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
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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.Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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
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
Thursday, June 10, 2010
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
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
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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
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
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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.
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.
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