GENEALOGY RESEARCH LECTURES & WORKSHOPS The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania 2207 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 215.545.0391 Fall 2010 Lecture & Workshop Schedule Please visit www.genpa.org for registration information Saturday, October 30th - 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM & 12:30 - 1:30 PM, Lecture: Tracking Pennsylvania Ancestors: Keys to Successful Research, with Kay Haviland Freilich, Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer For more than three centuries our ancestors have lived and created records in Pennsylvania. Learn the keys to finding those records, including the commonwealth history, boundary changes over the years, types of government offices, ethnic and religious groups, and research repositories. Please note: After a brief lunch break Kay will be available to registrants from 12:30 - 1:30 PM for an informal discussion about researching your Pennsylvania ancestors. If you have a stubborn Pennsylvania research problem this could be the time - and the person - to help get the problem resolved. Tuesday, November 9th - 12:30 - 2:30 PM, Workshop: Vagrants, Truants & Abandoned Privies: Unusual Record Collections of the Philadelphia City Archives, with Anita Sheahan Coraluzzi, GSP Project Manager [Laptop required for online research.] The Philadelphia City Archives [PCA] houses far more than birth, marriage and death records. This workshop explores the more unusual record collections stored at the archives, and the relevance these collections may have to your family research. We will also discuss visiting the PCA to view the records, online access and alternate research strategies for locating some of the PCA record collections. Thursday, November 18th - 1:00 - 2:00 PM, Lecture: No Good Deed Goes Unrewarded, with Susan S. Koelble, Certified Genealogist SM and Professional Philadelphia Researcher The Recorder of Deeds Office maintains more than just land transfer records. This lecture will guide the genealogist through these records helping them to find those morsels of information that can add so much to their family history. Genealogists will learn information on locating grantor/grantee records and discuss additional material found in the Recorder of Deeds Office such as Registry Jackets, Sheriff Deeds and Miscellaneous books. Thursday, December 9th - 12:30 - 2:00 PM, Lecture: Understanding and Interpreting 19th-Century Philadelphia Naturalizations, with Jefferson M. Moak, archivist for the Philadelphia City Archives 1987 -2000, and presently with the National Archives & Records Administration, Mid-Atlantic Region There were 10 local, state and federal courts at one time or another in Philadelphia that conducted naturalization ceremonies. The forms used among those courts were not standardized, and the data included thereon often needs interpretation to produce the most information. This lecture will delve into the ways of interpreting the various declarations and petitions filed in all 10 Philadelphia courts from 1790 to 1906.