GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Thursday Evening E-News

by Charles Hansen

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s

Thursday Evening

E-News, Edition

5 July 2018

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Fall Seminar 2018

This is a two-day event. Register for one day or for both days.

You can register and pay online, or download the registration form and send in payment. Note: Your registration is not complete until we receive payment. If the workshop is sold out before we receive your payment, you will be put on a waiting list.

Saturday Full-Day Seminar:

Milwaukie Center, 5440 SE Kellogg Creek Drive, Milwaukie, Oregon

Saturday, November 3rd, 10am to 4:30pm

Sunday Half-Day Seminar:

GFO Library, Sunday, November 4th, 9:30am – noon

Will move to larger venue if necessary.
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Dear GFO Members, Volunteers, and Guest Patrons!

We’re happy to introduce to you our 2018-2019 Board of Directors.

Front, left-to-right: Jane McGarvin, Loretta Welsh, Cathy Lauer, Sharyle Kingston.
Middle: Anne Wheeler, Bonnie Randolph, LauraDenise White.
Back: Vince Patton, Richard Crockett, Laurel Smith, Geoff Smith.
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Featuring five DNA presentations, three Irish genealogy presentations, four renowned speakers (including Blaine Bettinger, Cyndi Ingle, Dr. Maurice Gleeson and Wayne Shepheard), and more!

WHAT: A full day conference in Seattle the day before the 14th Unlock the Past genealogy cruise.
WHERE: Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Ave, Seattle, WA
WHEN: Thursday, September 6th, 9am – 5pm

Click HERE to book your tickets!
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Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) recently worked with the Oregon State University (OSU) Special Collections and Archives crew to gather key material for episode 3 of season 12 in OPB’s historical series Oregon Experience.

Watch the full episode HERE.

Way to go, OSU’s Special Collections and Archives staff! Thanks for continuing to showcase and preserve our cultural history.
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SATURDAY, July 7th

German Research, Half-Day Seminar 9:30am – noon

Presenter: Fritz Juengling, PhD, AG®
Registration: HERE

Meyers Gazetteer
Now online, indexed and fully searchable! In this lecture, you will learn the history of the project, and be taken through the site using one town as a case study. You will also learn how other, less well known features can help the researcher with research.

German Church & Civil Records
Learn how to read the old records. This class will detail the strategies that the experts use when reading old records. With a few tricks, some work and perseverance, a person can unlock these old records.

German Group 1 – 3pm

This meeting, we’ll be exploring websites for German research! The German Interest Group was formed in the spring of 2011. It is intended to be a source of information and inspiration for anyone with German speaking ancestors. One goal is to provide information on a variety of topics related to Germanic history and migration. We also will provide time for members to share their research journeys and connect with others who may be researching the same region or time period.

SUNDAY, July 8th

Library Work Party 9am – Noon

Please Help! Handling a huge donation recently put us behind with our ongoing relabeling project. You can help us get back on track. Please join us for our work party at the GFO library. There’s lots to do and we’d love to have your help. Doors open at 9am, and work usually wraps up around noon. Some people come for just an hour or so; others work the full time. You are welcome to do either. Any time you can share is valuable. Hope to see you there!

TUESDAY, July 10th

Board Meeting 6:10 – 8:10pm

This meeting is open to members, volunteers, and the general public. Come see what makes GFO run so smoothly! Or, come help add to the discussion of what we can do to make it run even better.