HERITAGE SCRAPBOOKING SUNDAY 12/5/10

Although I will not be joining you this time, Judi Scott has consented to being your leader. Please plan to join her from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Higgins Room and get some of those heritage photos into your album (or get some digital pages done). If you wish to come, please contact Judi at rb5522@aol.com.

And I hope to see you all again on the 2nd Sunday in January (changed from the 1st Sunday because of the holiday).

Regards,
Bonnie LaDoe

Master Genealogist Users' Group

The Master Genealogist Software Users Group will be having their bi-monthly meeting this Saturday November 20th in the Higgins room starting at 9:30 and going till noon. We will be discussing DNA data and how to enter that information into the program. We will also take a look at "Skype", the program that allows people to communicate via voice and video over the Internet. And as usual, we will probably discuss spontaneous questions from attendees.

If you use the program or if you're curious about it please attend. All are welcome.

Roger Ostrom
TMG-SUG Coordinator

GFO WRITERS' FORUM SATURDAY 13th

Hello Aspiring Writers,

The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, November 13th, 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 six 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 16 Workshop: "Riff on the Creative Language of Others"
this Saturday.

Bring your lunch if you would like.

Peggy

A Strong Suggestion During the Holidays

The latest Office Depot quarterly reward/refund was $179.00 and the August 2010 Amazon rebate was for $21.29. With the holidays approaching, remember to access Amazon through our website and earn the GFO a 4% rebate on your purchase!

Jeanette Hopkins

GFO IRISH INTEREST GROUP

Hi,
This is a reminder that the Saturday November 20th Irish Interest group meeting will not met, instead everyone is invited to attend the Milwaukie Stake Family History Fair. It is located at 8331 SE Cason Road, Gladstone, Oregon. Saturday November 20, 2010, 9:00 am (8:00 am registration ) to 3:10 pm. All are invited - no charge - light lunch provided.
Classes will be listed online at : http://milwaukiestakefhc.blogspot.com
Please pre register at the above web site.

Suzannw Lemon

GFO ILLINOIS INTEREST GROUP

November 13th is the next Illinois Interest Group Meeting... (9:30-11:30 in the Higgins Room) And this time we will have a ³show and tell² event.

I¹m counting on you to bring something that would make a nice genealogy gift for someone. (Not to give them that day...just to show them what could be
done.)

No, you don¹t have to create it between now and then...
You could bring something you have already made, or someone made for you.
You could bring a small sample of something you could make.
You could think of just the right thing.
Visuals are better for show and tell tho.

One of our friends is going to bring the quilted wall hanging she made for her father¹s 90th birthday.

One of our friends will bring a photo...or a pedigree chart...or a family group sheet...that shows what you could do easily. (Well, fairly easily.)

One of our friends in Illinois will send a sample of book pages that you could make.

You could bring your version of the above...because they will not be the same. Several different ones would help people see the possibilities. Or you could bring something else entirely.

We all have different ³artsy² skills...even if it is being able to take a document to Kinkos for copying.

Maybe you can write a poem, or a song.

Maybe you can sew, or knit, or crochet.

Maybe you can draw or paint.

Maybe you can tell stories of the past.

If we all bring something in that we have given to someone that we wanted to share our genealogy with...
or that we think we¹d like to give sometime...
We can have a great show and tell day.

We¹ll have fun sharing our things...and you will go home with some new ideas.
But we all have to contribute something if it¹s going to work. What can you bring?

Are you understanding the premise here? If not write and ask me and we¹ll talk about it.

It will be a day worth coming for...and if you can make it related to your Illinois folks, so much the better!

I hope someone will write down about what¹s there so that I can know too...
Kristy

NO IRISH INTEREST GROUP MEETING IN NOVWMBER

NOTE The Irish Interest Group will not meet on November 20th as originally scheduled but recommends attending the Free
Family History Fair at the Milwaukie Family History Center, 8331Cason Road in Gladstone, OR 503 -722-8766
The e hours are: 9:00 a.m. –3:00 p.m.
Registration is at 8:00 a.m.
Preregistration is requested
With Light Lunch Provided

GFO ILLINOIS INTEREST GROUP 10/09/10

The Illinois Interest group has not had a "history of this place" topic in quite a while so this Saturday we will learn all about Galena, Illinois.

Begun 'way before the northern 2/3 of the state, Galena was first an area Native Americans found valuable. Then settlers discovered it and moved in too.

