Hello Aspiring Writers,
The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, December 10th, 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 or for others.
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 seven 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 has been the most helpful of any book we worked with. Now we are working more specifically on language and at this meeting we will be working with Tool 26 Workshop: "Use Dialogue as a Form of Action."
Bring your lunch if you would like.
Peggy
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
GFO's WRITERS' FORUM
Hello Aspiring Writers,
The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, November 12th, 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 or for others.
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 seven 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 has been the most helpful of any book we worked with. Now we are working more specifically on language and at this meeting we will be working with Tool 25 Workshop:
"Learning the Difference Between Reports and Stories."
Bring your lunch if you would like.
Peggy
The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, November 12th, 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 or for others.
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 seven 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 has been the most helpful of any book we worked with. Now we are working more specifically on language and at this meeting we will be working with Tool 25 Workshop:
"Learning the Difference Between Reports and Stories."
Bring your lunch if you would like.
Peggy
GFO ILLINOIS INTEREST GROUP
This Saturday, November 12, is the next Illinois Interest meeting.
All are welcome to attend. We think you will all learn something this month!
The meeting begins at 9:30 at the GFO on 12th and Division. (Don¹t go to the
old place!)
The meeting will be done by 11:30.
You will go home with more knowledge, more understanding, and a good
handout to help you learn even more.
Don Finel, assisted by Harlene Patterson, will be your leaders this month.
And you will have learned a lot about the lives of many one, or more, of your ancestors.
The group hopes you will join them!
Kristy, Don, and Harlene
All are welcome to attend. We think you will all learn something this month!
The meeting begins at 9:30 at the GFO on 12th and Division. (Don¹t go to the
old place!)
The meeting will be done by 11:30.
You will go home with more knowledge, more understanding, and a good
handout to help you learn even more.
Don Finel, assisted by Harlene Patterson, will be your leaders this month.
And you will have learned a lot about the lives of many one, or more, of your ancestors.
The group hopes you will join them!
Kristy, Don, and Harlene
Monday, October 31, 2011
"Random Acts Of Kindness" Offline For Now
A sad bit of news today: I received the following message from Bridgett Schneider, the Administrator of Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness (RAOGK):
RAOGK has been around with our volunteers helping other genealogists get copies of documents required to prove your lineage back to Adam and Eve (giggle). Pictures of your ancestors' tombstones were also high on the lists of requests. I hope everyone got as much service as we were able to give.
Our heart is saddened that we will be offline for quite awhile. Between computer problems (harddrive turning to toast) and the health of the administrator very questionable ... RAOGK, after 11 years, will cease to exist for awhile
Bridgett Schneider
RAOGK Administrator
RAOGK has been around with our volunteers helping other genealogists get copies of documents required to prove your lineage back to Adam and Eve (giggle). Pictures of your ancestors' tombstones were also high on the lists of requests. I hope everyone got as much service as we were able to give.
Our heart is saddened that we will be offline for quite awhile. Between computer problems (harddrive turning to toast) and the health of the administrator very questionable ... RAOGK, after 11 years, will cease to exist for awhile
Bridgett Schneider
RAOGK Administrator
Thursday, October 27, 2011
JEWISH GENEALOGY
The National Archives holds over ten BILLION original documents, created by over five hundred federal agencies. These documents are just waiting there to be an important part of your historical project, lesson plan, or family history research project. Thousands of documents are related directly to Jewish history. The National Archives is working DAILY to make all records more available by placing document descriptions AND digital images online. Come learn how to find them.
guest speaker: Carol Buswell, Education Specialist with NARA in Seattle
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011Time: 7:00 pm PLEASE NOTE that this program will start at 7. Please come earlier to schmooze.
Place: Ahavath Achim, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR
Cost: Free to members, $5 for non-members. New members are invited to join at sign-in.
For more information contact Barbara Hershey, President/Program Chair at jgsoregon@gmail.com or 503-249-1976. The JGSO website has information about the organization and genealogy tools
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orjgs/.
guest speaker: Carol Buswell, Education Specialist with NARA in Seattle
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011Time: 7:00 pm PLEASE NOTE that this program will start at 7. Please come earlier to schmooze.
Place: Ahavath Achim, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR
Cost: Free to members, $5 for non-members. New members are invited to join at sign-in.
For more information contact Barbara Hershey, President/Program Chair at jgsoregon@gmail.com or 503-249-1976. The JGSO website has information about the organization and genealogy tools
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orjgs/.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Heritage Scrapbooking, Nov 6, 2011.
We don't usually have any topic, but because attendance is down, I've put together a little program on Heritage Scrapbook Themes for our November meeting as follows:
If you have been wanting to get started with scrapbooking your heritage photos, but are having trouble knowing how to start, consider creating an album centered around a specific theme. What theme? Stop by on November 6th at 1 p.m. and we'll discuss some different themes and how they might work for your family and photos.
Hope to see you there.
Bonnie LaDoe
If you have been wanting to get started with scrapbooking your heritage photos, but are having trouble knowing how to start, consider creating an album centered around a specific theme. What theme? Stop by on November 6th at 1 p.m. and we'll discuss some different themes and how they might work for your family and photos.
Hope to see you there.
