In a message dated 9/16/02 11:52:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > An Introduction to Genealogy > > On Sunday October 20, 2002 at 1:00 amateur genealogist Mal Blotner will > present a workshop on researching your genealogy. Genealogy comprises the > search for ones' ancestors, living relatives, and/or ancestral home. This > talk will cover various types of family trees and how to get started. It > will also highlight the myriad of information about items available in > records such as: birth certificates, marriage certificates, death > certificates, tombstones, census records, passenger ship manifests, "old > country" research and naturalization papers. > > A hands-on exercise will be conducted resulting in each attendee leaving > with a start on his or her personal family tree. A synopsis of the talk > will be distributed so that note taking will not be necessary. > > Mr. Blotner has been working on his personal family trees for approximately > 50 years and has traced the descendants of his four sets of > great-grandparents. He communicates regularly with his cousins in each of > the four branches of his family. > > Each summer the Gomez Mill House invites experts to share their knowledge > at this important historic site where the former occupants and neighbors > have influenced and affected the Hudson Valley. > > Today's lecture is FREE and open to the community and visitors. > > Sponsored by: The Jewish Federation of Orange County, and the Gomez > Foundation for Mill House. > > There will be a tour of Gomez Mill House at 2:30 following the lecture. > Admission is $5.00 per adult, $3.50 per senior citizen and $2.00 for > students and children. > > Tours of Mill House begin Wednesday - Sunday each day at: 10:00, 11:30, > 1:00 and 2:30. > > For further information, please call: 845 - 236 - 3126, or visit our web > site at www.gomez.org > Closed Monday and Tuesday. >