It's in the northern/western corner of the state in an area that belies the flat-land reputation of most of Illinois.

Come and learn
......what made Galena famous.
......who made Galena famous.
......what president counted Galena as his home.
......why Galena was settled so early.
......and why you should pay it a visit sometime.
......Plus much, much more.

It had an effect on our ancestors who were in the state at one time or another.

All Illinois Interest members, and anyone else who would be interested in Genealogy in Illinois, or who are history buffs, are encouraged to join the group for this program.

9:30 to 11:30 am...The Higgins Room at the GFO Library...
on Saturday the 9th of October

I'll be there!...and hoping to see you!
Kristy

GFO Heritage Scrapbooking

We are continuing with our Heritage Scrapbooking group on Sunday, October 3rd, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Higgins Room at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. We are devoting all our time this month to working on our albums (or getting those heritage photos sorted and identified). Please feel free to join us to either work on your album or to just gather ideas from others in the group. As always, tools and some papers will be available for your use.

Let me know if you'd like to come so we will have enough table set up to accommodate the group.

Hope to see you on Oct. 3rd.
Regards,
Bonnie LaDoe

GFO IIRISH INTEREST GROUP SEPTEMBER

Hi,
This is a reminder that the Genealogical Forum of Oregon's Irish Interest Group meeting will be on Saturday September 18th from 1-3pm at the GFO in the Huggins room.
Harlene Patterson will be speaking on the topic of Research Methodology.
Hope to see you there.

ILLINOIS GROUP, SATURDAY 9/11

Have you given any thought
to what you¹re going to do with your life
after Summer Vacation?

Start off by coming to Illinois Interest
on Saturday, September 11th,
9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

And bring with you the story of
³What I Did on My Summer Vacation²

The program for the day will be presented by all the genealogists in the room as we share the stories of our summer research and what we discovered...
or what we learned...
or what we tripped upon by accident...
or what we tried to find out but couldn¹t...
or even what we did instead of genealogy!

You cannot go wrong ‹ no matter the topic you choose to share.

Kristy is writing in about life in Illinois...
including a visit from an Illinois Interest member!
Harlene is preparing to share some of the things she learned about during the summer...things you¹ll want to know about.

Bring your own story of the summer¹s excitements
and share them with friends.

Let¹s kick the new Œschool year¹ off
with a big crowd at the September meeting!

BRING A SACK LUNCH...OR RUN OUT TO EAT...
and then return for Connie Lenzen's program on Google.
You will be surprised by what you can make that search engine find!!

HERITAGE SCAPBOOKING, SUNDAY 9/12

We're beginning a new season of Heritage Scrapbooking at the GFO on Sunday Sept. 12 in the Higgins Room. Our new hours are from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Subsequent meetings will be on the 1st Sunday of each month through May 2011.

The focus of our group is to get our heritage photos into a safe and family friendly environment, be it in a paper album, or a digital album using scanned photos. By combining our family photos with genealogy and family history records, we can leave our descendants a wonderful legacy - and have fun doing it!

Please let me know if you'd like to join us.

Regards,
Bonnie LaDoe

WRITERS' FORUM SATURDAY, SEPT.11,2010

Hello Aspiring Writers,

Believe it or not, it's time again!

The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, September 11th, 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 six 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 15 Workshop: "Pay Attention to Names" this Saturday.

Bring your lunch if you would like.

Peggy

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HERITAGE SCRAPBOOKING INTEREST GROUP

SEPTEMBER MEETING DATE CHANGE

Due to the Labor Day weekend, the Heritage Scrapbooking meeting will change to September 12th, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

79th Annual Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu

http://www.wngga.org/wngga/wngga_hm.html

The 79th Annual Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu
2 September - 5 September, 2010
Portland Oregon
at the Portland DoubleTree Hotel Lloyd Center


Don't miss this opportunity for fellowship and Welsh culture in the Pacific Northwest!
Our daytime programming will feature four days of interesting and informative seminars,
workshops, concerts & much more. Our hosts this year are the Welsh Society of Portland Oregon.
Please be patient with our website, we will be adding to the NAFOW Festival Program as it progresses. Please return for updates as events develop.

GFO "Moving Ahead"

We are getting closer to certainty in our plans to relocate GFO operations. At its meeting of July 13, the GFO Board approved the following calendar to govern our strategy.

