THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’sThursday EveningE-News, Edition26 July 2018 |
Curious about the status of your GFO Membership?We’d love to have you as a GFO Member! |
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For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932. For a complete GFO CALENDAR click here. The current Insider newsletter awaits you HERE. |
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VOLUNTEER BLITZ! Can you help?This is an all-hands-on-deck day to get GFO Library’s renumbering project on track. It’ll make the library much easier to use once we are done. The library will be closed all day Wednesday, August 1st, so we can make some stupendously HUGE progress. We will provide beverages and snacks, lunch and laughter and genealogical tidbits throughout the day, completely free! Won’t you join us and bring a friend? Join us and help whip our library into the best shape it’s ever seen! |
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New Microfilm Reader! Many Thanks to the Kidd Family! |
Julie Ann Kidd became a GFO member in 1971, when she was just in high school. We were saddened to learn that she passed away late last year. Since her passing, her family has brought truckload after truckload of books, periodicals, manuscripts, and more as donations for the GFO. This last weekend we had a wonderful surprise: We gained a working microfilm/microfiche reader thanks to the generosity of Ms. Kidd’s continued family donations! Our second reader broke down a couple years back, and we have had no luck finding parts for such an ancient machine. We are indebted to Julie Ann Kidd for her phenomenal dedication to the GFO when she was alive, and we continue to benefit from the generosity of her family to this day. Thank you again to the Kidd family! |
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Help Keep GFO Membership Committee Strong! |
Our Membership Committee needs another wonderful volunteer to help with processing applications for new and renewed memberships. Could this be your calling?? The Membership Committee will provide all the training you could ever want. Skills and experience in excel and data entry is a plus. If you’re interested and able to lend a hand on this committee, please email membership@gfo.org today! |
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Did you hear the news!? For a limited time, GFO members will be able to get a MyHeritage Complete subscription for 50% off the normal price. This is an exclusive offer for the members of FGS-member societies (like GFO) and it’s available through August 15th. We also found the following hot tip: Did you know that MyHeritage lets you upload the data from a DNA test done with other companies (such as FTDNA, Ancestry, 23andMe)? And, the best part is, it’s free! If you are actively exploring DNA matches and also want to research more information, MyHeritage’s uploading service provides trees and sources that US based companies may not have. DNA upload page can be found HERE. |
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SATURDAY, July 28thAdvance DNA Group 9 a.m. – noon Two speakers | Two Handouts Speaker 1: Herb Femling will present a case-study-oriented session to illustrate Advanced Excel tool capabilities and analytical concepts. High-level concepts and topics for leveraging the Data Analytics Power of Excel will include: General Use of Excel in DNA & Genealogy Research, Due to the broad variety of Excel skill levels, this session will not include a step-by-step process for all of examples covered. The emphasis will be on demonstrating how the tools available in Excel can enhance and accelerate your research process. Speaker 2: Tim Janzen will give a presentation entitled “Working with Triangulated Groups.” This presentation will review the best techniques that allow you to create triangulated groups and utilize them optimally to solve genealogical research questions. Handouts: Working with your Triangulated Groups and Excel Analysis Examples Please also download, print, and bring to class the evaluation form which can be found HERE. WEDNESDAY, August 1stGiving Wednesday 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. This is an all-hands-on-deck, all-day volunteer event. And we need YOUR help! All day, this date, we need as many volunteers as possible to help us get our re-cataloging, re-numbering, and re-labeling of our collection back on track. Plus, we’ll provide pastries in the morning and pizza at lunch and dinner. Please come for an hour or more. The library will be closed all day for this work party. We hope to see you! |
