>Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:31:15 -0800 >From: Yolanda Campbell Lifter <[email protected]> >Subject: More OGS Conference News >To: [email protected] >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >Original-recipient: rfc822;[email protected] > >John Colletta to Lecture at 2005 Ohio Genealogical Society Conference > >Popular genealogical lecturer John Colletta will be presenting three >lectures at the 2005 Ohio Genealogical Conference in Akron, Ohio. The >theme for the conference, scheduled for April 14-16, is “From Farmland to >City Streets: Our Ancestors' Changing Environment.” > >In “Passenger Arrival Records, 1820-1957,” he will discuss the U.S. >passenger arrival records of 1820 through 1957, which are available at the >National Archives in Washington, DC, as well as at the thirteen Regional >Archives around the country, any one of thousands of Latter-day Saints >Family History Centers around the world, many libraries, and on the Internet. > >Colletta will explain what facts family researchers need to know to begin >their search for an immigrant ancestor's ship, as well as how to conduct >the search. Using specific examples, he will illustrate how to exploit >National Archives indexes, published indexes and other pertinent research >tools, including CD-ROMs and Internet websites. He will also address how >to find the ship of an ancestor who arrived before 1820. > >In his lecture, “Italian Ancestry: Researching in the United States and >Italy,” he will explore key resources available here in the United States >for tracking a family back to the immigrant ancestor from Italy, then >describe the broad spectrum of civil and religious records available in >Italy for taking that family far back into the past, generation by generation. > >He will discuss how resources both here and there may be accessed in the >following ways: 1) in person; 2) by mail; 3) using microfilm via the >Family History Library; 4) the Internet; and 5) hiring someone in Italy. > >In his third lecture, entitled “The Library of Congress: An Introduction >and Overview for Genealogists,” John Colletta will take the mystery out of >using our national library, which he believes is a resource underutilized >by genealogists. He will “walk” his audience through the institution, >reading room by reading room—all twenty of them—and highlight the >resources available. He also will discuss the extraordinary web site of >the Library of Congress, plus make many practical suggestions (the >lecturer has lived within walking distance of the library for twenty-six >years). Finally, he will make a persuasive argument that a trip to >Washington could advance your family research tremendously! > >Based in Washington, DC, John Philip Colletta, PhD., conducts workshops >for the National Archives and teaches courses for the Smithsonian >Institution and local universities. He lectures nationally and is a >faculty member of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at >Samford University and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. His >publications include They Came in Ships and Finding Italian Roots. His >latest book is Only a Few Bones. > >The 2005 OGS Conference and accompanying exhibition will be held at the >Quaker Square Convention Center in downtown Akron. The adjoining Crowne >Plaza Hotel will serve as the headquarters hotel for the conference. > >The Ohio Genealogical Society is the largest state genealogical society in >the nation, with over 5000 members in 94 chapters around the state and >elsewhere in the U.S. It publishes The OGS Quarterly, OGS Genealogy News, >Ohio Records & Pioneer Families, and Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal. > >For more information, contact OGS at 419-756-7294 or ><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] The conference program is available on >the society’s website at <http://www.org.org/>www.ogs<http://www.org.org/>.org.

I'm searching for the ancestors of Taylor Webster, b. 18 Jan 1747/48, Plainfield Union Co. NJ, m.Hannah Jackson 22 Feb 1769, d.ABT 1802 Butler Co Ohio, father of William Webster. Also searching for a Webster-Doty marriage/connection in or around Lebanon Ohio. Taylor's son William was b. 3 Jan 1773 Plainfield NJ, m Mary Marsh 30 Aug 1795 Fayette Co PA, d.29 Dec 1849 Monroe, Butler Co. Ohio. Subsequent generations are: Elias Webster 1805-1891; Dr.William Webster 1830-1894; Dr.Frank Webster 1854-1916;Dr. Howard H Webster 1880-1958; Howard Hamilton Webster 1915-1990; and me=Elizabeth Marshall Webster b. 1 Feb 1949 in Dayton Ohio, m.1971, and now living with my husband in Tasmania Australia. Hi and Thanks to all.