October 1 – Committee begins property search
January – Approximate time of offer by TriMet to purchase current building
April 30 – Completion of property selection and lease process, and selection of a moving company
May-June – Completion of modifications and preparation of new facility
July 1 – Carry out the move

Oregon Historical Society

The Oregon Historical Society will be having a book sale, of duplicate items and out of scope for their collection on Sunday August 1, 2010

Most items will be priced from $1-5.



Sam Butler

July 29th Tualatin Family History Conference

Website for the Tualatin Family History Genealogy Conference on July 29, 2010 from 1-9.


Sue LeBlanc

TUALATIN FAMILY HISTORY CENTER

Tualatin Family History Genealogy Conference Thursday, July 29, 2010 at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Tualatin Oregon Stake Center
22284 SW Grahams Ferry Road, Tualatin, OR 97062

Plan to attend a genealogy family history conference with
local and nationally-recognized speakers.
A special opportunity to increase your genealogy knowledge & skills.
No charge - All are invited.
1:00 to 4:45 pm Afternoon Session
1:00 to 1:15 pm – Welcome & Introduction - by Kenneth Stevens
1:15 to 2:00 pm - Writing a Family History Your Children Will Enjoy - by Susan LeBlanc
2:15 to 3:00 pm - How to Easily Publish Your Family History with Complete
Source Documentation Using RootsMagic 4 - by Bruce Buzbee
3:15 to 4:00 pm - Making New FamilySearch Easy with RootsMagic 4 - by Bruce Buzbee
4:15 to 4:45 pm - The Oregon DAR Files & Index at the Tualatin Family
History Center, over 400,000 indexed names - by Kenneth Stevens.
4:45 to 6:00 pm - Dinner Break (on own)
6:00 to 9:00 pm Evening Session
6:00 to 6:45 pm - Timelines and Mapping: Secrets of Genealogical Success using the Latest Software and Internet Sites - by Geoff Rasmussen 7:00 to 7:45 pm - Organizing, Planning, Mapping, Sourcing, Charting, and Sharing with Legacy Family Tree - by Geoff Rasmussen 8:00 to 8:45 pm - New FamilySearch Cleanup Strategies - by Geoff Rasmussen.
8:45 to 9:00 pm – Conclusion – by Kenneth Stevens
Speakers:
Susan LeBlanc - of Gladstone, OR, 35-year experience as genealogist, prominent genealogy researcher and speaker, Bachelors degree in Genealogy from BYU.
Bruce Buzbee – Founder & President of RootsMagic, author of RootsMagic genealogy software, Federation of Genealogical Societies board member, webmaster of Family-Reunion.com.
Kenneth Stevens – of Sherwood, Tualatin Oregon Stake Family History Center Director.
Geoffrey Rasmussen – Bachelors degree in Genealogy from BYU. Professional genealogist for Legacy, author of Legacy News, raised in Sherwood, OR.

Contact Kenneth Stevens for further information.
_kenneth.r.stevens@verizon.net_ (mailto:kenneth.r.stevens@verizon.net)
503-625-5044

GFO NEWS OF LONG FIR CEMETERY

News of a coming event from one of our new partners--Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery.
In the future we will be promoting some of their events of interest in the newsletter and via other means. LYLETH WINTHER, GFO PRES.

TWILIGHT HERITAGE CELEBRATION
Saturday, July 24, 2010 from 6:00pm-10:30pm
Bring a picnic and a blanket and come enjoy this 30 acre arboretum in the heart of SE Portland while learning about the City of Portland Urban Forestry program and the Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery . Visit the three heritage trees being dedicated by Commissioner Fish: the lone Douglas fir for which the cemetery was named, the General Lane maple, and a 100-ft-tall cedar. Metro Council President David Bragdon invites you to stay and enjoy featured artists from the Lone Fir Cemetery CD “Dearly Departed” and then watch the screening of the documentary “Come Together Home” by Ivy Lin. Come learn about the early Chinese settlers and rail workers who were interned and later disinterred at Lone Fir Cemetery and the plans for a memorial park on the sacred site known as Block 14.
Schedule of Events:
6:30-7pm Heritage tree dedication
7pm – 8:45pm live music, tours & entertainment
9pm – 10:30 pm "Come Together Home" screening
Synopsis-

Block 14 in Lone Fir Cemetery, the first Chinese burial ground in Portland—and site of as many as 1,500 burials—now stands as a fenced off void of gravel after most of the remains were exhumed and shipped back to China in 1928 & 1949.

