The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is the oldest genealogical society in the country. For over 150 years, NEHGS has helped new and experienced researchers trace their heritage in New England and around the world. Today we have over 20,000 members worldwide. If you have New England ancestors, or are interested in genealogical research of any kind, you will find that NEHGS is an important resource for helping you achieve your research goals. Explore our website at http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org and discover the many benefits available to you. Our Research Program to Salt Lake City on November 3-10, 2002 is filling up fast. This is our 24th year of our research tour, and we will bring a staff of 6 experts to provide you with guided assistance during this week, complete with private one-on-one research consultations and daily morning lectures. For more information, please visit http://www.newenglandancestors.org/events/events/Default.asp?id=139. We hope that you will join us! Alena Tan Tours Supervisor New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02116 [email protected]

Hello All, The Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society (GTAGS) will be holding its "Migration to Michigan" on September 28, 2002. The seminar is from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Traverse City, Michigan. The speakers are Jana Sloan Broglin who will be presenting: Migration and Settlement of the Old Northwest and See Ya in the Funny Papers: Using Newspapers for Effective Genealogical Research and Shirley Hodges who will be presenting: Using the Census to Track Migration and Ethnic Migration to Michigan The cost of the seminar is $30.00 until Sep 20. After that date it will be $35. A box lunch is included. For additional information contact Richard Hayes at [email protected] Richard

Whether your ancestors wore blue or gray in the American Civil War, the East Tennessee Historical Society is offering a free workshop to help find your family’s Civil War story. The free class will be held 2 to 4 p.m. (Central Time) on Saturday, September 21, 2002, in the Gallatin City Hall in Gallatin, Tennessee. The instructor, Dr. George K. Schweitzer, is a popular, nationally known lecturer and author of nineteen genealogy research books. Participants will learn how to determine if an ancestor served in the Civil War and how to locate records for both Confederate and Union veterans. Participants do not need Tennessee ancestors to participate since the information will be useful to researchers regardless of their ancestor’s home state. The classes are a celebration and introduction to a new statewide initiative sponsored by ETHS to track down descendants of Civil War soldiers who lived, fought, or died in the Volunteer State. The new heritage program, “Civil War Families of Tennessee,” celebrates the unique role of individuals in Tennessee’s Civil War story. The workshop is co-sponsored locally by the Gallatin Bicentennial Celebration Committee, Inc. For additional information about the free workshop visit the ETHS web site at http://www.east-tennessee-history.org.

The Florida State Genealogical Society, Inc. Presents Their Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference. Join the Florida State Genealogical Society (FSGS) as we host our Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference. This exciting learning experience will be held on the 15th and 16th of November 2002 at the Hilton in St. Petersburg, FL. Our featured speaker, Linda Woodward Geiger, CGRS, CGL, will present four (4) exciting lectures you will not want to miss: "Research Procedures - Be Prepared!" "Using Tax Lists to Help Solve Genealogical Problems" "Treasures Among the Deeds: More than Land Descriptions" "An Overview of the Records at the National Archives-Southeast" In addition to the featured speaker, we will have Pam Cooper, Mary L. Jackson Fears, Amy Larner Giroux, CG, Lawrence R. Kirkwood, Boyd Murphree, Ann Mohr Osisek, Gladys Friedman Paulin, CGRS, and Jim Powell, Jr. providing over 15 lectures in seven (7) tracts: All-Levels Research, Beginning Genealogy, Computer Technology, Ethnic Research, Florida Research, Intermediate Genealogy and Society Helps. Registration will be on Thursday evening and Friday and Saturday mornings with the conference starting on Friday morning and continuing through Saturday afternoon. We are also pleased to announce that Elizabeth Neily, historian and storyteller, will be the banquet speaker. The banquet will honor individuals who have documented their Florida pioneers through the Florida Pioneer Descendant Program. If you would like further information, contact A. Staley, P. O. Box 441364, Jacksonville, FL 32222 Email: [email protected] or you will find the schedule and registration form online at the FSGS Web site <http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs>

The East Tennessee Historical Society regrets to announce the 2002 Fall Tour to Savannah, Georgia, has been canceled. There are no plans at this time to reschedule the trip. However, we invite you to make plans to join us in Spring 2003 for our first European tour as ETHS takes you on a journey to the ancestral homelands of East Tennessee's Scotch-Irish settlers. Additional information on the tour of Scotland, Ireland, and Northern Ireland, as well as other ETHS programs and activities, can be found on the ETHS web site at www.east-tennessee-history.org We apologize for any inconvenience this schedule change may have caused.

