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GSBC Program/Meeting Schedule - 2008When:................. The group generally meets on the 4th Monday of the month as listed below. Come at 7:00 p.m. for refreshments and to discuss your latest research results or questions. The meeting starts shortly afterwards.
Where: .............. At the Ridgewood Public Library auditorium, 125 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, N.J.
What: ............... A short business meeting is generally followed by an interesting and informative speaker on various genealogical subjects.

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The following table lists the scheduled programs and other Society events for the year 2008:

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DATE:
TOPIC:
SPEAKER
January 28
"Writing Your Family History"
Susan Amsterdam- an experienced researcher and writer"
February 25
The Use of Catholic Sacramental Records in Genealogy Research: Looking for Family History in All the Right Places.
Kathleen S. Dodds, DA, - Archival Assistant, Msgr. William Noe Field Special Collections Center and Archives, Walsh Library, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
March 24
A Roots Visit to the Ukraine and Slovakia
Ted Semegran- Ted and his wife visited the Ukraine and Slovakia and Ted will present a Powerpoint presentation discussing his genealogy research, the trip preparations and photos of the trip.

April 28
Ellis Island: Myth and Reality
Nancy Carnevale, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of History, Montclair State University

What was it really like for the immigrants who came through Ellis Island? What do their stories reveal about turn-of-the-twentieth-century America? This lecture explores the living experience of immigrants as they arrived in America and how the social, political, and intellectual climate of the times shaped that experience. Some popular myths about Ellis Island, such as name changing, are reconsidered.

This program is offered through the Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New Jersey Council of the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment of the Humanities.
May 26
Memorial Day - no meeting

June 23
"The Germans of NY and the General Slocum Disaster"
Karen Lamberton: Karen Lamberton has researched her family history for over 20 years throughout the United States and Europe. This pursuit led her to the discovery of her family’s involvement with the General Slocum Disaster, which led to the publication of her first book titled Angels in the Gate, New York City and the General Slocum Disaster. Ms Lamberton teaches and lectures in genealogy and is a member of the Genealogy Society of Rockland County, The Chicago Genealogy Society, and the German Genealogy Group.

Program Notes: The Germans of New York and the General Slocum Disaster
    Beginning with New Amsterdam, German immigrants helped to settle our colonies, and then fought for their freedom.
Germans comprised many Army units of the Civil War, and were Mid-west pioneers.  By 1900 they were the largest ethnic community in the United States; ten years later they had disappeared. The speaker will discuss the factors that propelled the Germans to America, and those that destroyed their communities and identity including the General Slocum Disaster.

July 28
Workshop Session -
German, Italian, French, Polish, Spanish and Dutch Translation Help will be available - Come with your questions and documents/or do Research in the Library
August 25
Workshop Session -
Come with your questions and/or do Research in the Library. The August Summer Workshop will showcase a 20-minute comic movie on the 1940 census.
September 22
Local Farmer - American Patriots - Royal Lineage
David Kleiman – The program presents an actual genealogical project that starts with the question “Is this family legend true or false?” and ends with a genealogical lineage that reflects the origins of religious tolerance in colonial US and an earlier Royal surprise.
Sunday
October 12
Tentative
Family History Fair at CUNY -
12:00 noon to 5:00 pm - Free
Join us at the GSBC table
Co-sponsored by the Archivists Round Table & The Graduate Center, CUNY. To be held at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan .   Many talks and booths are free to the public
Saturday October 11
Lock-In for Genealogists at the Ridgewood Public Library - 4:30-11:00 pm
The Library will be open only for Genealogical Researchers and all of the computers will be available for research. Come and research, get help, swap stories with others, and enjoy---- Stay as long as you like (till 11:00 pm) - Supper will be brought in. Registration required.
October 27
19th Century Germany: A Genealogical Overview

Richard Haberstroh   Richard Haberstroh is a native New Yorker, whose six German ancestral lines arrived in the city between 1835 and 1852. He has been involved in German genealogical research since 1984, when he made his first of many trips to Germany. Richard, who is an accredited genealogist, served as a volunteer librarian at the LDS Family History Center in Plainview, New York, from 1988 to 2001, assisting patrons with their genealogical problems in German and New York City research. Richard has published numerous genealogical articles, including his own family’s New York City genealogy in the NYG&B Record, and short articles for the newsletter of the German Genealogy Group, of which he was a founding member. He is also the author of the book, The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: a Research Guide, published by NYG&B.

Program Description: The 19th century represents the period of greatest emigration out of Germany, and it is therefore a time of great interest for many German-American family historians. This talk will address, among other things, the topics of geography, politics and religion in the context of how they affect the genealogist's search for family information and how that information can be interpreted. The subject of  the causes behind the mass German migration of the 19th century will also be touched upon.
November 24
ANNUAL MEETING AND PROGRAM

Bergen County: Revolutionary War, The Times that Tried Men's Souls (Book published Nov. 2007)

Annual Meeting - The program will be preceeded by a short business meeting to elect Officers and Trustees and act on any other items of business.
Carol Karels - A discussion of the important role Bergen County played in the Revolutionary War with an emphasis on the Crisis Papers written by Thomas Paine during the November 1776 retreat. I will also discuss how the book came into being, with twenty-one essays all sharing different perspectives of the war--Loyalist, Patriot, French, Hessian, British, slaves and more.

