Press Release Who: Orange County Genealogical Society Where: 1841 Historic Courthouse, 101 Main Street, Goshen, NY 10924 When: Saturday, April 6, 2002, 10:30 A.M. LOST IN PENNSYLVANIA? TRY THE PUBLISHED PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES presented by Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer The published Pennsylvania Archives are 138 volumes that contain transcriptions of public records and historical documents, most before 1820. These are not just state government records, but records such as county tax records, diaries of military campaigns and other expeditions, and even church records such as marriages and baptisms. The 138 volumes fill eleven library shelves and can be bewildering to the researcher. The genealogist who is unfamiliar with its arrangement may leave in despair without even attempting to get into it. But if you do look for ancestors in the volumes, you may find rich veins of information. If you have an ancestor who appeared "out of nowhere" in western Pennsylvania in the late 1790's or early 1800's, the Pennsylvania Archives may be a source for clues to his previous whereabouts. Learn what kinds of records are included, and how to approach this 138 volume collection. The speaker's pamphlet based on this talk, and her book _Long-Distance Ge! nealogy_will be available for sale and autographs after the talk. Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer MLS, has been doing genealogical research since 1979, and has been Vice President for Programs and Vice President for Publicity for the Dutchess County [New York] Genealogical Society since 1988. She is a member of several genealogical and professional societies, including the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Genealogical Speakers Guild, the National Genealogical Society, and state and local societies. Her training as a librarian is useful to her not only in her day job as Special Collections Librarian/Archivist at the Culinary Institute of America, but also in her second profession as genealogist. Her book Long-Distance Genealogy was published by Betterway Books in 2000 Our regular monthly meeting will be held at 9:00 A.M., program at 10:30 A.M., the research room will be open following the program, from Noon to 4:00 P.M. We are located in the 1841 Historic Courthouse, 101 Main Street, Goshen, NY. The meeting, program and our research room is open to the public, program is free. If you need additional information please call Marilyn Terry at 845-562-2749 or contact her via e-mail at <[email protected]>