The newsletter of the Kelowna and District Genealogical Society is known as the Okanagan Researcher. It is published four times per year, and includes articles of interest to the members, family history and historical research for the area, and pioneer information.

Reports and articles of interest to the membership are welcomed, particularly those dealing with family history research, pioneer families, or history of the Okanagan Valley, particularly the Kelowna and immediate area.

New! All back issues of the Okanagan Researcher (Volumes 1 to 19) have been scanned and are available on CD in the KDGS Library. A companion index to the CD is available here (PDF format, 107 kb).

Contents of Recent Issues

Vol. 22 (3), March 2006

• Queries
• Message from the President - Bob Hayes
• Book Review, My Ancestor Was a Bastard, by Ruth Paley - Claire Smith-Burns
• New Members 2005-2006 - Marlene Crane
• 2006 is Census Year in Canada! - Claire Smith-Burns
• Have You Heard of RAOGK? - Eileen Cook
• KDGS Beginners Series
• A Postcard Story - Mary Read
• He Died with Custer - James W. Lang
• "Getting To Know You" - Betty Maurice
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Report - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• KDGS Library Rules
• Gleanings - Donna Shaw
• Opportunity is Knocking! - Jean Arnot Scott
• Kelowna Museum shop

Vol. 22 (2), December 2005

• Info on Canadian Immigrants - Lou John
• Message from the President - Bob Hayes
• KDGS Seminar 2005 – Chairperson’s Report - Claire Smith-Burns
• Searching for Devon Forebears - Gwen Neil
• International Seminar
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website - Eileen Robinson
• New Members 2005-2006 - Marlene Crane
• A Place in Time - Sheila Brownrigg
• Be Sure to Check Out the Information You Find Online - Eileen Robinson
• Queries
• Opportunity is Knocking! - Jean Arnot Scott
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Report for December 2005 - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• News For Empressphiles - Peter Howell Wilson
• You Can’t Always Believe What You See, Even in the Graveyard - Pat Gerlitsch
• Gleanings - Donna Shaw
• Persistence Pays Off - Myrna Lepine
• Mother Nature Can Make Research More Challenging - Bill Bidewell
• The Glenbow Archives - Jean Arnot Scott
• A Genealogist’s Christmas - Sandra Devlin

Vol. 22 (1), October 2005

• Message from the President - Bob Hayes
• New Members 2005-2006 - Marlene Crane
• KDGS Program for Autumn 2005
• Queries
• 1911 Census Records Released - Betty Maurice
• Yikes, I joined the Genealogy Society! - Marlene Crane
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Branch - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Genealogy Mistakes and Faux Pas for Beginners - Gene Hall

Vol. 21 (4), June 2005

• "Getting To Know You"- KDGS - Betty Maurice
• Gleanings
• Who Do You Belong To? - Sheila M. Brownrigg
• Happy 100th Birthday Kelowna - Marlene Crane
• Acclaimed KDGS Officers for 2005-2006
• New Members 2004-2005 - Marlene Crane
• Scenes from a cemetery... - Mary Nettleton Read
• Life in the 1500's - Fact or Myth?
• Okanagan Newspaper Indexes

Vol. 21 (3), March 2005

• "Getting To Know You"- KDGS - Betty Maurice
• The Obituary! - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Gleanings
• Some Family Tree Maker Questions & Answers - Lorne Smith
• New Members 2004-2005 - Marlene Crane
• Queries
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Online Parish Clerk (OPCO - Bless them all! - Claire Smith-Burns
• Surname Index for KDGS Members!
• Organizing Your Family History Records - Marina Garrison
• Gems in the Library: The One-Room School in Canada - Mary Read
• The Genealogists Psalm
• Hand Written Entries from the Scott Family Bible 1780-1882 - M. Jean Arnot Scott

Vol. 21 (2), December 2004

• "Getting To Know You"- KDGS - Betty Maurice
• Vital Stats - Saskatchewan - Mary Anne Hurren
• Donation of Books, Periodicals & CD's from the Janet Dunnill Estate - Claire Smith-Burns
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Report - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Brevity Memorial in Kelowna - Peter and Rosemary Wilson
• Some Family Tree Maker Questions & Answers, Part II - Lorne Smith
• New Members 2004-5 - Marlene Crane
• Queries
• A Personal Connection to the Empress of Ireland Tragedy - Peter H. Wilson
• Who Were They Marcus? - Lula Graham Mills
• Society Research Nights - Jim Buttenham
• In Search of Hugh 1777 - Mary Nettleton Read
• Free Computer Program Offered for Recording Family Health Profiles
• Gems in the Library - Mary Read
• News on Release of Census Records - Betty Maurice
• Gleanings
• Interesting Links
• Arkansas Love Poem

