The events below are in chronological order and may be near you if are live, or plan to visit: western PA Cleveland, OH St. Louis, MO or Cape Cod, MA The National Conferences may also have a syllabus for purchase if you can't make the conference dates. Please contact the sponsor. Tuesday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m., Westmoreland Historical Society, Greensburg, PA will have Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS speak on "Sailing into the Sunset: Tips on Finding Your Ancestor's Passenger List." Free and open to the public. Contact them at (724) 836-1800 or www.starofthewest.org. Wednesday, October 8 at 7 p.m., Erie County, PA Blasco Public Library will have Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS give the lecture "Sailing into the Sunset: Tips on Finding Your Ancestor's Passenger List." Free and open to the public. For more information contact <ajoslin@erielibrary.org> or www.ecls.lib.pa.us. Saturday, Oct. 11, 2003, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Individual one-on-one 15-minute consultations with experts available at the Gene-O-Rama sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society and the African American Historical and Genealogical Society at the Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. (For directions see http://www.soldiersandsailorshall.org/directions.html.) Featured expert stations include topics on how to begin, Computers, census, immigration, military, church records, various ethnic groups, and much more. There will be educational activities for children, so bring the entire family. A $3/adult donation to Soldiers & Sailors is appreciated. For more information see www.WPGS.org or contact <mdragan@cobweb.net>. Wednesday, October 15 at 7 p.m., Northern Tier Library, Gibsonia, PA will have Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS present a colorful slide lecture about how to find and read tombstones called "Messages from the Grave: Listening to Your Ancestor's Tombstone." Free and open to the public. Reservations requested. For more information Contact the Library at 724-449-2665 or www.einetwork.net/ein/richland. Saturday, October 18, Tarentum Genealogy Society all-day seminar at the Clarion Hotel, on Tarentum-New Kensington Bridge Road, Tarentum, PA. This year the speakers are Janet McFarland, Jay Speyerer, Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS, and Mickey Cendrowski. A hot lunch, and plenty of time to visit the vendors tables are available. For more information contact Barb Diller <badiller@bellatlantic.net>. Saturday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. Cranberry Genealogical Club, Cranberry Township, PA. Subject to be announced. Contact Kara at <gordonkara@zoominternet.net>. Tuesday, October 21, 7 p.m. North Hills Genealogists at McKnight Methodist Church across from North Hills Village on McKnight Road, Pittsburgh. Joe Bullick, official historian for the North Allegheny School District, and Debbie Rabold, chair of the Franklin Park Historical Committee, will share with us what they are doing to preserve the history of their areas in the North Hills. Please Note: NEW LOCATION for this group that had been meeting at Northland Public Library. For more information, pioneerbook@juno.com or www.NorthHillsGenealogists.org for map. Sunday, October 26, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. at Community College of Allegheny County, North Campus on Rt. 19 near Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, PA. Genealogy On-Line: A 6-week genealogy class will be held to explore Genealogy and Computers. This class is good for those who have experience in genealogy but want to know more about the Internet, software programs, CD-Roms, etc. in connection with conducting genealogical research. Contact CCAC at 724-325-6643 or register on-line at www.ccac.edu. There is no surcharge for residents outside of Allegheny county. Saturday November 8, 2003, 9 a.m.: NEOCAG (North East Ohio Computer-Aided Genealogy) held at St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church, 435 SOM Center Road, Mayfield Village, Ohio will have a presentation on "Evaluating Sources on the Internet" by Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS who wrote an article on this in the lastes issue of "Genealogical Computing." Primary and secondary information found on original and derivative sources will be discussed, as well as where to find original sources on the Internet and how to evaluate them. The meeting is free and open to the public. Questions and directions can be directed to Brent Morgan, MorgaBD@msn.com or http://neocag.net/ November 6 through 9, 2003, NEW ENGLAND – AMERICA'S MELTING POT - New England Regional Genealogical Conference, Sea Crest Resort and Conference Center,Old Silver Beach on Cape Cod, 350 Quaker Road, North Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts 02556-2943. The seventh New England Regional Genealogical Conference will be held on the shore of beautiful Buzzards Bay in North Falmouth, Massachusetts. The conference focus will be the immigration of diverse ethnic and racial groups into and out of New England since The Great Migration, their settlement, lives, and activities in New England, and the heterogeneous society they helped create there. WWW: www.rootsweb.com/~manergc/index.htm Tuesday, November 18, 7 p.m. North Hills Genealogists at McKnight Methodist Church, Braunlich Road, across from North Hills Village on McKnight Road, Pittsburgh. "Civil War Genealogy" Presenter: Brent Morgan of Richmond Heights, OH. Also planned is an updated report on the location and availability of military records and resources formerly a part of the library at Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial Hall, Oakland. Please Note: NEW LOCATION for this group that had been meeting at Northland Public Library. For more information, pioneerbook@juno.com or www.NorthHillsGenealogists.org for map. Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 22-24, 2004, GENTECH 2004 in St. Louis, Missouri sponsored by The National Genealogical Society and the St. Louis Genealogical Society. This conference concentrates on genealogy and technology. Registrations and hotel reservations are being taken now. Early bird discount until December 1, 2003. For a full program including Librarians' Day and other workshops, list of exhibitors, and highlights of the conference, go to www.ngsgenealogy.org or http://stlgs.org/gentech2004.