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.
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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.Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
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
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
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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
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
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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
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
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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]
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]
Monday, May 3, 2010
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)
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)
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