Bonnie LaDoe
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
GFO COMPUTER GROUP-SATURDAY, OCT.15TH
The newly revived Computer Special Interest Group will be having its first meeting this Saturday October 15th starting at 9:30 and going till 11:30 AM. We have decided that the first series of meetings will focus on popular genealogical programs. For this meeting Daphne Garrison, co-leader, will present Family Tree Maker. The program runs on both Mac and Windows operating systems keeping the same look and navigation properties. Daphne will be using her Mac for the presentation. A new version of the program has been released and some of the added features will be shown. In the future other software we will me investigating will be PAF (February '12), Reunion (April '12), Legacy, Roots Magic, (no presenters yet) and The Master Genealogist (when the publisher releases version 8).
Following the presentation, if time allows, will be a question/answer period where attendees can ask general computer type questions. You may or may not get an answer, but it's worth a try!
After the Computer SIG meeting and a break for lunch, the Master Genealogist Software Users will have their meeting starting about Noon and going till 1:30. There is no structured presentation scheduled, so we will be discussing general techniques, discoveries and problem solving.
We are excited to again have a computer interest group. Computers are becoming more important in our lives and knowing how to harness their potential can help us all. We hope the meetings that will follow can provide good information for harnessing that power.
Please join us for the first meeting. We would like your input for subject matter of future meetings.
Daphne Garrison,
Roger Ostrom...coordinators
Following the presentation, if time allows, will be a question/answer period where attendees can ask general computer type questions. You may or may not get an answer, but it's worth a try!
After the Computer SIG meeting and a break for lunch, the Master Genealogist Software Users will have their meeting starting about Noon and going till 1:30. There is no structured presentation scheduled, so we will be discussing general techniques, discoveries and problem solving.
We are excited to again have a computer interest group. Computers are becoming more important in our lives and knowing how to harness their potential can help us all. We hope the meetings that will follow can provide good information for harnessing that power.
Please join us for the first meeting. We would like your input for subject matter of future meetings.
Daphne Garrison,
Roger Ostrom...coordinators
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
OCTOBER PAF MEETING
The October meeting of the Portland Area PAF Users Group will host two classes. John Rudnick will present “It’s all Been Done”. Richard Halliday will present “new.FamilySearch for Everyone”. The newFamilySearch facility is now in the process of being opened to the public. See what is available and how to register to use it.
This meeting will be held at 9:00 am this coming Saturday, 15 October 2011 at the usual meeting place; the chapel located at 1271 SW Overlook Drive, Lake Oswego, OR 97035. It is across the street from Lakeridge High School.
This meeting will be held at 9:00 am this coming Saturday, 15 October 2011 at the usual meeting place; the chapel located at 1271 SW Overlook Drive, Lake Oswego, OR 97035. It is across the street from Lakeridge High School.
Monday, July 18, 2011
GFO'S MONTH-LONG GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION
The GFO is planning a month-long celebration this fall for the opening of our new library facility at 2505 SE 11th Avenue (the corner of 11th and
Division) in Portland. The festivities will begin September 10, with the GFO September Monthly Meeting, and end October 8 with the GFO October Monthly Meeting. During the celebration, our goal is to highlight different regions and facets of genealogical research with one group or one interest per day.
Division) in Portland. The festivities will begin September 10, with the GFO September Monthly Meeting, and end October 8 with the GFO October Monthly Meeting. During the celebration, our goal is to highlight different regions and facets of genealogical research with one group or one interest per day.
GFO'S GIDEON ST CLOSURE
LIBRARY CLOSURE:
To facilitate moving the GFO library and other property to our new site, the library will be closed from 5:00 p.m. Thursday July 28 until 9:30 a.m. Saturday August 20. That is, the last day of business in the Gideon St. location is July 28, and the first day of business in the Ford Bldg. SE 11th and Division is August 20. Because schedule changes could occur, please phone ahead to make sure the library will be open when you want to visit.
To facilitate moving the GFO library and other property to our new site, the library will be closed from 5:00 p.m. Thursday July 28 until 9:30 a.m. Saturday August 20. That is, the last day of business in the Gideon St. location is July 28, and the first day of business in the Ford Bldg. SE 11th and Division is August 20. Because schedule changes could occur, please phone ahead to make sure the library will be open when you want to visit.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
URGENT-GFO'S MOVE TO FORD BUILDING
URGENT - If GFO is to meet its deadlines in preparation of the Ford space, we will need two leaders and two crews of about 8 people each. One crew is for painting an office, the new HVAC closet, filled in wall areas, and any touch-up, probably in the first week of July. The second crew is for cleaning the floor and applying the concrete sealer in the second week. Please leave your name ASAP at the front desk or e-mail dholznag@pacifier.com for either leadership or crew member. THANK YOU.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Seattle Genealogical Society Spring Seminar
Greetings!
About four years ago many of you may remember that Colleen Fitzpatrick spoke at JGSO as well as at a presentation in southeast Portland at my request. She's back in the northwest, and any of you who can trek to Seattle, may wish to hear this exciting presentation.
Check the time and place on her website at http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/
May 21, 2011
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Genealogy and the Six Degrees of Separation
Forensic Genealogy - CSI Meets Roots
The Database Detective
A Different Kind of DNA Talk
Seattle Genealogical Society Spring Seminar www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~waseags/
Nordic Museum
3014 NW 67th St.
Seattle, WA 98117
Contact: Ginny Sommerstron
sgspresident@gmail.com
About four years ago many of you may remember that Colleen Fitzpatrick spoke at JGSO as well as at a presentation in southeast Portland at my request. She's back in the northwest, and any of you who can trek to Seattle, may wish to hear this exciting presentation.
