of one or two weeks is quite possible at any time. I never received Anson’s [his brother] parcel, I’m sorry to say. Thank him for me for sending it anyway, that’s what counts. I’m enclosing a one franc note as a souvenir, this town money is only good in the town that issues it so I wouldn’t have a chance to use this now anyway. I suppose that George [another brother] will be enlisting about June. If I were you I’d have him join some

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new regiment that was just starting and not an old one like the 148th for his chances of promotion would be much better in a new outfit and a stripe or two makes a lot of difference in the work you have to do & the treat- ment you receive. He had better join the signallers for if he works hard at that his knowledge of telegraphy will come in very handy and if by any chance they should ever get to this country he could easily get a place on his divi- sional signalling staff, which is what we call a “bomb- proof job” and very much desired by everyone over here. The chances are that everything will be over before he would even leave Canada and if the training does as much for him as it has for me it would certainly be worth- while. I’m on night duty just now and it’s pretty hard to stay awake all night without something to read so I hope that the ration party brings me in some mail. I’m still feeling fine & fit & for several days now the weather has been splendid so “we should worry”. Lots of love to all, Charlie

From Gwen Neil are 2 letters with three links : FITZWALTER, DEVON AND THE SEA It was the custom of sailors to send a letter home before embarking on a voyage. The first of my two letters is an example of this. It was writ- ten in 1887 by Samuel FITZWAL- TER to his mother Susan Fitzwal- ter nee PATEY who was living in the coastal town of Salcombe, Devon. Samuel’s father, also Samuel Fitz- walter (born 1836) was captain of the Zenobia which sailed with a load of coal from Newport, Monmouthshire, South Wales to Blinacora, Ireland. The ship never reached her destination and the missing Zenobia was reported in the Western Times of Exeter, Devon on 31st May 1887. This report is found on FindMyPast as are the Deaths of Masters and Seamen which show Samuel Fitz- walter age 51, Master and his son Samuel Fitzwalter age 19, Mate both lost at sea 18th May 1887. The second letter was written by Mary Kelland nee Fitzwalter (born 1834) to my great grandfather Charles

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Fitzwalter (born 1852). Mary Fitzwalter was the younger sister of my great great grandfa- ther Charles Fitzwalter (born 1826) and the older sister of Samuel Fitzwalter Snr men- tioned above. This letter was written from Hope Cove, Devon (near Salcombe) to Bury, Lancashire in 1890. She writes about everyday life including family and fishing in the bay. She speaks of Uncle Bob that she says is out to Rio Grand which is probably Robert Henry Fitzwalter The schooner “Zenobia” in a gale off Cape Cornwall, 1868. (born 1846) who was her youngest brother. Painted by Samuel E.J. Fitzwalter He was also lost at sea in 1910 with his son Robert Henry Fitzwalter (born 1891). The next letter is included with the kind permission of Eunice and Ron Shanahan as it is one of many posted on their very interesting website Letters from the Past with a posting also on the Victorian Web. Eunice and Ron invite everyone to “check our web- site for old British letters, Re- gency, British Postal History, stamps, stamp booklets, minia- ture sheets, and other bits and pieces.” Their large collection of letters and postal ephemera was gathered for the inter- est in those subjects but you may be lucky, as Anne Miller was, and find a letter written by someone in your family. This letter was written by Anne’s great great grand- mother’s sister, Euphemia Drummond of Brighton, Sussex on 22 March 1827 to her brother John Drummond of 26 Smith St Chelsea. Follow this link to view the complete letter along with a full transcription of the letter and interesting facts about the postal service at the time. http://www.earsathome.com/letters/Previctorian/drummond.html Letters from the Past http://www.earsathome.com/ Victorian Web http://www.victorianweb.org/ Welcome to Our Newest Members! Joanne ANDREWS - researching SPRENCZYNATYK (SPRINGENATYK) in the Ukraine; COWDROY; ALEXANDER; AN- DREWS; SETTER in England, Ireland & Scotland 1700's. Christene HOFFERT - researching CHARLTON (Ontario 1800s), COX (Birmingham 1800s), WOODBURN (Cumbria), WALKER (Cumberland) Darlene LESPERANCE - researching LESPERANCE, KROPELNICKI Doug & Cynthia GIBSON - researching KING, GIBSON

