For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932. We love hearing from you!
For a complete GFO CALENDAR go to www.gfo.org/calendar.htm.
Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at http://www.gfo.org/insider/16-Jan.pdf.
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Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! There’s still time before Jan 31st!
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Take a walk down your ancestors’ memory lane.
Our HOUSE HISTORIES Workshop is filling up and space is becoming scarce, so sign up now!
Click HERE TO REGISTER today. If there are still some seats left the day of the event, we’ll also take registration at the door.
That’s right, this coming Sunday at 9:30 a.m., bright and early, we’ll be hosting Connie Lenzen’s “Discovery Your House History” Workshop at the GFO Library (map).
Connie will be presenting tips and stories on how to research the history behind the walls that surround us in our homes and the other buildings of our daily lives. She’ll be using examples from Multnomah County, but the research advice can be applied in most geographic locations.
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“Ring, ring.” “Hello.” “This is Berlin calling from 1957.”
Berline Directory 1957
The following is a note from Dr. Marc Jarzebowski, explaining his digitization project of West Berlin’s telephone directories from 1957.
“I am glad to be able to inform you that an invaluable source for any family research project with a focus on Berlin/Germany is now available online for the first time, free and without registration.
The directory from 1957 with more than one million addresses in the West Berlin districts on more of 2400 pages was the first of its kind, which appeared after 1943. Therefore this is the first place to look, if you are searching for the whereabouts of individuals or families after the Second World War.”
Start searching today: Berlin Directory 1957 Online
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Trying to choose a genealogical software program? Need to find information on your ancestors from China? NEGHS’s Webinar Archives are now online!
NEHG – Webinars
Click the triple lines icon at the top left-hand corner of each webinar picture to open them in YouTube.
The New England Historic Genealogical Society has recently made available some of its archived webinars to help!
Click HERE TO BROWSE the NEHGS webinar collection.
Whether you’d like information about how to choose the best genealogical software program, or how to go about tracing your Chinese ancestral lines, or how to search through and glean information from newspapers in the online world, these webinars have a plethora of topics. Check it out!
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Sally s Diaries
Transcribed Diaries at “Sally’s Diaries”
Sometimes, letters and personal journals and daily logs can hold some of the most valuable clues to understanding our ancestors and the world they inhabited.
Click HERE TO EXPLORE Ms. Sally MacNamara Ivey’s collections and corresponding transcriptions. And don’t forget to give a look at the one titled “1934 DIARY OF A GANGSTER’S GIRLFRIEND”.
These types of treasures are also what make up a good majority of the GFO’s ever growing Manuscripts Collections, which we are tirelessly continuing to scan and put online for researchers’ use. Click HERE TO BROWSE the recently posted Finding Aid to one of our largest collections, the Corbitt Family History Papers.
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What’s Happening this Week at the GFO?
DNA Group – Saturday, January 30th, 9am – Noon
The DNA Interest Group is facilitated by Emily Aulicino, who can be reached by emailing Aulicino@hevanet.com. Presentations cover all aspects of Genetic Genealogy. Meetings are held at the GFO Library.
Italian Group – Saturday, January 30th, 1pm – 3pm
Ciao to everyone interested in Italian genealogy research. This is a great opportunity to learn, share, and enjoy others with a common interest. Italian genealogy research in the Portland area now has a home. Come join our group. Facilitated by Keith Pyeatt.
HOUSE HISTORIES WORKSHOP – Sunday, January 31st, 9:30am – Noon. Registration at the door is available. Or sign up ahead of time using the form HERE.
First Monday – February 1st, 9:30am – 5pm. This is the day when non-members can visit the GFO Library and research for free! Our research assistants will be pleased as punch to see you.
Learn & Chat – Wednesday, February 3rd, 10am – Noon
Join us to talk about your genealogy questions and help provide support to others. This group is facilitated by Connie Lenzen (that’s right! the House Histories expert too!).
DNA Q&A – Wednesday, February 3rd, 1pm – 2pm
Lisa McCullough leads a discussion on various DNA related subjects, with each meeting focused on a particular subject. General questions are welcome at the end of each planned discussion. Please refer to the GFO Calendar for details.