Check the time and place on her website at http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/
May 21, 2011
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Genealogy and the Six Degrees of Separation
Forensic Genealogy - CSI Meets Roots
The Database Detective
A Different Kind of DNA Talk
Seattle Genealogical Society Spring Seminar www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~waseags/
Nordic Museum
3014 NW 67th St.
Seattle, WA 98117
Contact: Ginny Sommerstron
sgspresident@gmail.com
TMG-SUG MEETING SATURDAY, MAY 21
The Master Genealogist Software Users group will still hold their meeting this coming Saturday starting at 9:30 AM in the Higgins room.
The topic of discussion will be the "witness" feature which is part of the event recording "tag". It is a useful feature and I believe unique to this software program. And as usual, there will be time for questions and answers etc.
I realize that Saturday will be quite devoted to remodeling for Forum members, but this meeting might be a chance to take a break from painting etc. We missed our last scheduled meeting and will most likely miss the next as well. So I hope this last one at the old location is a memorable one.
Hope to see you there.
Roger Ostrom
TMG-SUG Coordinator
The topic of discussion will be the "witness" feature which is part of the event recording "tag". It is a useful feature and I believe unique to this software program. And as usual, there will be time for questions and answers etc.
I realize that Saturday will be quite devoted to remodeling for Forum members, but this meeting might be a chance to take a break from painting etc. We missed our last scheduled meeting and will most likely miss the next as well. So I hope this last one at the old location is a memorable one.
Hope to see you there.
Roger Ostrom
TMG-SUG Coordinator
Friday, May 13, 2011
GFO NEEDS A PAINTING PARTY FOR FORD BUILDING
It's time to get the space in the Ford Building ready for our move. The painting is the responsibility of the GFO and we are asking for volunteers to help clean and paint. We are organizing work parties for Thursday, Friday and Saturday-May 19, 20 and 21.
We especially need to get the ceiling painted right away so the HVAC contractor can put the ducts in.
The space is so large that, if we can get enough volunteers, we can have several groups working at once. First order of business will be to scrape any loose paint (not very much), clean or dust all the pipes near the ceiling, then prime any small bare spots and paint.
The painting and cleaning of the space is at our expense, so the more time and supplies we all provide the better off the organization is. (Anyone with a paint sprayer and some time on their hands would certainly be helpful.)
We will need the following supplies:
Ladders (9 ft ceiling)
paint scrapers, putty knives, etc.
brushes rollers, paint pans, rags
mops and buckets to clean the walls with TSP type cleaner drop clothes brooms, dust pans
Basically anything needed to clean and paint. We have a locked room for the supplies so we don't have to take them home every night.
Please contact me if you can work any of those days and/or provide any supplies.
It will be so much fun!!
Judi Scott
_rb5522@aol.com_ (mailto:rb5522@aol.com)
We especially need to get the ceiling painted right away so the HVAC contractor can put the ducts in.
The space is so large that, if we can get enough volunteers, we can have several groups working at once. First order of business will be to scrape any loose paint (not very much), clean or dust all the pipes near the ceiling, then prime any small bare spots and paint.
The painting and cleaning of the space is at our expense, so the more time and supplies we all provide the better off the organization is. (Anyone with a paint sprayer and some time on their hands would certainly be helpful.)
We will need the following supplies:
Ladders (9 ft ceiling)
paint scrapers, putty knives, etc.
brushes rollers, paint pans, rags
mops and buckets to clean the walls with TSP type cleaner drop clothes brooms, dust pans
Basically anything needed to clean and paint. We have a locked room for the supplies so we don't have to take them home every night.
Please contact me if you can work any of those days and/or provide any supplies.
It will be so much fun!!
Judi Scott
_rb5522@aol.com_ (mailto:rb5522@aol.com)
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
LATEST NEWS FROM GFO RELOCATION COMMITTEE
The cleanup and modifications in the new GFO space in the Ford Building are under way. The demolition of partitions is complete, and design and bidding for Electric, HVAC and Internet/LAN cabling are in process. We are planning for cleaning, scraping and painting ceiling and walls to be starting in late May, and we need volunteers for those tasks. Please contact Judi Scott (rb5522@aol.com) as soon as possible if you wish to volunteer, indicating your typical days of availability.
Don Holznagel
dholznag@pacifier.com
503-467-7515
Don Holznagel
dholznag@pacifier.com
503-467-7515
Sunday, May 8, 2011
GFO ILLINOIS INTEREST GROUP-MAY 14th
Some of the members of our
Illinois Interest Group
will be bringing their favorite Websites for researching in Cook County When we meet on Saturday, May 14th At the GFO¹s Higgins Room At 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Their focus will be Cook County and Chicago, of course...
But they will also be presenting Sites and Hints about Researching That will apply to your counties as well, wherever they are.
Please know that this will help you with your research too.
Chicago extends far beyond the Cook County line now.
And all people will be looking for the same kinds of information, No matter the County of Records With which they are working.
If you ³non-Cook² folks have a particularly good website Or a method for getting through to Information that will help your research in your own county, Bring that with you too!
Together we should arrive at
a large collection of places to look!
All are welcome. Bring along a friend who may be becoming interested in genealogy.
No reservations required.
No charge for the opportunity to learn.
Questions may be emailed to hannah@teleport.com if you put the words IL INT in the subject line.
[If it bounces back to you, I will know. And I'll get to you as soon as it is possible to do so.]
Harlene and Duane and their-group-of-Cook-County-Researchers
will be waiting for you to join the meeting!