Sixty years later, Director Ivy Lin follows the footsteps of the missing 1949 shipment in an extraordinary journey from Portland to Hong Kong.
Watch the trailer here-
http://vimeo.com/6226018

GFO COMPUTER INTEREST GROUP, JUNE 21st

We will discuss "off-site" storage of digital files, primarily focusing on places to store digital files on a "public" computer. This has a dual benefit of backing up your files, and making them available away from home, on any computer with internet access.
Have any of you ever lost files when your computer crashed? Do you wish there was a simple place you could back up those files and digital family photographs, that was away from your home, so you could retrieve them if needed and not loose them in a drawer or a stack of unsorted CD's? Well, there are LOTS of places you can store
important files, and we'll talk about some of them at the CIG on June 21st at 7 p.m. If you already use a photo sharing site, or a file storage site, bring some screen shots that we can look at, or log on to your site from a computer during the evening and share your information with us.

Rex

GFO ILLINOIS INTEREST GROUP

You say you are wondering what to do with yourself on the morning of June 12th? You say you are tired of trying to interest your friends and family in the wonderful things you have discovered during your genealogy research?
You say you have found some really exciting information (well, at least exciting to you) and nobody cares?
You say that you always wonder why others find such good info...and you don't?
On Saturday, June 12th, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., the Illinois Interest Group invites you to join them for a time of sharing all the wonderful things that people have found about their families...and where they found it hiding!
We promise that those who are listening will be interested, excited, and thrilled for you. There will be no "glassy eyes" in the room!
ome and enjoy the feeling of being truly listened to! Just join us in the Higgins Room at 9:30 and share in the fun!

Kristy, Harlene, et al

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF OREGON

Thursday, July 1, 2010 7:30 PM
Please note change in usual meeting day for this program only.
Doors open by 7:00 PM for expert assistance with your genealogy problems and some ideas from our guest speaker about other genealogy and technology topics for which he has expertise.
Where: Congregation Ahavath Achim, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR　
About our Program:
Face Recognition technology can help you identify and tag people in your photos, discover related people and recover lost family connections. MyHeritage makes use of this technology as an excellent tool for genealogy research.
About our Speaker:
Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Graduate from "Moral y Luces Herzl-Bialik" high school. Daniel received his BS.c. in computer engineering with specializations in education & management of educational institutions. He returned to his Jewish day school as a computer instructor & teacher/director of the genealogy project "Searching for My Roots," for which he created the educational materials. He also presented genealogy workshops for students and parents. Daniel received awards for this project including the "Gonzalo Benaim Pinto" Venezuela national award. Daniel’s students received 9 consecutive awards (1997-2005) at the "Beit Hatfutsot / Museum of the Diaspora" international annual competition: "My Family Story". He is a founding member and lecturer of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Venezuela – AGJUVE. Daniel has resided with his family in Israel since 2005. Currently he is a member and webmaster of the Israel Genealogical Society (IGS) and the Horowitz Families Association. Daniel has lectured at various International Conferences as well as at local genealogy groups. Daniel has working at MyHeritage, a site you can review on line at www.myheritage.com. In 2008 Daniel was elected to the Board of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.
Admission is free to members of JGSO, $5 donation requested from non-members (can be applied to cost of membership if you join at the time).
For more information please see the JGSO website www.rootsweb.com/~orjgs or contact Barbara Hershey, President/Program Chair at jgsoregon@gmail.com or 503-249-1976.

GFO'S BRITISH INTEREST GROUP, MAY 22

British Group interested friends,
This coming Saturday-May 22, the British Group meets in the Higgins Room at 1 p.m.
Doris Cruickshank will set up her FindMyPast program, explain it, and do requests on it(see below for features). Also, it is our last meeting of the year and it is time for the "Snacks of Our Ancestors". We still have a future field trip on tap for this summer when temps are warmer. All GFO members are invited who have ancestors from England, Scotland, Wales, and Scot-Irish. (The Irish have their own separate GFO group.)
See you on Saturday, LYLETH WINTHER, lylaw1@verizon.net or 503-658-8018

Features of Findmypast:
Censuses 1841 through 1911 and easy to search.
Birth, Marriage & Deaths indexes, but FreeBMD is better Migration with passenger lists 1890-1960, passport applications 1851-1903, many India lists Military records, a growing collection A few miscellaneous records Help & advice section Place to put your family tree on the website for storage/ use.

