Explore your family tree with don rampone
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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 WILL RUN EARLY IN 2023. DATES AND TIMES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON! |
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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!
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WORKSHOP SCHEDULE (4 pm start time)
1: Overview of the Process
Overview: collecting and recording information, family trees
Overview: collecting and recording information, family trees
2: DNA and Family Trees
Testing, using results, recording results
Testing, using results, recording results
3: Immigration Records
Ellis Island, Pier 21
Ellis Island, Pier 21
4: Family Search
Searching trees and records
Searching trees and records
5: Ancestry
Searching trees and records
Searching trees and records
6: Italian Archives (Antenati)
Searching trees and records
Searching trees and records
7: Other Sites
My Heritage, Geneanet, Online newspapers, Find a Grave
My Heritage, Geneanet, Online newspapers, Find a Grave
8: Online Collaborative and Storytelling Tools
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.
