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.
Dates for the next workshop will be announced later in 2021.
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.
Dates for the next workshop will be announced later in 2021.
Registration
We'll post a registration link here when the next workshop dates are scheduled.
workshop schedule
1: Overview of the Process
How to start - Tools used to ensure success - DNA testing
How to start - Tools used to ensure success - DNA testing
2: Family Trees
Types of trees available - The advantages and disadvantages - How to get started
Types of trees available - The advantages and disadvantages - How to get started
3: Gathering Information
Ellis Island, Pier 21: To access records it is best to know the person’s home town. If this is not already known, the best place to find it is using passenger records.
Ellis Island, Pier 21: To access records it is best to know the person’s home town. If this is not already known, the best place to find it is using passenger records.
4: Searching - Family Search Tree
If someone has already prepared an online tree, we will learn how to access it, evaluate it and use the information found. Familysearch.org (the Mormon Church Site) contains one large global tree.
If someone has already prepared an online tree, we will learn how to access it, evaluate it and use the information found. Familysearch.org (the Mormon Church Site) contains one large global tree.
5: Searching Records - Family Search
Birth, marriage, death, immigration, census, voters lists and directories, are some of the many records that can be found at Familysearch.org.
Birth, marriage, death, immigration, census, voters lists and directories, are some of the many records that can be found at Familysearch.org.
6: Searching - Ancestry Trees
If someone has already prepared an online tree we will learn how to access it, evaluate it and use the information found. Ancestry contains thousands of personal family trees.
If someone has already prepared an online tree we will learn how to access it, evaluate it and use the information found. Ancestry contains thousands of personal family trees.
7: Searching records - Ancestry
Birth, marriage, death, immigration, census, voters lists and directories, are some of the many records that can be found on the Ancestry site.
Birth, marriage, death, immigration, census, voters lists and directories, are some of the many records that can be found on the Ancestry site.
8: Searching records - Antenati:
Birth, marriage and death records from the Italian Archives.
Birth, marriage and death records from the Italian Archives.
9: Working with Family and Telling Your Story
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.
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
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.
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.