tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49966252245053272022012-01-25T20:23:34.424-08:00Latest 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.Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614097417618269247noreply@blogger.comBlogger1211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4996625224505327202.post-43425029142957403082012-01-23T11:25:00.000-08:002012-01-23T11:27:07.888-08:00

MARCH 17, 2012 GFO Irish Interest Group Meeting:The GFO Irish Interest Group (IIG) will have a booth at the annual AICS St Patrick's Day celebration this year promoting the GFO. Attendance for this event will take the place of our regularly scheduled March 17 meeting. Members will meet at the GFO booth to have dinner together at 6 PM. All-Ireland Cultural Society's71st Annual St. Patrick's Day

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To all GFO Irish Interest group members,I thought you might like to know about the following event:Irish festival comes to Portland, OregonFeaturing Irish Sean-nos Dancing!What: 5th Annual Sean-nós Northwest FestivalWhen: February 17th, 18th & 19th 2012Where: Multnomah Village, Portland, OR Tickets: $35 daily pass, $60 weekend passWebsite: www.seannos.orgThe 5th annual Sean-nós Northwest festival

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"Bringing Genealogical Research & History Together"Thursday, January 26, 7-9 pmAn evening conversation with Dr. Richard Etulain, Professor Emeritus of History, UNM, and noted author. Free. Donations accepted for the benefit of the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. Sponsored by Chaparral Antiquarian Books. Laurel Smith

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JANUARY 2012 Events for Irish Interest GroupJanuary 21 General Meeting1-3 PMGFO LibraryPorts Presentation by Duane Funk.If you think sitting in the middle seat in coach on a 12 hour flight is bad, find out what it was like crossing the Atlantic in the 19th century. Learn about, ships, ports, and shipping lines that our immigrant ancestors used.

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Hello Aspiring Writers,The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, January 14th, from 11:45 a.m.until 1:45 p.m. at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. We meet the second Saturday of each month.We are going to have a discussion comparing and contrasting approaches in Revolutionary War articles in the December 2011 GFO Bulletin: Encounter at Point Pleasant: The First Revolutionary War Battle? ByCarol

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This is a reminder that the GFO's Irish Interest Group will meet on Saturday January 21 from 1-3 pm in the GFO's library. Duane Funk ( from the British Interest Group ) will talking about Ports, which will cover ports, ships, and shipping companies used by emigrants from the British isles in the 19th century, and what can be found in the records.Hope to see you there,Suzanne Lemon

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Just a reminder to all of you....I had planned on showing you the new 2.0 version of the personal webpages on Family Tree DNA, but just a couple days ago, they went live for every tester to see. Regardless, we'll view them and practice using some of the features.We'll also update you on the "breaking news" with 23andMe.See you thereEmily Reminder from: NW-ISOGG Yahoo! Group

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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

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Hello Aspiring Writers,The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, November 12th, from 11:45 a.m.until1:45 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

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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,

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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

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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

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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.

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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

janisGFObloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303754000176568765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4996625224505327202.post-8789324605214675192011-10-11T15:48:00.000-07:002011-10-11T15:49:34.611-07:00

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

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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 andDivision) 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

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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

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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

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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, 20119:00 am - 4:00 pmGenealogy and the

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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

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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,

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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

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Some of the members of ourIllinois Interest Groupwill 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

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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.

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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

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BEGINNING GENEALOGY CLASSESCHANGED 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

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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

janisGFObloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303754000176568765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4996625224505327202.post-44046767928006939722011-04-09T11:22:00.000-07:002011-04-09T11:23:46.763-07:00

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

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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.

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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

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Jewish Genealogical Society of OregonResearching Our Ancestors: The Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland and Ukraine3 Mini Sessions, RepeatedWednesday, April 13, 2011 7:00 pmWhere: 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

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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

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Regarding:A new Virginia interest groupThe 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"

janisGFObloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303754000176568765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4996625224505327202.post-1853736938474479852011-03-09T15:42:00.000-08:002011-03-09T15:42:13.485-08:00

Click for Information on the Cleanup (pdf) Sponsored by Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery

Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614097417618269247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4996625224505327202.post-89435171500117443692011-03-09T11:09:00.000-08:002011-03-09T11:20:01.580-08:00

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

janisGFObloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303754000176568765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4996625224505327202.post-6296297395235427242011-03-09T11:06:00.000-08:002011-03-09T11:09:24.051-08:00

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

janisGFObloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303754000176568765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4996625224505327202.post-2102886038213749062011-03-08T11:25:00.000-08:002011-03-08T11:27:08.001-08:00

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?²The 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 GwenGwen NewborgPortland, OregonTerra and MaxWeb Page:

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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.

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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 23andMeBest wishes,Emily

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Jews of the Pacific CoastEllen Eisenberg, Dwight and Margaret Lear Professor of American History at Willamette UniversitySunday, January 23, 2011 1:00 pmWhere: 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

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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

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Illinois Bounty LandsIllinois 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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://

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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 bedone.)No, you don¹t have to create it between now and then... You could bring something you have

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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

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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

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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,

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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.

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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 of³What I Did on My Summer Vacation²The program for the day will be presented by all the genealogists in the

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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

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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,

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

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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

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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 searchJanuary – Approximate time of offer by TriMet to purchase current buildingApril 30 – Completion of property selection and lease process, and selection of a moving companyMay-June –

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The Oregon Historical Society will be having a book sale, of duplicate items and out of scope for their collection on Sunday August 1, 2010Most items will be priced from $1-5.Sam Butler

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

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Tualatin Family History Genealogy Conference Thursday, July 29, 2010 at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Tualatin Oregon Stake Center22284 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

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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 CELEBRATIONSaturday, July 24, 2010 from 6:00pm-10:30pmBring a picnic and a blanket and come enjoy this 30 acre arboretum in the heart of SE Portland while learning

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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

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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...

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 7:30 PMPlease 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

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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

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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 1911American State PapersCalifornia Death Index 1940-1997Colorado State Archives online indexesFamine Irish immigrants to New YorkMaine Death records and marriagesMinnesota

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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,Julierathernut@cs.com

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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

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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]

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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

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I need help understanding this family. Help!

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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.

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The Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon Invites you, your family and friends to ourSunday, May 16, 2010 Brunch With presentations by guest speakerHal BookbinderEnjoy two programs with a tasty brunch sandwiched in betweenWhy 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?

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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

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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

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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

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TO: Members and future members of the GFO's British GroupSUBJECT: COMING EVENTSMARCH 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

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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

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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

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Clark County Genealogical Society Spring SeminarDate: Saturday May 1, 2010Speaker: Barbara Hovorka, a dynamic speaker who has taught at the Family History Center for years.Location: 717 Grand BV, Vancouver WA 98661, 360-750-5688Time: 8:30 AM -- 4:00 PMCost: $35 members, $40 non-members, $5 spaghetti lunch availableRegistration form is on our website: http://www.ccgs-wa.org

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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!

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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,

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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

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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 13thAnd we want YOU to join usFor the Party! And even the State of Oregon thinks it¹s a special month in

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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

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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

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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

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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.).

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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

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

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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

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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,

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Please let me know if you will be coming to our Heritage Scrapbooking interest group on Dec. 6th in the Higgins Room at 1 p.m. Sarah Holmes and Diana Renn will be giving a short presentation on digital scrapbooking. Sarah will talk about Photoshop Elements and Diana will do a presentation on digital scrapbooks that she has made. Afterwards, you can work on your heritage scrapbook, sort your

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