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Canada and the First World War The year 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. Events are taking place around the world to remember the people, places and events of the Great War. At the May meeting, our guest speaker was Howard Hisdal, college pro- fessor in the Department of History at Okanagan College. Howard worked as an ar- chivist for the Anglican Diocese of Kootenay for eight years and he has 25 years of military service in the Canadian army. He is presently an armoured captain in the British Columbia Dragoons. Howard walked us step-by-step through the history of the First World War. Using large maps and photos, he illustrated the progression of the battle fronts, highlighting Canadian participation and victories at bat- tles such as Ypres, the Somme and Vimy. Howard told us the details of local involvement in the war effort through the beginnings of the Vernon Military Camp and the deployment of Okanagan soldiers. Included in the presentation were personal photos of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park which commemo- rates the Battle of Vimy Ridge which was the first occasion where all four divisions of the Canadian Expedi- tionary Force participated in a battle as a cohesive formation. This battle has become a Canadian national- istic symbol of achievement and sacrifice. The beautiful memorial and sculptures on the site are a perpetual tribute to the many Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in the area. During World War II, the fate of the memorial was uncertain until Hitler himself ordered the site be pro- tected as he admired its peaceful nature.

The figure of Canada Bereft, also known as Mother Canada, is a personification of the young nation of Canada mourning her dead. She overlooks the battle area from the “Storming the Hill” Vernon Camp 1916 Photo courtesy Vernon Archives height of the monument

My Uncle Leonard–A story of sacrifice and coincidences by Vickie Beamish This article previously appeared in the LostCousins Newsletter November 23, 2013 and is published here with the kind permission of the author. I guess that most of us who have been interested in genealogy for many years have had some surprises and I would like to tell you about one of mine. Although my mother, Violet May MORLEY, was very close to her three sisters and their children, she seldom mentioned her brothers. Mother had four brothers, Henry James Morley, Albert Edward Morley, Leonard Arthur Morley and Frederick Charles Morley. Uncle Fred is the only one I can remember meeting and that was when I accompanied my mother when she went to say

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goodbye to him when he was on his death bed. I knew little or nothing about the existence of the others until checking out Census returns etc. in recent years. I did get some further information here and there about these uncles but their names are not uncommon so things were a bit difficult. I did find (from Parish records) that Uncle Henry signed as Witness to my parents’ mar- riage. My Dad had told me that when he was in the Royal Navy he had met my mother’s brother who had taken Dad home and introduced him to his sister. So the story begins… Three things happened in quick succession over the past few weeks. Firstly, my sister Jane sent me a packet of family photographs found amongst my late mother’s things all identified except one. This was of a very tall soldier and a very young regimental drummer boy. Jane sent this as a matter of interest rather than throwing it out as she did not know who these people were but thought I might like to have it. On the back is written “The Long and the Short of the York and Lancaster Rgt. taken April 10th 1911 6'3'' and 3'9''. I liked the picture but could not ID the soldiers. We did not know why mother never showed us this photograph or even why she had the picture at all. Then, a cousin in Worcestershire scanned me a group picture of my parents’ wedding she had found tucked away. We had lost virtually all personal papers when we were bombed out during the war and I had never seen any pictures of my parents’ wedding. I was so excited as this is the only picture I have ever seen of who I believe to be my grandparents and great grandparents. They all died long before I was born. And, of course, there was Uncle Henry who had introduced my Dad to his sister, splendid in his naval uniform. Then, an English genealogist, Melvyn Pack, emailed me from England to ask for my help. He told me of a terrible battle early in WW1 in Beaucamp-Ligny, France. He wrote: “In November 2009 some building works were being undertaken in the small village of Beau- camps Ligny in northern France (just a few kilometers west of Lille) and 15 sets of remains of British WW1 soldiers were uncovered. The artefacts and location confirmed that they were soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the Yorks and Lancs Regiment. There were a total of 58 soldiers killed with the Battalion between 18-23 October 1914 who have no known graves and whose names are commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memo- rial - the 15 are drawn from this 58. The project of the Ministry of Defence is to identify as many of the 15 men as possible so that they may have named graves and they are to be reburied with full military honours in October 2014, exactly 100 years after their deaths as part of the com- memoration of the WW1 centenary. My task has been to trace as many DNA compatible relatives for the sol- diers as possible so that comparisons can be made for identification pur- poses. I have attached an explanatory note on DNA testing and the cate- gories of relatives that are compatible (it is not simply a matter of being a blood relative). The good news is that you are an ideal candidate if you would like to help - your mitochondrial DNA is identical to that of your maternal grand- mother who passed it to all of her children including Leonard and your mum Ploegsteert Memorial who passed it to you. All we will need then is a male Morley from the family line because they will have the Y chromosome that is passed down an unbroken male line. Any help in that direction would be marvellous.” One of the missing soldiers was Leonard Arthur Morley whose records showed that he served in the York

