Explore your family tree with don rampone & Gord Hotchkiss
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Join KCIC Historian and Family Tree Guy Don Rampone and Our Heritage Committee Co-Chair Gord Hotchkiss 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. Sessions will be recorded and will be made available to registrants for a 90 day period through a private resource page. We also include a number of other resources on this page. NEW FAMILY TREE WORKSHOP SERIES BEGINS THIS COMING JANUARY! |
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 2023. |
Registration
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Participation in the full workshop series (8 sessions) is $35 (plus ticket fees) for non-members, FREE for members!
NOTE: If you're a KCIC Member, contact us by emailing kcicnfi@shaw.ca before registering and we'll send you the promo code so you can register for free! |
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WORKSHOP SCHEDULE (Start time 4 pm PT - 7 PM ET)
1: Overview of the Process - JAN 19, 2023
Why We Do Genealogy - Where to begin - Collecting and recording information - Setting up your family tree.
Why We Do Genealogy - Where to begin - Collecting and recording information - Setting up your family tree.
2: DNA and Family Trees - JAN 26, 2023
Different testing options - Using results - Recording results
Different testing options - Using results - Recording results
3: Family Search - FEB 2, 2023
Exploring their family tree tool, other tools and searching their record sets
Exploring their family tree tool, other tools and searching their record sets
4: Ancestry.ca - FEB 9, 2023
Exploring their family tree tool, other tools and searching their record sets. Differences and advantages from Familysearch.org
Exploring their family tree tool, other tools and searching their record sets. Differences and advantages from Familysearch.org
5: My Heritage - FEB 16, 2023
Exploring their family tree tool, other tools and searching their record sets. Differences and advantages from Ancestry.ca
Exploring their family tree tool, other tools and searching their record sets. Differences and advantages from Ancestry.ca
6: Italian Archives (Antenati) - FEB 23, 2023
The Italian Archives – Exploring their record sets
The Italian Archives – Exploring their record sets
7: Other sites including Ellis island and Pier 21 - MAR 2, 2023
Searching American and Canadian passenger lists – Searching newspapers and directories – Searching other government databases (ie military records) – Searching gravesite and headstone information
Searching American and Canadian passenger lists – Searching newspapers and directories – Searching other government databases (ie military records) – Searching gravesite and headstone information
8: Online Collaborative and Storytelling Tools - MAR 9, 2023
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 - Google Drive and Google Photos - Google Maps and Google Earth – Trello – Adobe Spark
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 - Google Drive and Google Photos - Google Maps and Google Earth – Trello – Adobe Spark
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.
GORD HOTCHKISS | WORKSHOP ASSISTANT
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Helping Don out on the technical end (running the Zoom meeting, etc) will be Gord Hotchkiss. Gord also will teach part of the Ancestry session and does the final presentation on Collaboration and Storytelling.
Gord ran his own creative agency for 35 years and has always been interested in both digital technology and history. He loves the art of storytelling and has been working on his own family tree (although not nearly as diligently as Don) for several years. Gord is also the producer and director of the Our Legacy | Il Nostro Lascito Video Project. |