THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News 10 May 2017

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!

Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider for May 2017, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy HERE. NOTE: The Insider issues are now located under the “Learn” –> “Our Publications” menu at our new website (still gfo.org).

Curious about the status of your GFO Membership?? We’d love to have you as a GFO Member!

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GFO’s May 2017 GenTalk Presents “Vanport” with Zita Podany

Saturday, May 20th, at 2 PM at the GFO!
This is a GenTalk you’re not gonna wanna to miss. Author Zita Podany will be presenting her book Vanport which is part of the Images of America series.

Zita is a longtime Portland resident with a wonderful new perspective on the history of this area that was lost so suddenly to raging flood waters on May 30, 1948.
Remember! All the GFO GenTalks are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC so bring your history-lovin’ friends and family.

The Census Workshop Extraordinaire!

Don’t miss this Half-Day Workshop at the GFO on Sunday, June 4th, from 9:30am to noon.
Can’t you just picture it!? A full morning of learning the full scope of what you can glean from census records, and then with a mind overflowing with knowledge, off you can pop to get a bite to eat at one of the very fine establishments around and/or within the Ford Building before popping back down to the GFO Library for an afternoon of digging through the GFO’s online databases, microfilms, or other analog records to apply all that wonderful information you just acquired.

Join speaker Kate Eakman for this amazing chance to learn all about “DIGGING DEEPER INTO ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, & THE U.S. CENSUS RECORDS”.
Click HERE to register! Don’t forget the Early Bird Special ends after May 15th!!

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OOPS!!!!!! Careful there! Genealogical Obstacle Course Training Begins This Summer

Tips & Tricks Workshop Extravaganza!
What: Research Tips & Tricks to Use + Pitfalls to Avoid
When: Saturday, August 5th, from 9:30 a.m. to noon
Where: GFO Library
Who: Pam Vestal
DON’T FORGET TO SAVE THE DATES WHILE IT’S STILL EARLY!

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GET ‘EM WHILE THEIR HOT!! SIZZLIN’ LINKS IN GENEALOGY THIS WEEK… BCG Offers Free DNA Webinar
The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) will present “MAXY DNA: Correlating mt-at-X-Y DNA with the GPS” by Debbie Parker Wayne, CG, CGL, free to the public at 8:00 p.m. EDT (5 p.m. PDT, 12 midnight GMT), 16 May 2017.
US Holocaust Museum Presents Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933-1945
The Museum has recently announced that they’ve made the first two volumes of their Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933-1945 freely
available on its website HERE.

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Calling all book reviewers!! Don’t let this chance fly by!

We’re got a whole new round of titles and we need your help to review them!
Here’s our most current list of the books we have to be reviewed: 1. Boyle, Joseph Lee. WHITE PENNSYLVANIA RUNAWAYS, 1769-1772. “much addicted to strong drink and swearing”.
2. Ports, Michael A. GEORGIA GENEALOGY RESEARCH. Genealogy at a Glance.
3. Skinner, V.L., Jr. Abstracts of the DEBT BOOKS OF THE PROVINCIAL LAND OFFICE OF MARYLAND, Calvert County. Volume I: Liber 10: 1753, 1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758. Liber 11: 1761, 1761, 1763, 1764.
4. Above. Volume II: Liber 11: 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768. Liber 12: 1769, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1774.

Anyone interested in reviewing one of these books, please either contact Joan or come by the GFO to pick up their book-of-choice from the bookshelf between the two offices and fill out the clipboard form. There is also a book review form on the shelf that can be used. For further information, please contact Joan Galles at bulletin@gfo.com.

If you’re currently reviewing a book, please let Joan know how it’s going and if you have questions!

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This Week at the GFO…

FRIDAY, MAY 12th
Mexican Ancestry Group 11:30am – 1:30pm

Finding your Hispanic ancestors from Mexico, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California!

This new Special Interest Group (SIG) pertains specifically to Mexican ancestors from Mexico and the American Southwest (New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California). Beginning and intermediate researchers are very welcome. Some subjects will include online parish records, Hispanic genealogy societies, Family History Library/FamilySearch.org. Ancestry.com, solving genealogical problems, methodology of organizing your research, etc. Of course this group will also be about sharing our research experiences, and having fun. For questions or comments, please email Vince at sw@gfo.org.

And remember, all GFO SIG’s are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
SATURDAY, MAY 13th
Illinois Group 9:30 – 11:30am

At all the meeting times you will receive handouts and/or work sheets for each topic we cover. We focus on the state of Illinois, but the research techniques can be used on all states. This is the thirteenth year that this group has been meeting. The group leaders are Kristy Gravlin, call 630-621-5166 or email hannah @teleport.com, and Harlene Patterson.

Writers’ Forum 1 – 3pm

This is a peer group of genealogists, who meet to learn about writing and to share our writing with each other. Peggy Baldwin facilitates this group and can be reached at peggyrbaldwin@gmail.com or 503-916-9410.
SUNDAY, MAY 14th
THE GFO WILL BE CLOSED IN HONOR OF MOTHER’S DAY See you again on Monday, May 15th, at 9:30am!
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17th
Learn & Chat 10am – noon

Join us to talk about your genealogy questions and help provide support to others. Facilitated by Jean Quan.

DNA Q&A 1 – 3pm

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.