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Subject: [WASH] Genealogical Happenings
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:27:59 -0400

MONDAY, July 16, 2001
Last day to get in on the discounted registration for the Federation of
Genealogical Societies conference to be held in Davenport, Iowa,
September 11-15, 2001. Please see www.fgs.org for more information on the
multitude of lectures and over 100 vendors. Admission to the vendor hall
is free.

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TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2001
Italian Heritage Day at Kennywood Amusement park, Pittsburgh, PA

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TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2001 at 7 P.M.
North Hills Genealogists will hold its regular third-Tuesday meeting
at the Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road, (McCandless
Township), Pittsburgh, PA 15237

"WERE YOUR ANCESTORS CITIZENS? A LOOK AT NATURALIZATION",
by Ms. Lesle Dunn .

Where your immigrant ancestors citizens? Lesle Dunn will discuss reasons
for why your immigrant ancestors may or may not have become citizens of
this country. She will provide a look at the Naturalization process and
its changes over the years, describe the records it has generated, and
direct us to where those records may be found.

Ms. Dunn is the Head of Techical Services for Shaler North Hills Library
and has been involved in genealogy for over 30 years. A past president
of the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, she has been WPGS
library chairperson for a "long time" and is responsible for the online
WPGS catalog.

The meeting is free and open to the public. North Hills Genealogists
meets every month on the third Tuesday at the Northland Public Library.
A newsletter is available for a subscription of $12. ($10 if postmarked
by July 31.) Free queries and subscriptions can be sent to the address
above.

Sorry we cannot mail handouts if there are any.

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TUESDAY, August 21 at 7 p.m.
THE ETHNIC EXPERIENCE IN LAWRENCEVILLE by James Wudarczyk

In his talk Mr. Wudarczyk will illustrate how the various ethnic groups
were
instrumental in shaping the Lawrenceville community. Injecting amusing
stories, he will show how one Pittsburgh neighborhood reflected national
trends. Since many families in the Greater Pittsburgh Metropolitan area
can
trace their roots to the historic community of Lawrenceville, the lecture
will also focus on available resources for genealogical research and
address
what the historic communities must do to preserve the records of the
past.

The presentation will also trace the area from a struggling village in a
rural area in 1826 with a population of 200 to a metropolitan community
in
1900 with between 30,000 and 33,000 residents. While historical events
will
be mixed into the lecture, most of the talk will focus on how the
English,
Irish, Swedes, Germans, Polish, Solvenians and other ethnic groups built
churches, fraternal organizations and founded newspapers. Also, the
heyday
of ethnicity prior to WW II will be discussed, as will be causes that led
to
the decline of ethnic identification in more recent times. Exhibits will
supplement the presentation.

Sorry we cannot mail handouts if there are any.

Mr. Wudarczyk is author of the book PITTSBURGH'S FORGOTTEN ALLEGHENY
ARSENAL, co-author of the book MONSTER ON THE ALLEGHENY AND OTHER
LAWRENCEVILLE STORIES and author of the booklet HISTORICAL SITES AND LOST
LANDMARKS OF LAWRENCEVILLE'S SIXTH WARD. His articles have appeared in
the
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, PITTSBURGH HISTORY AND
LANDMARKS FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER, and many small publications and
newsletters. He is a frequent lecturer and has designed several tours of
the Lawrenceville area.

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SATURDAY, September 1, 2001 at 10 a.m. to noon
POINTERs in Pittsburgh meeting: Anyone interested in their Italian roots
is welcome to come held at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 1400 Penn
Avenue, Suite 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4332. For more information,
email
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