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01 October 2014

Volunteers are invaluable to our family history community!

I do think some people are superhuman – not that they necessarily have special powers and they do have a seemingly superhuman dedication to helping others!

I was reminded of this when I read Want to learn about your genealogy? A Virginia man compiles area resources in The Washington Post.

Twenty years ago, Harold McClendon offered to help his son with a middle school homework assignment on his ancestors.

Harold hasn’t really ever stopped...

“The appeal to me, I guess, is that I get to meet the people of my past,” Harold said. “If they hadn’t done what they did, I wouldn’t exist.”

... He volunteers to help people with their family history questions. And after becoming involved with the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society (unaffiliated with George Washington’s plantation home), he created Harold’s List, a massive calendar of genealogy-related events taking place across our area.

If you live in VA or nearby, definitely check out his list. Events into summer 2015 are listed.

Do you know of a person like Harold who has selflessly created a resource of great benefit to local genealogists and family historians?

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23 May 2012

Upcoming Events Listed on NGS Events Calendar

With summer, we often have “time” or more interest in our genealogy research and in attending genealogy events ...

Below are a few of the upcoming events listed in the online NGS Events Calendar.

Do you have a genealogical event to publicize? Organizations with a valid subscription to NGS can list their event for free. To learn more about Organizational Subscriptions, go to http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/organizational_subscriptions or click here to submit your event listing today!

14–16 June	Annual Conference, Palatines to America	Indianapolis,Indiana	Title-German Research: Methodology and Technology Speakers; Warren Bittner and Michael John Neill Tour of the Athenaeum, formerly Das Deutsche Haus At Marriott East and adjoining LaQuinta Inn.
22–23 June	Annual Meeting	Buffalo, New York	On June 22 and June 23, 2012 at the Doubletree Club by Hilton, Buffalo Downtown, 125 High Street, Buffalo, New York. The program consists of a Board of Director’s meeting on Friday, June 22 and the annual membership meeting on Saturday, June 23. The annual meeting agenda will include presentations on Gottscheer history and a Genealogy Workshop. The region of Gottschee was a Germanic linguistic island in Slovenia that was first settled in the 1300's and was dissolved in 1941. Gottscheers have emigrated to the United States and Canada since in the 1880's.
14 July	SCCGS Summer Seminar	Belleville,Illinois	American Family History AND German Genealogy: Research for Both Sides of the Atlantic. Our Lady of the Snows Conference Center. Ann Carter Fleming and Carol Whitton present lectures for beginning through advanced family researchers to hone research and writing skills.
20–21 July	Midwestern Roots 2012: Family History and Genealogy Conference	Indianapolis,Indiana	"Where Do You Think You Find It? I N D I A N A P O L I S !" on July 20 and 21, 2012 Pre-conference activities July 19 Speakers include Dick Eastman, Shamele Jordon, J. Mark Lowe, Dan Poffenberger, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, D. Joshua Taylor, Patricia Van Skaik, Curt Witcher and more. The pre-conference activities include a workshop for librarians and volunteers who work with genealogy sources, computer labs, writing workshops, bus tours and other research opportunities. The day concludes with the program, Adventures Behind the Scenes.
11 August	Discovering Your Civil War Ancestors	Akron, Ohio	Join us for the free program "Discovering Your Civil War Ancestors" Saturday, August 11 from 9:30-4:30 in the Akron-Summit County Public Library Auditorium at 60 South High Street, Akron, Ohio. Presenters will be local researcher and reenactor John P. Gurnish and Certified Genealogist Amy Johnson Crow. Presentation topics: Summit County in the Civil War, Researching Ohio Civil War Ancestors, For Benefit of the Soldier: Civil War Fraternal Organizations, Researching Your Civil War Ancestors Online, and State and Local Records for Civil War Research. Free parking in the High-Market deck. To sign-up or for more information, visit the event website.

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01 March 2012

Upcoming Genealogical Events

Here are just a few of the upcoming genealogical events known to NGS.

17 March	Colorado Genealogical Society (CGS) Seminar)	Denver, Colorado	Geoffrey Rasmussen will present four lectures to be held at the Central Denver Public Library. Topics include: Mapping Your Ancestors Electronically, Timelines and Chronologies, Sharing Your Genealogy, and Using Your Genealogy Computer Program More Effectively. He will also speak on Friday evening, March 16, from 7-9 pm at the regular CGS meeting. The Friday evening meeting is free and open to the public. There is a $30 materials fee per person for the all-day seminar.
31 March	Chula Vista Genealogical Society	Bonita, California	“British Isles To America And Migrating West” 8:30 am to 3:30pm
23 March	An Evening With the Ulster Historical Foundation	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	"Explore your Irish origins with Executive Director Fintan Mullan, and Brian Trainor of the Ulster Historical Foundation. The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania is pleased to welcome The Ulster Historical Foundation to the Philadelphia area on Friday, March 23rd, 2012 at the Commodore John Barry Irish Center, 6815 Emlen Street, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvani 19119, 4:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.. The event will be composed of three talks: Introduction to Irish and Scots-Irish Family History Research, The Ulster Plantation: and sources for researching 17th Century Families, and Solving Your Brick Walls (a practical internet tutorial and question and answer session.) GSP Members, $20, Non-Members, $30. For more information and to register, visit http://www.genpa.org.
25 March	Find Your Jewish Roots	Indianapolis, Indiana	JCC of Indianapolis, 6701 Hoover Road, Indianapolis from 2 to 4 p.m. Looking to find your Jewish ancestors? Join Judi Silverman as she shares the sources and websites that can help you on your journey. Learn tips for using census records, passenger arrival records and more to discover the kinds of clues to look for when researching your Jewish roots. Silverman, an active member of the Indianapolis Jewish community, has been researching her Jewish family history for over 15 years."

Want to learn about other upcoming genealogy events? Have an event you want to publicize? Check out the new in 2012 format for the NGS genealogical Events calendar at the NGS website.

It is now presented in a table format that is easier to read and you can scroll quickly down the list to find events of interest. The format, prioritized by date then event and location, will help make sure genealogists don’t miss an event that is important to them. NGS subscriber organizations have an easy-to-use “form” at the website that standardizes the information submitted for the Events Calendar so important details for an event are included in each submission. The online form that subscribing organizations submit can be processed very quickly and the Events Calendar can be updated within days, an advantage to organizations and to our members who want to stay current.

The Events Calendar can be viewed at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/event_calendar.

If you want to publicize your genealogical event and become an NGS subscriber organization, please visit http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/organizational_subscriptions.

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