Kristy Gravlin [hannah@teleport.com]
Illinois Interest Group
will be bringing their favorite Websites for researching in Cook County When we meet on Saturday, May 14th At the GFO¹s Higgins Room At 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Their focus will be Cook County and Chicago, of course...
But they will also be presenting Sites and Hints about Researching That will apply to your counties as well, wherever they are.
Please know that this will help you with your research too.
Chicago extends far beyond the Cook County line now.
And all people will be looking for the same kinds of information, No matter the County of Records With which they are working.
If you ³non-Cook² folks have a particularly good website Or a method for getting through to Information that will help your research in your own county, Bring that with you too!
Together we should arrive at
a large collection of places to look!
All are welcome. Bring along a friend who may be becoming interested in genealogy.
No reservations required.
No charge for the opportunity to learn.
Questions may be emailed to hannah@teleport.com if you put the words IL INT in the subject line.
[If it bounces back to you, I will know. And I'll get to you as soon as it is possible to do so.]
Harlene and Duane and their-group-of-Cook-County-Researchers
will be waiting for you to join the meeting!
Kristy Gravlin [hannah@teleport.com]
Friday, April 29, 2011
CHANGED MEETING DAY FOR GFO'S IRISH GROUP
I wanted all of you to know that there is a change of date for the GFO's May Irish Interest group meeting. Normally we would meet on Saturday May 21st, but because some members will be attending the "Climbing Your Family tree" genealogical conference in Beaverton,we will have our meeting on Saturday May 7th from 1-3 pm at the GFO in the Huggins room.Please bring a list of Irish resources i.e. web sites, books, pubs, clubs etc. that you know of & would like to share with the group.
Also if anyone would like more information about the genealogical conference in Beaverton, on May 21st, the information is on their web site: cyft.org
Hope to see you at the meeting on May 7th.
Suzanne Lemon [slemon46@yahoo.com]
Also if anyone would like more information about the genealogical conference in Beaverton, on May 21st, the information is on their web site: cyft.org
Hope to see you at the meeting on May 7th.
Suzanne Lemon [slemon46@yahoo.com]
Thursday, April 28, 2011
MAY 1st MEETING GFO HERITAGE SCRAPBOOKING
It will be our last session for the summer and I hope you can join us. We want to get started on the scrapbook for GFO and again ask if you have any photos of past GFO events, please bring them for us to scan. Or if you wish, scan them yourself (at 600 dpi and save as Tiff) and e-mail them to me at bladoe@aol.com.
I'm fighting a cold, but hope to be better by Sunday and be able to join you for our last session.
Regards,
Bonnie LaDoe [bladoe@aol.com]
I'm fighting a cold, but hope to be better by Sunday and be able to join you for our last session.
Regards,
Bonnie LaDoe [bladoe@aol.com]
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
BEGINNING GENEALOGY CLASSES
BEGINNING GENEALOGY CLASSES
CHANGED TO QUARTERLY TIMES
For those interested in our Beginning Genealogy Classes called "Intro to Genealogy", the freqency of the classes have been changed from every other even month on the 4th Saturday to once quarterly on the 4th Saturday. In between Insider newsletter issues (8 mos a year), please check the Insider Extra feature on our www.gfo.org website, as well as the calendar option on the same website.
The next class will be June 25th. Our very capable Connie Lenzen will be leading these classes, which are meant to jump start your family research. These classes should give you resources as well as answer some of your basic questions. Prior sign-up (call or visit the GFO main desk) and a $15 fee should reserve you a seat in Connie's class.
CHANGED TO QUARTERLY TIMES
For those interested in our Beginning Genealogy Classes called "Intro to Genealogy", the freqency of the classes have been changed from every other even month on the 4th Saturday to once quarterly on the 4th Saturday. In between Insider newsletter issues (8 mos a year), please check the Insider Extra feature on our www.gfo.org website, as well as the calendar option on the same website.
The next class will be June 25th. Our very capable Connie Lenzen will be leading these classes, which are meant to jump start your family research. These classes should give you resources as well as answer some of your basic questions. Prior sign-up (call or visit the GFO main desk) and a $15 fee should reserve you a seat in Connie's class.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
GFO's German Interest Group
It is exciting to have a German Special Interest Group beginning at our library. We will have the first meeting June 4, at 1PM in the Higgins Room. Mark your calendar!
On Saturday April 16th twelve people attended the planning meeting for the German Interest Group. We shared some information about our German ancestors and topics we would like to explore. These included obtaining records, translations, the history of Germany, and migration patterns to the US. There was also discussion about a format for meetings, possible speakers and field trips.
At our first meeting we will review this information and make plans for the fall. In addition, Tom O'Brien has agreed to speak on "Time and Place". the history of Germany and its many boundary changes using the Centennia mapping program. We look forward to seeing you there.
Nanci Remington
nancicr@comcast.net
On Saturday April 16th twelve people attended the planning meeting for the German Interest Group. We shared some information about our German ancestors and topics we would like to explore. These included obtaining records, translations, the history of Germany, and migration patterns to the US. There was also discussion about a format for meetings, possible speakers and field trips.
At our first meeting we will review this information and make plans for the fall. In addition, Tom O'Brien has agreed to speak on "Time and Place". the history of Germany and its many boundary changes using the Centennia mapping program. We look forward to seeing you there.
