3rd ANNUAL FREE GENEALOGY SEMINAR
Sponsored by The Sunfield Historical Society
Sunfield Library, 112 Main Street, Sunfield, MI
Saturday, April 8, 2006
How to get started and organized in your research - Janet Baughman, past President of the
Louisville KY Genealogical Society. You will learn how to use forms, site your sources,
conduct interviews and work with names/nicknames, census records, the Internet and more.
Researching at the State Library & State Archives - Yvonne Koos - Learn how to prepare
for a trip to the MI State Library & State Archives, and when you get there, how to be
successful in your research.
Buffalo Bill Davis - Dennis Curtis - Local history - William Davis who trained buffalo to
pull carts, plows & perform at local fairs.
Underground Railroad Vintage Quilts - Sue Messer & Nettie Koops - Learn how the slaves
made their way to safety, thru the help of people who encoded messages within quilts and
risked their lives to help fugitives escape to Ontario, Canada.
The Springport Connection - Barbara & Cy Pombier - Presentation of their newly
published book & the Genealogy of families in Springport, MI and beyond.
Gravestone Rubbings - Cue Curtis - One of the primary methods for the preservation of
tombstone inscriptions.
Grave Dowsing - Janet Baughman - Dowsing is an age-old art used for centuries to locate
water, graves and etc.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (Capacity 75)
Registration must be received by April 5, 2006
Application is available at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mieaton/sulbworkshop.htm