Colleagues The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will be held on Monday 23 September 2002 at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford. Doors open at 7:15 pm for coffee, help, both with genealogy & computers, bookstall, library, etc. The subject of the talk at 8:00pm is "Digging deeper into family history", by Richard Ratcliffe. All members, potential members and their guests are welcome. For directions to get there, see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html For a list of future meetings of the OFHS see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html Any queries, please contact me off-list. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer and Minutes Secretary Oxfordshire Family History Society E-mail : [email protected] Website : www.ofhs.org.uk

26 October 2002, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Family History Workshop sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Iowa Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Free and open to the public. Classes for beginning, intermediate, and advanced genealogists. Location: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4300 Trailridge Road SE (corner of East Post and Trailridge Road), Cedar Rapids, Iowa. For information and registration form, e-mail: [email protected] Thank you. Michaele Burris 379 Red Fox Road SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403 319-366-6306 [email protected]

New York City's annual Family History Fair will be held on Sunday, October 6, 2002 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street), Manhattan. The Fair is co-sponsored by the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. and Continuing Education & Public Programs, The Graduate Center, CUNY. At this free event, the public will learn how to trace their family histories, preserve and interpret family documents, utilize archives and libraries in and around New York, and employ computers as tools for family history and genealogical research. Subway: 6 to 33rd Street; 34th Street on other lines. Recorded information: 212-415-5547. Website: www.nycarchivists.org/fhf.html. E-mail: [email protected] The Family History Fair will feature more than forty genealogical societies, historical agencies, archival repositories, ethnic organizations, booksellers and other vendors offering exhibits and information for the family history buff. Free workshops on a variety of topics, as well as computer software demonstrations, will be held throughout the afternoon. A new feature this year is the Ancestors Road Show, hosted and coordinated by the NYC Metro Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists. Free, one-on-one sessions with professional genealogists will be offered to attendees who bring in a specific genealogical problem on which they need assistance. The list of exhibitors and schedule of workshops will be available at the website www.nycarchivists.org/fhf.html. The Fair is the highlight of the 14th annual New York Archives Week, a city-wide celebration of New York's diverse history being held October 6-13, 2002.

The Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia's Fall Conference Directions For Success - Search and Research will be held on Saturday November 16 at the Library of Virginia. The Conference features four lectures by Patricia Law Hatcher, CG, FASG. Details can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagriv/conference.html

WHAT'S NEW AT THE FAMILY HISTORY CENTER If you have never before visited the Church of Later Day Saints (Mormon) Family History Center (FHC) or haven't explored its holdings recently, this is your chance to learn what you are missing. The Jewish Genealogical Society of New York's (JGSNY) Gloria Berkenstat Freund will discuss the resources available at the FHC and what is newly available for Jewish genealogists through the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Ms. Berkenstat Freund has been using the FHC for the past 10 years and has been able to trace her Polish-Jewish family back to the 1740's through the use of the microfilmed Polish records available at the Center. The Jewish Genealogical Society of New York meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 18th, 2002 at 6:30 p.m. at the Family History Center located at 125 Columbus Avenue at 65th Street. The FHC is located on the Second Floor. The meeting is free and open to the public. For information about how to reach the Family History Center call the Center at 212-987-1600. For more information about the meeting call the JGSNY at 212-294-8326.

The Alabama Genealogical Society invites you to join us at A Seminar on Genealogical Research Presented by George G. Morgan Mr. Morgan is the internationally recognized author of the online genealogy column, "Along Those Lines ...", at Ancestry.com and the "Genealogy Tip of the Day" for Emazing.com. The seminar will be held on October 19, 2002 in the auditorium of the Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama. Registration begins at 9 am. Mr. Morgan's topics are: 1) "Genealogical Orienteering: Using Maps to Find the Right Place"; 2) "Bring "Um Back to Life: Developing an Ancestor Profile"; 3) Bits About Obits: Reading Between the Lines"; 4) "Planning is the Key: A Very Successful Genealogical Research Trip" For addtional information, please contact <[email protected]>

