MONDAY, July 16, 2001 Last day to get in on the discounted registration for the Federation of Genealogical Societies conference to be held in Davenport, Iowa, September 11-15, 2001. Please see www.fgs.org for more information on the multitude of lectures and over 100 vendors. Admission to the vendor hall is free. &&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&& TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2001 Italian Heritage Day at Kennywood Amusement park, Pittsburgh, PA &&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&& TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2001 at 7 P.M. North Hills Genealogists will hold its regular third-Tuesday meeting at the Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road, (McCandless Township), Pittsburgh, PA 15237 "WERE YOUR ANCESTORS CITIZENS? A LOOK AT NATURALIZATION", by Ms. Lesle Dunn . Where your immigrant ancestors citizens? Lesle Dunn will discuss reasons for why your immigrant ancestors may or may not have become citizens of this country. She will provide a look at the Naturalization process and its changes over the years, describe the records it has generated, and direct us to where those records may be found. Ms. Dunn is the Head of Techical Services for Shaler North Hills Library and has been involved in genealogy for over 30 years. A past president of the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, she has been WPGS library chairperson for a "long time" and is responsible for the online WPGS catalog. The meeting is free and open to the public. North Hills Genealogists meets every month on the third Tuesday at the Northland Public Library. A newsletter is available for a subscription of $12. ($10 if postmarked by July 31.) Free queries and subscriptions can be sent to the address above. Sorry we cannot mail handouts if there are any. &&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&& TUESDAY, August 21 at 7 p.m. THE ETHNIC EXPERIENCE IN LAWRENCEVILLE by James Wudarczyk In his talk Mr. Wudarczyk will illustrate how the various ethnic groups were instrumental in shaping the Lawrenceville community. Injecting amusing stories, he will show how one Pittsburgh neighborhood reflected national trends. Since many families in the Greater Pittsburgh Metropolitan area can trace their roots to the historic community of Lawrenceville, the lecture will also focus on available resources for genealogical research and address what the historic communities must do to preserve the records of the past. The presentation will also trace the area from a struggling village in a rural area in 1826 with a population of 200 to a metropolitan community in 1900 with between 30,000 and 33,000 residents. While historical events will be mixed into the lecture, most of the talk will focus on how the English, Irish, Swedes, Germans, Polish, Solvenians and other ethnic groups built churches, fraternal organizations and founded newspapers. Also, the heyday of ethnicity prior to WW II will be discussed, as will be causes that led to the decline of ethnic identification in more recent times. Exhibits will supplement the presentation. Sorry we cannot mail handouts if there are any. Mr. Wudarczyk is author of the book PITTSBURGH'S FORGOTTEN ALLEGHENY ARSENAL, co-author of the book MONSTER ON THE ALLEGHENY AND OTHER LAWRENCEVILLE STORIES and author of the booklet HISTORICAL SITES AND LOST LANDMARKS OF LAWRENCEVILLE'S SIXTH WARD. His articles have appeared in the WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, PITTSBURGH HISTORY AND LANDMARKS FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER, and many small publications and newsletters. He is a frequent lecturer and has designed several tours of the Lawrenceville area. &&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&& SATURDAY, September 1, 2001 at 10 a.m. to noon POINTERs in Pittsburgh meeting: Anyone interested in their Italian roots is welcome to come held at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 1400 Penn Avenue, Suite 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4332. For more information, email [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.