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Dr. James G. Ryan, Ph.D., from County Dublin, Ireland, will be the featured speaker at the Wales. Ireland. Scotland. England Family History Society (W.I.S.E.) seminar on Saturday, 8 November 2008.

Dr. Ryan is the author of Irish Records-Sources for Family History & Local History, Tracing your Dublin Ancestors, Irish Church Records, and Sources for Irish Family History.

The seminar will be held at the Denver Public Library Conference Center, 13th and Broadway, Denver from 9 am-4 pm. The cost of the all day seminar is $25 if paid by 1 November, $30 if paid after that date.

The topics to be presented are:

• Basic Irish Genealogy
• Irish Church Records
• Irish Catholic Records
• Online Resources for Irish Research

Lunch will be on your own, brown bags are okay.

For more information contact:
Sandy Carter-Duff at sandy@carduff.com or (303) 777-1391 or
Jan Prater at the Denver Public Library, Western History & Genealogy.

The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) will be holding their annual conference Footprints of Family History in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 3-6 September 2008.

The conference will be held downtown at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and there are several places close to the conference for research: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, NARA-Mid-Atlantic Region, Free Library of Philadelphia, and Philadelphia City Archives.

Two Colorado genealogists will be presenting lectures:

• Roberta “Bobbi” King
  Wednesday, 3 September, 11:30 a.m., “Voting: When Yes Means No, and No Means Yes”
  Saturday, 6 September, 9:30 a.m., “Survey First, Settle Later: A Discussion of the Public Lands Survey”
  Saturday, 6 September, 2 p.m., “Homestead Records: A Day in the Life of Your Ancestors”

• Julie Miller, CG
  Friday, 5 September, 11 a.m., “Carriers of News and Knowledge: Post Office Records”
  Saturday, 6 September, 8 a.m., “Google’s Not the Only Game in Town”
  Saturday, 6 September, 11 a.m., “Beyond Population Schedules”

FGS announced this week a “Bring the Whole Gang” member society discount. The discount will be given to
societies that bring at least five members to the conference. Details are at Conference Rebate.

For more information and to register for the conference, go to FGS Annual Conference.

For the latest information about the conference and related activities visit the FGS Conference Blog.