THE GFO COMPUER INTEREST GROUP MONDAY, MAY 17th,

The Computer Interest Group will meet this Monday night at 7 pm.
This evening we will visit a variety of databases, many of which you can visit at home, and all of which are free.
These include:

Canadian Census 1901, 1906 and 1911
American State Papers
California Death Index 1940-1997
Colorado State Archives online indexes
Famine Irish immigrants to New York
Maine Death records and marriages
Minnesota Cemetery inscription Index
Ellis Island
Ohio Death Certificate Index
Texas Vital Records: Death
WPA Slave Narratives
WWII enlistments
Also we will talk about how you can view a variety of wonderful fee based databases for free at your local FHC. These include
19th Century British Library Newspapers
Find My Past
Footnote
Godfrey Memorial Library
World Vital Records

Come and join us Monday night
Marty Krauter

GFO's ALL-NIGHTER SATURDAY, MAY 15th

Time has come once again for the All-Nighter.
So rest up, and join us at the Forum Library for an uninterrupted night's research on the 15th.
Doors will open at 6 p.m. on the 15th, and we'll stay (if you so chose) until 6 a.m. the next day.
There will be snacks and midnight pizza included.
Cost is $15. per person.
Contact me off-list for questions or information,

Julie
rathernut@cs.com

TMG-SUG Meeting Saturday, May 15th at 9:30 a.m.

Hello everyone!

The bi-monthly meeting of the Master Genealogist Software Users Group will be this coming Saturday. The educational focus will actually be a re-run of the March meeting--"The Use of Witnesses and Roles and Custom Sentence Construction." There were four people at the meeting besides myself. Neither I,or anyone else could get the program to make the necessary constructs. We will revisit those issues at the next meeting with a solution.

And as always, being the core focus of our group, we welcome questions about using the program. So come and bring your questions or bring your expertise!

Roger Ostrom
Coordinator, TMG-SUG of Portland

GFO IRISH INTEREST GROUP

Hi,
This is a reminder that the Genealogical Forum of Oregon's Irish Interest Group will met on Saturday May 15th from 1-3pm at the GFO in the Huggins room.
Shirley Hurrell will speak on the topic of the Irish in Argentina.
Hope to see you there.
Suzanne Lemon [slemon46@yahoo.com]

GFO ILLINOIS GROUP MAY 8th

FLOOSIES, CHARLATANS, & SCOUNDRELS

WHERE TO LOOK FOR THAT VERY ELUSIVE ANCESTOR

If you work on your family genealogy long enough, the chances of coming across an ancestor that cannot be found is at least 99%. It may be a Great-great-grandpa, a long ago Aunt, or a distant cousin, but somewhere there is someone who has just "gone missing". Or perhaps you can find Aunt Mabel's husband, but his parents appear to be non-existent.
At the Illinois Interest Group Meeting on Saturday, May 8th, the topic will be How Can You Find Someone Who Seems to Disappear? Of course, -your- ancestor was not a Scoundrel, but maybe that Uncle on "the other" side was.
When you cannot find them, you often have to look everywhere in order to be successful.
So join the group by arriving at the Higgins Room, GFO, at 9:30 am on Saturday, May 8th. We will be waiting to see you there. By 11:30 am, when we leave the room, you will know lots of places to look, whether that ancestor turns out to have caused mayhem, or is just hiding in plain sight.

We hope to see you there!
Kristy (the teacher this time)
And Harlene (our rock amongst the changes)

Please draw a family tree!

I need help understanding this family. Help!

New CD for sale: Marriages 1940-1945

Our fourth CD indexing marriages from all counties in Oregon is now ready. Over 49,000 marriages are included. See the flyer. Only $10 if you come to the library to buy one. Add $2.00 for postage and handling if you'd like us to mail it.

