Hi, Sent to list for your info.. I have been participating in these genealogy chats and find them very interesting... You might want to attend this one... Nelda ----Original Message Follows---- From: LHSCH@aol.com Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:56:56 EDT Thought you'd like to know that next Friday, October 27, at 10:15pm ET David Rencher will be giving a special talk entitled "Using the Irish Resources at the LDS Library." All are welcome.  This is a part of the 2006 Online Genealogy Conference being celebrated from Oct. 1-Oct. 31 at http://www.genealogyforum.org.  If you have any questions about this announcement, please contact GFSLindaH@aol.com, GFSLinC@aol.com or GFSBeth@aol.com.  David's impressive bio follows: David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, is employed by the Family and Church History Department in Salt Lake City where he is the Director of the Records and Information Division. A professional genealogist since 1977, he is an Accredited GenealogistCM with ICAPGenSM in Ireland research and a Certified Genealogist with the Board for Certification of Genealogists. > > David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, is employed by the Family and Church History > Department in Salt Lake City where he is the Director of the Records and > Information Division. A professional genealogist since 1977, he is an Accredited > GenealogistCM with ICAPGenSM in Ireland research and a Certified > GenealogistSM with the Board for Certification of Genealogists. He is the Irish course > coordinator and instructor for the Samford University Institute of > Genealogical and Historical Research (IGHR) in Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from > Brigham Young University in 1980 with a BA in Family and Local History. He is a > past-president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) 1997-2000, > a national genealogical society umbrella organization, a past-president of > the Utah Genealogical Association (UGA) 1993-1995 and a Fellow of that > organization. He is a vice-president of the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU). He is > currently serving as the Chair of the joint Federation of Genealogical > Societies and National Genealogical Society committee for Record Preservation and > Access and serves as a Director for the National Institute of Genealogical > Research Alumni Association (NIGRAA), and Trustee for the Umpstead, Jr. and > Elizabeth Jemima Philpott Rencher and the Winslow Farr, Sr. Family > Organizations. > I have heard comments on him... Very very good comments.... Nelda _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us