-----Original Message----- From: Elissa S Powell [mailto:espowell@juno.com] Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 10:11 AM To: PAALLEGH-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com; PABEAVER-L-request@rootsweb.com; PABUTLER-L-request@rootsweb.com; ohcuyaho-l-request@rootsweb.com; PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com; PALAWREN-L-request@rootsweb.com; PAMERCER-L-request@rootsweb.com; NorthFayette-L-request@rootsweb.com; SOMGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com; PAVENANG-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: Please forward Listowner, Since I am unable to post to your county list directly, may I ask you the favor of forwarding the following to your list? I believe that those who are on your county list may benefit by knowing of these upcoming programs. If you find yourself unable to forward this message, please do let me know. I sincerely appreciate your help in this matter. Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS Program Chair, WPGS ESPowell@juno.com --------------------------------------------------------- Many things are happening in the genealogical world. This post talks about things in the Pittsburgh region and at the National level, so if you are not near Pittsburgh, you may make use of the web sites given below for the national events. -- Elissa Powell, CGRS Certified Genealogical Record Specialist WESTERN PA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY regular meeting (FREE and open to the public) Saturday February 13, 1999, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Carnegie Library Lecture Hall next to the Carnegie Library, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh. Ronald E. Grim, Specialist in Cartographic History in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress will present: "Getting Started: How Can Maps Help Me in Genealogical Research?" This is an introduction to how maps can help you locate your family. The second lecture is "Using Maps to Document German Immigration and Settlement in North America." Ron Grimm received his B.A. in history and geography from Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio, and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in historical geography from the University of Maryland, College Park. His publications include "Historical Geography of the United States: A Guide to Information Sources" (Detroit: Gale, 1982), and co-editor, "World Directory of Map Collections", 2d ed. (Munich: Saur, 1986) and "Images of the World: The Atlas Through History" (Washington: Library of Congress; New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996), as well as numerous book reviews and articles in geographical, historical, and map librarianship serials and publications. He has curated four Library of Congress exhibitions, including one which opened in Dresden, Germany in 1994 entitled "Deutsche in Amerika: Die Einwanderung im Kartenbild" and his most recent (1997) "Celebrating the Portuguese Communities in America: A Cartographic Perspective." Mr. Grimm is a part-time instructor at the University of Maryland, College Park and at Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland. He has lectured widely on the use of maps in genealogical research to local groups in the Washington, D.C. area, as well as to the Family History Society of Arizona and the annual conference of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. SPONSORED BY NORTHLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY A free hour long lecture on how-to-start your genealogy will be presented by Elissa Powell at Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 on Monday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. This is open to all who are interested in how to start and how to stay organized. NORTH HILLS GENEALOGISTS regular meeting Tuesday, February 16, 7 p.m. at Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh. Gary Link, former records manager for the Allegheny County Archives will speak on how to access county records, and which offices hold which records. This meeting is free and open to the public. WPGS COMPUTER INTEREST GROUP On Saturday, February 20, 10 a.m. at the Shaler North Hills Library on Mt. Royal Blvd. Reed Powell will do a live demo for the WPGS Computer Interest group about the Internet and genealogy. This is free and open to the public. COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY A beginning Genealogy courses will be taught by Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS (Certified Genealogical Record Specialist). A five-week class will be held on Sundays from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Community College of Allegheny County, North Campus beginning on February 21. For more information call 412-369-3696. WPGS 25th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE A two-day conference with 20 speakers and 26 lectures to choose from (3 in most time slots) held at Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA on Friday, June 25 and Saturday, June 26. Riverboat banquet cruise on Friday night to honor the charter members of the First Families of Western Pennsylvania lineage program. FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA: SLIPPERY ROCK HERITAGE ASSOCIATION at Slippery Rock University on Saturday, March 20 Several speakers and vendors. Elissa Powell will lecture about Cemeteries. Reed Powell will be doing an Internet lecture. OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Toledo, OH annual conference April 23, 24, 1999. Registration under the conference tab at www.ogs.org NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Richmond, VA, annual conference, May 12-15, 1999 FEDERATION OF GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES, "Meet Me In St. Louis," St. Louis, MO, annual conference, Aug. 11-14, 1999. If you want a sneak peak at the program, check out the St. Louis site listed under the FGS logo: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostlogs/STINDEX.HTM