MOBILE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS ALL-DAY SEMINAR FOR 37TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION -- FEBRUARY 13, 1999 To celebrate its 37th Anniversary, the Mobile Genealogical Society will present the Heritage Quest Road Show on Saturday, February 13, 1999. This event will take place at the society's headquarters -- the old St. Joan of Arc School located at the corner of Elmira Street and South Ann Street in Mobile, Alabama. If you have Internet access, an interactive map to this location can be found at http://www.siteone.com/clubs/mgs/map.htm Leland K. Meitzler, professional genealogist, founder and executive editor of Heritage Quest Magazine will be the presenter. Mr. Meitzler will speak on three topics during the day-long event. Locating Your Ancestors Family When All You Know Is The State! covers a broad variety of statewide, as well as, nationwide indexes that will allow one to locate a family. Also discussed under this topic is how to locate someone with an extremely common name. The second topic, Your Ancestor Was Not Destroyed In The Courthouse Fire! deals with substituting records to take the place of documents destroyed in fires, floods, etc. The third topic, Advanced Use of State & Federal Census Records includes the historical aspects of the various censuses that directly affect the researcher. Discussed will be a wide variety of census information, census copies, indexes, special schedules and where to locate the information. The day will conclude with a question-and-answer session. The Road Show will also include an opportunity for shopping! On hand will be a display of hundreds of titles of books (including genealogical guidebooks), computer programs (including virtually all the CD-ROMs currently available to genealogists), as well as, miscellaneous genealogical supplies (forms, charts, etc.). Also available will be a large selection of historic maps of the various United States and European countries. This huge display will allow genealogists to see the product before they buy. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and the seminar begins at 9:00 a.m. Lunch will be an on-site potluck covered-dish affair. The fee is $35 per person for MGS members, $40 for non-members, and $15 for each additional immediate family member (residing at the same address!) attending. This fee pays for the seminar AND a years subscription to the bimonthly Heritage Quest Magazine (6 issues - a $28 value by itself). Each family will also receive 3 queries in the magazine. The total value of the package is over $60.00. Many door prizes will be given away during the program. To register by mail, send your check to Mobile Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 6224, Mobile, AL 36660-6224. Be sure to include the name, address, phone number and email address of each person attending plus up to 10 surnames that you are researching. Registrations that are received by February 6th will have their names and surnames included in the program booklet. If you have questions, you can contact Jackie Hines by phone at (334) 653-8305 or by email at <[email protected]>. You can reach MGS by phone at (334) 432-MGS-4, by email at <[email protected]> and on the Internet at http://www.siteone.com/clubs/mgs