Sharon, Larry Oliver will be posting material left by the speaker (including the hand-out) to our web page. He is in the process of changing our webpage address, so give him a few days. I'm not sure which one it will be on. The new web site will be www.etgs.org/ Thanks. June ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillipsgato" <phillipsgato@aol.com> To: <tx-etgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [TX-ETGS] 8th Annual Family History Fair > IAM SORRY I CAN NOT ATTEND, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO JOIN YOU, I HOPE YOU > WILL HAVE A GOOD TURN OUT. > I AM CHECKING TO SEE IT THERE WILL BE HANDOUT TO SEND OR PUT ON THE > WEBSITE TO DOWN LOAD. > ALL THREE SESSIONS ARE ONES I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ATTEND. > IF THERE WILL BE DOWNLOADS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. IF NOT I WOULD BE WILLING > TO SEND MONEY TO MAIL THEM. > THANKS, SHARON PHILLIPS, BAYTOWN, TEXAS > > > > In a message dated 04/10/08 13:31:14 Central Daylight Time, > everheart@suddenlink.net writes: > FREE – 8th ANNUAL FAMILY HISTORY FAIR > > > > The East Texas Genealogical Society and the Tyler Family History Center > will hold their 8th Annual Genealogical Seminar on Saturday, April 12, > 2008, at the Family History Center, 1617 Shiloh Road in Tyler. > Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the first session scheduled for > 9:00 a.m. All of the sessions are free, and pre-registration is not > required. Rich Kinnunen, Assistant Family History Director for the > Carrollton Texas Family History Center, will be the keynote speaker. > > > > Mr. Kinnunen has been tracking down his ancestors for over twenty years. > Although they did not arrive in the United States until 1865, his > ancestors were living in Quebec, Canada as early as 1620. His ancestor > lines reach back to Canada, England, France, Holland, Germany, and the > United States. Mr. Kinnunen has taught genealogy workshops throughout > North Texas the past ten years. > > > > The seminar will include three morning sessions beginning at 9:00 a.m. and > ending at 12:45 p.m. Immediately following the third session, a free > lunch will be served. > > > > The three training sessions will include: > > > > Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows XP. Learn to create slideshows using > your digital photos. With a single click, you can touch-up, crop, or > rotate pictures. Add stunning special effects, sound tracts, and your own > voice narration to your photo stories in an e-mail. Then personalize them > with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy to send your > photo stories in an e-mail, and you can watch them on your TV, a computer, > or a Windows Mobile-based portable device. This is a FREE program from > Microsoft. > > > > Grilling Granny. The second session covers the basics of getting started > with your Family History. How to interview family members and to record > the data will be discussed. Other topics include discussion of Pedigree > Charts, Family Group Sheets, Family History Software, and Internet > Genealogy. > > > > The Paperless Genealogist. The technology available today will be explored > as well as how it can help the genealogist record his family history. > The best methods of preserving an individual’s family history will be > identified – and the conclusions may surprise you! > > > > Students and visitors are cordially invited to take a tour of the Family > History Center and visit the Display Tables during the lunch break. > > > > The Family History Fair including lunch is free and open to the public. > For questions, please contact: Beverly Odom (903)723-0576, Sam Kidd > (903)839-8483, or June Everheart (903)-877-4501. Email: > TylerFamHist@aol.com, samkiddjr@aol.com, Everheart@suddenlink.net. For > more information about ETGS go to our web-site: www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message