Please let me know if you will be coming to our Heritage Scrapbooking interest group on Dec. 6th in the Higgins Room at 1 p.m. Sarah Holmes and Diana Renn will be giving a short presentation on digital scrapbooking. Sarah will talk about Photoshop Elements and Diana will do a presentation on digital scrapbooks that she has made. Afterwards, you can work on your heritage scrapbook, sort your photos, or just get more ideas.
The group is open to all who are interested, but please let me know if you're coming so we can set up enough tables.
Thanks,
Bonnie LaDoe
bladoe@aol.com
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Latest news from the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. Info from the Board of Directors; what's new on the website; what's happening at the library.Saturday, November 28, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Master Genealogist Software Users Group
The Master Genealogist Software Users Group will be having our bimonthly meeting this Saturday. The meeting is in the Higgins room and starts at 9:30 and lasts till about noon.
We will be investigating using "Exhibits" in the program. And as usual, after the main presentation, we'll also discuss any non-related questions that attendees might want to bring up.
If you have the program on your laptop bring it, so you can follow along AND might also find another gem in the program that others have over looked!
This meeting marks the 21st anniversary of our group--no telling what that might stir up.
Anyway, the meeting should prove to be interesting as always. Come hang out at the Forum on a late Fall day. The Irish Group meets in the afternoon so make a day of it!
Roger Ostrom
TMG-SUG Coordinator
We will be investigating using "Exhibits" in the program. And as usual, after the main presentation, we'll also discuss any non-related questions that attendees might want to bring up.
If you have the program on your laptop bring it, so you can follow along AND might also find another gem in the program that others have over looked!
This meeting marks the 21st anniversary of our group--no telling what that might stir up.
Anyway, the meeting should prove to be interesting as always. Come hang out at the Forum on a late Fall day. The Irish Group meets in the afternoon so make a day of it!
Roger Ostrom
TMG-SUG Coordinator
Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon
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Genealogical Forum of Oregon
Program: Heirlooms, Mementos and Genealogy
December 15, 2009
Do you own old household items? Photographs? Letters? Newspaper clippings? Old jewelery?
Do you know to whom they belonged? Toby Blake will discuss how items like these can aid in your research. She is fortunate to have many mementos and heirlooms. She will share some of these items and how they have impacted her research.
Speaker: Toby Forim Blake
Toby Forim Blake received her MA in Jewish History from Baltimore Hebrew University. She served on the Baltimore Community Board of Jewish Women's Archives where she was involved in personal history interviews as well as other phases of the project. She has been a Jewish educator in the classroom, in administration, and for the Baltimore Board of Jewish Education. Currently she is the International Baccalaureate Coordinator for the Primary Years Program at Portland Jewish Academy. Toby has been researching family since the late 1980's.
Where: Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR
When: December 15, 2009
Time: Doors open 6:30pm Program from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Genealogical Forum of Oregon
Program: Heirlooms, Mementos and Genealogy
December 15, 2009
Do you own old household items? Photographs? Letters? Newspaper clippings? Old jewelery?
Do you know to whom they belonged? Toby Blake will discuss how items like these can aid in your research. She is fortunate to have many mementos and heirlooms. She will share some of these items and how they have impacted her research.
Speaker: Toby Forim Blake
Toby Forim Blake received her MA in Jewish History from Baltimore Hebrew University. She served on the Baltimore Community Board of Jewish Women's Archives where she was involved in personal history interviews as well as other phases of the project. She has been a Jewish educator in the classroom, in administration, and for the Baltimore Board of Jewish Education. Currently she is the International Baccalaureate Coordinator for the Primary Years Program at Portland Jewish Academy. Toby has been researching family since the late 1980's.
Where: Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR
When: December 15, 2009
Time: Doors open 6:30pm Program from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
THE GFO'S IRISH INTEREST GROUP MEETS
Hi Everyone,
You are invited to the meeting of the Irish Interest Group on Saturday,
November 21, 2009 from 1 to 3 pm. Higgins Room at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon.
Pattie Morgan will be the speaker at our meeting.
Her topic is the St. Patrick's Battalion (Los San Patricios). This is a unit that fought on the side of Mexico in the Mexican-American War. She may also speak a little about a related subject - Irish immigration to Mexico.
I hope you can join us on Saturday!
