Kamloops This Week, April 30, 2015

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COMMUNITY COORDINATOR: JESSICA WALLACE 778-471-7533 or email jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Genealogy: ‘It’s like finding a treasure’ JESSICA WALLACE

STAFF REPORTER

jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

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hen Al Yelland discovered his greatgrandfather was once the mayor of Peterborough, Ont., he learned a lot about his family. Because “the more important they are, the more information there is out there about them,” he was able to follow a trail of information and trace his family back to the 1400s in Devon, England. “The talk in our family was that we were from a Welsch background,” Yelland told KTW. “That’s not true at all.” “Family stories that are handed down for years and years can be disproved.” “You find out the truth about things.” For Yelland, president of the Kamloops Family History Society, genealogy is an addictive hobby. It’s why he’s been researching his family — online and through newspaper articles, archives and word of mouth — since 1988. “Every time I find some information, it’s tremendous. It’s like finding a treasure,” he said. Yelland and others from the society will share their family treasures this weekend

Archives in an online database CAM FORTEMS STAFF REPORTER cam@kamloopsthisweek.com

Local historians are getting the first taste of what will become a feast of information as the city’s and region’s newspapers become available through an online searchable database. It will replace a painstaking, imperfect system of research based on volunteers indexing newspapers by subject. “Right now it’s in soft launch,” acknowledged Thompson Nicola Regional District director of libraries Marc Saunders. The project, several years in the making, began earlier this month with availability of Kamloops Daily News archived copies to 2001. Kamloops This Week is expected to be online in May. The archive is presented in a clean, easy-to-search style. “We want to do all the papers in the TNRD,” Saunders said. “We’re able to do this longer-term preservation.” The library has in the past made available online searchable stories from city newspapers through a commercial database. But, Saunders said, the service was expensive and provided text-only stories. See Newshound, B2

during a conference in Kamloops. The two-day event, which begins tomorrow at the Calvary Community Church, will include guest speakers and visitors from as far as Washington state. Cyndi Ingle, founder of the genealogy website Cyndi’s List, will be a highlight of

TNRD director of libraries Marc Saunders looks at microfilm. DAVE EAGLES/KTW

the weekend. Yelland said she likely has the most extensive cupboard of genealogy links on the Internet.

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Kamloops Golf and Auction @ Sun Rivers Golf Resort May 28th, 2015 (Registration starts 11:30am-Shotgun start 1:15pm)

Tickets $125 per person or $450 for Registered Foursome

Contact Jay Anderson - Co-Chairman (250) 371-3066 jay@jayanderson.ca or Sam Sommer - Co-Chairman (250) 819-1999 sammysommer@hotmail.com for more information about the tournament.

Contact Cassie Sorensen - Registrar (250) 319-2283 cassie_77@hotmail.com to register and purchase tickets.

Please join us at our 9th Annual Kamloops Ducks Unlimited Golf Tournament & Auction on Thursday afternoon, May 28, 2015. Your entry fee includes 18 holes of golf, power cart, a great buffet dinner & lots of fantastic prizes. Our tournament is a Scramble format. Registrations can also be paid at the DUC office at 954A Laval Crescent. Please join us for this fun event, and help Ducks Unlimited conserve Canada’s wetlands!


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