VA-History-Exchange

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Genealogy, the search for our ancestry, of necessity, encompasses history. As we become more involved in the strategy of research, we learn to look for clues in the pedigree chart: date and place. Developing a chronology (timeline) for our ancestor is not just something interesting to do; building a backdrop (a stage, a setting) for each leaf on the family tree provides direction for our research. See if you can detect (as in "detective") the why, the where, the when, the what and you will begin to discover clues that will lead you to the "rest of the story". Be sure to download the Power Point presentation, "Untold Stories from the Virginia Frontier" if you want to see how history and family members are intertwined.

Are your genealogy files in your will?

Are your genealogy files in your will?   Like to read? If you've spent hours researching your family history, you will want to read this e-mail and the articles recommended by Leland K. Meitzler and Lee Everton, editors of the free "Genealogy Newsline". When Tuesday, Sep 27, 2011 GMT-05:00 Where In your cozy chair... Who (Guest list has been hidden at organizer's request)

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Misleading Genealogy Advice for Beginners – Free Guide to Tracing your Ancestry and Researching your Family Tree.

"There’s a difference between knowing something and being able to explain it so someone else can understand it. Plus, an explanation that makes sense to an experienced person may be totally confusing to a novice. This is why so many people give up ancestor hunting before they really get started. So, what’s the answer?"

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Misleading Genealogy Advice for Beginners – Free Guide to Tracing your Ancestry and Researching your Family Tree.

• There’s a difference between knowing something and being able to explain it so someone else can understand it. Plus, an explanation that makes sense to an exper ienced person may be totally confusing to a novice. This is why so many people give up ancestor hunting before they really get started. So, what’s the answer?

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10 Steps to Writing Your Family History

10 Steps to Writing Your Family History

Kimberly Powell offers some thoughtful insights on a topic I've often considered: when and how can I produce a history of my family? She points out that there are several ways to accomplish this. One method that is kind of attractive to me is the idea of "publishing" a family cookbook. The great thing about projects of this type are that, in these days of desktop publishing, with Kinko's or Office Depot just an digital second away, we have the opportunity to be simple and straigtforward with our task. Other types of publishing offer an less expensive way to complete a more formal presentation that just wasn't available twenty or thirty years ago.

So what will be the format be for our family history? Will we design a memoir or a pedigree? Will we collect and publish family recipes, then annotate it? A scrapbook is what many have chosen to put together, but I can't help but think that I need to do something that can be circulated among our family members and perhaps friends.

Will 2012 be the year? Kimberly's article remind us to choose a deadline that will be realistic and manageable. This article covers several points that can help us make this goal a realistic objectiive.

Family Search and a Free Newsletter in Your E-Mail

Area-Info.net is the pipeline for lots of good stuff!  It is through them that I receive the Genealogy Newsline,  a free genealogy newsletter that comes straight to my e-mail inbox.  The newsletter is a product of Family Roots Publishing and is written by Leland K. Meitzler.

One article is massive good news:  FamilySearch has updated and posted the 1865 Illinois State Census, (Labor Day 2011); other record collections that were completed and posted on Labor Day have been integrated into the GenealogyBlog Online Database Links Files.

What would we do without folks like Leland?!!  We'd be wandering around in the dark, I'm afraid. 

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Heritage Books Labor Day Sale

To:	la376@bellsouth.net

HPC’s Giant Labor Day Sale!

(Prices good while supplies last or until September 30, 2011)

 

Buy One County Heritage Book at Regular Price & Get One of the following books at Half-Price! 

 

* Plus FREE SHIPPING *

 

For a list of all our products, go to <heritagepublishing.net>

 

Go to our Website and select a book at regular price.

 

Example: Hill County, TX, Vol. II @ $60.00. Go down the list below and select any of the listed books. Perhaps, Autauga, AL. You get both for $90.00 and no S&H charges. You save $30.00 on the 2nd book and $9.00 S&H.

 

Alabama

Autauga – $60

Blount – $65

Bullock - $60

Butler – $60

Calhoun – $55

Choctaw – $65

Clarke – $60

Coffee – $60

Colbert – $55

Cullman – Vol. I – $55

Cullman – Vol. II – $60

Dallas – $55

DeKalb – Vol. II – $60

Elmore – $65

Etowah – $55

Houston – $60

Jackson – $60

Lauderdale - $60

Lawrence – $65

Lee – $60

Lowndes – $60

Mobile – $60

Monroe – $55

Perry – $55

Pickens – $55

Pike – $70

Russell – $60

St. Clair – $65

Sumter – $60

Tuscaloosa – $65

Walker – $60

Washington – $55

Winston – Vol. II – $60

 