New England Connections Maine Genealogical Society ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE SEPT. 28, 2002 CONFERENCE PROGRAM 8:00 am - 9:30 am Registration 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Vendor Booths 8:15 am - 4:30 pm Resource Room 8:15 am - 9:15 pm Early Bird Sessions Beginning Genealogy Program Archiving Your Legacy-Ellen Dwyer http://www.lib.umb.edu/newengarch/ 9:30 am - 10:30 am Gems Jewels or Fools Gold? Mining the US Federal Census Ruth Q. Wellner, Reference Librarian/Research Services Coordinator NEHGS will tell you how to get the most of your Census research and avid the pitfalls just waiting to undermine your efforts. http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/census/census_clues_1850_to_1930.html 10:30am - 11:00 am Break 11:00am - 12:00 pm Boston States Migrations Project Sharon Sergeant, Boston States Migrations �Looking at families migrating between the Canadian Eastern Provinces, New England and New York through the centuries. http://bostonstates.rootsweb.com/ 12:00 - 12:30 pm MGS Annual Meeting All Society members are invited to attend 12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch 1:45 pm -2:45 pm Breakout Sessions Choose one of six specialty sessions including: Problem Solving Panel with various experts on different aspects of family research Internet Genealogy with Kathy Amoroso of Maine Historical Society http://home.maine.rr.com/kathya/ Italian Genealogy Success Stories with Joseph Summers Archiving Your Legacy - Ellen Dyer of Camden Public Library http://www.camden.lib.me.us/ Preserving Family Photos �David Mishkin of Just Black & White http://www.maine.com/photos/tip.htm Franco American Genealogy-Jane Bushey Fogg http://www.avcnet.org/begin/Pages/MainPage.html 3:00 pm -4:00 pm Researching in New England Ruth Q. Wellner. Learn the ins and outs of New England Research from a someone who specializes in this area at the New England Historic Genealogical Society-the one stop shopping mall for genealogical research. http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ Participants can pre-register for the Conference only or a conference and Lunch package. Lunch will be a cold sandwich and salad buffet including beverage and dessert. Picnic facilities are available on the Dining Hall patio and throughout the campus. The 26th Annual Meeting Conference of the Maine Genealogical Society will be held on the campus of Southern Maine Technical College (SMTC) on Saturday, September 28, 2002. The Campus is located in South Portland Maine on the site of Old Fort Preble. In addition to the school buildings the campus also has a historic chapel, the old settler�s cemetery and picturesque walking paths. Anyone interested in genealogy is welcome to attend. This is a general interest conference with the underlying theme of making Connections. This is a great opportunity for learning, networking, visiting vendors, and researching. A research area will be available all day. For more Information email: [email protected] For everyone from beginner to expert there will be various sessions from which to select. Speakers from all over New England with worldwide expertise will be there to inform and inspire researchers to a new level. Mail Registration to: Greater Portland Genealogical Society c/o Lynne Holland 184 Spurwink Avenue Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 REGISTRATION FORM Please complete a separate form for each person attending. Please check the appropriate box: Conference Only (Registered by Sept. 18, 2002) MGS Members: $17.00 _ Non-member: $22.00 _ Conference and Lunch: (Reg. by Sept. 18, 2002) MGS Members: $25.00 _ Non-members: $30.00 _ I plan to attend the 8:15 am session (circle one if appropriate) Beginning Genealogy / Archiving Your Legacy Conference Registrations accepted at the door on a space available basis but NO LUNCH will be available. On Site Registration Fee $30.00. Please Print: Name _________________________________ Address __________________________________ Zip Code____________ MGS# ____________ Phone_____________________________ Email _____________________________ Make Checks Payable to: Greater Portland Genealogical Society DIRECTIONS TO THE SMTC CAMPUS Coming via Maine Turnpike North or South Exit 7, coming off exit proceed straight (1.7 miles) to Rte. 1, Main Street Turn left onto Rte. 1 north. At 4th set of lights (1 mile) bear right following signs toward Rte. 77 South. Proceed straight on Broadway approximately 2 miles. Just past Newick�s Restaurant (on right) take right at the 2nd light. From this point proceed straight to end of Broadway (approx. 1 mile). Take right at stop sign onto Benjamin W. Pickett St.-- 200 yards to campus Coming via Route 1 from South Follow Rte 1 north past entrance to Maine Turnpike (exit 7) in So. Portland Then follow directions as if coming off Maine Turnpike at exit 7 (above) Coming from North via Route 95 Enter the Maine Turnpike in Augusta Take 1st exit you come to (to 95 south) Stay on 95 (turns into 295) until you come into downtown Portland. Take exit 6A (Forest Avenue South) Immediately bear to the right onto Rte 77 South follow all the way through downtown. At bottom of large hill road bears right over Casco Bay bridge. After bridge proceed straight through lights and follow road (Broadway) all the way to end (little over 1 mile). Take right at stop sign onto Benjamin W. Pickett St.-- 200 yards to campus

