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== <u>'''Upcoming Events'''</u>  ==
 
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The library offers a free seminar every third Saturday of the month. An opening session is held at 9:00 a.m. featuring a keynote address. Following this session attendees are offered four choices of presentations at both 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.  
 
The library offers a free seminar every third Saturday of the month. An opening session is held at 9:00 a.m. featuring a keynote address. Following this session attendees are offered four choices of presentations at both 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.  
  
=== Saturday, July 21, 2012 / 9:00 a.m. - noon  ===
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=== Saturday, January 12, 2012 / 9:00 a.m. - noon  ===
  
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Keynote Address - "Descendancy Research: &nbsp;Finding the Past in the Present" - Tim Bingaman&nbsp;<br>Tim Bingaman is a Research Specialist at the LDS Family History Library.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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*Keynote Address - "'''Newest Features of Family Tree'''" - Ron Tanner<br>
  
*'''10:00 a.m.'''
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*“'''But She Died in Upstate New york in the 1850's - How Can I Identiry Her Parents?'''" - David Ouimette
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*'''"Indexing'''" - Brad Jensen
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*"'''Family History for Those with Tongan Ancestry'''" - Molitika Vaivaka
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*"'''Scanning Images and Using Them Online'''" - Sarah Morrow
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==== '''11:00 a.m.'''  ====
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*'''"Who Made the Bread?&nbsp; Reconstructing Life in Your European Ancestral Hometown"''' - Peggy Ryskamp
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*'''"Death Records"''' - Lorraine Bourne
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“Are You My Mother? - Finding the Maiden Names in Your Tree" - Bret Peterson&nbsp;<br>"Magnifying Glass, Wide-Angle Lens or Telescope? &nbsp;Charts to Visualize Your Family Tree and Further Your Research" - Janet Hovorka&nbsp;<br>"Death Records" - Lorraine Bourne&nbsp;<br>"Multimedia" - Fran Jensen &nbsp;
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*"'''Immigration and Emigration Records'''" - Pat Jensen
  
'''11:00 a.m.'''
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Topic and Presenter to be Announced<br>“The Palatine Immigrants - Tracing and Locating German Immigrants to the Colonies in the 1700's Online" - Luana Darby&nbsp;<br>"Beginning Southern States Research - Duncan Kuehne&nbsp;<br>"Sharing Time" - Andrea Schnakenburg
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*"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Presenter and Topic To Be Announced</span>"<br>
  
== '''Merit Badge Workshop''' ==
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=== Future Seminar Keynote Presenters: ===
  
The library offers a monthly workshop to assist Boy Scouts with their Genealogy Merit Badge. The workshop is held the second Saturday of each month at 11:00 a.m.
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February:&nbsp; Robert Raymond
  
=== ******** No Workshop in July ********  ===
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March:&nbsp; Barry Ewell&nbsp;
  
=== Saturday, August 10, 2012&nbsp;/ 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.&nbsp;&nbsp; ===
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April:&nbsp; Paul Nauta
  
===== Scouts must prepare for the workshop by doing the following before coming:<br>  =====
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May:&nbsp; Karen Clifford
  
1) Interview a family member about their life. The interview can be completed by telephone, e-mail or letter and the information learned must be recorded; <br>2) Complete a four-generation pedigree chart. Make sure this includes information about at least one ancestor who was living in 1930; <br>3) Complete two family group sheets (one listing your parents and your family, and another listing one of your parents and their parents and siblings); and <br>4) Bring a blue merit badge card (which can be obtained from the Scoutmaster). '''<br>'''If these items are completed and brought to the workshop, all other requirements for the merit badge can be completed at the workshop and authorized personnel can certify the completion of the merit badge.
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=== American Sign Language  ===
  
===== Genealogy Merit Badge Resources&nbsp;  =====
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The keynote address at each seminar will be interpreted in ASL.
  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Boy_Scout_Merit_Badge_in_Genealogy '''Boy Scout Merit Badge in Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki''']
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*[http://usscouts.org/mb/worksheets/Genealogy.pdf '''Boy Scouts of America Genealogy Merit Badge Workbook'''&nbsp;'''- BSA'''&nbsp;]<br>
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Upcoming Events

Saturday Seminar 

The library offers a free seminar every third Saturday of the month. An opening session is held at 9:00 a.m. featuring a keynote address. Following this session attendees are offered four choices of presentations at both 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.

Saturday, January 12, 2012 / 9:00 a.m. - noon

9:00 a.m.

  • Keynote Address - "Newest Features of Family Tree" - Ron Tanner



10:00 a.m.

  • But She Died in Upstate New york in the 1850's - How Can I Identiry Her Parents?" - David Ouimette


  • "Indexing" - Brad Jensen


  • "Family History for Those with Tongan Ancestry" - Molitika Vaivaka


  • "Scanning Images and Using Them Online" - Sarah Morrow



11:00 a.m.

  • "Who Made the Bread?  Reconstructing Life in Your European Ancestral Hometown" - Peggy Ryskamp


  • "Death Records" - Lorraine Bourne

 

  • "Immigration and Emigration Records" - Pat Jensen


  • "Presenter and Topic To Be Announced"

Future Seminar Keynote Presenters:

February:  Robert Raymond

March:  Barry Ewell 

April:  Paul Nauta

May:  Karen Clifford

American Sign Language

The keynote address at each seminar will be interpreted in ASL.