MEETING
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NOTES
FROM JULY 13TH, 2002, by Rose “Nonna Rosa” Ducato
Ten Pipsters met at the Schaumburg library on Saturday, July
12, 2002.
Attendee's
were:
Audrey
and Bob Allen #1771
Rose
and Peter Ducato #1812
Jerry
Farenga #`1763
Debbie
Stecker #2226
Ron
La Penta
Geneva
Shay #3252
Prudie
Marose
Ann
Moro
Debbie
Stecker has been doing her genealogy for over 10 years. Decided to make the
meeting and add to our lively conversation. She would like to know how to
go about getting records for her grandparents home.
Audrey
and Bob Allen brought a family tree dating back to 1500. They hired
professional researchers to help in their genealogy quest. They had a trip
to Salt Lake last year. They also plan on attending the POINT conference in
October. Bob advised and stressed emphatically that he strongly recommends the
"Illinois State Genealogy Society Conference that meets every July.
Jerry
Farenga talked about his recent trip to Italy. He advised us that he has 23
rolls of films waiting for his review at the family history center. He brought
his digital camera to use taking photos of the documents in Italy.
He
said that they were good quality and is a good way to document these resources.
Prudie
Marose is new to our group. She is having trouble looking at the Italian films
and how badly they are to read. She brought one Italian document to our group
for further investigation. We advised her once she has
done
this it does get easier as times goes by.
Ron
La Penta wants to know exactly when his grandfather came to America. He almost
has it narrowed down to two persons from the Ellis Island website. His mother’s
death certificate states conflicting data. The maiden name of his mother is
still not known.
Ann
Moro is new to genealogy and has a lot to learn. We gave her some good tips on
locating her ancestors and how to get started.
Rose
Marie Ducato discussed the 1930 census and handed out some forms for search
strategies for the census. She also brought the Southern Soundex code for the
Louisiana census. Her mother and grandparents are in the census. It is too bad
that all the states are not soundexed. How simple and easy it would be if all
the states were soundexed. Our PIP group collected monies to be sent for
the POINT National Convention in October
Geneva
Shay did a fabulous presentation on Cemetery records. She not only brought a
detailed description of how to find the dates that our ancestors died but to
calculate the Year, month and day on which they were born.
She
discussed in detail how to locate the death records. Where the websites are
that can help you locate the cemeteries in your city or towns. She also
discussed in detail how to collect the data at the cemetery and what tools to
bring with you in your hunt for ancestors. We all joined in with a lively
discussion about our cemetery experiences.
Our next meeting is on September 14th, Saturday,
2pm-4pm, Schaumburg District Library, 130 S. Roselle Road.