Las Porciones Hispanic Geneaolgy Conference *** Nuestros Raices del Rio *** September 27, 28, and 29 [Friday through Sunday] 2002 Registration: $50.00 pre-registration (until 1 September) $60.00 on site registration $15.00 students (no meals) Book Sales / Exhibit tables: $25.00 full / $15.00 half Renaissance Casa de Palmas S/D=$79.00 // T/Q=$89.00 Thursday, September 26, 2002 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Registration Isabel Brown James Brown Berta Guerra Odie Norquest Friday, September 27, 2002 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. Registration Imeda Munoz and friends (AG) 7:00 a.m. [7:30 a.m. / Leave] until 5:00 p.m. Tour: Rio Grande City / Roma / Camargo / Villa Nueva / Mier [Fritz's Travel / $45.00 / Deadline August 15] 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The University of Texas-Pan American Library, Special Collections open for research (on your own) 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Book Sales / Author Tables / Exhibits / Family Trees 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Registration unknown (AG) 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Border Buttermilk Reception: 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. [Hotel] Musical entertainment: 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. La Joya High School / Mariachi / Folkloric dancers Amancio Chapa) Cost: Included with registration Saturday, September 28, 2002 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Registration Elva Garza Lucia Garza Rosie Salazar 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Book Sales and Exhibits 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Israel Cavazos Garza (BV-OK) / Entradas into Nuevo Leon [H=3 nights] 10:00 a.m. until 10:50 a.m. Dr. Denise Joseph (GG-OK) / The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas [H=1 night] 11:00 a.m. until 11:50 a.m. Dr. Manuel Ceballos Ramírez (BV-OK / Settlement of Border Towns (Spanish) [H=? nights] 12:00 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. Luncheon (No speaker) / Awards Dr. Cayetano E. Barrera / Tejano Statue and State Representative Ismael "Kino" Flores / Tejano Statue Queenie Pemelton / Publicity news articles Homero Vera / El Mesteno Dr. Michael Mathis / Mexican church records 2:00 p.m. until 2:50 p.m. Dr. Joe Chance (GG-OK) / Mexican American War [H=No] [marker or chalk board (AG)] 3:00 p.m. until 3:50 p.m. Dr. Anthony Knopp (GG-OK) / Civil Wars [with "S"] Experience on the South Texas Border [H=? night] 4:00 p.m. until 4:50 p.m. Dr. Armando Alonzo (GG-OK) / Change of Land Ownership in South Texas [H=? nights] 5:00 p.m. until 5:50 p.m. Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson (BV-OK)/ "I'd Rather Sleep in Texas" (McAllen family history) [H=? nights] 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The University of Texas-Pan American Library, Special Collections open for research (on your own) 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Reception: Nuevo Santander Gallery, McAllen (BV) Musical entertainment: Grupo Jarocho del Valle (Amancio Chapa) Light refreshments Cost: Included with registration McAllen Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: A. Jabier Rodriguez (AG) Sunday, September 29, 2002 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Future Conference Planning Meeting 2003: San Antonio 2004: ????? 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon Book Sales / Author Tables / Exhibits Family Speakers [15 minutes each]: Cavazos family: Manuel Cavazos (GG) Chapa family: Amancio Chapa (GG) De la Garza / Garza family: Dr. Adalberto Garza (AG) De Leon family: Bertha De Leon de Garcia (Berta Guerra/GG) Gonzalez family: David Gonzalez (DG) Guerra family: Raul Guerra (GG) Gutierrez de Lara family: Ramiro Davila (GG) Hinojosa and Barrera families: Dr. Cayteano Barrera (GG) Hinojosa family: Eduardo Hinojosa (GG???) Longoria family: Diana Borja (??) Maroquin family: ????? Maroquin (AG) Pena family: Kelly Norquest (KN) Ramirez family: Baldo Vela (BV) Saenz family: Rene Escobar (RE) Trevino family: Estela Trevino Trigo (ETT) Villarreal family: Danny Villarreal (RE) 12:00 noon Conference Ends Post Conference Hidalgo County Historical Museum (on your own) 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. The University of Texas-Pan American Library, Special Collections open for research (on your own) -- Jose O. Guerra, Jr. Email [email protected] Visit my webpage http://www.hispanicgs.com http://www.olsenguerra.com

