This coming Sunday, Westchester County Genealogical Society will have a booth at the Family History Fair in NYC. If you attending the FHF, please stop by and say hello! Thanks, Philomena ([email protected]) Westchester County Genealogical Society Visit our web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs/ The following information was taken from the FHF website and/or thru an email from FHF. DATE: Sunday, October 6, 2002 - TIME: Open to the public from 12 noon to 5 PM. PLACE: The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, northeast corner of 34th Street, Manhattan. All activities are on the lower level. ADMISSION: Free to the public WEB SITE: http://www.nycarchivists.org/fhf.html SPECIAL EVENT Similar to the idea of the "Antiques Road Show" on public television, the NYC Metro Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) is pleased to announce their sponsorship of a FREE one-to-one "professional advice" event between professional genealogists and any family history researcher who attends this year's Family History Fair. This forum is designed to help both the novice and the advanced family history researcher. The NYC APG hopes to have experts available in many areas of genealogy that may be of interest to attendees Choose ONE genealogical problem that you would like to discuss with a professional. Each consultation session will be limited to about 15 minutes. Prepare and bring with you any material you would like to use (family group sheet, a particular document, etc.) to illustrate your problem or question. Sign up at the APG booth upon your arrival at the Family History Fair. You will be assigned an appointment time for your session. Return to the APG booth at your appointment time and ask away! WORKSHOPS & EXHIBITORS This is the schedule of workshops and a list of Exhibitors planned for the Family History Fair on Sunday, October 6, 2002. The lists are subject to change, and a final schedule will be available at the Fair. Workshops - 2002 12:30 to 1:15 pm Your Immigrant Ancestors: Find 'em in Cyberspace John W. Konvalinka, CGRS, CGL Metro New York Genealogy & Computers Group 31 Chambers Street: New York City's "Mall of Records" Jordan Auslander, Professional genealogist Italian Genealogy: Getting Started June C. DeLalio, CG Italian Genealogical Group Afro-American Family History Research Khadijah Matin, Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, Jean Sampson Scott Greater New York Chapter 1:30 to 2:15 pm Genealogy and the Internet: An Introduction David Kleiman, Metro New York Genealogy & Computers Group Jewish Genealogy: Getting Started Gary Mokotoff, Avotaynu The Myths and Realities of Adoption Search Joseph M. Soll, CSW Adoption Crossroads The Stuff of a Family History: Exploring Tangible Family Memories Hunter Demos, Photo researcher and exhibition curator 2:30 to 3:15 pm The Search for Family History through Videotape Interviewing: How Finding Family Stories Can Heal Kate Wenner, Novelist and former award-winning ABC 20/20 television producer This program is sponsored by the Jewish Genealogical Society. Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors Thomas A. Peters, Professional genealogist Military Records: Learn About Your Uniformed Ancestors John F. Walter, Institute for Civil War Research Discovering Hidden Lives: Women's Memorials Roberta Halporn, Compiler of New York is a Rubber's Paradise 3:30 to 4:15 Famous, Infamous or Not Famous at All: Find Your Family Online in ProQuest's New York Times Database, 1851-2002 Leslie Corn, Professional genealogist Harlem History and Hearsay: The Significant Elders Intergenerational Project Malika Lee Whitney, Pickney Productions Puerto Rican Family History Research Puerto Rican/Hispanic Genealogical Society Irish Genealogical Research Donna M. Moughty, Professional genealogist Spin Me A Tale: Bring Family History to Life Through Storytelling Lisa Lipkin, Professional storyteller, Author of Bringing the Story Home: The Complete Guide to Storytelling for Parents ===================================== Exhibitors - 2002 Adoption Crossroads www.adoptioncrossroads.org African-Atlantic Genealogical Society, Inc. www.africantic.com African Burial Ground Project [email protected] Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Jean Sampson Scott Greater N Y Chapter www.aahgsny.org Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, New Jersey Chapter http://hometown.aol.com/njcaahgs/myhomepage/index.html Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. www.nycarchivists.org Association of Professional Genealogists / NYC Metro Chapter www.apgen.org www.apgen.org/localchapters/newyork Avotaynu, Inc. www.avotaynu.com BioFiles LLC www.biofilesllc.com Brooklyn Genealogy Workshop [email protected] Celtic Heritage Books [email protected] Center for Jewish History, Genealogy Institute www.cjh.org/family Center for Thanatology www.thanatology.org Central Jersey Genealogical Club www.rootsweb.com/~njcjgc Creative Memories / Susannah Benson www.creativememories.com/susannahbenson Genealogical Society of Bergen County, Inc. www.rootsweb.com/~njgsbc German Genealogy Group, Inc. www.germangenealogygroup.com The Hispanic Genealogical Society of New York www.hispanicgenealogy.com Huntington Historical Society Genealogy Workshop www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org Institute for Civil War Research / John F. Walter http://members.aol.com/icwrjohn/icwr.html The Irish Family History Forum www.ifhf.org Italian Genealogical Group www.italiangen.org Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. www.jgsny.org Jonathan Sheppard Books www.jonathansheppardbooks.com Metro New York Genealogy & Computers Group: New York Personal Computer User Group / New York Macintosh User Group / New York Metro Area PAF User Group http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~metrony National Archives and Records Administration, Northeast Region (New York City) www.archives.gov New York City Department of Records and Information Services, Municipal Archives www.nyc.gov/html/doris New York Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution [email protected] New York County Clerk The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society www.nygbs.org New York Irish History Roundtable www.irishnyhistory.com Peter Minuit Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution www.molsk.com/dar Thomas A. Peters: Carpatho-Rusyn and Slovak Ancestral Research [email protected] Pickney Productions / "Significant Elders" Intergenerational Project [email protected] Puerto Rican/Hispanic Genealogical Society www.rootsweb.com/~prhgs Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, Office of the Archivist www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org/about/archive/abt_arch_archives.html Roosevelt Island Historical Society [email protected] Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library www.schomburgcenter.org Scottish Heritage & Ancestral Research Society www.shars.org Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History www.weeksvillesociety.org The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. / American Family Immigration History Center www.ellisisland.org www.ellisislandrecords.org Veteran Corps of Artillery / Military Society of the War of 1812 www.vca1790.org Welsh-American Genealogical Society www.rootsweb.com/~vtwags Westchester County Genealogical Society www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs