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November 16, 2015 Speaker
Colonial Research in America
Focusing on the Early Years of Our Country's History
Colonial New England is Classified as the Following States
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire & Rhode Island
Karen Krugman has been researching since 1990, and professionally since 1998. She enjoys the challenge of Lineage Society research. Since 2002 she has been speaking to genealogy groups in the metro Detroit area as well as other areas of Michigan & Ohio. Her talks are given with a humorous spin that is unique to her. Societies she has held positions in include: research chair for the Detroit Society for Genealogical research, past Registrar of the Michigan UDC chapter, past president of the Ford Genealogy Club, a member of the Oakland County Genealogy Society and a six year volunteer at the Library of Michigan. She has written five books based on her family history research and was co-author of The Ford Family Cemetery book, which includes photos and other information on the cemetery where auto pioneer Henry Ford is buried. Currently Karen resides in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
The meeting agenda is:
5:30 PM, bring your dinner and join us for conversation about genealogy and whatever other topics come up. If you don't want to bring your dinner, please feel free to join us anyway.
6:00 PM. Open discussion, genealogy tips and announcements.
7:00 PM Karen Krugman, Colonial Resarch in America
8:00 PM Q & A. and genealogy tips
Western Wayne County Genealogical Society Repeat of the 2014-2015 Workshops
We will repeat our very successful series of workshops on locating genealogical records, evaluating them and entering the data into Legacy Family Tree software. These sessions will not be on our regular meeting nights
How do you answer the following questions?
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Are you a novice and want to learn more about your ancestors, but don’t know where to start?
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Do you want to learn where you can find records for those folks?
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Do you already have piles of records and papers and don’t know what to do with them?
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Do you want to learn how to enter all of your genealogical data into a software program on your computer?
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Are you already an accomplished genealogist, but want to learn more about research techniques and maximizing software benefits?
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Do you want to be able to provide your relatives with family tree charts and reports so that they can understand why you spend so much time doing genealogical research?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions, plan on attending the workshops scheduled for next year by the Western Wayne County Genealogical Society. The workshops will be held in classroom "A" in the Livonia Civic Center Libary.
We will be doing an actual research case study of the Henry Ford family and will provide detailed information on how and where to find records, how to evaluate them, and how to properly enter them into a reliable genealogical software program. Records used will include: census, birth, baptism, marriage, death, cemetery, city directories, passenger lists, passport, obituaries and more. Research techniques used for the Ford family can be used for researching any family. We will be using Legacy Family Tree software, but help will be provided for other programs such as Family Tree Maker and RootsMagic.
The workshops will be held in Classroom "A" in the Livonia Civic Center Library, on the following monday evenings from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. 11/2/15, 12/7/15, 1/25/16/ 2/29/16, 4/4/16/ 5/2/16.
To reserve your seat for the workshops please send an email to info@wwcgs.org
For members, a downloadable handout and the complete PowerPoint file for each session will be available free on our website.
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Individual Membership $15.00
Family Membership $18.00
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Parkview Memorial Cemetery
September 1, 2015
As of today additional names were added to the Parkview Memorial Cemetery database. We have a total of 16,073 names up on our site. Remember this is a work in progress. Not all names in the cemetery have been read. Happy Hunting!
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WWCGS Christmas Dinner
Wednesday, Dec. 2nd
6:00 pm
Western Golf & Country Club
14600 Kinloch, Redford Twp., MI 48239 Dinner served at 6:30 pm. Western house salad with citrus vinaigrette tossed on salad Choice of Sliced ...
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Henry Ford and Legacy Workshop
Monday, Dec. 7th
6:30 pm to 8:45 pm
Classroom "A" main floor of Livonia Civic Center Library
We will cover marriage records during this session.
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Board Meeting
Wednesday, Jan. 13th
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Livonia Civic Center Library (Room C)
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Researching and Legacy Family Tree Workshops
We will repeat last years successful workshops on locating records, evaluating them and entering the data into Legacy Family Tree software on your computer. These sessions will be held from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm on the following Mondays, in the Livonia Civic Center Library. We will be limited to 40 attendees so RSVP's will be required. You will be able to order Legacy Deluxe software and manual at a discount price of $25.00.
Monday: 11/2/15, 12/7/15, 1/25/16, 3/7/16, 4/4/15, 5/2/16. We will not be offering individual help at these workshops. To reserve your seat at the workshops please send an email to info@wwcgs.org.
Parkview Memorial Cemetery database
As of 1 September 2015 additional names were added to the Parkview Memorial Cemetery database. We have a total of 16,073 names up on our site. Remember this is a work in progress. Not all names in the cemetery have been read. Happy Hunting!
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