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon
Invites you, your family and friends to our
Sunday, May 16, 2010 Brunch
With presentations by guest speaker
Hal Bookbinder
Enjoy two programs with a tasty brunch sandwiched in between
Why did our Ancestors Leave a Nice Place like the Pale?
Locating Lost Classmates: or how your missing people can be found
Why did our Ancestors Leave a Nice Place like the Pale? In 1880 fully 80% of our ancestors lived in Poland and the Pale of Jewish Settlement in western Russia. We all know of the pogroms (organized violence) and mass exodus of our ancestors to points west over the next generation. This talk will provide background on the 120 years of the Pale from its formation at the turn of the 19th century to its dissolution during the First World War. It will provide some context to our ancestor's lives in the Pale, and of course, their decision to leave everything they had known to make new lives in the West.
Date:　　 Sunday May 16, 2010
Time:　　 10:30 am to 2:00 pm doors will open early for schmoozing and research help
Place:　 Ahavath Achim, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR 　 　
Cost: $7 for members, $9 for non-members. New members are invited to join at sign-in.
　　　　　　　
Please RSVP for this Annual Brunch Program so that we can be prepared for all attendees. To RSVP, or for more information, send an email to JGSOregon@gmail.com with your name and the number of attendees. Alternatively, you may call Barbara Hershey with the same info at 503-249-1976.

GFO ILLINOIS INTEREST GROUP

Saturday, April 10
If your interest is in Illinois, come prepared to watch for your area of the state.
If your interest is in another state, come prepared to see how Illinois did things...and when you go to do your research, you will know to watch for the places that may in some way influence the history of your state.

Is there a reason why a certain nationality is prominent is your area?
Is there a reason why part of your state seems to have been settled 50 years earlier than your part?
Is there a reason why the state capitol was moved suddenly?
Is there a reason why your county was named what it was?
Is there a reason why your county is such a very strange shape?
When did the changes happen?
What do they mean to you and to your Great-Grandparents?

We will gather in the Higgins Room at the GFO Library (yes, me too!) at 9:30 am to learn more about Illinois, and any state's changes through the years.
We will be finished by 11:30 so that you can have lunch...
together with friends...in the lunch room (brown bag)...
or in the neighborhood at a restaurant...
Find a chance to chat with old friends
with experienced researchers from the Midwest
with new friends.
And, if possible, stay for the afternoon session when
Gerry Lenzen will speak about the 2010 census.
What does it mean to genealogists?
What does it mean to you?

Looking forward to seeing you all! Kristy

Heritage Scrapbooking Date Change

Because the first Sunday in April is Easter and the GFO will be closed, we have changed our Heritage Scrapbooking group to Sunday, April 11th from 3 to 5 p.m. The time change is for the 11th only and is due to another group having the 1 to 3 p.m. time slot on the second Sunday.
Although our planned speaker is not able to make it that day, I have recently acquired a book called "Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs" by Maureen Taylor. I'll put together a little program of the first chapter entitled "Bringing the Past to Life"
which shows us why, as genealogists, it is as important for us to compile a visual history of our families as it is written information.
If you can join us, please let me know.

Thanks,
Bonnie LaDoe
bladoe@aol.com

GFO IRISH INTEREST GROUP; MARCH 20

Hi Everyone,
All are invited to join in the fun this coming Saturday at our annual St. Patrick's day celebration.
You are welcome to bring a treat if you would like. Should you have any questions please contact April Ober at 503-253-5754 or obiex2@teleport.com .
I shall be unable to attend and Shirley Hurrell has agreed to be your moderator for this meeting only.
Have fun on Saturday!
Now that it is time for me to step down as your moderator, I wish to once again, thank those of you who have always been there with your support and assistance in providing quality programs over these past eight years.

Tom O'Brien

GFO's British Group

TO: Members and future members of the GFO's British Group

SUBJECT: COMING EVENTS

MARCH 27th: Doris Cruickshank and Gwen Newborg are going to share helpful resources and ideas they learned when the attended the "British Institute Week in Salt Lake City"

MAY 22nd: Last meeting of the year...possibly a guest bag piper to explain his dress and equipment, list some of the events they play for....and of course, Snacks of our Ancestors. If we can't get a piper, maybe we can persuade our Duane Funk to come up with a topic of interest for May.

ANNUAL FIELD TRIP: Any suggestions would be appreciated....something with a British slant? Some folks had a conflict when we went to Lady Di's in Lake Oswego for the tea lunch special, and said they would like to have attended. That's a possibility. Also, if we could plan something to get us back to Oregon City and do luncheon afterwards at the Highland Still House Pub--great food--Fish and Chips, Bangers and Mash, Beef Pasties, etc..that would be nice.

Contact me at lylaw1@verizon.net

Master Genealogist Software Users Group

This is a reminder that the Master Genealogist Software Users group will be having their bi-monthly meeting this Saturday,March 20th, in the Higgins Room starting at 9:30 am.

