2010 Fall Seminar featuring Curt Witcher
The Florida Genealogical Society of Tampa is pleased to announce its 2010 Fall Seminar.
Where: University of South Florida (Tampa campus), Marshall Student Center, Room 2708
When: Saturday, September 18th, 2010, from 9am to 4pm. The building opens at 8am, and registration will begin at 8:15am.
Speaker: Curt B. Witcher, the Senior Manager for Special Collections and the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is an internationally recognized genealogy expert, speaker, author, and researcher.
Topics: Using Military Records for Genealogical Research; Using Church Records in Your Genealogical Research; Doing Effective Genealogical Research in Libraries; and Mining the Mother Lode: Using Periodical Literature for Genealogical Research.
Registration: Registration for the seminar is $35 for FGS members and $40 for non-members. If you join FGS in conjunction with registering for the seminar, you will be entitled to the Member rate of $35 and your membership will include the remainder of 2010 and all of 2011! You may access and print the membership application form at our web site at fgstampa.org. Simply complete the application and return it with your check for the amount of the membership and the Member conference registration rate. The registration form is available at http://tinyurl.com/FGS-Fall-Seminar.
Parking: There is plenty of parking adjacent to the Marshall Student Center. Attendees can purchase an all-day parking permit for $5 (Visa or MasterCard only; no cash) from permit vending machines located within the parking facilities. You may want to consider car-pooling with friends.
Food: Lunch is on your own. There are a number of very good dining facilities offering a variety of menu options inside the Marshall Student Center and in adjacent and nearby buildings. These include sit-down and take-out facilities. There are outdoor tables adjacent to the Marshall Student Center for your enjoyment if you so choose.
New e-mail address
FGS Tampa now has a new general e-mail address to replace the previous Hotmail account. In the future, please use:
info@fgstampa.org
Welcome to our new website!
If you're noticing a major change to a new look, it's because we've had our website completely redone. We'll be demoing our new site at the July 3 meeting, but feel free to browse around and see what's new. (If you are looking for something that was on our old site, visit
fgstampa.blogspot.com.)
August: Suggestions for German Research
Our monthly meeting for August features Ann Bergelt, presenting on the topic "Suggestions for German Research".
When: Saturday, August 7, 10:30 am - noon
Where: Auditorium, John F. Germany Public Library, 900 N. Ashley Drive, Tampa, Florida
Here's a link to a map to the Library.
Ms. Bergelt will present a program about performing effective German research, and she shares suggestions based on her years of personal research. She has done personal family research since 1963, and has researched professionally since about 1990. She completed genealogy course requirements for the Certificate in Family History Research, Brigham Young University.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday morning. Please do contact us if you have any questions prior to Saturday's meeting.
