>#GenealogyForum Chat Channel on Afternet has two sessions particular interest in May. > >1) Trevor Rix, a founding member of both the Suffolk Family History Society and the Essex Society for Family History of Suffolk, England, will be joining us in the Channel on May 15th at 5:30 PM Eastern Time. > >The topic for Trevor's presentation is "Researching UK Parish Registers" and will cover researching the parish registers of England and Wales, with a brief mention of Scotland. "Parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials are the most important source of UK official family history records. They span 1538 to the present day." > >2) Cyndi Howells (www.CyndisList.com) will be joining us on May 23rd for a Tour of CyndisList website similar to our tour of FamilyTreeMaker that was conducted by Paul Burchfield. > >If you would like to join us for these sessions, you will find on our website, complete step by step instructions for downloading the necessary software for connecting with Internet Relay Chat. You will also find setup instructions for connecting with our network (Afternet) and our channel (#GenealogyForum). These instructions are on the link titled: "How to Join IRC" > >We hope you will join us for these informative evenings! > > Genealogy Channels on Afternet IRC (Internet Relay Chat) #GenealogyForum, #Genealogy-Native, #CanadaGenWeb, #Genealogy-Dutch, #genealogie (Quebec), #Gen-Georgia, #Gen-NewEngland, #Gen-Virginia, #Gen-Maine, #Gen-North_Carolina, #Gen-Texas #Niagra_Genealogy and #Gen-Community (If YOUR research area has no channel, YOU can register it!) Surname Channels for: Adams, Cates, Dickey, Dyess, Etheridge, Gray, Harris, Hooks, Hudnall, McCabe, Wilson and Wordon. (If your surname doesn't have a channel yet, YOU can register it!) http://www.rare.on.ca/users/genealogyforum/index.htm Contains Surnames of Visitors Schedule of Events Simple instructions for joining us. *****