Upcoming Events
Longmont Genealogical Society
LGS Programs
2012
Information provided by
LGS Vice-President/Program Chair LaRayne Randall
Meeting Place
First Lutheran Church - 803 3rd Avenue, Longmont
We will meet in the "Friendship Center" room which is on the street level. It is accessed by the west door that faces 3rd Avenue, It is adjacent to a small parking lot with 2 Handicap spots. More parking is available on the West side of the building with a stairway leading to this upper level.
Ted Bainbridge - "Finding Civil War Soldiers on the Internet" Step-by-step how to find out if any of your relatives served on either side. Demonstrations, computer screen images, and explanations. Comprehensive index sites. Getting different results from different sites. Unit rosters and histories, battle flags, service and pension records. Black soldiers on both sides. Female soldiers. Getting copies of original documents. A List of Ted's more than 820 clickable links is listed below for you.
To download Ted's amazing handout of over 820 links to Civil War sites and information click here. The best way to use the file is to download it and save it to your computer. When you get ready to look for your Civil War ancestors' on the sites Ted has listed, open the file and click on the link you want. Good luck hunting for and finding them. Enjoy the process and what you learn as you search!
Attacking the “BOX” - Larry Dodge
All that stuff you inherited. Everybody has stuff that is such a overwhelming undertaking. All the information in that box can be added to a genealogy file and you can do it. Attacking the "Box" is a good topic. Most of us have either inherited a box of "genealogy" stuff or have ourselves created a box of "stuff" we intend to digest and include "later". "THE BOX" becomes a daunting project that is put off and often never worked on. I have undertaken "THE BOX" several times and have had good success. Sometimes it is a major task but it is one worth doing and it feels good to know that it has been done. There are some tricks to doing it and not putting each piece aside for later.
Graduate of the Air Force Academy, class of 1973. Masters in Systems Management from University of Southern California. Interest in family stories and fables since childhood. Father of six children, husband of Trena, Grandfather of fifteen to date. Hobbies: Fishing, Hunting, Coin Collecting, Custom Woodwork. Work: Truck Garden in Texas, Tandy Leather Company in Wisconsin, Roy Lumber Company in Utah, US Air Force 13 years – Oklahoma, California, Washington, Arkansas, Philippines, Texas, Pawnbroker 11 years in Colorado Springs, Contract Mail Carrier, Wal-Mart, Computers and Networking, Self employed, Genealogist, Sorting Coins in a Coin Shop. Genealogy Specific: Classes at BYU, attended Seminars and Symposiums, member of National Genealogical Society and Parker Genealogy Society, Substantial Research both individually and in a team, Work at Family History Center in Parker.
"Stolen Stuff and Misplaced Missives: Copyrights, Permissions and a Plagiarism Refresher" - Dina C. Carson
Genealogists encounter copyrights in many items we want to use to help prove our family lineages, and in the protections we would like for the hard work we put in to create family and local histories. Fortunately, copyright infringement doesn't occur as often as many people assume it does, nevertheless, genealogists should be aware of what copyrights protect and what they do not, how to obtain permission to include materials within an original work, and what constitutes plagiarism or the unlawful adoption of another's form of expression into one's own work.
Dina's first foray into genealogy was at age 7 when her grandmother got her interested by telling her really good stories which spurred a life-long love for storytelling, genealogy and local history. She has owned a publishing company since 1989, focusing on local history, genealogy and reunion planning. Although her formal education is in international law and economics, she has spent the last 20 years marketing books and small businesses. She currently is the coordinator for the Boulder Pioneers Project; a comprehensive look at the original source materials for Boulder's pre-Statehood pioneers, from which many lessons on planning large research projects have been learned, and many books of extractions and indices are planned. When she's not at a computer working on a publishing project, you can find her photographing the pioneer cemeteries of Colorado.
"Successful Research Techniques for Your Ancestor's Town or County" - Carol Cooke Darrow
People are affected by the belief system, the laws, the climate, and the technology, as well as religious and ethnic influences of the time they live in. We want to know why they do what they did. (intermediate – advanced)
Carol has been a Certified Genealogist since 2005 and the co-author or The Genealogist’s Guide to Researching Tax Records, published in 2007. She teaches genealogy courses throughout the Denver area, and currently serves as the president of the Colorado Genealogical Society.
"Welcome to the Wonderful World of Directories" - By Pat Johnson
This Power Point presentation is an excellent description of various types of directories. It will show where to find them, how to read them, and what they can tell us about our ancestors. Directories are an often overlooked resource and this program illustrates how they can help fill in the blanks of our ancestor’s lives.
Patricia writes about her ancestors as a way to preserve her research and share with others. Her area of expertise is in American Revolutionary research. She aids researchers at the Family History Center in Fort Collins, Colorado and belongs to the Larimer County Genealogical Society. She is the Registrar of Friday’s Council Tree Chapter, NSDAR, in Windsor, Colorado Patricia presents genealogical programs in Colorado and Wyoming, and has been a speaker at the Colorado Family History Expo in Loveland.
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Annual Summer Pot Luck TBA TBA TBA TBA Christmas Pot Luck with special guest Jon Chandler!
Mark these dates on your calendar so you won’t miss any of these excellent programs, and remember to invite your friends.
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