Hi everyone! This is for your information. Rick B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Bierlein" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:16 AM Subject: Indiana Historical Society to Host Genealogy Lectures Indiana Historical Society Will Host Genealogy Lectures The Indiana Historical Society will offer a chance for people to personally connect with history as it hosts two upcoming genealogy lectures at the Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. Grave Business: Mortality Schedules, Diseases & Epidemics will be offered on Saturday, July 15, and Family History and the Civil War is scheduled on Saturday, Aug. 5. Grave Business: Mortality Schedules, Diseases & Epidemics will familiarize participants with mortality schedules taken by federal marshals during the census years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. The mortality schedules provide information about people who died prior to May 31 during the census year. Along with information on the schedules, participants will learn about causes of death as well as the influenza pandemic of 1918. Presenters will include Diane Sharp of the Indiana State Library's Genealogy Division, as well as Virginia Terpening and Jerry Wheeler of the Indiana Medical History Museum. The cost to attend is $10 for the general public and $8 for IHS members; the registration deadline is July 5. Family History and the Civil War will explore the three main Union Civil War genealogy record groups-Military Units, Pension Files and the Grand Army of the Republic. With an emphasis on Union forces and Indiana research, these sources and techniques are easily transferable to other Union states. Participants will be able to examine many different record types, note their family history relevance, and mark their source locations. Presenter Ron Darrah, a founding director of the Genealogical Society of Marion County and the Chair of the Society of Civil War Families of Indiana (SCWFI), has researched 11 of his own relatives who served in the Union Army. Cost is $10 for the general public and $8 for IHS members; the registration deadline is July 26. Each lecture will take place from 10 a.m. to Noon. Early registration is recommended, as seating is limited. For more information or to register, call the Indiana Historical Society at (317) 232-1882 or download the registration form at http://www.indianahistory.org/pub_prog/genealogy/gen_programs.html#jul15 . Since 1830, the Indiana Historical Society has been Indiana's storyteller, connecting people to the past by collecting, preserving, interpreting and disseminating Indiana history. The independent, nonprofit organization also publishes books and periodicals; sponsors teacher workshops; provides youth, adult and family programming; assists local historical groups throughout the state; and maintains one of the largest collections of material on the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest. The Indiana Historical Society is one of the oldest and largest historical societies in the United States. The Society is located in the Indiana History Center at 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202. (www.indianahistory.org <http://www.indianahistory.org/> )

OOPS! My apologies. My morning coffee must not have kicked in yet when I posted this message. I should have edited out the costs for the event. That's pretty bad when the List Admin can't even follow Rootsweb's rules. :-) OOPS! Rick B List Administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Berkheiser" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:13 AM Subject: [INSTJOSE] Indiana Historical Society to Host Genealogy Lectures