In a message dated 2/24/2006 9:23:10 AM Mountain Standard Time, confezine@ogs.org writes: We are a little over two months from the 45th annual Ohio Genealogical Society conference. Conference program at: http://www.ogs.org/2006confthurs.php The Ohio Historical Society is bringing the death records from 1913-1953. If you need copies of death certificates, this is a great time to get them. The cost is only $.25 each. It will be much easier to locate the record if you obtain the certificate number from the site: http://www.ohiohistory.org. This only goes to 1944, but the indexes for later years will be available at the conference. ....snip....... Saturday Annual Business Meeting luncheon is included in your registration. When filling out the form for conference attendance, be sure to select the item for your Saturday luncheon. ...snip... Make sure to get your hotel reservation early. The conference hotel is the Downtown Radisson. Call 419.241.3000 and request rooms reserved for the Ohio Genealogical Society. Jana Sloan Broglin 2006 OGS Conference Chair _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: http://lists.ogs.org/mailman/options/confezine/karenhob%40aol.com

Seeing this reminded me of my attendance 25 years ago. From among the numerous concurrent events, I elected to sit in on a particular seminar regarding migration to Ohio. From among the 12-15 tables of 8, I selected one. As folks arrived before the speaker, we started to chat. One fellow, about 26 then and a few years younger than me, had transcribed and indexed the birth and death records from a church on the west side of Cleveland. I asked if I could see his work. Moments later I found references to my immigrant ancestors and some of their 11 children. The next day I drove to the church, waited for the church receptionist to arrive and found the death record naming his birthplace! (Anyone else hear the theme from Twilight Zone now?) Cliff (sharing info on PLACAK (1770-now), SESTAK (1828), CERNY (1870))