Florida

Bay – Vol. I – $60

Escambia – Vol. I – $60

Escambia – Vol. II – $60

Holmes – $65

Jackson – $60

Liberty – $60

Okaloosa – Vol. I – $60

Okaloosa – Vol. II – $60

Santa Rosa – Vol. II – $60

Walton – $60

 

Encyclopedia of Florida Sheriffs 2 volume set – $65  (counts as 1 Book)

 

Others

Folsom, LA – $25

Wayne Co., MS – Vol. II – $55

Terry Co., TX – $65

 

AL residents add 4% Sales Tax, KY residents add 6% Sales Tax

 

Mail your check/MO to the address below or call and charge your order

HPC or Heritage Publishing

PO Box 22128

Louisville, KY 40252   

 

We accept phone orders for Visa/MC/Disc/AMX/Debit

 

1-800-568-1611 or (502) 423-9016

FAX (502) 423-9017

 

We have sold out of Calhoun County, FL. However, we have reprinted Tallapoosa County, AL.

 

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Exhibit Opening Reception, Military Memories - Sat. SEPT. 3, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida

From:	Gina Marini <gmarini@co.okaloosa.fl.us>

Dear Museum Members,

Thank you for your continued support of our work at the Heritage Museum and for helping to keep history alive in our community.

Because we value your membership, join us during the opening reception of Military Memories on Sept. 3, 10a-12p and receive a special gift while supplies last.

Thank you!

  

Exhibit Opening Reception
Military Memories – On the Home front & At War
Saturday, September 3, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the
Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida

Valparaiso, FL - The Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida will hold the official opening reception with refreshments for their new exhibit, Military Memories – On the Home front & At War, sponsored by Pioneer Technologies, Inc. on Saturday, September 3 from 10 a.m.  – 12 p.m.  Military Memories features original artifacts from the Museum’s collection from the Civil War, WWI, WWII and the Vietnam War.  In addition, on loan from local POW Howard Hill, is the original uniform he wore during his 5 years as a Prisoner of War during the Vietnam conflict.   Historian, Michael Weech will be available to explain about the exhibit and discuss military history with an emphasis on the history of Eglin Air Force Base.  September 3rd is also the last day for active duty military and their families to take advantage of free admission as part of Blue Star Museums, a nationwide program in which the Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida is one of over 1400 museums participating. 

Event:              Military Memories Exhibit Opening Reception

Where:             Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida
                        115 Westview Avenue, Valparaiso, FL

When:              Saturday, September 3, 2011, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Contact:          (850) 678-2615
                        www.heritage-museum.org

Cost:               General museum admission applies
                        Free for Active duty military and their families
                       Free for Heritage Museum members

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GSOC Sept. Meeting

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Subject:	GSOC Sept. Meeting
Date:	Fri, 2 Sep 2011 10:09:46 -0500
From:	Pat <QueenDecor@cox.net>
To:	<Queendecor@cox.net>
CC:	'

Hello All

The September meeting of the Genealogical Society of Okaloosa County will be a field trip to the University of West Florida main campus in Pensacola.  We  will be visiting the John C. Pace Library Archives and History Center. Meeting is scheduled for 10:00 AM on Saturday, 10 September.  Visitors are welcome to join us there.  After the meeting, those who wish will share a Dutch Treat lunch in Pensacola.  Those who wish to car pool from Niceville will meet at the large sign at the Palm Plaza parking lot on John Simms Parkway at 8:30 AM. 

Check out our Newsletter at our GSOC Website for more details and a map thanks to Jim Young , our Websmaster.

Pat Pruett, Publicity Chairperson GSOC 678-2023

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[FLOKALOO] WFGS - Research tips program

For more information about my group at Windows Live,
just e-mail FamilyHistoryFriends@groups.live.com

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Cynthia Dean <cgdean@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:08 PM
Subject: [FLOKALOO] WFGS - Research tips program
To: FLOKALOO@rootsweb.com

West Florida Genealogical Society
Meeting date:  Sept. 3, 2011
Place:  West FL Genealogy Library
            5740 N. 9th Ave., Pensacola
Time:  10:00 AM

A favorite speaker, Jerry Merritt, will give a Power Point presentation on
research tips:

1.  Help to figure ages in pre-1850 censuses
2.  Preserving and restoring old photographs on your home computer
3. Using reverse search techniques to find other researchers with whom
to trade information
4. Using land records to find where your ancestors lived
5. Solutions to long-term storage of your research

Attendees will receive a link to a copy of the Power Point presentation
to download and use at home.

Contact:  Cynthia Dean   850-432-7072 cgdean@bellsouth.net
Allen Lawrence
List Admin
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