This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3BC.2ACE/1779 Message Board Post: The Eastside Genealogical Society and the South King County Genealogical Society are jointly sponsoring a one-day genealogy seminar, RootsSearch I, on Saturday, September 7, 2002. The seminar is from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at McKnight Middle School, 1200 Edmonds Avenue NE, Renton, WA 98056. Keynote speaker for the seminar will be George Ott from Heritage Consulting and Services in Salt Lake City. Mr. Ott is a popular speaker at genealogical conferences around the country and is also featured in two segments in the latest production of the PBS acclaimed series, Ancestors. His topics for the seminar include “Military Records”, “Court Records” and “Understanding the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.” Other speakers for the day include Connie and Gerald Lenzen of Portland Oregon, and Char Kibbie of Kent. Connie Lenzen will speak on “Church Records for the Genealogist” and on “Proving a Maternal Line.” Ms. Lenzen is a Certified Genealogical Record Specialist and the winner of the “1995 Award of Excellence” from the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Gerald Lenzen is president of the statewide Genealogical Council of Oregon and has been lecturing on family research for many years. His topic for this seminar will be “Footprints of our Wanderers (America back to Germany)”. Char Kibbie teaches an elective genealogy course for the Kent School District and has been a speaker for several genealogical societies in the state of Washington. Her session, “Genealogical Research for the Neophyte”, will help those who are beginners learn the basic strategies of research. Registration for the conference is $30.00 until Aug 23. Registrations submitted after that date or on the day of the event are $35.00. Box lunches are available for $7.50 for those who pre-register. During the seminar, both societies will offer for sale a broad selection of books and other genealogical materials of interest to family historians and researchers. To register or for more information call Barbara Guyll at 425-746-5603 or Tom Hammond at 253-631-0630 or e-mail Mickey at MickeyMain@msn.com or Barb C at barbc70@attbi.com . See http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskcgs/soccalendar.html "Society Events" for map.