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FAMILY HISTORY MONTH AT ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
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Hello!!!
Celebrate Family History Month in October with the staff of the
Historical Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library in
Fort Wayne, Indiana!
We are open for business in our temporary location and invite you to
visit us, our collection is fully accessible...all the books,
periodicals and microtext materials are out on the shelves, allowing you
to browse our entire national and international collection of
genealogical research sources. The microtext area offers some very
unusual and exciting sources. This is addition to the nearly 50,000
printed family histories! All this and more can be found at our
location at 200 E. Berry, Fort Wayne, Indiana. (260-421-1225)
Events planned throughout the month include lectures and presentations,
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Assistance Day, computer
demonstrations utilizing genealogical databases, extended research hours
on October 31st, and much more! You'll find the exciting schedule of
events listed below.
NOTE: VERY SPECIAL EVENT!! Night Owl research is scheduled on Sunday,
October 31 from 6pm - midnight in the Genealogy Department!!!! How
often have you wished you could bring a cot to the library and do
research all night? Well, it's not all night, but until the clock
strikes midnight, you are welcome to peruse the shelves of one of the
largest genealogy collections in the nation. Those wishing to attend
this special night of research need to be in the department by 6pm that
evening, the library opens at 1pm on Sundays.
Please call the Genealogy Department at 260-421-1225 to sign up for
these workshops and the Night Owl research, as space is limited.
Your ancestors might be lurking in the stacks of the Genealogy
Department in Fort Wayne!!! We hope to see you there!
www.acpl.lib.in.us
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October 2004 - Family History Month Schedule Allen County Public
Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Friday, October 1
Using PERSI, Elaine Kuhn, Computer Training Room, 11A to 11:30A
Monday, October 4
ACSGI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Tax Lists, Margery Graham,
Board Room, 9:30A to 11:30A
Tuesday, October 5
Key African American Family History Sources, Curt Witcher, Board Room,
7P to 8P
Wednesday, October 6
DAR Lineage Assistance Day, Historical Genealogy Department, Main
Reading Room, 10A to 6P
Wednesday, October 6: Using the Online Catalog, Ryan Taylor, Computer
Training Room, 10A to 10:30A
Wednesday, October 6
I Thought You Knew That!, Delia Bourne, Board Room, 3:30P to 4:30P
Wednesday, October 6
Clerks and Clans: A Conversation With a Connoisseur of County Clerks
Closets, John Newman, Room 244, 6:30P to 8:30P
Thursday, October 7
Resources for Irish Research in the Genealogy Department, Steve Myers,
Board Room, 7P to 8P
Saturday, October 9
ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using City Directories, Marie
Goodrich, Room 317, 9:30A-11:30A
Saturday, October 9
Problems in Canadian Genealogy, Ryan Taylor, Board Room, 2P to 3:30P
Monday, October 11
ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Finding People Using Computer
Census Indexing Programs, Marie Goodrich, Computer Training Room, 6P to
8P
Tuesday, October 12
Using
HeritageQuestOnline.com, Delia Bourne, Computer Training Room,
12:30P to 1P
Wednesday, October 13
ACGSI Sponsored Event-ACGSI Meeting-Off the Beaten Path: Web Sites &
Strategies for Finding More Family Data, Curt Witcher, Dupont Branch
Library, 7P
Thursday, October 14
ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Finding People Using Computer
Census Indexing Programs, Margery Graham, Computer Training Room, 6P to
8P
Friday, October 15
Researching Indiana Civil War Soldiers, Amy Johnson Crow, Room 244, 3P
to 4P
Saturday, October 16
Indiana Genealogical Society Chapter Management Seminar
(pre-registration required)
9:30A to 10:30A
OPENING: Curt Witcher, Challenges Facing Our Societies-Room 244
10:45A to 11:45A
Session 1: Amy Johnson Crow, Finding & Keeping Volunteers-Room 244
Session 2: Charlotte Sellers, Editing Your Society's Journal-Room 317
1:15P to 2:15P
Session 3: Ron Darrah, Establishing & Maintaining an Active Publishing
Program- Room 244
Session 4: Becky Schipper, Handling & Caring for Valuable
Documents-GMHU
2:30P to 3:30P
Session 5: Amy Johnson Crow, Avoiding "Bored" Meetings-Room 244
Session 6: Sue Kaufman, Getting the Word Out-Marketing Your
Society--Room 317
Monday, October 18
ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Revolutionary War Records,
Marie Goodrich, Room 317, 1P to 3P
Tuesday, October 19
Using English Census Records Online, Ryan Taylor, Computer Training
Room, 7P to 8P
Wednesday, October 20
ACGSI Computer Interest Group Meeting, Aboite Branch Library, 7P to 9P
Friday, October 22
Using
Ancestry.com, Elaine Kuhn, Computer Training Room, 11A to 11:30A
Saturday, October 23
ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Civil War Records, Margery
Graham, Room 317, 10A to 12N
Monday, October 25
ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Finding & Using Specialized
Censuses, Marie Goodrich, Room 317, 9:30A to 11:30A
Tuesday, October 26
Using PERSI, Delia Bourne, Computer Training Room, 11A to 11:30A
Tuesday, October 26
Outside the Cocoon: Resources Outside the Genealogy Department in the
Public Library, Sue Kaufman, Board Room, 2P to 3P
Thursday, October 28
ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Deed Records, Margery
Graham, Room 317, 1P to 3P
Sunday, October 31
Extended Hours, Historical Genealogy Department, 6P to Midnight.
Please pass this schedule along�.thank you!
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Susan Kaufman, Librarian
Allen County Public Library
Historical Genealogy Department
PO Box 2270
200 E. Berry
Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
260-421-1225
260-421-1386 (fax)
www.acpl.lib.in.us
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