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From: "Bill Johns" <>
Subject: [OHLICKIN] Upcoming Events
Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 15:54:15 -0400


Posted on Greene County, PA mailing list by Elissa Scalise Powell.
Some may be of interest to those in Western PA and Eastern OH.
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Monday, May 6 at 7 p.m. at the Beaver County [PA] Courthouse, second
floor, the Beaver County Genealogical Society will have Reed B. Powell
speak about the Internet and Genealogy. Free and open to all, regular
meetings the first Monday of each month.
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Thursday, May 9 at 7 p.m. at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400
Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA (in the Oakland section of town), FREE and
open to all. Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society (www.WPGS.org)
will feature "Sailing into the Sunset: Tips on Finding Your Ancestor's
Passenger List" by Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS.

Passenger lists can be a wonderful resource for finding out more about
the origins of immigrant ancestors. Most people have at least one
immigrant ancestor who arrived by ship, but as most of the records are
organized chronologically, it may be difficult to find a person without
knowing more about them and the records. Various indices, research aides,
examples of records and where to find them are all discussed in this
presentation, including Internet resources. Understanding these resources
and what records exist are keys to your success in finding your
ancestor's record.
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Wednesday May 15 to Saturday May 18, Milwaukee, WI will host the National
Genealogical Society's annual conference. For more information and to see
the program of over 200 lectures go to www.NGSgenealogy.org and click on
"Milwaukee 2002." You can expect the same type of great program from NGS
when it will be held in Pittsburgh, PA next year from May 28 - 31, 2003.
Mark your calendars now!
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Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. in the Northland Public Library, 300
Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, free and open to the public, the North Hills
Genealogists will feature "How Did my Pennsylvania Ancestor Get There?"
by Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS. For more information email
.

The importance of knowing and understanding migration trails is important
in tracing your ancestors. The various ethnic groups such as Germans,
Scots-Irish, English, Irish, and Welsh moved west through Pennsylvania
for many reasons. And, in doing so, they left behind clues in the areas
they passed through. They followed Forbes Road and the National Road (now
Route 40) in their westward push to find new opportunities for land,
jobs, and family connections. Some men were rewarded with land for
military service, and some had a pioneering spirit. No matter what drove
them, they were naturalized and married in places where they may NOT have
settled. Finding these records can be difficult unless one knows their
migration path and the laws and customs of the time. Internet resources
will also be identified where appropriate as an aid for these searches.

Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS is president of the North Hills Genealogists,
and past-president and current program chairperson of the Western
Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. She conducts family research and
lectures on various genealogical subjects at regional meetings and
conferences. CGRS is a service mark of the Board for Certification of
Genealogists, used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board.
( http://www.bcgcertification.org )
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Thursday, June 13 at 7 p.m. at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400
Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA (in the Oakland section of town), FREE and
open to all. Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society (www.WPGS.org)
will feature "Hookers, Crooks and Kooks, or Aunt Merle Didn't Run a
Boarding House!" by Jana Sloan Broglin.

This lively presentation, done in costume, discusses family tradition,
court records, military records and little-used records such as jail
registers, hospital, and coroner's inquests, for finding missing
ancestors and discovering the black sheep in your family. However, not
all were scalawags! A fun evening to wrap up the program year.

Jana Sloan Broglin, a northwestern Ohio native, is a professional
genealogist, lecturer and freelance writer. She is a member of the Board
of Trustees of the Ohio Genealogical Society. As a board member, Jana has
been the program chair and conference chair for OGS. She served as
conference chair again in 2002. Since joining OGS in 1979, Jana has
contributed articles to the OGS publications the "Newsletter," and the
"Report," and has indexed books for the OGS library. She was named a
"Kentucky Colonel" for more than 30 publications on Kentucky. These
publications include abstracts of pension applications for the
Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and early Indian Wars. Also published for
Kentucky is a series of early wills and estates abstracting all the
persons mentioned in the documents.
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Tuesday, June 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Northland Public Library, 300
Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, FREE and open to the public, the North Hills
Genealogists will feature "Using the Resources of the Family History
Centers in Your Genealogy Research" by Lorrie Danko Guthrie, Director,
Pittsburgh Family History Center. Everyone should be aware of the
fantastic resources available through the Family History Library in Salt
Lake City and how they can bring those resources to view at their local
Family History Center. Lorrie will enlighten us on the process and what
is available that will help you in your research. For more information on
this program email .
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June 23-28 in Mansfield, OH, the Ohio Genealogical Society will have a
5-day Genealogy Workshop with 5 lectures per day and time for Library
Research. Please see www.OGS.org and click on "Events" for more
information and for the schedule.
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Tuesday, July 16 at 7 p.m. in the Northland Public Library, 300
Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, free and open to the public, the North Hills
Genealogists will feature "Preserving Genealogy and Family History
Materials" by Lynn F. Wohleber, Archivist for the Episcopal Diocese of
Pittsburgh. For more information on this program email
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Thursday, August 15 at 7 p.m. at the Griley Memorial Home, Baltimore, OH,
the Fairfield County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will
feature "Messages From the Grave: Listening to Your Ancestor's Tombstone"
presented by Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS. For more information and an
email contact see the Fairfield county listing on www.OGS.org.
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Tuesday, August 20 at 7 p.m. in the Northland Public Library, 300
Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, free and open to the public, the North Hills
Genealogists will feature "Methodist Church Records, Archives, and
Historical Society." Rev. Jeff Bobin, Western PA Conference United
Methodist Church and Betty Anne Stroup, Conference Genealogist. For more
information on this program and the following ones, email
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Tuesday September 17 at 7 p.m. in the Northland Public Library,
"Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy in Pittsburgh and the North Hills" Speaker:
John Righetti, President, Carpatho-Rusyn Society. (See their web site:
www.carpathorusynsociety.org)

Tuesday October 15 at 7 p.m. in the Northland Public Library,
"Minerd-Miner-Minor Family Web Site, Reunion, Research, Records,
Archives, Etc." Speaker: Mark A. Miner, President, National
Minerd-Miner-Minor Reunion and Founder of Minerd.Com. (See their web
site: www.minerd.com to experience the possibilities of online
communications for family genealogy and history. It's awesome!)

Tuesday November 19 at 7 p.m. in the Northland Public Library. Round
Table discussion. Tell us about your favorite research source, web site,
database, etc. for family genealogy and history. Bring samples.

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Bill Johns, LCGS Webmaster.
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http://www.npls.org/lcgs/index.html
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