THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’sThursday EveningE-News, Edition8 March 2018 |
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Clocks go one hour forward on Saturday night… |
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Only Three Days Left of GFO’s Open House! |
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Be sure you don’t miss out on all the fun that’s left through this weekend at GFO’s Open House this year. A full schedule with detailed class descriptions is located HERE, or you can also view our online CALENDAR for all the events. FRIDAY, March 9thIntro to Researching your Mexican Ancestors • Google for Genealogists • Making the Most of Your Time (10am – 3:30pm) SATURDAY & SUNDAY, March 10th & 11thDNA! DNA! DNA! DNA! Come on out to learn all you could ever want and more about this amazingly hot topic in genealogy. Saturday: Comparing Three Testing Companies • Y-DNA & mtDNA Basics • atDNA Basics • Organizing Data & Contacting Matches • Dealing with NPEs • Q & A (9am – 5pm) Sunday: Convincing People to Test and Why • Four Autosomal Testing Companies • Case Study Using atDNA • GEDmatch • DNAGEDCOM • Q & A (9am – 5pm) |
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Due to the Open House this week, the GFO Writers’ Forum will meet in a conference room on the main floor of the Ford Building, Room 136. The meeting time is Saturday, March 10th, 1 – 3pm. This is a peer group of genealogists, who meet to learn about writing and to share their writing with each other. Peggy Baldwin facilitates this group and can be reached at peggyrbaldwin@gmail.com. |
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Newest SIG at the GFO – French Canada |
The French Canadian Special Interest Group (SIG) will have its first meeting on Sunday, March 18th, 3:30 – 5pm. Bob LaMarche will be our fearless facilitator. Please check the GFO CALENDAR for updates and more information. We will discuss topics of interest in French Canada as well as Acadian genealogy and history. |
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Join this month’s Genealogy Problem Solvers (GPS) on Saturday, March 17th, 9:30 – 11:30amThis month’s brick wall is the 3rd great grandmother, Anna Rosetta (Halverson) French of one of our members. The only documented fact is her death at age 36, and her marriage to William French in 1812 in Philadelphia. Only her mothers’ first name and married surname are known, and her sea captain father is said to be anything from a Slave Trader to a shipper of Catholics to the Colonies. He is dead before 1800. GPS is a monthly support group where we help each other find information about a family line. We will learn to do a reasonably exhaustive search and develop research plans. The focus will shift depending on the needs of the group. Several experienced researchers have volunteered to help. Beginners and intermediate researchers are encouraged to submit problems to work on. For more information contact Katie Daly at GPS@gfo.org. All of the GFO’s Special Interest Groups are FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC. |
