Dear listmember, Read below for 7 different upcoming genealogical events and the groups that are involved with them. Hope to see you there! -- Elissa Wednesday, March 29, 2005: Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, 15237 is sponsoring a genealogy evening at 7 p.m. in its lower level meeting room with a presentation by Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS. "Sailing into the Sunset: Tips for Finding Passenger Lists" will discuss how to find evidence of your immigrants' arrivals from the 18th through the 20th Centuries using case studies of German and Italian families. The program is free and open to the public. Contact the library for more information at 412-366-8100. Sunday, April 10, 2005: Southwest PA Genealogical Society will hold its regular meeting at 2 p.m. at Citizen's Library, Washington, PA with a lecture "Finding Buried Treasure in the Published Pennsylvania Archives" given by Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS. Understanding the contents of these published colonial records may help you discover details of your early PA ancestors. Free and open to the public. Contact Marilyn Dziama [dzifarm@earthlink.net] for more information. Thursday, April 14, 2005: Akron Public Library at 11 a.m. the Association of Professional Genealogists, Great Lakes Chapter will host a panel discussion on "Time Management for Genealogists." It will be held in Room 2AB in the newly reconstructed Akron-Summit County Public Library, 55 S. High Street, just a short block from the OGS Conference venue in the Crowne Plaza Quaker Square hotel. While admission is free and reservations not required, we would appreciate knowing if you plan to attend. Please e-mail Bob Keener [rkeener@neo.rr.com] with any questions you may have. Thursday through Saturday, April 14-16: The Ohio Genealogical Society Annual Conference at the Crowne Plaza Quaker Square in Akron, OH will feature many national speakers and an exhibit hall that is free and open to the public to browse. Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS will be presenting "What's a Prothonotary?: Using Pennsylvania Courthouses." For more information see the program brochure at www.OGS.org. Saturday, April 16, 2005: Both the Cranberry Genealogy Club [Butler Co., PA] http://www.nauticom.net/www/kraven and the POINTers in Person (Pursuing Our Italian Names Together) http://www.rootsweb.com/~papip20 will attend the seminar sponsored by the Western PA Genealogical Society as their regular April meeting. John Konvalinka, CGRS, CGL will present 4 lectures with a luncheon provided. To purchase your ticket, please see www.WPGS.org. To learn more about this knowledgeable speaker go to http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jkonvalinka/JKSched.htm Tuesday, April 19, 2005: Leland Meitzler of Heritage Creations, Salt Lake City will be at Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh on beginning at 4 p.m. with his full stock of Heritage Quest and Ancestry books and CD-Roms. Come and browse the latest in genealogical information and helping aids. Leland will present a lecture at 7 p.m. titled "The Witness: An overlooked genealogical source." Please come and feel free to browse the book display and/or hear the lecture. Free and open to everyone! For more information, see www.NorthHillsGenealogists.org. For those looking for more concentrated genealogical hands-on instruction, you may want to consider the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research's week-long classes June 12 to 17, 2005 held at Samford University, Birmingham, AL. The 10 different courses are taught by the country's top genealogists such as Elizabeth Mills, John Colletta, Claire Bettag and Tom Jones (co-editors of the NGS Quarterly), Mark Lowe (president of the Association of Professional Genealogists), Ann Fleming (past-president of the National Genealogical Society). Topics include Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Methodology, Southern Research, Advanced Library Records, Advanced Military Research, Genealogy as a Profession, Advanced Use of Genealogical Software, Land Records, and Irish Research. For more information see www.samford.edu/schools/ighr Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS www.PowellGenealogy.com CGRS and Certified Genealogical Records Specialist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board. http://www.BCGcertification.org/