Past BAGHS Meetings 

 

January 10, 2006	Dianne Lynch - Brandon Stake Family History Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
February 14, 2006	Martha Jean Lorenzo -subject: Adoption-Unlocking the Secrets
March 14, 2006	Drew Smith - "Online Surname Search Strategies." Drew is Vice President of the Florida Genealogical Society of Tampa and Instructor of several genealogical classes at the University of South Florida. A nationally recognized speaker, he is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild and member of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the National Genealogical Society and the American Library Association. He also Co-host's the weekly 60-minute "Genealogy Guys Podcast".
April 11, 2006	George G. Morgan - "Organizing a Very Effective Genealogical Trip"  George, a nationally recognized Genealogical expert is president of ahaseminars.com, and the International Society of Family History Writers and Educators, a director of the Genealogical Speakers Guild, and the Florida Genealogical Society Inc. George is also a member of the Florida State Genealogical Society's Speakers Bureau, the Association of Professional Genealogist, the National Genealogical Society and the Society of Genealogists (U.K.), and twenty other genealogical societies in the U.S. and U.K. George is Co-host of the weelkly 60-minute "Genealogy Guys Podcast".
May 9, 2006	Dr. Angelo P. Spoto Jr., will talk about his family's journey "From Sicily to Ybor City". With his family's long history in Ybor City and Valrico, this will be a great follow-up to our Italian Club trip. Dr. Spoto, an Allergist, is the longest-serving member of the current Watson Clinic Staff. He joined the clinic in 1966, and has served on the Clinic's Executive Committee. The Watson Clinic LLP is one of the largest medical clinics in the Southeast, with eight regional offices and a state-of-the art cancer clinic, with more than 180 physicians on staff. Dr. Spoto, has served as past President of the Watson Clinic Foundation and the American Medical Group Association, with a membership of more than 300 major clinics.
June 13, 2006	Roundtable
July 11, 2006	Indoor Picnic - bring a dish to share.  BAGHS will provide fried chicken and drinks.
August 8, 2006	Marilyn Martin will give a program on using video to record family history and other genealogical information for future generations.  The Brandon News ran a story about her business on July 19, 2006.  Page 1  Page 2
September 12, 2006	Toni Carrier of the University of South Florida will talk about the USF Africana Heritage Project.  The project is sponsored by the Africana Studies department at USF.  It is dedicated to rediscovering records that document the names and lives of slaves, freedpersons and their descendants, and sharing those records on a free Internet site at http://www.africanaheritage.com/ USF Africana Heritage Project. Rediscovering Records of African American Genealogy and History The project website has been live for two years. Our searchable database contains more than 4,000 transcriptions and images of primary documents. The project's large database makes it a valuable resource for anyone researching their family history. Readers are encouraged to share will, deed and other records that name slaves, from their own family research. We treat every submission as the precious historical document that it is, and we cherish our volunteers. Toni also provided us with lists of general genealogical resources that can be found at USF:      USF Serials Catalog      USF Historic Newspapers
October 10, 2006	Nancy Evers will present a program about wills. She is a long-time member of FGS.
November 14, 2006	Dr. Monique Groulx, who is a member of BAGHS, will present a program about research in French Canada.
December 12, 2006	Our Annual Holiday Celebration.  BAGHS will supply the Christmas ham, our members will bring the extras.  Please try to arrive by 6:30, as we will eat before the meeting.
January 9, 2007	Sara Jo Reynolds will present a program entitled "Vertical files and other hits and misses."
February 13, 2007	Our speaker will be Clyde Chamberlin and he will present a slide show of "Unusual Gravestones."
March 13, 2007	Our speaker, Melissa Riley will present a program “Finding your Female Ancestors.”
April 10, 2007	Gay Harlowe will speak on "Women during the Revolutionary War" She will bring 13 dolls in colonial costume and DAR bottles showing women doing various activities.
May 8, 2007	Bob Rook will speak on genealogy software and the process of gathering, organizing, and sharing genealogical data.
June 12, 2007	Melissa Riley and Noreta Wells will discuss what is available at the library and online for genealogy research.
July 10, 2007	This is our annual summer "picnic" meeting July 10th and we are asking everyone to bring a covered dish, a guest and a big appetite. The Society will furnish the chicken, paper goods and drinks. A request for veggies has been made, so if you have a good casserole dish, please bring it. No program, just fun and games. A chance to talk Genealogy and meet and mingle with our members and guest.
August 14, 2007	Our member Linda Soloski will present a program on "Espionage in the Revolutionary War, was your Patriot one of these?" Sounds like another research road to travel.
September 11, 2007	Melissa Riley will present a program on Researching Land Records.s
October 9, 2007	Sally Miller will present a program on Revolutionary Diaries
November 13, 2007	Nancy Evers will present a program on Scandinavian Research.
December 11, 2007	This month it is time for our annual Christmas party.  Scott is checking on the ham and that leaves the veggies and desserts to us.  Noreta has the paper goods. The meeting is at 6:30. The invitation is extended to spouses and friends to join us and enjoy the beginning of our Holiday Season.
January 8, 2008 6:45 pm	Rodney Kite - Powell Tampa Bay History Center
February 12, 2008 6:45 pm	Meeting was cancelled due to severe weather.
March 11, 2008 6:45 pm	Andy Anderson - DNA
April 8, 2008 6:45 pm	Pam Treme' & Pattie Schultz Pasco Genealogy Society - "Connecting through Family Newsletters" This is a two part program on how to compile your Newsletter, than mail merging it to send to several people. You will learn things about your Microsoft Word you didn't know was there!
May 13, 2008 6:45 pm	Sally Miller - Tombstone Inscriptions
June 10, 2008 6:45 pm	George Morgan to speak on Researching Ancestry.com
July 8, 2008 6:45 pm	4th of July Party
August 12, 2008 6:45 pm	CANCELLED!  Our meeting room was used as a polling site by the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections.
September 9, 2008 6:45 pm	David Boyett - Genetic Genealogy - Understanding Your DNA
October 14, 2008 6:45 pm	Drew Smith will speak on "Understanding Copyright and Plagiarism."
November 18, 2008 6:45 pm	(Rescheduled because of Veterans Day.) Bob Rooke will speak on using a PC for genealogy
December 9, 2008 6:45 pm	Christmas Party
January 13, 2009 6:45 pm	Harold Youmans - War of 1812 in Florida
February 10, 2009 6:45 pm	Pattie Schultz & Pam Treme` - Researching on the Internet
March 10, 2009 6:45 pm	Kent Akselsen - Photo Restoration
April 14, 2009 6:45 pm	The April program "Italian Genealogy" will be presented by Vince J. Pardo, Vienna LoCicero Santisteban, and Kenneth Ferlita.
May 12, 2009 6:45 pm	Round Table discussion-bring your research problems and roadblocks to share.
June 9, 2009 6:45 pm	Jack Bolen - "The Lee and Jackson Families of Virginia"

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