Conferences & Events

450 W Ohio St, Indianapolis, IN
Indiana Historical Society, in partnership with Newspaper Archives, recently announced the availability of more than 2.5 million digitized Indiana newspaper pages, dated 1924 or earlier. Researchers can search newspaper pages by keyword or browse particular issues from more than 760 Indiana newspaper titles from across the state. Come learn more about this incredible project and how to use it in your family history research.

1:00p.m., Our meeting this month will feature Monte Arnold and his life long passsion of working in the publishing industry.  He was editor for the "Shelbyville Times-Gazette" and the "Nashville Banner".  He will speak on "Sharing Your Story".  Everyone has a story!  Mr. Arnold will share his own background and show how you can do the same.  He will present ideas in organizing information, creating and preserving your life, and making your story interesting to others.  Mr. Arnold is an enthusiastic speaker,eager to bring History and Genealogy together into an appealing story.  No charge for this meeting.  Refreshments will be served.  For more information, please visit our website:  www.mtgs.org.

The North Carolina Genealogical Society and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library will present Mr. Lowe who will provide four lectures to inform his audience of genealogical sources frequently overlooked. The lectures are: "Follow a Case Through Court", "Road Crews, Jury Selection, and Daily Court Action: Finding an Ancestor without a Census", "Trails of Daniel Boone and Other Western Travelers", and "Finding Your Landless Ancestors".

Our German Ancestors: When They Came and Went presented by Henry Z Jones, FASG, the 1710 Immigration Historian and publisher of the New York Palatine Series and Ernest Thode, author of German dictionary and address books, plus 5 other special German speakers at Desmond Hotel, Albany, NY June 21-22.  Special events are June 19 bus trip to historic German Mohawk Valley and June 20 NY State Archives-Library research trip.

10:00a.m.–3:30p.m., Beginning Genealogy Workshop.  Topics:  Where to Begin, Organization, Home Sources, Census Records, Population & Non-Population Schedules ( as farm, slave, industrial, and state), Vital, County, Cemetery Records, and Military Records.  Instructors: Virginia Gooch Watson and Martha Orsborn Gerdeman, Genealogists. For Reservations:  Sally Solesby at ssolesby@fiftyforward.org or call 615-743-3400.  CHARGE: $15.00 for FiftyForward Members, $20.00 Non-Members. Price includes lunch.

Are you looking for your German ancestors? If your family was part of the German influx to the St. Louis area, the St. Louis Genealogical Society’s week-long St. Louis Research Institute may help you find your ancestors. The St. Louis Research Institute will be held from the 15th to the 19th of July 2013 and features fourteen lectures focusing on the study of German heritage. Researchers will have access to individual assistance by local experts at St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis County Library, and Missouri History Museum's Library and Research Center. Go to www.stlgs.org for more information and pricing.

1:00p.m., Guest Speaker: Lynda Massey, a native Nashvillian, and Coordinator at the Belle Meade Plantation.  Topic for this meeting: "Finding Your Ancestors thru 19th Century Photography".  During her presentation, she will explain how to identify, date, and care for your photographs.  No charge.  Refreshments served.  For more information please visit our website:  www.mtgs.org.  

Free Workshop on German Genealogical Research
Chillicothe-Ross County Library
140 S. Paint Street, Chillicothe, OH; www.crcpl.org
Featured speaker: Ernest Thode
Agenda: 10 a.m. - Beginning Your German Research
11:15 a.m. - German Migration to America
Pre-registration is not necessary - everyone welcome!

The seminar will featuring Michael Gandy, a renowned British genealogist, whose lectures are both entertaining and informative. For the past ten years, he has been the editor of the magazine of the Society of Genealogists (UK) and is its former chairman. He will present four lectures:

• How English Records Work: What There Is and What There Isn't
• Short Cuts for Family Historians
• Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries &
• English Records for Irish Research

The two-day conference will be held at the Holiday Inn & Conference Center Liverpool, just outside Syracuse.  Speakers include Blaine Bettinger, The Journal of Genetic Genealogy;  Ruth Carr, New York Public Library (retired);  Laura Murphy DeGrazia, cg, fgbs, NYG&B Record; Stefani Evans, CG, NGS; James D. Folts, New York State Archives;  Karen Mauer Green, cg, fgbs, NYG&B Record;  Eric Grundset, Library of the DAR;  Terry Koch-Bostic, NGS;  Michael Leclerc, Mocavo; Joseph Lieby, Palatines to America German Genealogical Society;  Maira Liriano, New York Public Library;  Kathleen Roe, New York State Archives;  Paula Stuart-Warren, CG; and  D. Joshua Taylor, findmypast.com.

Ohio Chapter Palatines to America German Genealogy Annual Fall Seminar, Saturday, October 12, 2013, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Der Dutchman Restaurant, 445 Jefferson Ave., US Route 42, Plain City, Ohio 43064
Featured Speaker: Leslie Albrecht Huber, award winning writer and author

Topics: 300 Years of German Immigration, Jumping Over Hurdles in German Research, Online Resources for German Research, Understanding you German Ancestors

This seminar climaxes German Heritage Week at the Columbus Metropolitan Library and branches with free programs. Come for the week and do research too.

Virginia Genealogical Society (VGS)/Fairfax Genealogical Society (FxGS)  Fall Conference “The Essential Desktop and More”?

Update yourself in online mapping tools, land records, and technical toys and tools by two of our top genealogy experts. Limited space. Register early at www.vgs.org.

Fri., 25 October—Guided research in the Virginia Room, City of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 North Street, Fairfax, Virginia.

Sat., 26 October—Speakers, Pamela Boyer Sayre, cg, cgl and Rick Sayre, cg, cgl; Trinity Presbyterian Church, 651 Dranesville Rd., Herndon, Virginia 20170.

Rick: “The Latest in Online Mapping Tools”
Rick: “The Latest in Land Records”
Pam: “Tech Toys & Tools”

Nov. 8-12, 2013. Association of Personal Historians (APH).
19th Annual Conference, ""Capital Reflections,"" Washington, DC. APH Members from 11 countries, including the USA, are expected to attend. Please visit http://www.personalhistorians.org/conference, or contact Ronda Barrett at 301-395-5989 or conferenceprogram@personalhistorians.org.