Tom O'Brien
You are invited to the meeting of the Irish Interest Group on Saturday,
November 21, 2009 from 1 to 3 pm. Higgins Room at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon.
Pattie Morgan will be the speaker at our meeting.
Her topic is the St. Patrick's Battalion (Los San Patricios). This is a unit that fought on the side of Mexico in the Mexican-American War. She may also speak a little about a related subject - Irish immigration to Mexico.
I hope you can join us on Saturday!
Tom O'Brien
Sunday, November 8, 2009
REMEMBER THE GFO AT TAX TIME
Tax Time Again! Members and friends are encouraged to include the GFO in their planned giving. The forum is a non-profit 501c(3) organization, and the amount of a donation is considered 100% tax deductible. Donations of money should be made payable to The Genealogical Forum of Oregon Inc. You may direct such gifts either to the General Fund or to the Endowment Fund. If undirected, they will be placed in the general fund to address current priorities. Also, the GFO is a qualifying Oregon non-profit of the Cultural Trust of Oregon, which provides additional tax advantages to Oregon residents who donate to the GFO. A matching gift to the Trust is treated as a tax credit. For details, please consult the web site www.culturaltrust.org.
Friday, November 6, 2009
GFO ILLINOIS INTEREST GROUP
On Saturday, November 14th, 2009
the Topic for the Illinois Interest Discussion will be Finding Records that Confirm Death Information.
That means:
when you need to have documents that prove death info, where do you look?
There are at least ELEVEN sources of death information and we¹ll go over the list and be sure that everyone is aware of all eleven.
While we will emphasize where to look for these places in Illinois, the same eleven can be found in any state, so if you think this would be a good discussion for you, please join us!
And/or bring a friend with you.
Just come to the Higgins Room at the GFO on Saturday, November 14th, at 9:30 to 11:30 and join right in.
The leader of the day will be Kristy, here visiting from Illinois.
I hope to see you there, and to get a chance to say hello!
the Topic for the Illinois Interest Discussion will be Finding Records that Confirm Death Information.
That means:
when you need to have documents that prove death info, where do you look?
There are at least ELEVEN sources of death information and we¹ll go over the list and be sure that everyone is aware of all eleven.
While we will emphasize where to look for these places in Illinois, the same eleven can be found in any state, so if you think this would be a good discussion for you, please join us!
And/or bring a friend with you.
Just come to the Higgins Room at the GFO on Saturday, November 14th, at 9:30 to 11:30 and join right in.
The leader of the day will be Kristy, here visiting from Illinois.
I hope to see you there, and to get a chance to say hello!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
GFO WRITERS' FORUM NOVEMBER 14
Hi Writers,
We had October off, so hopefully you used that time to write something! Our next meeting is November 14th, from 11:45 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. We meet the second Saturday of each month.
Everyone is welcome, whether you have participated before or not. This is your chance to get started writing or improve your writing, whether you are writing for yourself, for others, or plan to enter the GFO writing contest this year.
We learn about good writing techniques -- write and read what we write to each other. Without exception, everyone who has participated in this group over the last five years writes better than they did when they started.
This year we are working with Roy Peter Clark's Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer published by Little, Brown and Company in 2006.
Each year we work with a book, but this particular book is making more difference In our writing than any other book we've worked with. We'll be working with Tool 11 Workshop: "Prefer the Simple over the Technical" this Saturday.
Bring your lunch if you would like.
Peggy Peggy Baldwin [peggy.baldwin@family-passages.com]
We had October off, so hopefully you used that time to write something! Our next meeting is November 14th, from 11:45 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. We meet the second Saturday of each month.
Everyone is welcome, whether you have participated before or not. This is your chance to get started writing or improve your writing, whether you are writing for yourself, for others, or plan to enter the GFO writing contest this year.
We learn about good writing techniques -- write and read what we write to each other. Without exception, everyone who has participated in this group over the last five years writes better than they did when they started.
This year we are working with Roy Peter Clark's Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer published by Little, Brown and Company in 2006.
Each year we work with a book, but this particular book is making more difference In our writing than any other book we've worked with. We'll be working with Tool 11 Workshop: "Prefer the Simple over the Technical" this Saturday.
Bring your lunch if you would like.
Peggy Peggy Baldwin [peggy.baldwin@family-passages.com]
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