Mark your calendar for the GGS Winter Workshop on
March 10,
featuring Deb Vevea, director of the Crystal Family History Center
Even if you already use the Family History Library (FHL), this workshop
will teach you additional techniques for tapping its rich resources. You'll
learn about:
- Methods for researching your German ancestors using the FHL and your
local Family History Center (FHC)
- Some little known but highly useful features of familysearch.org
- FHC basics, like how to order microfilmed records
- FHL's online research guides
- FHL's growing collection of digital books
- Exciting new developments at the FHL in Salt Lake City.
Plan now to attend this informative session. And invite your friends.
This session is relevant to anyone interested in genealogy, regardless of
their ancestorscountries of origin. Please forward this announcement to
friends who may be interested. Everyone is welcome!
Date: Saturday, March 10, 2007
Time: 8:30 a.m. to noon
Place: Minnesota Genealogy Library
- 5768 Olson Memorial Highway on the north side service road of State
Highway 55 (Olson Memorial Highway) just west of Highway 100 in Golden
Valley, Minnesota.
- Free parking is available behind the building.
- Map at
www.mngs.org/library.shtml
Registration: $5.00 at the door
Program:
- 8:30 a.m. Registration
- 9:00 a.m. Announcements
- 9:10 - 10:20 a.m. Hidden Gems in Familysearch.org
- Using the tutorials and catalogs at
home, ordering films, FHL research guides
- An update on digitalizing records
from the Granite Mountain vaults in
- Salt Lake City
- 10:40 - 12:00 noon Using the Family History Center in Crystal
and Salt Lake City to look at
- records from Germany....
and How I Found my Grandmother's Home in
- Poland in One Day ... my
little miracle.
GGS E-News:
E-communications and 2007 Calendar
This issue of GGS E-News
contains:
- New E-communications
- GGS 2007 Calendar
- President's Message
- Q & A about E-communications
New E-communications
As a Germanic Genealogy Society member, you can now receive GGS
news and information by e-mail. The GGS Board will issue two kinds of
e-communications.
- GGS E-Connect is your new quarterly newsletter. It will
contain details on upcoming GGS programs and meetings, calendars, news
from the GGS Board, GGS library updates, and more. Its subject line will
always begin with "GGS E-Connect." It replaces the printed GGS Connect,
which had been mailed to GGS members.
- GGS E-News will bring you brief meeting reminders and
timely announcements. It will be sent as needed between issues of
E-Connect. Its subject line will always begin with "GGS E-News." For more
information about these e-communications, see "Q & A about
E-communications" at the end of this message.
2007 GGS Calendar
Mark your calendars now. More information about each of these
sessions will follow.
March 10, 8:30 am to 12:00 noon - Winter Workshop
- MGS Library, Golden Valley, MN
- "Using the Family History Center (FHL)" with Deb Vevea, director of
the Crystal Family History Center
April 14, all day - MGS Branching Out Meeting
- Lake Junior High School, Woodbury, MN
- GGS presentation: "Web sites for Germanic Genealogy" by
Kent Cutkomp and other GGS members. GGS will also have a display table.
- For information on other presentations, go to
http://www.mngs.org/quarterly.shtml
May 4 & 5 - GGS Spring Conference
- Concordia University, St. Paul, MN
- Presenter: Baerbel Johnson, international librarian at the Family
History Library in Salt Lake City
October 6 - Fall Workshop
- Location and program to be announced
November 10 - GGS Annual meeting
- Location and program to be announced
President's Message
I look forward to an exciting year with GGS. As always, we will
enjoy four issues of our excellent journal and four informative meetings.
New features will be added to our website. And I hope you enjoy our new
e-communications.
If you're wondering how you can contribute your time and talent to GGS, I
have three ideas for you:
- Send your suggestions for meetings or projects to
ggsconnect@yahoo.com.
- Attend our meetings and invite your friends to come with you.
Everyone is welcome.
- Volunteer to help with a GGS meeting or project. Read upcoming issues
of the new GGS-E-Connect to learn how.
Best regards,
Kent Cutkomp
Q & A about E-communications
Why are we switching to e-mail for our communications?
- More timely delivery of news and information
- Reduced cost to GGS resulting in better use of our resources
- Environmentally friendly
What about GGS members who do not have email?
- Members for whom we have no e-mail addresses will receive all the
necessary information about GGS and its meetings by U.S. mail. These
mailings will be printed copies of GGS E-Connect. However, they will not
receive GGS E-News. Therefore, we encourage all members who have e-mail
to provide GGS with their updated e-mail addresses.
What about the GGS Journal? Will it arrive as e-mail?
- No. The Germanic Genealogy Journal will continue to arrive in your
postal mailbox each quarter.
Will news about GGS continue to be posted on the GGS website?
- Yes. Our website is another excellent source of up-to-date news. It
is at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnggs/GGS.html.
Can non-members receive these e-communications?
- Yes. Non-members who want news about our meetings and programs may
subscribe to GGS E-Connect and GGS E-News by sending an e-mail message to
ggsconnect@yahoo.com with "New e-mail address" in the subject line.
However, GGS will not send either of these communications to non-members
via U.S. mail.
Should I forward this message to others?
- We encourage you to share GGS meeting news with other researchers.
However, the formatting of this message may be lost if it is forwarded to
others. Perhaps a better alternative is to refer your friends to the GGS
website at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnggs/GGS.html, where they will find
information about the organization and its meetings.
What if my email address changes?
- Send an e-mail to
ggsconnect@yahoo.com with "New e-mail address" in the subject line.
Be sure to state your name and your new e-mail address.
Can I unsubscribe from these e-communications?
- Yes. If you don't want to receive GGS E-Connect and GGS E-News, send
an e-mail to
ggsconnect@yahoo.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. State
your name in the body of the message. GGS members who unsubscribe will
then receive printed copies of GGS E-Connect via U.S. mail.
Can I make suggestions and comments about the e-communications?
- We welcome your suggestions and comments. Send an e-mail to
ggsconnect@yahoo.com with "comment" in the subject line.
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