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and Lancaster Regiment and was exceptionally tall for his generation. He was barely 15 when he enlisted in the Yorks & Lancs on 27 April 1907. He over- declared his age by a full three years. Even at that age, Leonard's height was 5 feet 9 and seven eighths inches and after 6 months with the army his height had increased to 5 feet 10 and three quarter inches. The pathologist stated that one of the bodies was of a soldier 6'2'' to 3'' tall. Mel was working on the family trees of all those missing believed killed dur- ing that battle and came across my name when working on Leonard Arthur Morley’s family tree. I was able to confirm that I was indeed the Vickie Slogrove he was looking for and that my mother was Leonard’s sister where- upon I was requested to provide a DNA sample and also to find a suitable male relative to provide male DNA. I was able to contact the grandson of my uncle Henry. We have now provided DNA samples. As a matter of interest I scanned Mel the picture of the tall soldier and drummer boy, and also one of Uncle Henry extracted from my parent’s wedding photograph. Mel submitted these photographs to experts who were able to confirm that the uniform worn by the tall soldier was the correct one for that Regiment at that time and also that the facial features of Uncle Henry and those of the tall soldier show a strong family re- semblance. Apparently the picture of the soldier with the drummer boy caused quite a stir. Mel wrote “Leonard would have been 18 by the date of the photograph so the height of well over six feet tall is absolutely consistent with his physiology and age - I think that you have identified a family treasure!” We await the DNA results, which could take months. Just in passing I want you to know that the Yorks and Lancs Regimental Association is defraying the cost of any certificates needed by Mel for his research, and a department within the Ministry of Defence is paying for the DNA testing, but nothing else. Mel has researched all 58 families on a voluntary basis – clearly a la- bour of love. There is to be a ceremony in October 2014 and I am glad that the sacrifice made by these young men will be honoured – at last! I am so grateful to Melvyn Pack for his exceptional dedication in un- dertaking this research. There are other coincidences. One is that Beaucamp-Ligny is only 53 km away from Haveluy where my brother Pilot Officer Edward Arther Slogrove is buried. He was a bomber pilot in WW2 and his Lancaster was shot down there. Mother gave Leonard’s middle name Arthur to this son and her sister named a son Leonard. Another family being asked to provide DNA resides in Powell River. Two possible identifications in such close proximity struck me as an unlikely event. Update: Since writing this article, Vickie was informed that one of the bodies found in Beaucamps Ligny was indeed that of her uncle, Pte. Leonard Arthur Morley. There was a meeting in Sheffield, England for the families of the 58 soldiers lost in that battle whether or not their relative had been identified and represen- tatives of about 32 families were there. Vickie could not attend but a couple of her cousins did. Vickie now has a picture of the monument which was to be erected for her uncle. It bears an engraving of his name and regimental badge and Vickie was able to decide on the rest of the inscription after consulting with her cousin Robert who was the other donor of DNA. The DNA of the Powell River family did not match a soldier in the group. Vickie Beamish was born in England and has lived in the US and various spots in Canada. Her interest in genealogy began about 1985 with a lot of work at the Bracebridge, Ontario LDS Family Search Centre and her “first quite breathless sight of the IGI.” As a member of the Family History Society, she volunteered in their library and worked at the Nanaimo LDS Family Search Centre. She currently lives in Cobble Hill, B.C.

