Texas Flags: 1836-1945 on Exhibit
Start making your plans now to visit the first
comprehensive display of Historic Flags of Texas
at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston on view from
January 13 through April 28, 2002 at the Cullinan
Hall of the Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001
Bissonnet. This will be a must visit exhibit for
students and anyone who is interested in Texas
history.
The San Jacinto Battle Flag is the earliest flag
in the exhibit, was the first flag carried under the
leadership of
The Genealogy Workshop of The Huntington Historical Society presents:
BREAKING INTO THE 1930 CENSUS
7:00 pm Wednesday, November 7, 2001, free admission,
in the Auditorium of the Huntington Public Library, 228 Main St.,
Huntington, NY
Speaker: John Celardo of the National Archives - Northeast Branch, New York
City
Mr. Celardo's lecture is related to the release of the microfilm copies of
the 1930 Federal Population Census and the limited number of Soundex indexes
on April 1, 2002. Federal Census schedules
Tuesday November 6: Where are we going?
Director David W. Carmicheal will discuss the direction and initiatives he
plans for the State Archives of Georgia.
The speaker will explore the challenges and opportunities the State Archives
of Georgia faces as it enters the 21st century, discuss the changes that
have already taken place, and explain how the Archives plans to create
effective and cost-efficient ways to serve the public. Innovations in
services, such as an enhanced web site for remote access, are
GenealogyFair Christmas Yankee Swap and Fair, Waltham MA
Greetings!
Come to Our Christmas GenealogyFair Weekend November 23-25 featuring a
Yankee Swap and daily research planning workshops! Learn how to put
those stacks of working papers in order and put a research plan
together at our Research Organization Workshops - 10 am Friday November
23, 10 am Saturday November 24 and 12 pm Sunday November 25, 2001.
Trade your old research books with others at the Christmas
GenealogyFair Yankee Swap - Friday No
hello everyone!
I am new to this list and am requesting your help.
I belong to a genealogy society and we are in the planning stages of a
seminar for next spring or summer. I have been put in charge of the "goody
bags" to pass out to seminar attendees.
Can anyone help me with ideas about freebies and goodies to put in these
bags? Plus places to write to for these.
Any help would be appreciated. We are a new society and this is to be our
first seminar. So want it to be SPECTACULAR!!
Carol
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BOBO Reunion, 18-20 April 2002, in Hope, AR
The annual BOBO Family Assn. Reunion will be 18-20 April 2002 in Hope, AR,
with the Best Western of Hope as the headquarters motel. BOBO cousins are
expected to attend from 14 states. Activities include reports on association
activities, new family tree CD and research activities; tour of locations of
family interest in Hempstead County, including the library and court house.
For complete details, contact:
Charles H. (Chuck) BOBO, Coordinator
The BOBO Fam
>From now until Christmas, historic Ste. Anne de Detroit church, founded 300
years ago, will be the site of a Christmas and Tricentennial Boutique,
Sundays from 11am to 1pm, 1000 Ste. Anne near the Ambassador Bridge. For a
description of the items that may be ordered by mail, visit www.ste-anne.org
Reminder for folks who want to join our Yankee Swap this weekend.
Have a nice Thanksgiving!
Sharon
http://www.GenealogyFair.com
Special New Brunswick event at the GenealogyFair Yankee Swap and
Christmas Fair on Friday November 23 from 10am-2pm.
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We will feature the New Brunswick records and resource collection -
including Dan Johnson's wonderful extracts of Vital Statistics from
N.B. Newspapers (see
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcarlet/nb_n
Hello.
Starting Monday, toll-free phone-in registration begins for the
Genealogy Computing Workshops offered by Carl Sandburg College in
Galesburg, Illinois, in March of 2002. All workshops are hands-on, with
limited enrollment and a cost per day of only $35. A variety of topics
are being offered including 1880 census on CD, internet searching
techniques, online research strategies, DeedMapper, Windows strageties,
and more.
Before registering, please visit our website for more information.
http://www.ro
The Computer Interest Group (CIG) of the Ashtabula County Genealogical
Society will present a free public computer program on Saturday, Nov
3rd, at the meeting room of the Geneva Public Library - from 1 PM to
3PM.
The topics covered will be the 1881 British Census CD, Ships Passenger
List CDs, and the 1910 US Miracode Census Index CD. These CD's are
available for research as are many other CDs and other research
materials, in the A.C.G.S. library research room in the Geneva Public
Library.
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An overhead
We get items from the local Tourist & Visitors
Board, Chamber of Commerce, many local banks &
credit unions, major corporations, etc. have free
give-away items (pens, key chains) ...
Be sure and list event with Tourist & Visitors
Board, Chamber of Commerce, etc. because many
business members will be interested in knowing abt.
your event and sometimes they will approach with
discount coupons for grab bags ...
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Lynna Kay Shuffield
P. O. Box 16604
Houston, Texas 77222
"Researching Plains Indian Ancestry" and "Five Civilized Tribes Ancestry"
are the topics for the Monday, December 3rd program of the Oklahoma
Genealogical Society. The speakers will discuss the differences between the
agency systems of the Five Civilized Tribes and the Plains Indians and how
that affects genealogical searching.
