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Colorado Chapter, Palatines to America (CO-PAL-AM) is having their Spring All-Day Seminar on Saturday, 26 April 2008. The event will feature key speaker, Baerbel Johnson. Baerbel was born in Germany and is a professional genealogists. She works at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City as an International Reference Consultant and holds degrees in Family and Local History and Sociology from BYU.

Morning Schedule:

8:30 - Registration

9:00-10:20 - “What I’ve Always Wanted to Know About German Research, but . . .” a discussion moderated by Bill Nix.

9:00-10:20 - “Basic German Genealogical Research” presented by Ann Lisa Pearson.

10:30-11:40 - “Strategies For Solving German Research problems” presented by Baerbel Johnson.

Buffet Luncheon

Afternoon Schedule:

1:00-2:20 - “German Research on the Internet” presented by Baerbel Johnson.

2:40-4:00 - “Avoiding Mistakes in German Research” present by Baerbel Johnson.

The seminar is will held at the Holiday Inn - Lakewood, 7390 W. Hampden (S. E. Corner of Wadsworth and W. Hampden). Cost for the seminar is $35 members, $45 non-members. Pre-registration is necessary.

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

Julie Miller’s monthly column is in the 16 March 2008 edition of the Broomfield Enterprise. The topic for March is KC Place to be for genealogy come May. The column highlights the upcoming National Genealogical Conference which will be held 16-17 May in Kansas City.

The National Genealogical Society (NGS) will be holding their annual conference Show Me the Nation’s Records in Kansas City, Missouri from May 14th to the 17th. The conference will be held downtown at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center and the adjoining exhibit hall. Everything will be under one roof.

The program will have over 166 lectures and workshops during the four day conference. Several Colorado people will be speaking at the conference.

• Kathleen Hinckley, CG
  Thursday, 15 May, 4 p.m. “Researching Colorful Colorado Ancestors”

• Roberta “Bobbi” King
  Wednesday, 14 May, 11 a.m. “Grids Across America: History of the Rectangular Survey System”
  Wednesday, 14 May, 4 p.m. “Homestead Records: A Day in the Life of our Ancestors”
  Thursday, 15 May, 11 a.m. “Pleasures and Treasures in Nebraska: Researching Nebraska”
  Saturday, 17 May, 8 a.m. “Homestead Laws and the Slavery Question”

• Julie Miller, CG
  Thursday, 15 May 8 a.m. “When Grandpa Comes Marching Home Again”
  Thursday, 15 May, 2:30 p.m. “Alien Registration Records”
  Friday, 16 May, 8 a.m. “Building Your Own Reference Library”

If you are interested in doing some research while in Kansas City, there are several places close to the Conference:
• Mid-Continent Public Library
• National Archives-Central Plains Branch
• Kansas City Public Library

For more information and to register for the conference, go to the NGS Web site. To take advantage of the early bird discount, you will need to register by March 31.

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

Here are some important events coming up in the next two months:

18-19 April - Lloyd Bockstruck to speak at CGS Seminar

See the Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies events calendar for regular society events in Colorado.

Lloyd Bockstruck, M.A., MLS, FNGS will be the featured speaker at the Colorado Genealogical Society’s (CGS) annual seminar on 18-19 April 2008.

Mr. Bockstruck is a Historian, Librarian, Lecturer, and Author. He is a Senior Faculty Member, IGHR, Samford University and supervisor of the genealogy section at the Dallas Public Library.

Friday night’s program will take place during the Society’s regular meeting held at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2300 S. Patton Court, Denver, 7-9 pm. The topic will be “Research Along the Ohio River.” The meeting is free and open to the public.

Saturday’s program will be held at the Denver Public Library Conference Center, 13th and Broadway, Denver from 10 am-4 pm. The cost of the all day seminar is $30, with an optional lunch offered.

The topics to be presented are:

• Arriving in Missouri
• Where We Lived
• What We Did
• Who Stayed, Who Left, Why?

For registration information visit the CGS Web site.

For more information contact:
E-mail Sandy at sandy@carduff.com or phone Pam Smith (303) 756-0320.