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I Saw it in the Newspaper Submitted by Betty (Thomas) Maurice Kelowna Courier and Okanagan Orchardist January 1907 Mrs. T.N. VARTY left for the Coast on Tuesday. Mrs. Wm. GLENN returned from a trip to Indian Head, Sask. Mr. and Mrs. A.E. LYE returned from a holiday trip to Vancouver.

Mr. Price ELLISON was in town on Monday, “giving the glad hand” and doing some preliminary electioneering. Mr. H.E. SCHWAB returned from a brief visit to Armstrong.

Born – To the wife of Mr. W. LESLIE, of the S.S. “Aberdeen”, on Jan. 7, a daughter. Masters CAMERON and STIRLING returned to school at Victoria, after spending the Christmas vacation with their parents.

Mr. J. SUTHERLAND, formerly teacher of the Benvoulin School, and wife left for Okanagan Landing, where Mr. SUTHERLAND will teach.

Miss COCKRELL arrived from Moosomin to take charge of the school at Benvoulin. She possesses high credentials of scholarship, having taken second place in the McGill University preliminary examinations, held through the Domin- ion.

Mr. F. SMALL, who met with an accident to his knee, is able to be round again with the help of a cane.

Messrs. J.F. BURNE, E.W. WILKINSON, F.R.E. DEHART and D.W. SUTHERLAND went to Vernon to attend the inaugural meeting of a Royal Arch Chapter of Masons.

Mr. W.D. HARVEY of Sintaluta, Sask. has bought Mr. F.R.E. DEHART’s lot on Bernard Ave.

Mr. and Mrs. F.A. TAYLOR and children returned from a visit to Scotland.

Murder at Penticton: The dead body of W.ZIMMERMAN, jeweller, was found in a room at the back of his shop, with a deep gash in the head, evidently inflicted by a hand axe. Mr. ZIMMERMAN was a man of about 60 years of age, quiet, inoffensive and retiring in his habits; and much indignation is felt at his brutal murder.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. J.H.HILL on Jan.23rd at the age of 55 years. The deceased had been in failing health for a number of years, and came here from Leduc, Alberta. The late Mr. HILL is survived by a widow and one son, aged fourteen.

Miss Susie LAWSON arrived from Ontario to spend a few months with her brother, Mr. Thos. LAWSON. She had a strenuous trip, being nine days in the train, from Toronto, and her train arrived at Winnipeg 62 hours late.

Born: To the wife of Mr. Alex MORRISON on Feb. 10, a son. Born: To the wife of Mr. H.C. STILLINGFLEET, on Feb. 10th a daughter.

We regret to announce the death of Mrs. Walter PRITCHARD, which oc- curred in Vernon Hospital. The deceased was married only a year ago in England to Mr. Walter PRITCHARD.

A farewell dance was given by some of the young people in Raymer’s Hall, to Mr. and Mrs. T. ALLAN, on the departure for Ontario. Mr. J.W. WILKS supplied the music and all had an enjoyable time. We understand that Mr. L. A. HAYMAN has taken over the charter for the Kelowna-Westbank ferry from Mr. LYSONS, and will run two launches during the summer, to be replaced by a steamboat during the winter.

