Explore your family tree with don rampone

Join KCIC Historian and Family Tree Guy Don Rampone for a series of online workshops to help you create and grow your own family tree. These informal workshop sessions will all be focused on a topic, but they will be interactive and participatory. Attendees will be encouraged to share their own examples which will be used as educational opportunities. Workshops will be scheduled to be two hours in length, but the majority of the material will be shared in the first hour so the second hour can be optional. 

​While these sessions will look at the general tools for genealogy that are available, they will focus on concepts specific to Italians, including tools and resources that are focused on Italian records.

NEW FAMILY TREE WORKSHOP SERIES STARTS MARCH 17 WITH TIMES CONVENIENT FOR THOSE IN EASTERN CANADA!
NEW!
Family Tree Drop in Sessions

 KCIC will introducing a monthly online drop in session in 2022 for anyone doing family tree research. These are informal sessions where we can help you get past any "walls" you might have run into, share ideas and just generally chat about Family Tree research. These sessions are open to all and are free, but you do need to register on Eventbrite (coming soon).

Dates to be announced in 2022.

Registration

Participation in the full workshop series (8 sessions) is $35 (plus ticket fees) for non-members, Free for members!

 workshop schedule (7 pM start time)

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE (4 pm start time)
1: Overview of the Process  - January 20, 2022 @ 7 pm
Overview: collecting and recording information, family trees
 1: Overview of the Process  - March 17, 2022 @ 4 pm (PT)
Overview: collecting and recording information, family trees
 2: DNA and Family Trees - January 27, 2022 @ 7 pm
Testing, using results, recording results​
 2: DNA and Family Trees - March 24, 2022 @ 4 pm (PT)
Testing, using results, recording results​
 3: Immigration Records  - February 3, 2022 @ 7 pm
Ellis Island, Pier 21
 3: Immigration Records  - March 31, 2022 @ 4 pm (PT)
Ellis Island, Pier 21
4: Family Search - February 10, 2022 @ 7 pm
Searching trees and records
 4: Family Search - April 7, 2022 @ 4 pm (PT)
Searching trees and records
 5: Ancestry - February 17, 2022 @ 7 pm
Searching trees and records
 5: Ancestry - April 14, 2022 @ 4 pm (PT)
Searching trees and records
6: Italian Archives (Antenati) - February 24, 2022 @ 7 pm
Searching trees and records
 6: Italian Archives (Antenati) - April 21, 2022 @ 4 pm (PT)
Searching trees and records
 7:  Other Sites - March 3, 2022 @ 7 pm
My Heritage, Geneanet, Online newspapers, Find a Grave
 7:  Other Sites - April 28, 2022 @ 4 pm (PT)
My Heritage, Geneanet, Online newspapers, Find a Grave
8: Online Collaborative and Storytelling Tools - March 10, 2022 @ 7 pm
We look at some online tools to allow you to collaborate with others on your family tree and different ways to bring the stories of your family history to life.
 8: Online Collaborative and Storytelling Tools - May 5, 2022 @ 4 pm (PT)
We look at some online tools to allow you to collaborate with others on your family tree and different ways to bring the stories of your family history to life.

Don Rampone | Your Workshop Leader

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Don and Rose Rampone looking over the Family History book that Don created of Rose's family
It's not surprising that Don Rampone is so passionate about helping others discover and grow their family trees - he's also our gardening expert. Growing and nurturing things comes naturally to him! 

Don's great grandfather, Luigi Rampone, came to Kelowna in 1893 to help his friend Giovanni Casorzo (now known as Casorso) on his ranch in the Okanagan Mission. Don's own family tree include branches that bear the names of many of the early Italian families, including the Barreras, Lanfrancos and Casorsos. 

Don has created extensive family tree histories for all the branches of his family. He's also the diligent author and researcher who creates our First Families features.