October is Family History Month - "Introduction to Genealogy" Presentations at local libraries

Pima County Genealogy Society will be presenting an "Introduction to Genealogy" talk at various library locations throughout the city of Tucson during the month of October.  Please join us at one of the following locations:

Oct.  4   Tuesday     5:00 pm -  6:30 pm   Wilmot Murphy Library       320 S. Wilmot
Oct.  7   Friday      10:30 am -11:30 am   Martha Cooper Library      1377 N. Catalina Ave.
Oct.  7   Friday        2:00 pm -  3:00 pm   Golf  Links Library               9640 E. Golf Links Rd
Oct. 11  Tuesday    6:00 pm -  7:30 pm   Columbus Library                4350 E. 22nd St. 
Oct. 13  Thursday   9:00 am -  1:00 pm   Venito Garcia                       Sells
Oct. 15  Saturday 11:00 am -12:00 pm   Bear Canyon                        8959 Tanque Verde
Oct. 22  Saturday   1:00 pm -  4:30 pm   Wheller Taff Abbett              7800 N. Schisler
Oct. 25  Tuesday    6:30 pm -  8:00 pm   Himmel Park                        1035 N. Treat Ave. 

Beginning Classes: Vital Record Substitutes

Join Us Saturday, October 1 from 3:00 - 4:30 pm at the Columbus Library 4350 E 22nd Street.  This beginners session will highlight vital record substitutes for the first 30-45 minutes and then have one on one mentoring for the remainder of the session.  Please RSVP by calling Barbara Salyer at 296-1498.  This class will be repeated next riday, October 7 from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Himmel Park Library.  Please call Barbara Salyer if you plan on coming to the Friday session and have not previously registered.

Family History in the 21st Century - Free Learning Opportunities

The classes for the Family History in the 21st Century have been announced.  They include Records of the poor; Tips for Ancestry.com;, Comparing Ancesral Quest, Family Insight, Legacy Family Tree and RootsMagic; Maps; Social Networking; Technology Webinars; Using Newspapers; and Writing Personal and Family Histories.  A full list of available classes and an additional information is available by downloading Family History in the 21st Century.  Remember this opportunity is being offered October 29, 2011 from 8am to 3:30pm and it is FREE!

Updates to the FamilySearch Presentation

Pam Ingermanson, one of our speakers form September 19th, has sent us an update to her presentation reflecting changes made at FamilySearch.  Thank you again Pam for staying on top of the changes FamilySearch has been making and sharing them with us.  Her additional handout is below:


 Update FamilySearch

September Program Follow-ups

One of our Saturday speaker's, Pam Ingermanson,  forwarded this article by Leland Meitzler regarding indexing.  Leland Meitzler writes the genealogyblog blog and is the owner of Family Roots Publishing Co. He used to own Heritage Quest and was editor of Heritage Quest Magazine and Everton Magazine.

http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=14103

Thank you Pam for the follow up and putting on such an informative presentation on FamilySearch.  


Jodie Strait-Shutts also presented a program about  using a research log.  I hope everyone considers using a research log to keep track of their positive and negative research.  Thank you Jodi!

Cincinnati Birth and Death Records at the University of Cincinnati

The City of Cincinnati Birth and Death Records from 1865 to 1912 are now fully online and available for research and study at http://digitalprojects.libraries.uc.edu/Births_and_Deaths/.


Thank you to Betty Bengtson  for sharing this link!

Dues! A Reminder......

Please don't forget to stop by the membership table and turn in your dues!.  The cost of joining is $20 which will cover your dues from now to December 31, 2012, what a deal!

A membership form is available on the right side bar of this blog under MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION.  To save time at the meeting, please print out a copy and have it filled out along with your check or cash ready to go.