************************************* FAMILY HISTORY MONTH AT ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FORT WAYNE, INDIANA ************************************* Hello!!! Celebrate Family History Month in October with the staff of the Historical Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana! We are open for business in our temporary location and invite you to visit us, our collection is fully accessible...all the books, periodicals and microtext materials are out on the shelves, allowing you to browse our entire national and international collection of genealogical research sources. The microtext area offers some very unusual and exciting sources. This is addition to the nearly 50,000 printed family histories! All this and more can be found at our location at 200 E. Berry, Fort Wayne, Indiana. (260-421-1225) Events planned throughout the month include lectures and presentations, Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Assistance Day, computer demonstrations utilizing genealogical databases, extended research hours on October 31st, and much more! You'll find the exciting schedule of events listed below. NOTE: VERY SPECIAL EVENT!! Night Owl research is scheduled on Sunday, October 31 from 6pm - midnight in the Genealogy Department!!!! How often have you wished you could bring a cot to the library and do research all night? Well, it's not all night, but until the clock strikes midnight, you are welcome to peruse the shelves of one of the largest genealogy collections in the nation. Those wishing to attend this special night of research need to be in the department by 6pm that evening, the library opens at 1pm on Sundays. Please call the Genealogy Department at 260-421-1225 to sign up for these workshops and the Night Owl research, as space is limited. Your ancestors might be lurking in the stacks of the Genealogy Department in Fort Wayne!!! We hope to see you there! www.acpl.lib.in.us ********************** October 2004 - Family History Month Schedule Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana ********************** Friday, October 1 Using PERSI, Elaine Kuhn, Computer Training Room, 11A to 11:30A Monday, October 4 ACSGI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Tax Lists, Margery Graham, Board Room, 9:30A to 11:30A Tuesday, October 5 Key African American Family History Sources, Curt Witcher, Board Room, 7P to 8P Wednesday, October 6 DAR Lineage Assistance Day, Historical Genealogy Department, Main Reading Room, 10A to 6P Wednesday, October 6: Using the Online Catalog, Ryan Taylor, Computer Training Room, 10A to 10:30A Wednesday, October 6 I Thought You Knew That!, Delia Bourne, Board Room, 3:30P to 4:30P Wednesday, October 6 Clerks and Clans: A Conversation With a Connoisseur of County Clerks Closets, John Newman, Room 244, 6:30P to 8:30P Thursday, October 7 Resources for Irish Research in the Genealogy Department, Steve Myers, Board Room, 7P to 8P Saturday, October 9 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using City Directories, Marie Goodrich, Room 317, 9:30A-11:30A Saturday, October 9 Problems in Canadian Genealogy, Ryan Taylor, Board Room, 2P to 3:30P Monday, October 11 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Finding People Using Computer Census Indexing Programs, Marie Goodrich, Computer Training Room, 6P to 8P Tuesday, October 12 Using HeritageQuestOnline.com, Delia Bourne, Computer Training Room, 12:30P to 1P Wednesday, October 13 ACGSI Sponsored Event-ACGSI Meeting-Off the Beaten Path: Web Sites & Strategies for Finding More Family Data, Curt Witcher, Dupont Branch Library, 7P Thursday, October 14 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Finding People Using Computer Census Indexing Programs, Margery Graham, Computer Training Room, 6P to 8P Friday, October 15 Researching Indiana Civil War Soldiers, Amy Johnson Crow, Room 244, 3P to 4P Saturday, October 16 Indiana Genealogical Society Chapter Management Seminar (pre-registration required) 9:30A to 10:30A OPENING: Curt Witcher, Challenges Facing Our Societies-Room 244 10:45A to 11:45A Session 1: Amy Johnson Crow, Finding & Keeping Volunteers-Room 244 Session 2: Charlotte Sellers, Editing Your Society's Journal-Room 317 1:15P to 2:15P Session 3: Ron Darrah, Establishing & Maintaining an Active Publishing Program- Room 244 Session 4: Becky Schipper, Handling & Caring for Valuable Documents-GMHU 2:30P to 3:30P Session 5: Amy Johnson Crow, Avoiding "Bored" Meetings-Room 244 Session 6: Sue Kaufman, Getting the Word Out-Marketing Your Society--Room 317 Monday, October 18 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Revolutionary War Records, Marie Goodrich, Room 317, 1P to 3P Tuesday, October 19 Using English Census Records Online, Ryan Taylor, Computer Training Room, 7P to 8P Wednesday, October 20 ACGSI Computer Interest Group Meeting, Aboite Branch Library, 7P to 9P Friday, October 22 Using Ancestry.com, Elaine Kuhn, Computer Training Room, 11A to 11:30A Saturday, October 23 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Civil War Records, Margery Graham, Room 317, 10A to 12N Monday, October 25 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Finding & Using Specialized Censuses, Marie Goodrich, Room 317, 9:30A to 11:30A Tuesday, October 26 Using PERSI, Delia Bourne, Computer Training Room, 11A to 11:30A Tuesday, October 26 Outside the Cocoon: Resources Outside the Genealogy Department in the Public Library, Sue Kaufman, Board Room, 2P to 3P Thursday, October 28 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Deed Records, Margery Graham, Room 317, 1P to 3P Sunday, October 31 Extended Hours, Historical Genealogy Department, 6P to Midnight. Please pass this schedule along�.thank you! >>>>>:<<<<< Susan Kaufman, Librarian Allen County Public Library Historical Genealogy Department PO Box 2270 200 E. Berry Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270 260-421-1225 260-421-1386 (fax) www.acpl.lib.in.us 2005 FGS conference Salt Lake City, Utah Sept 7-10, 2005 www.fgs.org