Vol. 21 (1), October 2004

• LDS Genealogy Symposium
• "Getting To Know You"- KDGS - Betty Maurice
• Library Hours for Sept-Oct
• Ithamar and Emma Norsworthy's Long Journey Home - Heather Ibbotson
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Report - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Some Family Tree Maker Questions & Answers - Lorne Smith
• If Your Photographs Could Talk - Lynette Stebner
• Obituaries for KDGS members & former members
• Queries
• Gleanings
• ScotlandsPeople - Moving forward into the past
• The Empress of Ireland Artifacts Coming to Kelowna
• Metis Land Script
• Post-1901 Census Issue
• Book Review - The One-Room School in Canada - Mary Read
• Genealogical Codicil to Last Will and Testaments

Vol. 20 (4), June 2004

• President's Message
• KDGS Officers for 2004-2005
• Queries
• KDGS 20th Anniversary! - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Early Members of KDGS - Mary Read
• TheStar.com Newspaper Archives Search - Jean Scott
• Gems in the Library - Mary Read
• The Saskatchewan War Memorial Project - Mary Read
• Legacy Project
• Arizona Birth and Death Records Are Now Online
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Activities - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Ancestry.com's New OneWorldTree
• Images Canada
• Gleanings
• Manitoba Vital Statistics
• Genealogical Codicil to Last Will and Testaments

Vol. 20 (3), March 2004

• Library Hours
• Queries
• Obituaries
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Branch Report - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Websites
• The Better Farming Train - Mary Read/Patrick Hayes
• Beware Genealogy Spam!!
• Women and the 1911 Census in the UK - Eileen Robinson
• Muster Rolls - Canadian Military Heritage Project
• 2004 Survival Tips for Online Genies
• The Chilliwack Telephone Company Ltd, Rules Governing Subscribers
• The Body in the Trunk - Mary Read
• Medical Register of British Columbia, 1890
• Canadian Genealogy Centre

Vol. 20 (2), December 2003

• President's Report
• Queries
• Serendipity and Submitting Queries - Norma Neufeld
• New Members
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Branch Report - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Library Committee Report
• Gift Giving Ideas for the Genealogist - Betty Maurice
• Rutland History - Evelyn Vielvoye
• Strangers in the Box
• Library Acquisitions - Bev Mahoney

Vol. 20 (1), October 2003

• KDGS Library Hours
• Library Committee Report
• Book Order
• Education Committee
• Queries
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Branch Report - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Airmail Anniversary
• The Courtship of S.A. Nettleton - Mary Read
• Who's Spying on You?
• Okanagan Researcher by E-mail
• New Members

Vol. 19 (4), June 2003

• KDGS Library Hours
• Gleanings
• New Members
• Queries
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Branch Report - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Library Committee Report - C. Smith-Burns
• Just in Case You Wanted to Know (Common Surnames) - B. Maurice
• Interesting Websites
• The Family History Widow
• Choosing Genealogy Software - L.W. Smith
• Kelowna - E. Vielvoye

Vol. 19 (3), March 2003

• President's Report - Milan Ihnat
• Library Acquisitions
• Gleanings
• An Overview of the British Governments'White Paper titled 'Civil Registrations - Vital Changes' - Eileen Robinson
• Early History of Kelowna, Part I - Evelyne Vielvoye
• Queries
• New Members - Linda Boon
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Branch - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Mary's Saskatchewan Books, Part II - Mary Read
• Kaspar Family Research, Myth or Facts? - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Choosing Genealogy Software - Lorne W. Smith

Vol. 19 (2), December 2002

• President's Report - Milan Ihnat
• New Library Location and Hours
• Beginner's Genealogy Session
• Fenella Munson 1925-2002 - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Celtic Roots Seminar
• Queries
• Three Society Members Honoured - Jean Scott
• Found in 17th Century Records - Jean Scott
• New Members - Linda Boon
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Branch Report for Dec. 2002 - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Penticton Genealogy Seminar Report - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Seminar 2002 Report - Claire Smith-Burns
• Report on International Genealogical Conference, Regina - Milan Ihnat
• The 1901 British Census - Mary Read
• Mary's Saskatchewan Books, Part I - Mary Read

Vol. 19 (1), October 2002

• KDGS News and Meeting Dates
• Queries
• ViHistory - Gayle Jesperson
• School in the 1930's - Bill Bidewell
• The Maple Leaf Legacy Project
• Linda's Books
• Are you addicted to Genealogy? - Norma Neufeld
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Branch - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Library Acquisitions
• English Census Digitization Project
• Success with FreeBMD - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• List of Officers for 2002-2003
• Gleanings
• 1901 Census of England and Wales Online Service - Gayle Jesperson