The Orleans County Genealogical Society will participate in the National Make A Difference Day event by hosting a Genealogy Fair! Come one Come All to the Albion Town Hall, Clarendon Rd., Albion, NY Saturday, October 26th, 2002 10 a.m. thru 3 p.m. There is no admission charge and all workshops are free. Joann Baxter, Society Arts and Crafts Director, will have a series of crafts for children to participate in that will help them build a family history journal. Adult Workshops will be held, repeating through the day, on various subjects such as: Using Pedigree Charts, Family Group Charts, Proper Citation Advice regarding genealogical research via the Internet Resetting Catholic records Proper archival storage of documents and photos DNA Studies The Orleans County Genealogical Society is Incorporated under New York State Education Law and is a Not for Profit Society. It is our mission to help people learn and record their family history. "Brick walls broken down here!"

----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:27 AM Subject: Seminar PRESS RELEASE NOTE: DATED MATERIAL - PRICE CHANGE OCTOBER 2, 2002 The public is invited to an all-day Genealogy Seminar to be held Saturday, October 19, 2002 at Gateway Community College, North Have Campus, North Haven, CT. This event for beginners as well as experienced researchers, is sponsored by Connecticut Society of Genealogists, and has been designed to help you research and record your family tree. Cost is $35 per person ($40 after October 2) which includes Coffee Hour and your Box Lunch. Registration Deadline is October 16, 2002. Knowledgeable speakers and their topics will include Marcia Melnyk - Beyond the Basics/Are you ready for another level; David Allen Lambert - What Happened After the War/Using Military Pension Files in your research; Dianne Bordeaux Lenti - Strategies for Finding Immigrant Ancestors; John W. Konvalinka - Overview of Newest, Unusual & Exciting Web Pages for Genealogists. For details on this event, please call us at (860) 569-0002. Ask for a Brochure, which includes directions and Registration Form, or visit us on our website http://www.csginc.org

"Searching Your Family History" Brenda Smith will be starting a fall course in genealogical research on Saturday, 28 September at 1:00 PM at the Legal Grounds Coffeehouse in downtown Abbotsford,British Columbia, Canada The course will run on Saturday afternoons for five sessions of three hours each. The dates for the sessions are: 28 Sept - Lesson 1 - Probe the Past: From the Known to the Unknown 26 Oct - Lesson 2 - Organize: The Second Prime Directive 9 Nov - Lesson 3 - Can You Prove That? Verify your findings 23 Nov - Lesson 4 - Right Forest, Wrong Tree: Interpret your findings 7 Dec - Lesson 5 - Pack Your Parachute: The Research Plan The cost of the course is $80.00 for members of the Abbotsford Genealogical Society or $100.00 for non-members. For 15 hours of instruction from a professional genealogist and all the materials required, that aint bad! The course is limited to ten students due to the amount of interaction required on Brenda's part. We have four people signed up already so space is quite limited. Reservations are first come, first served. Best not to dodder! To register, or if you require any further information, contact me at the address, phones or e-mail below. Payment may be made at our mutual convenience at or before the AGS meeting on 17 September. See you at the meeting on the 17th September, 2002 Keith Keith Bennett 2083 Beaver Street Abbotsford, BC V2T 3C7 ph: 604-854-8769 Cell: 604-850-4125 mailto:[email protected] -- Don Bailey Mission,B.C. Canada Outgoing mail checked by Norton Anti Virus Abbotsford Genealogy Society http://members.shaw.ca/Abby_Genealogy/welcome.htm Transcriber for the Free BMD Project Bailey Jacob b1732 Barnsley Yorkshire Webb Wm H.- b1876,Lottie b18?-Unknown England Duval Samuel- b1869,Ida, b1876, Ontario Canada Williams Lewis,b1807,m Lottie Webb ? England

