THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s
Wednesday Evening
E-News
27 September 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!
For a complete GFO CALENDAR click here.
Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider for October 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).
EXTRA NOTE: We had some mailed _Insider_copies go out labeled as November’s issue. The link above has the corrected version, as November’s issue is still being birthed. Our sincerest apologies for the confusion.
Curious about the status of your GFO Membership?? We’d love to have you as a GFO Member!
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Fall Seminar AND Fall Workshop Open for Registration!
Don’t miss out! We’ve moved the Fall Workshop to the Milwaukie Center!
Oct 14th, 10am to 4:30pm, AND Oct 15th 9:30am – noon at the Milwaukie Center
Those already on the Workshop’s Wait-List will be contacted directly. If you’re not on the wait-list for the Workshop, you better act fast!! Click the Register link below before it’s too late, again!
Did you know genealogy is the second most popular hobby in the United States? Have you also noticed how much hubbub there has been lately about DNA and how DNA can help find missing links, missing parentage, and more?
The GFO’s Fall Seminar has all of these hot topics and more! Registration for Saturday’s Seminar AND for Sunday’s Workshop is open open open. Click HERE to register now.
Download a flyer to share with family, friends, and coworkers.
REGISTER
Research Assistants in the Spotlight to the Rescue!
GFO’s Research Assistants (RA’s) are here for you!
Click HERE to find out all about our wonderful RA’s and their expertise that’s ready and waiting to help you on your family discovery journey.
The article has lots of advise about which RA’s have all the expertise in which specific areas, as well as their normal work schedule at the GFO. This way, you can tailor your visit to the GFO to make the most of your time!
This article is part of our Spotlight features, which come out with each issue of our quarterly Bulletin publication. Backdated articles are located HERE on our website.
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Are You A Superhero Volunteer In Hiding???
1. GFO Bulletin indexing
Attempts have been made over the years to get this project done. But we’ve found we just can’t do it without YOU!!
Our fearless Cathy Lauer and a few others have been working on it for the last year or so. Cathy says she could always use more indexers, but what she REALLY needs right now are proofers.
She’s got several years done already, but she can’t get these posted to online for our patrons and users until volunteers are found to proof them.
2. Research Assistants:
We also need some new people to fill Research Assistant vacancies on a permanent basis. There are openings for all Thursday afternoons from 1-5 p.m. and for the 1st and 4th Sunday afternoons from 12:00-5 p.m. Any help is appreciated. Contact Cathy Lauer at volunteer@gfo.org.
3. Book Label Helpers:
This Sunday’s Work Party will be for all of those in love with labeling! Don’t get left out of the fun. 9am – noon, every Sunday.
Interested? Excited about any of these positions or projects!?! Email Cathy at volunteer@gfo.org.
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GFO’s got a new promotional video!! On YouTube!
Don’t forget to like the GFO on Facebook! We’re goin’ for 1,000 and we’re just at 900!
You can also watch this 5 minute video on Facebook HERE, and then like & share with your friends!
Thanks again to our very own Vince Patton for putting this beautiful video together.
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This Week at the GFO…
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1st
Library Work Party 9am – noon
There’s another work party at the GFO library today for those of you who can come. There’s lots to do and we’d love to have your help. Doors open at 9 and work usually wraps up around noon. Some people come for just an hour or so and you’re welcome to do the same. Any time you can share is valuable. Hope to see you there. Don’t forget, this Sunday’s party is all about book labels!
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2nd
Free First Monday! 9:30am – 5pm
Every single first Monday of each month, you can take FULL advantage of ALL 49,000 resources at the GFO completely FREE! No day-pass or guess-pass or $7 day-fee or membership needed. Come check out all our databases (with our newest edition, GenealogyBank, and a lot of people’s favorite, Newspapers.com), scan and email digital images directly from our microfilm collection (Oregon Donation Land Claims and Foreign Voter Registration records galore), or get lost in the stacks (Northwest Schools Yearbooks, New York Passenger lists, Oregon Trail diaries, oh my!)…don’t miss it!!
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4th
Learn & Chat 10am – noon
Getting the most out of GFO’s website and online catalog. Laurel Smith will demonstrate some tricks to navigating the GFO website. Use it as a tool to bolster your research and see how many new features if offers. Then discover how accessing GFO’s online library catalog can uncover hidden resources and improve your productivity during your GFO Library visits. Facilitated by Jean Quan.
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 questions.