Nanci Remington
nancicr@comcast.net
Saturday, April 9, 2011
GFO LEASE SIGNING
The lease for the new GFO location in the Ford Building, SE 11th and Division, was signed by President Lyleth Winther April 7, 2011. The terms of the ten-year lease include a starting date of July 1, 2011, providing a period of free access to the space for landlord and tenant modifications and other preparation. In April, May and June, interior design, modifications, and cleaning and painting will occur. Major volunteer crews are needed in late April to paint the ceiling and walls. The two-week moving activity is expected to begin the last week of July.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
GFO's SPRING SEMINAR REGISTRATIONS CLOSED
No more registrations for the Spring Seminar with Tom Jones are available. That is both good news and bad news. It is bad for those procrastinators who have been waiting until the last minute to sign up for the April 2, 2011 seminar. I, for one, will try to learn a lesson and register early for the Fall Seminar, as yet to be announced.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
GFO British Interst Group March 26th
Join us for the British Group Meeting on Saturday, March 26, 1pm
Duane Funk will give a presentation on the United Kingdom census, then and now, and the questions asked by the census takers.
Brick Walls discussion will follow in the 2nd hour as well as any new resources.
Come May 28th, Duane will give a repeat presentation, per request, about the ports that the Scots, Irish, Welsh and English Folks departed from for America. Also, a little history about the shipping Lines who were the main carriers, the conditions aboard ship, And the rough waters of the North Sea. We have several new Folks in our group since he presented this topic a couple of years ago.
Since the May meeting is our last for the year, we will bring Snacks of Our Ancestors to share.
Hopefully, we can find a site for a field trip when the good weather comes, followed by lunch together following in that area. In the past, we have gone for high tea lunch, a tour of Ft Vancouver, and to the McLoughlin House.
Join us, Lyleth Winther and Gwen Newborg [lylaw1@frontier.com]
Duane Funk will give a presentation on the United Kingdom census, then and now, and the questions asked by the census takers.
Brick Walls discussion will follow in the 2nd hour as well as any new resources.
Come May 28th, Duane will give a repeat presentation, per request, about the ports that the Scots, Irish, Welsh and English Folks departed from for America. Also, a little history about the shipping Lines who were the main carriers, the conditions aboard ship, And the rough waters of the North Sea. We have several new Folks in our group since he presented this topic a couple of years ago.
Since the May meeting is our last for the year, we will bring Snacks of Our Ancestors to share.
Hopefully, we can find a site for a field trip when the good weather comes, followed by lunch together following in that area. In the past, we have gone for high tea lunch, a tour of Ft Vancouver, and to the McLoughlin House.
Join us, Lyleth Winther and Gwen Newborg [lylaw1@frontier.com]
Monday, March 21, 2011
JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF OREGON
Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon
Researching Our Ancestors:
The Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland and Ukraine
3 Mini Sessions, Repeated
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 7:00 pm
Where: Congregation Ahavath Achim, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR
Description: Learn about resources for researching ancestors from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland and Ukraine with our own in-house experts. Plan to attend one or two of these sessions: Session 1 from 7:00 pm to 7:45 pm; Session 2 from 7:45 to 8:00pm.
About our Presenters:
Toby Forim Blake received her MA in Jewish History from Baltimore Hebrew University. Toby has been researching family since the late 1980's.
Ron Doctor is the Co-Coordinator, Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP/Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, an activity of the Kremenets District Research Group http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets.
Debbi Korman has been researching the Austro–Hungarian Empire for 20 years with specialties covering Budapest and Slovakia.
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 contact Barbara Hershey, President/Program Chair at jgsoregon@gmail.com.
Researching Our Ancestors:
The Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland and Ukraine
3 Mini Sessions, Repeated
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 7:00 pm
Where: Congregation Ahavath Achim, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR
Description: Learn about resources for researching ancestors from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland and Ukraine with our own in-house experts. Plan to attend one or two of these sessions: Session 1 from 7:00 pm to 7:45 pm; Session 2 from 7:45 to 8:00pm.
About our Presenters:
Toby Forim Blake received her MA in Jewish History from Baltimore Hebrew University. Toby has been researching family since the late 1980's.
Ron Doctor is the Co-Coordinator, Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP/Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, an activity of the Kremenets District Research Group http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets.
Debbi Korman has been researching the Austro–Hungarian Empire for 20 years with specialties covering Budapest and Slovakia.
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 contact Barbara Hershey, President/Program Chair at jgsoregon@gmail.com.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
TMG/SUG MEETING CANCELED, MARCH 19th
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but due to other priorities, the Master Genealogist Software Users Group meeting scheduled for this Saturday is canceled. The next meeting will be May 21st, so please save your questions till then. If you have a meeting focus topic that you would like to suggest, email me your idea. We can include it at our next meeting.
Note: Due to the impending re-location of the Forum in July, the May meeting might be the last for awhile. Stay tuned!
Roger Ostrom
TMG-SUG, coordinator
Note: Due to the impending re-location of the Forum in July, the May meeting might be the last for awhile. Stay tuned!
Roger Ostrom
TMG-SUG, coordinator
HOW ABOUT A VIRGINIA INTEREST GROUP?
Regarding:
A new Virginia interest group
The new German Interest Group
We've been approached for a possible new Interest Group on Virginia and its surrounding states where folks first migrated to. Are you interested?
A new German Interest group is about to launch. Arranging a first meeting for that group will happen soon. If interested, contact Lyleth at lylaw1@frontier.com (that's a "one" after Lylaw)
A new Virginia interest group
The new German Interest Group
We've been approached for a possible new Interest Group on Virginia and its surrounding states where folks first migrated to. Are you interested?