The discussion topic will be "Witnesses, roles and sentence structure:
Working with more complex data in tags". If anyone is already using these features and would be willing to share your insights, your attendance would be greatly appreciated. For those that have only a foggy idea what these features are, then this meeting is for you too. As always, to those that have questions about using the program or just learn more about it--you are also welcome. Please join join us this Saturday.

Roger Ostrom
coordinator, TMG-SUG

GFO Computer Interest Group

The Computer Interest Group meeting will be a week late this month, as the presenter, Rex Bosse, is busy with his son's wedding the next 10 days.
On March 23, at 7:00 PM, we will take a look at a free alternative to Microsoft Office, called Open Office. I'll have the latest version of MS Office on a laptop, as well as Open Office, and we can compare operations and features of the 2 programs. Both programs have document, database, spreadsheet and presentation programs. We can look at highlights this meeting, with more information at a later meeting if there is specific interest.
As a good, low cost (free) alternative to MS Office, this is ideal for those of us on shrinking, or shrunken, budgets, and Open Office also has more of the look and feel of the older versions of Office, so the transition may be easier than learning the "New" Microsoft product.
A year ago, I started using a program that captures an entire webpage to my computer, allowing me to review the page whenever I wish. I would like to show that to the group at a future meeting, as well as some add-on clipboard programs that make my life easier. If anyone has other requests, please mention them to Marty or me and we'll try to feature them at a meeting.

Thanks!
See you on the 23rd,
Rex

Clark County Genealogical Society Spring Seminar

Clark County Genealogical Society Spring Seminar

Date: Saturday May 1, 2010

Speaker: Barbara Hovorka, a dynamic speaker who has taught at the Family History Center for years.

Location: 717 Grand BV, Vancouver WA 98661, 360-750-5688

Time: 8:30 AM -- 4:00 PM

Cost: $35 members, $40 non-members, $5 spaghetti lunch available

Registration form is on our website: http://www.ccgs-wa.org

Illinois Interest Group Meets Saturday, March 13th

Top of the Morning to you all!
For the meeting this coming Saturday the topic is

"DISCOVER YOUR ILLINOIS ANCESTORS, USING ROOTSWEB"; Tom O'Brien, Speaker
Have you explored the many ways that RootsWeb can help us to learn more about our Illinois ancestors?

Family Trees (WorldConnect)!
Mailing List Archives!
Message Board Archives!
Social Security Death Index!
Surname Websites!
Genealogy Look Up Forum!
Books We Own!

I do use all of the Rootsweb search engines including WorldConnect.

Tom O'Brien

MOVING AHEAD

On Feb. 1, TriMet staff provided an update to its estimates for property acquisition along Gideon Street. It now projects conducting appraisals and negotiations during the winter of 2010-11, moving up the actions on our current building by about 6 months from the previous estimate. Formal notice to move is now projected for Feb. 2011, which means beginning our property search about November, 2010. Action estimates from TriMet change from time to time as more information and approvals are available, so precise dates will be hard to come by for a few months. The Relocation committee and Board are in the process of drawing together a set of requirements to guide our search. The list will be made available to members, and interested members will be encouraged to report to the committee any properties they know of that might be good candidates.

NEW OPB GENEALOGY PROGRAM FEB 11th

Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Harvard scholar turns to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans — professor and poet Elizabeth Alexander, chef Mario Batali, comedian Stephen Colbert, novelist Louise Erdrich, journalist Malcolm Gladwell, actress Eva Longoria, musician Yo-Yo Ma, director Mike Nichols, Her Majesty Queen Noor, television host/heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, actress Meryl Streep, and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi.

Schedule
Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. premieres nationally Wednesdays, February 10 - March 3, 2010 from 8 - 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings) Watch the first full-length episode online on Thursday, February 11.

THE GFO ILLINOIS INTEREST GROUP

To all interested in Illinois...
or in learning more about events in February...
or just in the fun of a little party!


February is a special month in Illinois!
The time is filled with important events And the Illinois Interest Group Is going to celebrate several of them On Saturday, February 13th

And we want YOU to join us
For the Party!

And even the State of Oregon thinks it¹s a special month in February!!!

We need YOU to party with us too!

If you can come, please RSVP to Kristy at Hannah@teleport.com So that we can prepare for the party!
We want to be sure to save you a place at the table!!

HERITAGE SCRAPBOOKING

It's that time again! I realize some of you will have "Superbowl" plans, but if football is not your thing, do plan to join us this Sunday at 1 p.m.
at the GFO Higgins Room.