Victoria Collins Conklin will discuss the pros and cons of searching at
Indian agencies and the OHS Archives, mostly for the Pawnee, Ponca, and Oto
tribes. A long-time family resear
forwarded message -
Contact: Brian McNiff
November 21, 2001
Telephone: 617-727-9180
"Native American Land Ownership and Transfer
in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts"
Lecture at the Massachusetts Archives
Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin announced today
the
December talk in the Massachusetts Archives and Commonwealth Museum's
fall
lecture series will be "Native American Land Ownership and Transfer in
Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts," presented by Dr. Christopher
Hannon.
The lectur
NEXT MEETING: November 11, 2001
The Genealogical Society of Greater Miami holds its monthly meetings from
October through April on the 2nd Sunday of the month, and on the 3rd Sunday
of May.
Each meeting provides a speaker with enriching information of various
interesting genealogical topics, friendly members with interesting research
stories, and the opportunity for members to visit with each other after the
meeting with refreshments. Visitors are always welcome!
The meetings are at 2:00 PM at the
"Lunch and Learn": The Future of the State Archives of Georgia
Tuesday, December 4, 2001
12:15-1:15 p.m.
State Archives Auditorium
About the Lecture
State Archives Deputy Director Brenda S. Banks and NARA Regional
Administrator Jim McSweeney will discuss the new buildings of both the State
Archives and Federal Archives.
This session will provide attendees with an overview of significant GDAH and
NARA holdings as well as with an update on design issues, program
initiatives, and appropriations related to
Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001 - Lake Junior High in Woodbury, Minnesota
Join us for a fun day of Family History Education! We have put together
4 sessions of
"how to" classes led by people of knowledge and experience in Genealogy
and Family
History research. Whether you are looking for an introductory class, or
one with an
Ethnic, Internet, or other special focus, you will not be disappointed.
Community Education
District 833 South Washington County Schools
Cottage Grove, St. Paul Park, Newport, and Woodbury,
Gillian
> The Berkshire Family History Society will be stocking the 1901 census
vouchers in their Bookstall.
Likewise, we in the Oxfordshire Family History Society will be selling the
vouchers in #5 and #10 denominations via our bookstall and at the Holford
Centre. It is anticipated that these vouchers will be available :-
1. at the society's meeting on Monday 26 November,
2. at the Computer Group meeting on Monday 3 December, and
3. at the Holford Centre throughout the month of December.
Details of
We have been getting phone calls inquiring about our Logan Co. Genealogical
Society Fall Seminar. Somewhere along the line, the dates have been
broadcast incorrectly! The Seminar WAS held on October 20. There will be NO
SEMINAR on November 10. We have no idea where the date or topic (computers)
originated. Please, if you know of anyone who is planning to visit Guthrie
to attend a genealogy seminar on November 10 - let them know it is incorrect
information.
Thanks.
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Colleagues
The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society is the society's
25th anniversary meeting. It will be held on Monday next 26 November 2001 at
our usual venue at the Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford.
The society is actually 25 years old on 30 November 2001. This will be a
night of great emotion and high nostalgia, so attendees are advised to bring
plenty of Kleenex with them, as a few tears are sure to be shed before the
evening's over. It's anticipated that we'll have num
We are a fairly new Genealogy Society. We formed in July 2000. It is called
the Iron County Genealogy Society and we are located in Ironton, Iron County
Missouri. This is our first seminar. We have 65 members nationwide.
I would like to thank everyone that has answered my question. There were
several fantastic ideas that I will try.
Carol
>From: "Steven W. Siegel"
>To: "Carol & Ken Jones"
>Subject: [GEN-EVENTS-L] your help is needed
>Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2
Orange County Genealogical Society
1841 Historic Courthouse, 101 Main Street, Goshen, NY
Saturday, November 10, 2001, 10:30 A.M.
"GOING TO THE POORHOUSE"
presented by: Linda Crannell, The Poorhouse Lady
45-60 minute Lecture followed by a Q & A Session of approximately 30 minutes
The "Poorhouse Lady" will be sharing what she has learned while doing
poorhouse research:
Who can we find in poorhouses?
What...exactly...was a poorhouse?
Where can we find poorhouse records?
When...and why...and how...were poor
BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING, THURSDAY, NOV. 8,
2001
The next meeting will be 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001, at the
Wrentham
Senior Center, Taunton St., Wrentham, MA. (from Wrentham center, 1
mile on
right -- from Attleboro direction, Taunton St. is the extension of Rt.
152,
1.8 miles from Rt. 1 on left)
The topic will be " ROGER WILLIAMS, THE BIRTH OF FREEDOM & RELIGIOUS
TOLERANCE IN COLONIAL AMERICA", presented by John McNiff, Ranger at
Roger
Williams National Memorial, Providen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Please forward to all interested groups.)
Beginning January 1, 2002, the State Archives of Georgia will be open to the
public from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. The State
Archives will be closed to the public on Mondays.
Why is the State Archives changing its hours?
On Wednesday, October 31, the State Archives broke ground for a new building
just outside the campus of Clayton College and State University in Morrow.
Construction is expected to take 18 to 20 month
Our group, Puget Sound Genealogical Society in Port Orchard, WA, solicits
items from local merchants. Gift certificates (especially from bookstores),
pens, scratch paper, copy services, office items, etc., come in handy. The
New England Historical Genealogical Society sent us a gift certificate for a
year's membership. National Genealogical Society sent a t-shirt. Have fun!!!
Susan Selders Evans