A new German Interest group is about to launch. Arranging a first meeting for that group will happen soon. If interested, contact Lyleth at lylaw1@frontier.com (that's a "one" after Lylaw)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
GFO MONTHLY PROGRAM, MARCH 12th
Don't forget the Monthly Program at 2:00 p.m. Saturday. Tom O'Brien will speak about "Those Amazing Irish"
Also remember to get yur registration turned in for GFO's Spring Seminar with Tom Jones,PhD.
If you don't have a registration form, one can be downloaded from www.gfo.org
Also remember to get yur registration turned in for GFO's Spring Seminar with Tom Jones,PhD.
If you don't have a registration form, one can be downloaded from www.gfo.org
GFO WRITERS' FORUM- MARCH 12th
Hello Aspiring Writers,
The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, March 12th, 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 or for others.
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 Now we are working more specifically on language and in December we will be working with Tool 21 Workshop: "Know When to Back Off and When to Show Off"
Bring your lunch if you would like.
Peggy
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The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, March 12th, 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 or for others.
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 Now we are working more specifically on language and in December we will be working with Tool 21 Workshop: "Know When to Back Off and When to Show Off"
Bring your lunch if you would like.
Peggy
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
GFO Illiois Interest Group March Meeting
The topic of the day will be ³Records²...
Gathering them...especially in Illinois (but it will point
you to other states too)--
Organizing them...on paper or on your computer‹ and
Using them to see ³What¹s Missing?²
The Illinois folks welcome anyone, everyone, to their gathering.
If you have Illinois ancestors, come and find out where to look
for records.
If you don¹t have anyone from Illinois, many of the Midwest states
have similar structures so that you could adjust Illinois
research methods to your state.
If you don¹t have anyone in the Midwest (however did they get here
then???) come for the fun of being with the group. They have
a good time together.
The class will be led by Kristy again this month...she never found the time to leave for Illinois! Come and catch up with ³what¹s happening² too.
Hoping to see you
in the Higgins Room...
at 9:30 to 11:30...
on Saturday, March 12th!
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Gathering them...especially in Illinois (but it will point
you to other states too)--
Organizing them...on paper or on your computer‹ and
Using them to see ³What¹s Missing?²
The Illinois folks welcome anyone, everyone, to their gathering.
If you have Illinois ancestors, come and find out where to look
for records.
If you don¹t have anyone from Illinois, many of the Midwest states
have similar structures so that you could adjust Illinois
research methods to your state.
If you don¹t have anyone in the Midwest (however did they get here
then???) come for the fun of being with the group. They have
a good time together.
The class will be led by Kristy again this month...she never found the time to leave for Illinois! Come and catch up with ³what¹s happening² too.
Hoping to see you
in the Higgins Room...
at 9:30 to 11:30...
on Saturday, March 12th!
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March GFO Irish Interest Group
This is a reminder that the Genealogical Forum of Oregon's Irish Intrest group meeting will be on Saturday March 19th from 1-3pm at the GFO in the Huggins room.
We will be having a Saint Patrick Day potluck. April will be bringing a tablecloth, plates,napkins tea bags, hot water for tea,sugar, cream, forks, spoons ,& something to nibble on Also if everyone could bring a picture or two of one of their Irish ancestors and tell of us all you know about your ancestor. Please bring your favorite irish music CD(s). A boom box will be there for playing CDs on.
Hope to see you there.
Suzanne Lemon [slemon46@yahoo.com]
We will be having a Saint Patrick Day potluck. April will be bringing a tablecloth, plates,napkins tea bags, hot water for tea,sugar, cream, forks, spoons ,& something to nibble on Also if everyone could bring a picture or two of one of their Irish ancestors and tell of us all you know about your ancestor. Please bring your favorite irish music CD(s). A boom box will be there for playing CDs on.
Hope to see you there.
Suzanne Lemon [slemon46@yahoo.com]
Thursday, February 10, 2011
GFO's Writers' Forum Meets February 12th
Hello Aspiring Writers,
The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, February 12th, 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 Now we are working more specifically on language and in December we will be working with Tool 20 Workshop: "Choose the Number of Elements with a Purpose in Mind."
Bring your lunch if you would like.
Peggy
The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, February 12th, 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 Now we are working more specifically on language and in December we will be working with Tool 20 Workshop: "Choose the Number of Elements with a Purpose in Mind."
Bring your lunch if you would like.
Peggy
Monday, February 7, 2011
GFO Illinois Group Meeting Saturday 2/12/11
Two special programs are planned.
The Illinois Interest Group (9:30-11:30 a.m. in the Higgins Room) will have a presentation on the ³Thoughts and Antics of Abe Lincoln² -- Abe liked to tease, to write doggerel, to pull tricks to amuse his friends, and more.
We¹ll talk about a number of such events, and how they made Abe the man he was.
The discussion leader will be Kristy Gravlin of Illinois, and with Lincoln heritage.
All are welcome to join the group.
The Monthly Meeting of GFO (2:00-3:30 p.m. in the Library Room) The topic will be ³The Life of Abraham Lincoln² -- A completely different program about the life history of the 16th president, this is a ³time line² approach with as many lesser known events as could be found.
Even if you know Lincoln pretty well, you are likely to learn new things about him.
The discussion leader will be Duane Funk who researches family in Illinois.
Again, all are welcome to join the group.
If you know someone who would be interested in hearing about Lincoln¹s life, bring them along...
even if they are not members, and/or genealogists.
Hoping to see you there!
