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Colorado Chapter, Palatines to America (CO-PAL-AM) is having their Fall All-Day Seminar on Saturday, 25 October 2008. The event will feature key speaker, Dr. Roland Paul of the Kaierlauten Archives.

Morning Schedule:

8:30 - Registration

1a. “What I’ve Always Wanted to Know About German Research, but . . .” a discussion.
1b. “Beginning German Genealogical Research” presented by Ann Lisa Pearson.

2. “Emigration from the Pfaltz and Nearby Regions” presented by Dr. Roland Paul.

Buffet Luncheon included with registration.

Afternoon Schedule

4. “Causes of Emigration” presented by Dr. Roland Paul.

5. Question-Answer Session with Dr. Roland Paul.

The seminar will held at the Holiday Inn - Lakewood, 7390 W. Hampden (S. E. Corner of Wadsworth and W. Hampden). Pre-registration is necessary.

For further information contact Sandy Carter-Duff at (303) 777-1391 or sandy@carduff.com.

This year the Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado and the Community College of Aurora will be co-sponsoring a Swedish Family Research Fair. The fair will take place on Saturday, 4 October 2008 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. The fair will feature lectures, an exhibit hall, and research assistance sessions.

8:30 am – 9 am, Registration and Coffee

9:00 am – 10:30 am, “Trace Your Swedish Heritage Online using Genline and New Features in Genline’s
FamilyFinder” presented by Kathy Meade, Geneline U.S. Respresentative

11:00 am – 12:00 pm, “Using Online Catalogs and Online Websites To Access International Genealogical Resources” presented by Jay Devaughn, Director of Library Services, Community College of Aurora.

Lunch- Order your lunch (see registration form) or “brown bag” it.

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, “Finding Your Swedish Roots Using Genline: A step-by-step presentation of real case studies” presented by Kjell S. Andersson, SGSC Member.

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, “Swedish Military Research” presented by Lenora Lynam, McPherson County Old Mill Museum, Lindsborg, Kansas.

The seminar will held at the Community College of Aurora, CentreTech Campus, Fine Arts Building and parking is free. Registration is $25 (postmarked by 19 September); $30 (after 19 September) and Lunch is $12.

For further information go to the SGSC Web site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosgs or contact Kate Johnson at katej@idcomm.com.

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.

As we reported a few days ago in Special Revolutionary War workshop, registration for that workshop was limited to 25 people. The limit was quickly reached, but Joan Peters has generously agreed to repeat the workshop on June 19th, also limited to 25 people. For more information and sign-up details, see the earlier post.

Thanks to the Education Committee of Boulder Genealogical Society for this tip.