THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s
Wednesday Evening
E-News
28 June 2017

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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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Click here to Reboot!

The items in the photo are a Southwest Technical Products 6800 computer with 36k of memory, dual mini floppies, a Hazeltine 1500 video terminal, and a Trendata1000 Selectric terminal. The small box on the disk drive is my homebrew 300 baud modem.

Have you noticed? We have some new equipment in the GFO Library!

Thanks to the generous donations of our members and to the savvy smarts of our IT support contacts, GFO now has a new printer to handle all print jobs in our front research area. This purchase is part of GFO’s “Reboot” campaign, going on now. Designed to accelerate the replacement of GFO’s oldest electronic equipment that serves our members and other patrons, the “Reboot” campaign’s goals also include purchase of six new computers. Want to make a donation towards this effort? It’s easy!
With our goal of $3,400, our total is now up to $1870 in donations!!

Send in a check made out to GFO with a note in the memo line “Reboot” to 2505 SE 11th, Suite B-18, Portland, OR 97202.

Give a cash or check donation while at the library, or
Go online HERE to give a safe and secure credit card donation.
Thank you!
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Keep ‘Em Comin’!!!! Callin’ All Researchers!!

We only received two additional answers from researchers this past week, but we still need A LOT of help!!

Click HERE for the latest and greatest as far as the updates we’re getting in on this community-based effort. We don’t want ANYONE’s research time or efforts wasted. Check HERE to make sure you’re not duplicating your efforts!
Submit Additional Research To This Project
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RACE TO RENEW BEFORE JULY 1st!

Membership dues increase each by $1 each year per our rent for our library space. The change occurs every July 1st.

What’s this mean for you!?

It means if you have a membership that is coming due, you want to make sure and renew before this Saturday!
▪ Click HERE to renew straight online.
▪ Click HERE to download a paper form.

Please note, the link to the paper form will change after June 30th. Paper forms postmarked before July 1st will be accepted at the current rate before the change rolls out.
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Canadian Genealogy Article

Dan Levin of The New York Times had a wonderfully inspiring article in the paper this last Sunday, June 25th.

Read numerous personal history stories from Canadians sharing their family’s earliest histories. The article is noted to be in honor of last Saturday’s 150th anniversary of Canada as a nation. The article is also noted to have the goal of giving voice to aboriginal peoples and their histories in the land now called Canada.

Read the full article HERE.
Do you have Canadian roots? Check out the GFO’s French Canadian collection at our catalog HERE.
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FamilySearch Microfilm News – Going Digital

“FamilySearch Digital Records Access Replacing Microfilm”

Over the years, FamilySearch has been working tirelessly to get more and more of its resources available online. And they’ve hit a saturation point!

Given their success in getting microfilms online for immediate use to researchers, FamilySearch announced on June 26th that they will be discontinuing their 80-year-old microfilm distribution service.

The last day for ordering microfilm to be sent to your local FamilySearch center will be August 31, 2017.
Visit HERE to read the whole story.
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This Week at the GFO…

SATURDAY, JULY 1st

German Interest Group 1 – 3pm

Our July Speaker will be Bob Plantz, who will take us on another research adventure! The topic for our July meeting is researching the “Plantz” line in Germany, along with Bob’s wife’s German great-grandfather’s village near Danzig (Polish: Gduńsk), with some wrong turns and some surprises!
SUNDAY, JULY 2nd

Manuscripts Work Party 9am – noon

Explore our manuscript, personal papers and Bible collections while we organize, scan and create finding aids. Drop in at the time that works for you. Questions? Email manuscripts@gfo.org.
MONDAY, JULY 3rd

Free First Monday 9:30am – 5pm

Come out to take a look at our wonderful facilities and collections and online database subscriptions all for FREE this coming Monday! The GFO Library is open to the public for free every first Monday of every single month. Wow!!
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5th

DNA Q&A 1 – 2pm

Lisa McCullough will be available to help answer your DNA questions, whether you are new and just getting started or have more involved que