Kristy and Duane
The Illinois Interest Group (9:30-11:30 a.m. in the Higgins Room) will have a presentation on the ³Thoughts and Antics of Abe Lincoln² -- Abe liked to tease, to write doggerel, to pull tricks to amuse his friends, and more.
We¹ll talk about a number of such events, and how they made Abe the man he was.
The discussion leader will be Kristy Gravlin of Illinois, and with Lincoln heritage.
All are welcome to join the group.
The Monthly Meeting of GFO (2:00-3:30 p.m. in the Library Room) The topic will be ³The Life of Abraham Lincoln² -- A completely different program about the life history of the 16th president, this is a ³time line² approach with as many lesser known events as could be found.
Even if you know Lincoln pretty well, you are likely to learn new things about him.
The discussion leader will be Duane Funk who researches family in Illinois.
Again, all are welcome to join the group.
If you know someone who would be interested in hearing about Lincoln¹s life, bring them along...
even if they are not members, and/or genealogists.
Hoping to see you there!
Kristy and Duane
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
GFO Heritage Scrapbooking Meeting
Want to get your old photos into a safe place and have fun doing it? If so then join us on Feb. 6 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Higgins Room of GFO.
Bring you album, old photos (or copies) and papers and we'll provide some of the tools to help you. Or bring your laptop and do some digital scrapbooking (did Santa bring you a new scrapbooking program?)
Please let me know if you wish to join us or have any questions. Hope to see all you Super Bowl widows/widowers there!
Regards,
Bonnie LaDoe
bladoe@aol.com
Bring you album, old photos (or copies) and papers and we'll provide some of the tools to help you. Or bring your laptop and do some digital scrapbooking (did Santa bring you a new scrapbooking program?)
Please let me know if you wish to join us or have any questions. Hope to see all you Super Bowl widows/widowers there!
Regards,
Bonnie LaDoe
bladoe@aol.com
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
THE GFO BRITISH GROUP SATURDAY
British Group meeting this Saturday, Jan. 22nd at 1 PM in the Higgins Room of the GFO Library.
A member of the Daughters of the British Empire to talk about their organization. All members with ancestors from England, Wales and Scotland are invited to join this 5 year old group.
Questions: Lyleth Winther: lylaw@frontier.com Lyleth and Gwen
Gwen Newborg
Portland, Oregon
Terra and Max
Web Page:
A member of the Daughters of the British Empire to talk about their organization. All members with ancestors from England, Wales and Scotland are invited to join this 5 year old group.
Questions: Lyleth Winther: lylaw@frontier.com Lyleth and Gwen
Gwen Newborg
Portland, Oregon
Terra and Max
Web Page:
Monday, January 10, 2011
GFO IRISH GROUP MEETING
This is a reminder that the Genealogical Forum of Oregon's Irish Interest Group meeting will be on Saturday January 15th from 1-3 pm at the GFO in the Huggins room.
Art Henderson will presenting a surprise topic at this meeting.
Hope to see you there.
Art Henderson will presenting a surprise topic at this meeting.
Hope to see you there.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
GFO DNA GROUP MEETING JAN 11
Greetings!
The DNA Interest Group will meet Tuesday, Jan 11 at 1:00 pm to 2:30.
We will cover the basics mentioned at the Family Tree DNA Conference last October as well as the new GAP 2.0 pages for project administrators and your questions on DNA testing, including Family Finder and 23andMe
Best wishes,
Emily
The DNA Interest Group will meet Tuesday, Jan 11 at 1:00 pm to 2:30.
We will cover the basics mentioned at the Family Tree DNA Conference last October as well as the new GAP 2.0 pages for project administrators and your questions on DNA testing, including Family Finder and 23andMe
Best wishes,
Emily
Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon
Jews of the Pacific Coast
Ellen Eisenberg, Dwight and Margaret Lear Professor of American History at Willamette University
Sunday, January 23, 2011 1:00 pm
Where: Congregation Ahavath Achim, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR
Description: From the California Gold Rush of 1849 to the explosion of population centers in the Southwest in the 1980s, Jews have played a significant role in shaping the Pacific West. In the process, they have reshaped themselves, as individuals and as communities. Through their mercantile networks and cultural innovations, their philanthropic institutions and political leadership, western Jews created a distinctive identity. Using historical photographs from her new book Ellen Eisenberg will explore the nature of the Jewish experience in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the small towns of the West. She will explain the important differences among these cities, as well as highlighting the ways in which the western Jewish experience has echoed and deviated from the familiar story of American Jewish history.
About our Speaker: Ellen Eisenberg
Ellen Eisenberg has taught in the History Department at Willamette University since 1990, and was appointed Dwight and Margaret Lear Professor of American History in 2003. She holds a B.A. in American Studies from Carleton College and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Pennsylvania. Her current scholarship centers on Jews in the Pacific West and their relationships with other ethnic groups.
Her publications include Jewish Agricultural Colonies in New Jersey, 1882-1920; chapters in the anthologies Jewish Life in the American West and California Jews, and journal articles and monographs. The First to Cry Down Injustice? Western Jews and Japanese Removal during WWII was a National Jewish Book Award finalist. Jews of the Pacific Coast: Reinventing Community on America’s Edge, co-authored with Ava Kahn and Bill Toll, was released by the University of Washington Press earlier this year.
Time: Doors open by 1:00 pm for expert assistance with your genealogy problems. You are invited to send a short synopsis of your issue ahead of time to jgsoregon@gmail.com. Program will start at 1:30.
