GFO ILLINOIS INTEREST GROUP

On Saturday, November 14th, 2009
the Topic for the Illinois Interest Discussion will be Finding Records that Confirm Death Information.

That means:
when you need to have documents that prove death info, where do you look?
There are at least ELEVEN sources of death information and we¹ll go over the list and be sure that everyone is aware of all eleven.

While we will emphasize where to look for these places in Illinois, the same eleven can be found in any state, so if you think this would be a good discussion for you, please join us!
And/or bring a friend with you.
Just come to the Higgins Room at the GFO on Saturday, November 14th, at 9:30 to 11:30 and join right in.
The leader of the day will be Kristy, here visiting from Illinois.
I hope to see you there, and to get a chance to say hello!

GFO WRITERS' FORUM NOVEMBER 14

Hi Writers,

We had October off, so hopefully you used that time to write something! Our next meeting is November 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.
Everyone is welcome, whether you have participated before or not. This is your chance to get started writing or improve your writing, whether you are writing for yourself, for others, or plan to enter the GFO writing contest this year.
We learn about good writing techniques -- write and read what we write to each other. Without exception, everyone who has participated in this group over the last five years writes better than they did when they started.
This year we are working with Roy Peter Clark's Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer published by Little, Brown and Company in 2006.
Each year we work with a book, but this particular book is making more difference In our writing than any other book we've worked with. We'll be working with Tool 11 Workshop: "Prefer the Simple over the Technical" this Saturday.

Bring your lunch if you would like.

Peggy Peggy Baldwin [peggy.baldwin@family-passages.com]

GFO DNA INTEREST GROUP

Greetings,
This is the last meeting of the year with a new presentation and information. Please join us and bring a friend.
Tuesday Nov 10th at 1:00 to 2:30 pm at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon (GFO) 1505 SE Gideon St, Portland, OR
Agenda:
....23andME testing
....Family Tree DNA and it's focus to verify Migration Patterns of African Tribes ....
Future of GFO DNA Interest Group
Topic:Genetics Changing Our World of Genealogy, Health and History

F or directions and more information see: www.gfo.org

BEGINNING GENEALOGY CLASS RESCHEDULED AGAIN

Stay tuned for new date for Beginning Genealogy Class. The Higgins Room is already in use this Saturday.

Leslie Lawson, Chair of Education Committee

GFO's Beginning Genealogy Class

For those of you who would be interested, our Beginning Genealogy Class has been rescheduled to Sunday, November 1st at 1 p.m.

Please RSVP to this email if you would like to go. You can pay at the door.

Thank you for your understanding.

Leslie Lawson

GFO IRISH INTEREST GROUP, SAT. SEPT 19TH

Hi Everyone,

* You are invited* to the meeting of the Irish Interest Group on Saturday, September 19, 2009 from 1 to 3 pm.
Higgins Room at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon

Carol Fisher has arranged for a very interesting speaker, Paul Lyons, to share his knowledge and personal slides with us.

He will be telling us about "The Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange, County Meath". It is a /World Heritage Site/ located about 45 minutes North of Dublin and was built about 3200 BC.

I have spoken with Paul and it promises to be a great meeting. He is a very knowledgeable individual, and an Irish citizen as well.

Tom O'Brien

GFO'S ILLINOIS INTEREST GROUP, SEPTEMBER 12

The Illinois Interest Group will be back in action on Saturday, September 12th. The topic will be IRAD in Illinois.

In case you are in the large group of people who do not know about IRAD...
it stands for "Illinois Regional Archives Depositories" and is the gift of the State of Illinois to the Genealogy & History researchers of the world.Choose the right IRAD and place a phone call or a letter (for some reason they have not mastered emails), and that will do the trick. Call and ask for the information you need. They will tell you what the chances are, seek it out for you, and mail it to you. If copies must be made, they will send you a bill (which will not exceed $5 without an OK from you ahead of time.)

I hope that you are now intrigued. I also hope that, if you think IRAD might be of help to you, you will come to the meeting. It may be that "your"
state, even if not Illinois, would have records you should be searching out...if you only knew they existed...so you could find out about such records by listening to the kinds of records that Illinois has.

Just show up at 9:30 in the Higgins Room and you will be welcomed in. Leave your name and email address...or write to to ask questions or get on the Illinois Interest mailing list.

The speaker for the day will be Harlene Patterson, our intrepid organizer