In a message dated Tue, 7 May 2002 2:47:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, espowell@juno.com writes: >Feel free to cross post these wonderful learning opportunities! > >Monday, May 6 at 7 p.m. at the Beaver County [PA] Courthouse, second >floor, the Beaver County Genealogical Society will have Reed B. Powell >speak about the Internet and Genealogy. Free and open to all, regular >meetings the first Monday of each month. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > >Thursday, May 9 at 7 p.m. at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 >Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA (in the Oakland section of town), FREE and >open to all. Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society (www.WPGS.org) >will feature "Sailing into the Sunset: Tips on Finding Your Ancestor's >Passenger List" by Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS. > >Passenger lists can be a wonderful resource for finding out more about >the origins of immigrant ancestors. Most people have at least one >immigrant ancestor who arrived by ship, but as most of the records are >organized chronologically, it may be difficult to find a person without >knowing more about them and the records. Various indices, research aides, >examples of records and where to find them are all discussed in this >presentation, including Internet resources. Understanding these resources >and what records exist are keys to your success in finding your >ancestor's record. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Wednesday May 15 to Saturday May 18, Milwaukee, WI will host the National >Genealogical Society's annual conference. For more information and to see >the program of over 200 lectures go to www.NGSgenealogy.org and click on >"Milwaukee 2002." You can expect the same type of great program from NGS >when it will be held in Pittsburgh, PA next year from May 28 - 31, 2003. >Mark your calendars now! >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. in the Northland Public Library, 300 >Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, free and open to the public, the North Hills >Genealogists will feature "How Did my Pennsylvania Ancestor Get There?" >by Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS. For more information email >pioneerbook@juno.com. > >The importance of knowing and understanding migration trails is important >in tracing your ancestors. The various ethnic groups such as Germans, >Scots-Irish, English, Irish, and Welsh moved west through Pennsylvania >for many reasons. And, in doing so, they left behind clues in the areas >they passed through. They followed Forbes Road and the National Road (now >Route 40) in their westward push to find new opportunities for land, >jobs, and family connections. Some men were rewarded with land for >military service, and some had a pioneering spirit. No matter what drove >them, they were naturalized and married in places where they may NOT have >settled. Finding these records can be difficult unless one knows their >migration path and the laws and customs of the time. Internet resources >will also be identified where appropriate as an aid for these searches. > >Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS is president of the North Hills Genealogists, >and past-president and current program chairperson of the Western >Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. She conducts family research and >lectures on various genealogical subjects at regional meetings and >conferences. CGRS is a service mark of the Board for Certification of >Genealogists, used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board. > ( http://www.bcgcertification.org ) >-------------------------------------------------------------- > >Thursday, June 13 at 7 p.m. at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 >Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA (in the Oakland section of town), FREE and >open to all. Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society (www.WPGS.org) >will feature "Hookers, Crooks and Kooks, or Aunt Merle Didnt Run a >Boarding House!" by Jana Sloan Broglin. > >This lively presentation, done in costume, discusses family tradition, >court records, military records and little-used records such as jail >registers, hospital, and coroners inquests, for finding missing >ancestors and discovering the black sheep in your family. However, not >all were scalawags! A fun evening to wrap up the program year. > >Jana Sloan Broglin, a northwestern Ohio native, is a professional >genealogist, lecturer and freelance writer. She is a member of the Board >of Trustees of the Ohio Genealogical Society. As a board member, Jana has >been the program chair and conference chair for OGS. She served as >conference chair again in 2002. Since joining OGS in 1979, Jana has >contributed articles to the OGS publications the "Newsletter," and the >"Report," and has indexed books for the OGS library. She was named a >"Kentucky Colonel" for more than 30 publications on Kentucky. These >publications include abstracts of pension applications for the >Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and early Indian Wars. Also published for >Kentucky is a series of early wills and estates abstracting all the >persons mentioned in the documents. >---------------------------------------------------------------- > >Tuesday, June 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Northland Public Library, 300 >Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, FREE and open to the public, the North Hills >Genealogists will feature Using the Resources of the Family History >Centers in Your Genealogy Research by Lorrie Danko Guthrie, Director, >Pittsburgh Family History Center. Everyone should be aware of the >fantastic resources available through the Family History Library in Salt >Lake City and how they can bring those resources to view at their local >Family History Center. Lorrie will enlighten us on the process and what >is available that will help you in your research. For more information on >this program email pioneerbook@juno.com. >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >June 23-28 in Mansfield, OH, the Ohio Genealogical Society will have a >5-day Genealogy Workshop with 5 lectures per day and time for Library >Research. Please see www.OGS.org and click on "Events" for more >information and for the schedule. >------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Tuesday, July 16 at 7 p.m. in the Northland Public Library, 300 >Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, free and open to the public, the North Hills >Genealogists will feature "Preserving Genealogy and Family History >Materials" by Lynn F. Wohleber, Archivist for the Episcopal Diocese of >Pittsburgh. For more information on this program email >pioneerbook@juno.com. >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >Thursday, August 15 at 7 p.m. at the Griley Memorial Home, Baltimore, OH, >the Fairfield County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will >feature "Messages From the Grave: Listening to Your Ancestor's Tombstone" >presented by Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS. For more information and an >email contact see the Fairfield county listing on www.OGS.org. >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >Tuesday, August 20 at 7 p.m. in the Northland Public Library, 300 >Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, free and open to the public, the North Hills >Genealogists will feature Methodist Church Records, Archives, and >Historical Society. Rev. Jeff Bobin, Western PA Conference United >Methodist Church and Betty Anne Stroup, Conference Genealogist. For more >information on this program and the following ones, email >pioneerbook@juno.com. > >Tuesday September 17 at 7 p.m. in the Northland Public Library, >"Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy in Pittsburgh and the North Hills" Speaker: >John Righetti, President, Carpatho-Rusyn Society. (See their web site: >www.carpathorusynsociety.org) > >Tuesday October 15 at 7 p.m. in the Northland Public Library, >"Minerd-Miner-Minor Family Web Site, Reunion, Research, Records, >Archives, Etc." Speaker: Mark A. Miner, President, National >Minerd-Miner-Minor Reunion and Founder of Minerd.Com. (See their web >site: www.minerd.com to experience the possibilities of online >communications for family genealogy and history. Its awesome!) > >Tuesday November 19 at 7 p.m. in the Northland Public Library. Round >Table discussion. Tell us about your favorite research source, web site, >database, etc. for family genealogy and history. 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