Page 19 The Okanagan Researcher Volume 30, Number 3, March 2014 Periodical Highlights Submitted by Donna Shaw Interesting articles from newsletters that are printed and available at the KDGS library. Alberta Prince Edward Island Chinook - AFHS, Spring 2014 Newsletter, February 2014 Hidden Past Unearthed: A Case A Brief History of Lennox Island, PEI Study. Quebec Interesting Time Line with Connections, Spring 2014 dates, aliases, locations and Jane Smith's Second Family comments. United Kingdom British Columbia Dorset Family History Society, March 2014 Splitting Heirs - Vernon, March 2014 One Women's Life on the Home Front 1914 -18. 5 Tips to Solve your Immigration Puzzles Kent Family History Society, September 2013 Grapevines - Penticton, February 2014 Memorial Service for the crew of the Lancaster New County Down & Antrim Church of Ireland Bomber Records Kent Family History Society, December , 2013 Belfast Roman Catholic Records online. 2 East Kent Brothers in 18th Century Navy Grapevines - Penticton, March 2014 Kent Family History Society, March 2014 What are Dit Names? Who Married William Bourne? Journal - Victoria, Spring 2014 Greenwood Tree - Dorset & Somerset, February 2014 A Tale of Two Identical Fathers of Confedera What the Paper Says. News from the Bath tion Chronicle 1918 regarding the local military. The BC Genealogist, March 2014 Glasgow & West of Scotland March 2014 Do You Really Know Them? Most Improved Southern Necropolis. Lair records are available Genealogist. 1st Prize - Who was Aunt Nan? at various locations 2nd Prize - The Story of the King Family from United States Ireland. National Gen Society Quarterly, December 2013 Manitoba Did Martha Barnes of Glossop, Derbyshire Marry Generations, March 2014 her Cousin? Heredis 2014 - Product Review National Genealogical Society Magazine New Brunswick Derbyshire Crossroads: A Wilcockson DNA Case Generations, Spring 2014 Study. The Story of Peter Clinch of St. George, NB. Discover Your History Born in Ireland, Life in the military, NB Parlia- Domestic Servants and Debutantes ment, Last Will and Testament Magazines Newfoundland/Labrador Family Chronicle, March/April 2014 Ancestor - Vol. 30 #1, 2014 Researching the Early Czech Immigrant From Mr. Croacker's Diary ( February 1917). A Community of Cleveland, Ohio pre election campaign on a tour of the Burin Irish Roots, Issue # 89, 2014 Peninsula Tracing Your Cork Ances Ontario tors Timberline - Upper Ottawa Valley, April 2014 Internet Genealogy, April/May An Interesting Find. A written contract be 2014 tween an Apprentice and a master cooper. Spring into New Software: Families, May 2014 Review of Legacy Family Recent Developments in Canadian Law Affect Tree Version !! ing Genealogists. Who controls access to in formation about you and your family?

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New Acquisitions at the KDGS Library, February - April 2014 Claire Smith-Burns, KDGS Library Committee The KDGS is grateful to member, Lorainne McLarty, for her generous donation of BC history books, as well as other generous donors of books for our Library Thank you to our cataloguer, Mary Read, for processing 120 books over the last quarter! GENEALOGY – GENERAL REFERENCE Grosvenor, Melville Bell (Editor); National Geographic Atlas of the World, Fourth Edition; G-00173 Taylor, Maureen A.; Fashionable Folks: Bonnets and Hats, 1840-1900; T-00092 Taylor, Maureen A.; Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles, 1840-1900; T-00093 CANADA – GENERAL HISTORY Newman, Peter C. (Editor); Debrett's Illustrated Guide to the Canadian Establishment; N-00053 CANADA – MILITARY Cooke, Owen A.; The Canadian Military Experience, 1867-1983: A Bibliography; C-00382 D’Aoust, Robert P. Ultimate Sacrifice, Volume I: Royal Canadian Navy; D-00101 Ultimate Sacrifice, Volume II: Royal Canadian Naval Reserve; D-00102 Ultimate Sacrifice, Volume III, Part 1: Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve; D-00103 Ultimate Sacrifice, Volume III, Part 2: Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve; D-00104 May, George S.; War of 1812; M-00414 CANADA – BRITISH COLUMBIA – GENERAL HISTORY Carlson, Linda; Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest; C-00381 Chow, Lily; Sojourners in The North [early Chinese settlers in BC]; C-00380 Warrior, M. C. & Mark Leier; The First Forty Years: A History of the Tunnel and Rock Workers Union Local 168; W-00195 Sound Heritage Series Collection: Langlois, W. J. (Editor); Number 4, Volume III, No. I: Aural History in British Columbia; O-00046 Number 5, Volume III, No. 2: British Columbia Forest Industries; L-00175 Number 6, Volume III, No. 3: Canadian Aural History Projects; L-00176 Number 7, Volume III, No. 4: World Soundscape Project; L-00177 Number 8, Volume IV, No. 1; Canadian Aural/Oral History Conference; L-00178 Number 9, Volume IV, No. 2: Aural History, Regional Studies in BC; L-00179 Numbers 10-11, Volume IV, Nos. 3 and 4: Native Languages and Culture; L-00180 Number 12, Volume V, No. 1: Skeena Country; L-00181 Number 13, Volume V, No. 2: Perspectives in Aural History Research, Doukhobors; L-00182 Number 14, Volume V, No. 3: Myth and the Mountains; L-00183 Number 15, Volume V, No. 4: The Gulf Islanders; L-00184 Number 16, Volume VI, No. 1: Lillooet Stories; L-00185 Number 17, Volume VI, No 2: Navigating the Coast: A History of the Union Steamship Company; L-00186 Number 18, Volume VI, No. 3: Men of the Forest; L-00187 Number 19, Volume VI, No. 4: Toil and Peaceful Life: Portraits of the Doukhobors; L-00188 Number 20, Volume VII, No. 1: Nutka: Captain Cook and the Spanish Explorers on the Coast; L-00189 Number 21, Volume VII, No. 2: Nutka: The History and Survival of Nootkan Culture; L-00190 Sound Heritage Series Collection: Reimer, Derek (Editor); Number 22, Volume VII, No. 3: A Victorian Tapestry: Impressions of Life in Victoria, BC, 1880-1914; R-00157 Number 23, Volume VII, No. 4: Fighting for Labour: Four Decades of Work in BC, 1910-1950; R-00158 Numbers 24-25, Volume VIII, Nos. 1 & 2: Opening Doors: Vancouver's East End; R-00159 Number 26, Volume VIII, No 3: Bright Sunshine and a Brand New Country: Recollections of the Okanagan Valley, 1890-1914; R-00160

