HelPeR - BYU Idaho Special Collections and Family History

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Over 20 genealogical materials
vendors and exhibitors will also
be present for attendees browsing
and assistance. For more information,
see: www.sbags.org or email:
WHMinish@aol.com.
March 14, 2009—
New Bern, North Carolina
Craig Roberts Scott, CG, will provide
a four-part workshop “Overcoming
Brick Walls.” The talks
include: Service Not Found: Finding
Your Ancestor in the Military;
Maiden Name Not Found: Finding
Your Female Ancestors; Land
Not Found: Finding Your Ancestor
on the Ground; and Where Oh
Where: Using the Internet to Solve
Brick Wall Problems. This workshop,
to be held at the Broad Street
Christian Church, New Bern, is
cosponsored by the North Carolina
Genealogical Society and the
Craven County Genealogical Society.
For more information, see:
www.ncgenealogy.org.
March 21, 2009—
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
The Village Genealogical Society
is sponsoring their “2009 Spring
Family History Workshop” featuring
Michael John Neill, M.S. Topics
of the all day workshop will
be “Researching the Entire Family,”
“Problem Solving Applied
to Genealogy,” “I Found it; Now
What,” and “Tried and Tested
Tidbits.” Workshop hours are 9:00
a.m.-3:30 p.m. Registration fee $35.
For registration form and details,
please call Jeanette Frahm at 501-
922-9220, e-mail J44F65@yahoo.
com or visit http://pages.sudden
link.net/hsvgs/.
March 21, 2009—
Houston, Texas
The Houston Genealogical Forum
will present “Antebellum Military
Records” with Craig Scott as
speaker. For more information see:
www.hgftx.org or send an e-mail
to: programs@hgftx.org.
March 27-28, 2009—
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The Ottawa Branch of the Ontario
Genealogical Society and the Ottawa
Public Library will present
their 26th Gene-O-Rama at the Ben
Franklin Place, 101 Centrepoint
Dr. The Gene-O-Rama will include
Marketplace, Internet Search
Room: free Internet searching of
library resources, including Ancestry.com
(provided courtesy of
the Ottawa Public Library) Computer
Demonstration Room with
informal access to CD collections,
databases, and genealogy software
packages. Assistance will be
available in all computer rooms.
For more information, see: www.
ogsottawa.on.ca/geneorama/.
March 28, 2009—
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical
Society will sponsor their
2009 Spring Conference, featuring
Paula Stuart-Warren. Topics will
be “NUCMC & Its Cousin: Keys
to “Lost Ancestral Records;” “Tho’
They Were Poor, They May Have
Been Rich in Records;” “Organizing
Your Genealogical Materials;”
and Finding Ancestral Places of
Origins.” The hours will be from
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more
information, see: www.rootsweb.
ancestry.com/~mikvgs/spring
conference.html.
March 28, 2009—
Virginia Beach, Virginia
The Virginia Beach Genealogical
Society is sponsoring their
2009 annual conference, WHO &
WHAT: TELL ME ABOUT IT©,
featuring John Philip Colletta,
Ph. D. John is speaking on four
topics: “Lesser-Used Federal Records,”
“Libraries, Archives, &
Public Records Offices: Understanding
Resource Repositories,”
“Effective Interviewing,”
and “Turning Biographical Facts
into Real-Life Events: How to
Build Historical Context.” The
program will be held at the Virginia
Beach Central Library, 4100
Virginia Beach Blvd. Map: ht t p://
tinyurl.com/2bpv84. Doors open
at 8:30 a.m. Colletta starts at 8:55
a.m. and runs until 4:30 p.m. The
venue closes at 5 p.m. See: www.
genealogyjohn.com; and ht t p://
www.rootsweb.com/~vavbgs/ for
TELL ME ABOUT IT©, exhibitors,
VBGS and offerings.
Early Registration is recommended.
Please reserve your spot
by sending $35/$40* today with
Registration Form to VBGS 2009
Annual Conference, PO Box 62901,
Virginia Beach, VA 23466-2901,
well before late date of March 16,
2009*. VBGS members pay $35*
and benefit yearlong from our ongoing
classes, excellent speakers,
& newsletters, not to mention the
added goods we provide for our
members. Nonmembers pay $40*.
And we invite you to join VBGS.
Late & at-the-door registrations
add $5*. Registration, membership
forms, and details at www.
rootsweb.com/~vavbgs/. A number
of restaurants and fast food
places are near. Lighter snacks
and drinks are available throughout
the day. Brown bag your lunch
and use your saved time with exhibitors
and vendors. Contact:
VBGS http://www.rootsweb.com/
~vavbgs—information posts as
available. J. B. Wright 757-495-0672
or Jwright73@cox.net.
April 2-5, 2009—
Huron, Ohio
The Ohio Genealogical Society
will sponsor their 50th anniversary
conference at the Sawmill
Creek Resort and Convention
Center, 400 Sawmill Creek. It is
entitled: “Digging for Gold: Finding
our Family Nuggets.” For more
information, see: www.ogs.org/
conference2009/.
April 3-4, 2009—
Middleton, Wisconsin
The Wisconsin State Genealogical
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