Vol. 18 (4), June 2002

• President's Report - Milan Ihnat
• Librarian's Report - Beverley Mahony
• New Member Interests
• How I Found My Ancestors in England - Peter Howell Wilson
• Museum Visit - Malcolm Eagle
• Queries
• My Research Trip to Salt Lake City, April 2002 - Claire Smith-Burns
• Wisconsin Local History on the Web
• First Queen's Printer a Sharpshooter - Marie Brown

Vol. 18 (3), March 2002

• President's Message - Dorothy Ramsay
• Gleanings
• Queries/New Member Interests
• New Cemetery Book! Cemetery Transcriptions from the Central Okanagan - W. Bidewell
• Burials in Woking - Eileen Robinson
• Seminars
• Viettia Newcomb - Mary Read
• Thompson-Okanagan U. E. L. 7th Anniversary - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Are You Researching GOODBODY?
• Buriels in Woollen - Eileen Robinson
• A Lucky Coincidence - Douglas A. Enns

Vol. 18 (2), December 2001

• President's Message - Dorothy Ramsay
• Queries/New Member Interests
• Executive Member E-mail addresses
• United Empire Loyalists, Thompson-Okanagan Branch, 2001 in Review - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Home at Last - The Saga of the Album - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Gleanings
• KDGS Library Acquisitions, October-November, 2001 - Bev Mahony
• Publishing Your Family History - Mary Anne Hurren
• When a Ghost Walked in Nanaimo - Linda Boon

Vol. 18 (1), September 2001

• President's Message - Dorothy Ramsay
• Queries/New Member Interests
• No Destitute Child Ever Refused Admission - Janice Appleton
• Thompson-Okanagan U. E. L. - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Family History Centre
• Book Report - The Seven Daughters of Eve - Eileen Robinson
• BC Archives Finds! - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• In the Most Unlikely Places - Gayle Jesperson
• KDGS Library Acquisitions, May-September, 2001 - Bev Mahony
• PRO Census Online Website

Vol. 17 (4), June 2001

• President's Message - Wray McDonnell
• Queries/New Member Interests
• Thompson-Okanagan U. E. L. 6th Anniversary - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Selected Information from the The Robinson Papers - Irish Pioneers of Peterborough County, 1825 - Jean Scott
• The Obituary Daily Times
• CRAIG-y-nos - Donna Shaw
• English Websites - Claire Smith-Burns
• Through a Stained Glass Window - Gayle Jesperson
• KDGS Library Acquisitions, Jan-Feb 2001
• If I Throw It Away, I'll Need It - Richard A. Pence

Vol. 17 (3), March 2001

• President's Message - Wray McDonnell
• Hot Meeting of the Kelowna and District Genealogical Society - Milan Ihnat
• KDGS News and Activities - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Thompson-Okanagan United Empire Loyalists - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Queries/New Member Interests
• A Bunch of Roses - Georgie Brown
• K071 - McKenzie, Betty [Elizabeth]
• Myrtles Index - Georgie Brown

Vol. 17 (2), December 2000

• President's Message - Wray McDonnell
• 1882 British Columbia Directory - Robert M. Hayes
• Thompson-Okanagan Branch of The United Empire Loyalists - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• KDGS News and Activities - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Seminar Report, September 29-30, 2000 - Claire Smith-Burns
• Online Backup Services - Gayle Jesperson
• Get a Free E-mail Account - Gayle Jesperson
• The Family History Library: Its Past, Present and Future in Identifying and Linking the World Family - Richard E. Turley, Jr.

Vol. 17 (1), October 2000

• President's Message - Wray McDonnell
• Thompson-Okanagan U.E.L. - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Mountaintop Memorials II - Gayle Jesperson
• Library Acquisitions - Summer 2000 - Beverley Mahony
• Some Central Okanagan Marriages - Robert M. Hayes
• Welsh Language - Georgie Brown

Vol. 16 (4), June 2000

• 1999-2000 Kelowna and District Genealogical Society Activities - Robert M. "Bob" Hayes
• The Gellatly Family, Westbank BC - Ferne Jean
• Basil Brousseau Dit Lafleur: An Early Pioneer in B.C. - Jean Scott
• New Member Interests/Queries
• Thompson-Okanagan U.E.L. 5th Anniversary - Marie [Loyst] Ablett UE
• Civil Registration Marriages in England and Wales - Jan Craig
• Mountaintop Memorials - Gayle Jesperson

