Hudson Bay Mountain at dawn, September 2005 by Lorne McIntosh Bulkley Valley Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3986, Smithers, British Columbia, V0J 2N0 1425 Main Street -- Email: bvgs2@hotmail.com The Bulkley Valley Genealogical Society (BVGS) was incorporated in 1996 under the Societies Act of B.C. We occupy two rooms in the Central Park Building (1425 Main Street), a heritage building shared with the Smithers Museum and Art Gallery. Our members have access to an extensive library, microfiche readers, a microfilm reader-printer, scanner-photocopier and a computer with highspeed internet access. We provide an active genealogy education and outreach program to the Bulkley Valley from Hazelton to Burns Lake. Members' research areas have included Ontario, USA, UK, Ireland, Italy, central and eastern Europe. The purposes of the society are to create and foster an interest in genealogy, preserve data, assist those persons interested in compiling their family history and to share ideas that may aid in more accurate research in genealogy. 2009 Executive: President: Donna Schrader, 250-847-2147 or email. Vice-president: Tracey Groot, 250-847-5483 or email. Secretary: Lauretta Florian 250-847-3206 or email. Treasurer: Arnold De Ellion 250-827-2482 or email. Monthly meetings: At the Central Park Building, 1425 Main Street, Smithers, at 7:30 pm on the last Tuesday of every month except July, August and December. Membership: $20 per year - includes four newsletters plus use of our reading room and other facilities. Coming Events: May 30, 2009: Annual plant sale at 9 a.m. sharp, across Main Street from Central Park Building. Oct 2-4, 2009: Family-A-Fair, a hosted family history fair where community members can meet like-minded folks and present family trees, histories and other artifacts. Details to be announced soon. Contact Joan Warmerdam for information at 250-847-9745 or email. Publications: Directory of the Smithers Cemetery - $15.00 plus shipping and handling, available on request.

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