This month, Brina Bolanz will give a talk on “Photo Dating : Costumes & Hairstyles 1840-1900”, an overview of the style trends typically seen in studio portraits during the Victorian era. You will learn to establish surprisingly accurate dates for your undated family photographs!

After Brina's talk, you'll have time to work on your album or continue to sort your photos or do some planning.

Please let me know if you are coming so we can properly set up the room to accommodate everyone.

See you there!
Bonnie
BLaDoe [bladoe@aol.com]

New Index: Little Chapel of the Chimes

In 1990, the Little Chapel of the Chimes ran an advertising supplement in the Oregonian newspaper showing photos of the original Little Chapel on North Killingsworth Street in Portland, and then expanding to the Little Chapel in Gateway area. The next location for the Little Chapel was on North Lombard, and then the “newest” Little Chapel opened in the Sunnyside area.

The supplement included a list of all the persons they had cared for in their 71 years of service to the community. The list, with the year in which they passed on, is given in this database. We do not have further information to offer at the Forum. We hope this list will assist you to locate further documents on your ancestors.

36,803 deaths listed

JANUARY 18TH-COMPUTER INTEREST GROUP

The Computer Interest Group will meet at the GFO on Monday evening January 18th at 7:00 p.m. This evening's program will be an Introduction to Microsoft EXCEL spreadsheet program. This is aimed at all of you users that have Excel on your computer but that you use very infrequently or have yet to use it.

Topics we will include:

The Basics of entering, editing, and deleting information.

Using formulas

Freezing panes to keep column or row columns visible.

Utilizing the 'Side by Side' feature in Excel

Using fill handlesFormatting and Conditional formatting.

Printing options

Making Charts

Utilizing Functions. This will be the first time this class has been offered so I am not sure how much we will be able to cover in our hour and a half class.
Feel free to bring along your questions.



Marty Krauter

Computer Interest Co-Chair

Long Awaited Genealogy Show Arrives

New shows on NBC, filling in its spring schedule includes the Lisa Kudrow-produced genealogy-reality series "Who Do You Think You Are?" beginning March 5 (Fridays at 8 p.m.).

TMG SUG JANUARY 16TH -THIS SATURDAY

The Master Genealogist Software Users Group will be having their bi-monthly meeting this Saturday in the Higgins Room starting at 9:30 and going till about noon.
This month's educational topic will be an introduction to the companion product "Second Site" which has just gone to version 3x. An introduction is about all that can be covered in a single meeting, but if there are specific questions then they are welcome. If time remains, general questions and answers about TMG will be fielded.
No snow or ice are predicted, so come on down to the Forum. The Irish Interest Group has a nice program in line for the afternoon as well.

Roger Ostrom
Coordinator, TMG-SUG Portland

GFO DNA Interest Group- Tomorrow

Greetings,

The DNA Interest Group will meet tomorrow, January 12th at 1:00 to 2:30 in the Higgins Room

I will go over the Basics of Genetic Genealogy and give out a $30 gift cert. toward a test at Family Tree DNA. It's a free raffle.

If you are a member of ISOGG, just bring a friend to be eligible for the drawing. Otherwise, if you join ISOGG (non-profit org that requires no dues, etc....just to let people know about DNA testing and genealogy) you are eligible for the drawing as well.

We will also briefly discuss 23andMe, a new testing company which tests parts of all your chromosomes to find you cousins or to let you know some health information. This company allows you to find matches on your pedigree chart that are not just he all male line (top line) or the all female line (bottom line). I have already found a common ancestor with one tester.

The 23andMe company will be discussed in depth at our next meeting in April by Tim Jansen.

See you there!
Emily

MEETING OF IRISH INTEREST GROUP

Hi Everyone,

*You are invited* to the meeting of the Irish Interest Group on Saturday, January 1, 2010 from 1 to 3 pm. in the Higgins Room at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon.

John Rudnick will be the speaker at our meeting.

His topic is the "Variety in Records".

I hope you can join us on Saturday!

Tom O'Brien

THE GFO WRITERS' FORUM

Hi Writers,

Start the year off right! Jump start your writing!

The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday January 9th, 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 Writing Tool 12 Workshop: "Prefer the Simple over the Technical"
this Saturday.

Bring your lunch if you would like.

Peggy

Peggy Baldwin, MLS
Family Passages LLC
www.family-passages.com