When: Saturday, 14 September 2002 What: Classes on researching at the Family History Library and in courthouse records (see details below) Where: Minnesota Historical Society, 325 Kellogg Blvd. W., St. Paul, MN These one-session classes meet in the MacMillan Education Center on the second level of the Minnesota History Center. For directions, call 651-296-1430. Who: taught by James W. Warren .For more information: on these classes or for registration details, call Warren Research at 651-503-4802 or e-mail [email protected] All classes include handouts. Taxes, Trials, and Tribulations: Research in Courthouse Records Saturday, Sep. 14, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. For most families, U.S. research cannot be effectively conducted without the genealogical treasures in courthouse records. Those documents may now be housed in an archive, historical society, or still in the courthouse. They may also be available on microfilm. We will explore why, how, and where to locate, access, and use the ancestral information in probate, land, naturalization, tax, divorce, and other civil court and criminal court indexes and records. The class will point you to other resources and provide research tips. Fee: MHS members $7.00; non-members $9.00 Salt Lake City! Using the Resources of the Family History Library >From Near or Far Saturday, Sep. 14, 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Hear the co-author of the new book, Your Guide to the Family History Library, describe exciting changes in the world's largest genealogical library! Salt Lake City's Family History Library includes 300,000 books and 2.2 million rolls of microfilmed records and indexes from archives, churches, courthouses, and vital records offices worldwide. Learn how you can use much of that microfilm collection locally, at one of the 3,700 Family History Centers worldwide. Recent changes enhance electronic access to information about the Library collection. Important and sensible steps for anyone planning a Salt Lake City trip will be discussed, as well as recent projects that upgraded the library layout, equipment, access, and computers. Fee: MHS members $7.00; non-members $9.00

The Clay County Genealogical & Historical Society will meet from 2 p.m. till 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 15th at the Piggott Public Library, 361 W. Main St., Piggott, AR. Our business meeting is from 2 till 3 p.m. and from 3 p.m. till 4 p.m. is spent doing research, working and helping others with research problems. All visitors are welcome. Come join us! Shirley McMahon Garrett V. P., Membership & Publicity Chairman

The regular monthly meeting of the Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society will take place on Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 10 a.m. Speaker: Craig Pfannkuche Topic: Using Maps in Genealogical Research Location: Porter County Public Library, 103 Jefferson Street, Valparaiso, Indiana Visitors are always welcome.

Please forward to others who may be interested. National Expert Leads African American Genealogy Workshop ETHS offers all-day workshop on African-American Genealogy Vital records, including birth, death, and marriage certificates, are often very fruitful, but obtaining them can sometimes be tricky. “Researching Vital Records” is just one of the topics that will be covered in an all-day genealogy workshop. Tony Burroughs, one of the nation's leading African-American professional genealogists, will present an African-American genealogy workshop on Saturday, October 19, at the East Tennessee History Center in downtown Knoxville. The free workshop will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m. Methods, records, sources and case studies for tracing African American ancestors will be presented under the topic of “Tracing African Americans in Cities and Towns.” Another presentation titled “Problem Solving in African American Genealogy” will explore methods and sources for solving the two frustrating problems of locating ancestors in the 1870 U.S. Census records and identifying the slave owner of their ancestors. Oral history from slaves is a valuable, yet neglected source for genealogical research. The “Out of the Mouth of Slaves” presentation will cover the genealogical content of these records, where they are located, and present new finding aids to access them. Tony Burroughs is an internationally known genealogist, and author, who teaches genealogy at Chicago State University. He lectures throughout the United States and Canada on all aspects of genealogy. He is the author of Black Roots: A Beginners Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree. He is a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association (FUGA) and was also awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the National Genealogical Society. The East Tennessee Historical Society, headquartered in Knoxville, is one of the oldest cultural institutions in the state of Tennessee. Founded in 1834, ETHS is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and promoting the history of East Tennessee. The society’s programs and activities are made possible through the support of its membership. For additional information about the African-American Genealogy Workshop and other ETHS activities, visit the society’s web site at www.east-tennessee-history.org.