THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT IS ON THE ALLEN COUNTY/FT. WAYNE GENEALOGY
CONFERENCE.... MORE WILL BE COMING VERY SHORTLY
CELEBRATING THE CENTURY!
The Millennium Conference Program
Sponsored by
The Allen County Public Library
The Allen County Public Library Foundation
July 19-22, 2000
Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
www.acpl.lib.in.us
219-421-1225
Hotel Information
Hilton Hotel at the Convention Center (probably full)
1-800-445-8667
$89.00 single/double
Holiday Inn and Suites
(Downtown - 2 blocks from Convention Center)
219-422-5511
1-800-465-4329
$79.00 single/double
Fort Wayne Marriott
(2 miles from downtown - conference shuttle provided)
219-484-0411
1-800-228-9290
$89.00 single/double
Don Hall's Guesthouse
219-489-2524
1-800-348-1999
$69.00 single/double
Topics/Schedule
WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2000
9AM-3PM W-1 Introduction to Genealogy: A Beginner's Workshop - Marie Goodrich
& Margery Graham (4 one-hour lectures)
4:30-6PM W-2 Writing an Ancestor's Biography - Ryan Taylor (How to write
an interesting and informative biography, even if you start with nothing.)
THURSDAY, July 20, 2000
8AM Welcome - Historical Genealogy Department Staff
Opening Session: Lessons Learned from Twentieth Century Genealogical
Research Practices - Curt B. Witcher
9:30-10:30AM T-4 American Court Records: Mirror of a Nation - Loretto
Dennis Szucs
T-5 Researching with Friends, Cousins and Experts on Genealogy
Mailing Lists - Cyndi Howells
T-6 An Insider's Look at PERSI - Steven W. Myers (An online
Demonstration of ACPL's genealogical periodical index.)
T-7 German Research: Here and There - Margery Graham (Sources in
the USA and sources in Germany.)
T-8 Scottish Emigration to North America: Before, During and
After the Rebellions - Paul Milner
T-9 Hatch'm, Match'm and Dispatch'm: With Ontario Records - Ruth
Burkholder
Dee Wells
New Marion Couny INGenWeb CC
New page in the works
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