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Number 27, Volume VIII, No 4: In the Western Mountains: Early Mountaineering in BC; R-00161 Number 28: The Magnificent Distances: Early Aviation in BC, 1910-1940; D-00105 Number 29: Season's Greetings from BC's Past: Christmas as Celebrated in BC from the 1880s to the 1930s; R-00162 Number 30: Martin: The Story of a Young Fur Trader; R-00163 Number 31: Railroaders: Recollections from the Steam Era in BC; R-00164 Number 32: Where the Lardeau River Flows; C-00383 Bossin, Bob & Derek Reimer (Editors); Number 33: Settling Clayoquot; B-00404 Whitehead, Margaret & Derek Reimer (Editors); No 34: Now You Are My Brother: Missionaries in British Columbia; W-00199 Stursberg, Peter & Derek Reimer (Editors); No 35: Extra! When the Papers had the Only News; S-00722 Fish, Gordon & Charles Lillard (Editors); Number 36: Dreams of Freedom: Bella Coola, Cape Scott, Sointula; F-00089 Orchard, Imbert & Charles Lillard (Editors); Number 37: Floodland and Forest: Memories of the Chilliwack Valley; O-00047 Duffy, Dennis J. & Charles Lillard (Editors); Number 38: Imagine Please: Early Radio Broadcasting in BC; D-00106 Taft, Michael & Charles Lillard (Editors); Number 39: Tall Tales of British Columbia; T-00094 Orchard, Imbert; Number 40: Growing Up in the Valley: Pioneer Childhood in the Lower ; O-00048 Kootenay Country Region: BC Ministry of Recreation and Conservation; Dewdney Trail 1856: Christina Lake to Rossland; C-00386 Norris, John; Historic Nelson: The Early Years; N-00054 North-Northwest Region: Blyth, Gladys; History of Port Edward, 1907-1970; B-00407 Okanagan-Similkameen Region: Gellatly, Dorothy Hewlett; A Bit of Okanagan History Centennial (Revised) Edition; G-00174 Hatton, William J. (Bill); Bridesville Country: A Brief History; H-00232 Hudson, James (Editor); City of Kelowna, List of Electors, 1971-1972; H-00231 Pearson, Anne; An Early History of Coldstream and Lavington; P-00159 Stewart, Wendy; Pursuit of Memories [Pritchard]; S-00721 Young, Margaret F.; Quelle Grande Prairie: History of Grande Prairie, Adelphi and Westwold; Y-00003 Rocky Mountain Region: Inwood, Damian; Fort Steele: The Golden Era; I-00038 Weir, Winnifred Ariel; Tales of the Windermere; W-00201 Wilson, Diana; Triumph and Tragedy in the Crowsnest Pass; W-00196 Region: Robinson, Leigh Burpee; Esquimalt: Place of Shoaling Waters; R-00166 South Wellington Historical Committee; South Wellington: Stories From the Past, 1880s- 1950s; S-00728 Wild, Paula; Sointula: Island Utopia; W-00197 CANADA - ALBERTA Ardrossan Unifarm Association; Cherished Memories; U-00020 Crossfield History Committee; Prairie Sod and Goldenrod: History of Crossfield and District; C-00389 Fitzgerald, J. Joseph; Black Gold with Grit [Fort McMurray]; F-00090 Northside Community Association & Red Deer & District Museum Society; The Little Village that Grew: A History of North Red Deer; A-00135 CANADA – SASKATCHEWAN Hanowski, Laura & John L. Marley (Editors); Births, Deaths, Marriages from Regina Newspapers, 1883-1889, Volume 1; H-00229 Hanowski, Laura (Editor); Births, Deaths, Marriages from Regina Newspapers, 1890-1899, Volume 2; H-00230 Marley, John L. (Editor); Births, Deaths, Marriages from Regina Leader, 1900-1905, Volume 3; M-00411

