AI: Deciphering the Hype
December 3, 2025 | 7:00pm PST | Online
Daily, we are bombarded with marketing about AI but what is it and how does it work? Is it useful for genealogy? What should we be concerned about? Can we use it ethically? Contact the Maple Ridge Family History Group to attend:

Kickstart your family history in Fall 2025!

Did you know you can download FREE charts and tools from the Maple Ridge Family History Group?

They have downloadable family trees and activity sheets for people of all ages.
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The Short Program for the Maple Ridge Family History Group meeting on August 6, 2025 is "Are There Pets in Your Family History?"
So, I have been looking through family photos and have been reminded of this lovely one labelled "Buller on B.G. Ranche, Chilliwack, BC, 1900." Not exactly a pet...

80+ boxes of BC Dairy Archives are now stored in the Rare Books and Special Collections section of the UBC Library and Archives - a 25 year project.

Materials from the Fraser Valley Milk Producers’ Association, Palm Dairies, & assorted dairy industry professionals & enthusiasts. bit.ly/3Iosq5F

Join me on June 4, 2025, 7 PM (PST) on Zoom for "Read All About It: Newspapers for Family History"
Join me for tips to make your newspaper searches more effective.
Contact the Maple Ridge Family History Group mapleridgemuseum.org/about-us/fam... to join this free presentation. #FamilyHistory

I am please to share that my article "Using University Archives to Find Your Nova Scotian Ancestors” has been published in the The Nova Scotia Genealogist, Spring/Summer 2025 Vol. XLIII/1. #FamilyHistory

Nova Scotia has proposed legislation increasing political interference in universities. Political interference in education isn’t just an American phenomenon. It’s alive and well in Canada too. Politicians should not dictate the priorities of universities. STOP BILL 12 - www.ansut.ca/bill-12/

The Maple Ridge Family History Group is pleased to present Doug Brigham, Head, Koerner Library at UBC as our guest speaker, May 7, 2025 at 7pm, PST
BC Historical Directories: A New Approach

Email mrfamilyhistory@gmail.com to join the meeting
#genealogy #FamilyHistory

The Maple Ridge Family History Group is pleased to present Doug Brigham, Head, Koerner Library at UBC, as our guest speaker for May 7, 2025 at 7pm, PST, BC Historical Directories: A New Approach

Email mrfamilyhistory@gmail.com for information on how to join the meeting

Canadian Census: Techniques for Finding People
Thursday, March 13 at 1:00 PM PST
Boardroom of Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce, 34033 Lougheed Hwy, Mission BC

Extended backstory in a memoir doesn't just suspend your memoir’s forward motion. It can bloat your word count, and because these long-ago events often feel precious to you, backstory can be incredibly difficult to cut.

Insight on what to do, from @lisacooperellison.bsky.social.

The Maple Ridge Family History Group 2025 New Year’s Challenge – Is This My Ancestor?
A Sneak Preview

Short Program - February 5, 2025
7:00 PM PST
Via Zoom

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#FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Family Tree Trackers: Never Seen Again - Strathcona County Library with Brenda Smith, Thursday February 13 at 7 pm MT (Alberta) scl.bibliocommons.com/events/67453...

The members of the Maple Ridge Family History (of which I am a member) are so thrilled to win PLATINUM in the Community Organization category for Ridge Meadows Community Votes!
Thank you Ridge Meadows!

#CommunityVotes2024 #PlatinumWinner #MapleRidge #RidgeMeadows #FamilyHistory

Family Tree Trackers: Seafaring Ancestors with me, Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 7 pm MT (Alberta) scl.bibliocommons.com/events/67453...

Family Tree Trackers: Seafaring Ancestors with Andrea of @absolutelyliterate.bsky.social Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 7 pm MT (Alberta) scl.bibliocommons.com/events/67453...

Vintage ornaments tell part of the story of your family. These ornaments belonged to my grandmother. My mom remembers them on the tree growing up, my old brother remembers them on the tree when he was small, and now they adorn my mom's tree again. Happy holidays!

In 2023 a group of researchers from the Maple Ridge Family History Group undertook a community history project to discover the stories of those men named on the Maple Ridge Cenotaph & Whonnock Lake plaque.

Of the 51 men, only 1 eluded us – L. Griffin. mapleridgemuseum.org/the-elusive-...

Introducing myself here. I am a #genealogy speaker, author, editor, researcher, and historian focussed on researching and sharing community history. I am based in British Columbia, Canada.