Vol. 16 (3), March 2000

• President's Message - Wray McDonnell
• 1894: The Arrival of Norwegian Colonists to Bella Coola, B.C.
• New Member Interests/Queries
• Living Landscapes Historic Documents and Census Update - Duane Thomson
• Perseverance is the Key - Dorothy Ramsay
• A Treasure from the Past - Maggie Nuyten
• Gleanings

Vol. 16 (2), December 1999

• President's Message - Wray McDonnell
• Library Acquisitions - Beverley Mahony
• New Member Interests/Queries
• Generations from Now - Greg Gendron
• Claire's British Studies Tour - Claire Smith-Burns
• World Connect Project

Vol. 16 (1), October 1999

• President's Message - Wray McDonnell
• Library Acquisitions - Beverley Mahony
• Lessons Learned in Researching English Ancestry - Kenneth G. Aitken
• New Member Interests/Queries
• Cemetery Transcriptions Robert M. Hayes

Vol. 15 (4), June 1999

• President's Message - Claire Smith Burns
• KDGS 15th Anniversary! - M. Marie (Loyst) Ablett UE
• New Books - M. Marie (Loyst) Ablett UE
• New Member Interests/Queries
• The John Churchland Family 1890 - We Come to Canada - John (Jack) Churchand
• The Lazy Researcher: Parasitic Genealogy or Letting Your Relatives Do It for You - Dave Stone
• Beaverdell and Carmi Voter's List for the 1935 Federal Election - Kenneth G. Aitken

Vol. 15 (3), March 1999

• Kelowna Family History Center
• New Member Interests
• Queries
• Project Updates - Robert M. Hayes
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website - Gayle Jesperson
• Help Wanted - Kelowna's Mystery Pioneers
• Genealogy Mailing Lists - Networking by E-mail - Gayle Jesperson
• A Computer Simulation of the Ineradicable Uncertainty in Genealogical Research - E.R. Swart

Vol. 15 (2), December 1998

• President's Message - Claire Smith-Burns
• New Member Interests
• PERSI CD - New to our Library!
• New CDs from the Family History Library
• The Budget of a Foreman of Farm Labourers, in November 1892
• Albert 1891 Census Index
• Eastern European Sites that could Help Your Research - M. Marie (Loyst) Ablett, U.E.
• ICQ Chat Program - Gayle Jesperson
• Child Migrants to Canada
• More on Young Immigrants to Canada - Gayle Jesperson

Vol. 15 (1), October 1998

• President's Message - Claire Smith-Burns
• Queries; New Member Interests
• Now What Do I Do With All Of This Stuff? - Edward Henry Gaulin (Sr.)
• Chatting on the Net - Genealogy and IRC - Gayle Jesperson
• Thompson-Okanagan UEL Meeting - M. Marie (Loyst) Ablett, U.E.L.
• Genealogy E-Zines - Gayle Jesperson
• GenForum

Vol. 14 (4), June 1998

• Shake Your Family Tree, A Genealogical Seminar & Fair
• Queries
• Arthur B. Knox - Robert M. Hayes
• Mr. Robert Story Hall - Robert M. Hayes
• Living Landscapes - OUC Journal
• Kederminster Pharmacopolium - Buckinghamshire Family History Society
• Free Look-ups on the Web
• Web Search Tip Sheet - Gayle Jesperson
• Genealogist's Game

Vol. 14 (3), March 1998

• Alexander Gammie - Robert M. Hayes
• New Member Interests
• Hudson's Bay Company Standards
• A Family Historian's Alphabet
• Scottish Records go On-line
• Members Online!
• Saskatchewan Cemetery Index
• Definitions from A Complete and Universal English Dictionary (1774)
• Who Killed William Robinson?
• Martin Bohn - Don McDonald
• Gleanings

Vol. 14(2), December 1997

• New Member Interests
• Northern European Websites - Claire Smith-Burns
• United Empire Loyalists - Marie Ablett, U.E.L.
• Pioneers of Kelowna & District, Part II (1893-1901) - Robert M. Hayes
• A Study of Genealogists & Family Historians - Ronald D. Lambert
• Military Web Sites - Gayle Jesperson

Vol. 14 (1), September 1997

• San Francisco Ancestors?
• New Member Interests
• The McDougall Family - Robert M. Hayes
• Newsprint - Born to Decay - William L. Pratt
• Virtual University - Designing a Genealogy Web Page Class
• The Fungus that Changed History - Notes on the Famine - G. Jesperson
• Gleanings

Index to the Okangan Researcher, Volumes 1 to 13