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Marley, John L. (Editor); Births, Deaths, Marriages from Regina Leader, 1906-1910, Volume 4; M-00410 Bohlken, Janis (Editor); Births, Deaths, Marriages from Regina Leader, 1911-1913, Volume 5; B-00402 Bohlken, Janis (Editor); Births, Deaths, Marriages from Regina Leader, 1914-1916, Volume 6; B-00403 Rider, Celeste D. (Editor); Women Pioneers of Saskatchewan; R-00156 CANADA - MANITOBA Stone, Ted; The Story Behind Manitoba Names: How Cities, Towns, Villages and Whistle Stops got their Names; S-00720 CANADA – WESTERN PROVINCES Waiser, Bill; Park Prisoners: The Untold Story of Western Canada's National Parks, 1915- 1946; W-00198 CANADA – ONTARIO Bennett, Carol & D. W. McCuaig; In Search of Lanark; B-00406 Corupe, Linda; Upper Canadian Justice: Early Assize Court Records (Court of Oyer & Ter- miner) of Ontario, Vol. 1, 1802-1809; C-00377 Corupe, Linda; Upper Canadian Justice: Early Assize Court Records (Court of Oyer & Terminer) of Ontario, Vol. 2, 1810-1818; C-00378 Corupe, Linda & Gary Corupe; Upper Canadian Justice: Early Assize Court Records (Court of Oyer & Terminer) of Ontario, Vol. 3, 1819-1824; C-00379 Cumming, Ross (Editor); Historical Atlas of Lanark and Renfrew Counties Ontario, 1880; C-00388 Cumming, Ross (Editor); Historical Atlas of Peel County Ontario, 1877; C-00385 Cumming, Ross (Editor); Historical Atlas of Perth County Ontario, 1879; C-00384 Devolpi, Charles P.; Ottawa: A Pictorial Record, 1807-1882; D-00109 Jamieson, E. L.; The Story of Lanark; J-00076 Leavitt, Thad W. H.; History of Leeds and Grenville from 1749 to 1879; L-00193 McKenzie, Donald A.; Obituaries from the Christian Guardian, 1896 to 1900, Volume 12; M-00412 Walker, Harry J.; 100 Years Ottawa and the Valley: A Backward Glance from Centennial Year; W-00200 CANADA - QUEBEC Devolpi, Charles P. & P. S. Winkworth; Montreal: A Pictorial Record, 1535-1885, Volume I; D-00107 Devolpi, Charles P.; Montreal: A Pictorial Record, 1535-1885, Volume II; D-00108 Devolpi, Charles P. & P. H. Scowen; The Eastern Townships: A Pictorial Record; D-00110 MacKay, W. Donald; The Square Mile: Merchant Princes of Montreal; M-00413 CANADA – NOVA SCOTIA Bird, Will R.; This is Nova Scotia; B-00405 Lunenburg Heritage Society; A Walk Through Old Lunenburg; L-00191 CANADA – NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR Roger, Dale Boone; Tapestry of Memories: Tilt Cove Reunion, 1967-1992; R-00165 CANADA – ATLANTIC PROVINCES Punch, Terence M.; Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals In Atlantic Canada, 1761-1853, Volume II; P-00156 Punch, Terence M.; Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada to 1863, Volume IV; P-00158 Punch, Terence M.; Some Early Scots in Maritime Canada, Volume III; P-00157 USA Murfin, James & L. Edward Purcell (Editors); Battlefields of the Civil War; M-00415 GALICIA Lenius, Brian J.; Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia: Expanded Data Edition; L-00192