December
No meeting - Enjoy the Holidays
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DATE:	TOPIC:	SPEAKER
January 28	"Writing Your Family History"	Susan Amsterdam- an experienced researcher and writer"
February 25	The Use of Catholic Sacramental Records in Genealogy Research: Looking for Family History in All the Right Places.	Kathleen S. Dodds, DA, - Archival Assistant, Msgr. William Noe Field Special Collections Center and Archives, Walsh Library, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
March 24	A Roots Visit to the Ukraine and Slovakia	Ted Semegran- Ted and his wife visited the Ukraine and Slovakia and Ted will present a Powerpoint presentation discussing his genealogy research, the trip preparations and photos of the trip.

April 28	Ellis Island: Myth and Reality	Nancy Carnevale, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of History, Montclair State University What was it really like for the immigrants who came through Ellis Island? What do their stories reveal about turn-of-the-twentieth-century America? This lecture explores the living experience of immigrants as they arrived in America and how the social, political, and intellectual climate of the times shaped that experience. Some popular myths about Ellis Island, such as name changing, are reconsidered. This program is offered through the Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New Jersey Council of the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment of the Humanities.
May 26	Memorial Day - no meeting

June 23	"The Germans of NY and the General Slocum Disaster"	Karen Lamberton: Karen Lamberton has researched her family history for over 20 years throughout the United States and Europe. This pursuit led her to the discovery of her family’s involvement with the General Slocum Disaster, which led to the publication of her first book titled Angels in the Gate, New York City and the General Slocum Disaster. Ms Lamberton teaches and lectures in genealogy and is a member of the Genealogy Society of Rockland County, The Chicago Genealogy Society, and the German Genealogy Group. Program Notes: The Germans of New York and the General Slocum Disaster Beginning with New Amsterdam, German immigrants helped to settle our colonies, and then fought for their freedom. Germans comprised many Army units of the Civil War, and were Mid-west pioneers. By 1900 they were the largest ethnic community in the United States; ten years later they had disappeared. The speaker will discuss the factors that propelled the Germans to America, and those that destroyed their communities and identity including the General Slocum Disaster.

July 28	Workshop Session -	German, Italian, French, Polish, Spanish and Dutch Translation Help will be available - Come with your questions and documents/or do Research in the Library
August 25	Workshop Session -	Come with your questions and/or do Research in the Library. The August Summer Workshop will showcase a 20-minute comic movie on the 1940 census.
September 22	Local Farmer - American Patriots - Royal Lineage	David Kleiman – The program presents an actual genealogical project that starts with the question “Is this family legend true or false?” and ends with a genealogical lineage that reflects the origins of religious tolerance in colonial US and an earlier Royal surprise.
Sunday October 12 Tentative	Family History Fair at CUNY - 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm - Free Join us at the GSBC table	Co-sponsored by the Archivists Round Table & The Graduate Center, CUNY. To be held at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan . Many talks and booths are free to the public
Saturday October 11	Lock-In for Genealogists at the Ridgewood Public Library - 4:30-11:00 pm	The Library will be open only for Genealogical Researchers and all of the computers will be available for research. Come and research, get help, swap stories with others, and enjoy---- Stay as long as you like (till 11:00 pm) - Supper will be brought in. Registration required.
October 27	19th Century Germany: A Genealogical Overview	Richard Haberstroh Richard Haberstroh is a native New Yorker, whose six German ancestral lines arrived in the city between 1835 and 1852. He has been involved in German genealogical research since 1984, when he made his first of many trips to Germany. Richard, who is an accredited genealogist, served as a volunteer librarian at the LDS Family History Center in Plainview, New York, from 1988 to 2001, assisting patrons with their genealogical problems in German and New York City research. Richard has published numerous genealogical articles, including his own family’s New York City genealogy in the NYG&B Record, and short articles for the newsletter of the German Genealogy Group, of which he was a founding member. He is also the author of the book, The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: a Research Guide, published by NYG&B. Program Description: The 19th century represents the period of greatest emigration out of Germany, and it is therefore a time of great interest for many German-American family historians. This talk will address, among other things, the topics of geography, politics and religion in the context of how they affect the genealogist's search for family information and how that information can be interpreted. The subject of the causes behind the mass German migration of the 19th century will also be touched upon.
November 24	ANNUAL MEETING AND PROGRAM Bergen County: Revolutionary War, The Times that Tried Men's Souls (Book published Nov. 2007)	Annual Meeting - The program will be preceeded by a short business meeting to elect Officers and Trustees and act on any other items of business. Carol Karels - A discussion of the important role Bergen County played in the Revolutionary War with an emphasis on the Crisis Papers written by Thomas Paine during the November 1776 retreat. I will also discuss how the book came into being, with twenty-one essays all sharing different perspectives of the war--Loyalist, Patriot, French, Hessian, British, slaves and more.
December	No meeting - Enjoy the Holidays	---