THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Thursday Evening E-News Edition January 17, 2019

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

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Free GFO Library Use for All Federal Workers

Are you a federal worker getting no pay during the government shutdown? You are welcome to come and use the GFO Library FREE as long as this shutdown lasts. You may have extra time on your hands; feel free to come tap all the resources the GFO has to offer, including 50,000 holdings and access to subscription databases that would cost you an arm and a leg at home. Please show your government employment I.D. at our reception desk for free admission.

Spring Seminar Registration Now Open!

You’ve seen him on TV on Oprah’s Roots and Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates. Now come hear him in person for a day and a half of superb genealogy lessons. We are thrilled to be able to bring professional genealogist and Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association Tony Burroughs to Portland for our Spring Seminar April 26th and 27th. In a special promotion, we have cut the usual seminar price in half. It costs just $25 to attend the first day and $15 the second.

Register Now

Important Reminder about FamilySearch

We’re thrilled to be a FamilySearch Affiliate Library now. However, to be able to use FamilySearch at the GFO, you must bring your own login name and password. It’s free. FamilySearch does not charge for this service, but it does require each researcher to use their own login and password to access these additional resources at its Affiliate Libraries.

Board Fills Vacancy

We are delighted to welcome Joyce Grant-Worley to the GFO Board of Directors and sad to say goodbye to Anne Wheeler. Anne has had to step away from her work on GFO’s board for personal reasons. While she’s not able to serve as Director-at-Large any longer, Anne will continue to help our library team, serving indispensably in GFO’s many ongoing projects. We will miss Anne on the board and want to extend our thanks to her for her dedication and hard work. Joyce attends many of the Special Interest Groups and jumped in to lead the new Family Tree Maker Users’ Group. She’s also involved with the Portland Mac Users Group (PMUG) College which is now holding regular Apple computer classes at the GFO. Welcome to the board, Joyce!

Bookstore Feature of the Week: Teddy Roosevelt’s Series

If these books by Teddy Roosevelt were inscribed by the author, they’d be worth $23,000! Alas, they are not. So this set of five can be yours for just $50! Before he was President of the United States, Roosevelt wrote his The Winning of the West series. These are 1905 reprints of his 1889 books, featuring suede-like spines. This set includes Volumes 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 (4 is missing). Titles include The Spread of English Speaking Peoples, In the Current of the Revolution, The War in the North West, St. Clair and Wayne, and Louisiana and Aaron Burr. To buy these books, contact booksales@gfo.org. There are hundreds more historic volumes available in the GFO Bookstore. Also be sure to check our $2 and $10 surplus book shelves at the front of the library.

Find the Story, Write the Story: Half-Day Seminar Join professional genealogist Pam Vestal for a half-day seminar at the GFO on Sunday, February 24th from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Topics: Teasing Out the Hidden Story Behind the Genealogical Facts. Learn to dig deeply into the genealogical details and to breathe life into your ancestors’ stories. How to Write Ancestral Stories Even Your Relatives Will Want to Read. With good research, thoughtful planning, and a dash of ingenuity, you can create engaging genealogical stories designed to entice even seemingly disinterested readers. Register online now!

Bonus Donations to GFO for Magazines Purchased This Month

We’re excited to announce another bonus donation opportunity for Genealogical Forum Of Oregon Inc. Through January 31, 2019, AmazonSmile will donate 15% the purchase price of new print magazine subscriptions. Click here for details. You can help us all year long by shopping from smile.amazon.com after you choose the Genealogical Forum of Oregon to benefit from your purchases. Amazon makes a small donation each time but charges you nothing extra.

This week at GFO …

SUNDAY, January 20th Library Work Party 9 a.m. – 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; others work the full time. You are welcome to do either. Any time you can share is valuable. Hope to see you there. Family Tree Maker for Beginners 1 – 3 p.m. This is a beginners’ class for Family Tree Maker users and for those considering a purchase. It will be repeated on a quarterly basis. French Canada Group 3:30 – 5 p.m. This month’s topic will be our “gateway” ancestor or ancestors, those who were the first to arrive in New France and/or Acadia, and whose ancestral line has come down to us. Also, members will discuss family associations and organizations as reunion and genealogical resources. Come and join this group to learn more about French Canadian ancestry and Acadia. The group leader is Bob LaMarche. Send questions to FrCan@gfo.org. WEDNESDAY, January 23rd Library Open late to 8 p.m.