Ellen Eisenberg, Dwight and Margaret Lear Professor of American History at Willamette University
Sunday, January 23, 2011 1:00 pm
Where: Congregation Ahavath Achim, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR
Description: From the California Gold Rush of 1849 to the explosion of population centers in the Southwest in the 1980s, Jews have played a significant role in shaping the Pacific West. In the process, they have reshaped themselves, as individuals and as communities. Through their mercantile networks and cultural innovations, their philanthropic institutions and political leadership, western Jews created a distinctive identity. Using historical photographs from her new book Ellen Eisenberg will explore the nature of the Jewish experience in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the small towns of the West. She will explain the important differences among these cities, as well as highlighting the ways in which the western Jewish experience has echoed and deviated from the familiar story of American Jewish history.
About our Speaker: Ellen Eisenberg
Ellen Eisenberg has taught in the History Department at Willamette University since 1990, and was appointed Dwight and Margaret Lear Professor of American History in 2003. She holds a B.A. in American Studies from Carleton College and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Pennsylvania. Her current scholarship centers on Jews in the Pacific West and their relationships with other ethnic groups.
Her publications include Jewish Agricultural Colonies in New Jersey, 1882-1920; chapters in the anthologies Jewish Life in the American West and California Jews, and journal articles and monographs. The First to Cry Down Injustice? Western Jews and Japanese Removal during WWII was a National Jewish Book Award finalist. Jews of the Pacific Coast: Reinventing Community on America’s Edge, co-authored with Ava Kahn and Bill Toll, was released by the University of Washington Press earlier this year.
Time: Doors open by 1:00 pm for expert assistance with your genealogy problems. You are invited to send a short synopsis of your issue ahead of time to jgsoregon@gmail.com. Program will start at 1:30.
LATEST RELOCATION NEWS FOR GFO MEMBERS
GFO members: This message is to update members on the search for a new home for the GFO. In December, the relocation committee began working with Charlotte Larson, Senior Associate Broker at Urban Works Real Estate. She identified a wide range of properties to provide a picture of the current market for space meeting our criteria. A total of 17 properties, including several recommended by members, have been reviewed so far. In addition to drive-by reviews of all, four of those have been visited by the committee. A second set of possible properties will be identified in early January, and we will conduct further visits, analyses and comparisons. In addition to the committee, the GFO board will conduct visits to those that appear to meet our criteria most closely. We expect these processes to take place through February. We have received several suggestions from members, and if any members wish to identify any properties for investigation, please send them to Don Holznagel, dholznag@pacifier.com, not later than January 14, or leave word at the front desk at the GFO library. Criteria are available at the front desk as well.
Don Holznagel, Chair
Don Holznagel, Chair
Sunday, January 2, 2011
GFO ILLINOIS GROUP- JANUARY 8th
Illinois Bounty Lands
Illinois is one of the states where soldiers were given land in payment for their services during wars.
That sounds ³clear and simple²...but there are many ins and outs, and even roundabouts, that effect---
who got the land...?
what land he received...?
where the land was...?
why things happened that way...?
when someone got the land...?
and how you can search for the land grant that your ancestor may have received.
The many farms in the area above did not all go to soldiers. Maybe your ancestor settled there...but became the owner without ever serving in the armed forces.
Or perhaps your ancestor did serve in the army...and yet never got any bounty lands. How could that have happened?
Join the Illinois Interest Group on Saturday, January 8th, for Duane Funk¹s presentation on the Illinois Bounty Lands and the answers to all of the above questions. Find out where to look to determine if your relative at one time owned land in this large section of Illinois...and whether or not he ever settled in that area. The paperwork you could find about this land may also tell you many other facts about his life, or that of his wife. The government asks many questions...and has kept many records...if you just know where to look.
Join the group on Saturday morning from 9:30-11:30 a.m. in the Higgins Room at the GFO.
Duane will be waiting for a crowd of interested people!
Illinois is one of the states where soldiers were given land in payment for their services during wars.
That sounds ³clear and simple²...but there are many ins and outs, and even roundabouts, that effect---
who got the land...?
what land he received...?
where the land was...?
why things happened that way...?
when someone got the land...?
and how you can search for the land grant that your ancestor may have received.
The many farms in the area above did not all go to soldiers. Maybe your ancestor settled there...but became the owner without ever serving in the armed forces.
Or perhaps your ancestor did serve in the army...and yet never got any bounty lands. How could that have happened?
Join the Illinois Interest Group on Saturday, January 8th, for Duane Funk¹s presentation on the Illinois Bounty Lands and the answers to all of the above questions. Find out where to look to determine if your relative at one time owned land in this large section of Illinois...and whether or not he ever settled in that area. The paperwork you could find about this land may also tell you many other facts about his life, or that of his wife. The government asks many questions...and has kept many records...if you just know where to look.
Join the group on Saturday morning from 9:30-11:30 a.m. in the Higgins Room at the GFO.
Duane will be waiting for a crowd of interested people!
JANUARY WRITERS' FORUM MEETING
Hello Aspiring Writers,
The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, January 8th, 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 Now we are working more specifically on language and in December we will be working with "Tool 19 Workshop: "Varying the Length of Paragraphs" from the Clark book.
Bring your lunch if you would like.
Peggy
The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, January 8th, 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 Now we are working more specifically on language and in December we will be working with "Tool 19 Workshop: "Varying the Length of Paragraphs" from the Clark book.
Bring your lunch if you would like.
Peggy
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