Page 23 The Okanagan Researcher Volume 30 Number 4 June 2014 FAMILY HISTORY Gerk, Edward Roy; Faith of Our Fathers [GERK Family]; G-00175 Lockhart, Kate; George Grant Mackay, 1826-1893: Highlander, Speculator, Improver, Pioneer [from Scotland to British Columbia]; L-00174 MAPS – check out our new Map Cabinet (donated by Telus)! The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies:  The City and County of London; MAP-09  Cumberland with Dates of Commencement of Registers for Parishes formed before 1832; MAP-10  Monmouthshire with Dates of Commencement of Registers for Parishes formed before 1832; MAP-13  Northumberland Including the County of the Borough and Town of Berwick on Tweed; MAP-11  South Wales with Dates of Commencement of Registers for Parishes formed before 1832; MAP-12 Stumpp, Karl:  Countries of Origin, etc. of Volga and Black Sea Germans in the Mother Colonies; MAP-01  Emigration Map of Wurttemberg with Multiple Districts; MAP-04  Hesse with Localities from which the Volga Germans Emigrated, 1763-1768; MAP-03  Localities in Alsace-Lorraine from which Emigrations to South Russia Occurred, 1804, 1809, 1817; MAP-06  Localities in Rhineland, Palatinate from which the Emigrations to South Russia Occurred, 1808-1810; MAP-05  Places in Prussia, Poland, Mecklenburg, Pomerania and Silesia, 1814/1816 Emigration to South Russia; MAP-08  Settlements in Danzig-West Prussia from which Mennonites Emigrated to Russia, 1789-1807; MAP-07  Wurttemberg, Baden, the Palatinate and Alsace re. Black Sea Germans Emigration, 1804-1842; MAP-02 We Appreciate our Volunteers! Through the partnership agreement, the books and other materials that make up the Kelowna and District Genealogical Society library are housed in the downtown Kelowna Branch of the Okanagan Regional Li- brary. KDGS Genealogists In Residence spend time in the library offering assistance to anyone needing help with their family research. On Monday from 10-12 p.m., Wednesday from 1-3 p.m., Thursday from 6-8 p.m. and Saturday (April to September) or Sunday (October to March) 1-3 p.m., a Genealogist In Residence is in the library. This is 8 hours per week of help that is available to KDGS members and to the general public. The KDGS Library Committee would like to recognize all Genealogists In Residence for a job well done through the 2013-2014 season. In the list of GIRs below, ** indicates in excess of 20 shifts worked. One * indicates more than 12 shifts. GIR service continues through the summer. Helen PERRY** Joanne AUSTIN Betty ATKINSON Eileen COOK** Lorraine HLADIK Geoff DAWSON Lori MERKEL** Anne HARRISON Karen DAWSON Carolin ROBERTSON** Cheryl PURDEY Andrea AINSWORTH Marilyn EYRES* Betty MAURICE Betty SNITYNSKY

Barb MACWILLIAMS* Mary READ Ryan LATENDRESSE Marie ABLETT* Teresa SMITH Claire SMITH BURNS A studious patron at the KDGS Library Gwen NEIL Joan KIRKBRIDE Phyllis THOMPSON Barbara STEUART Bettina GARRY

A big thank you to the current Genealogists in Residence for their time and dedication. Please visit the li- brary during GIR hours and take advantage of this helpful service. If you would like to volunteer to be A Ge- nealogist in Residence, please contact a member of the Library Committee. Page 24