.... bring along cookies or other goodies to share and those who assist in setting up and clearing away at our meetings. Stephanie has long been our able assistant, but now has other obligations, so we are in need of some additional "kitchen helpers." If you can help "just this once" or more regularly, please let me know. Your contribution at that time is particularly helpful as it allows me to wrap things up with the presenter and/or other participants and not face the cleanup alone afterwards, and IS noticed and valued, even when I don't say Thank You in person or in public. We relax and enjoy learning with new and old friends with something to nibble on and our coffee or tea.
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Join us at any and all of these FHIG meetings:
No FHIG meeting in December 2014
Mark your calendars - FHIG Meetings in 2015 will be on these Tuesdays: January 27 February 24 March 24 April 28 May 26 June 23 July 28 August 25 September 22 October 27 November 24 Still no FHIG in December! |
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Welcome to the November newsletter for the Family History Interest Group (FHIG) at Bernards Township Library. This is the place to find information about upcoming and past FHIG meetings, news and notes about related topics, and ideas, tips and encouragement for your own genealogy searches.
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Tuesday, November 25 Lisa Kerr Ilowite will share yet another twig from her family tree, and explain just how she came to know so much about this one interesting person. Widowed, Divorced, Divorced, Widowed, Divorced. Such were, in brief, the five marriages of Robert Thomas Milliren. Please join us for the latest installment in Lisa's Black Sheep Series of presentations to learn how current events of the 20th Century affected Robert's love life (or lack thereof) and the women he married. You'll laugh ( and maybe cry!) and learn something new about how to explore family history. About Lisa Kerr Ilowite Lisa is an experienced social history researcher and has been a perennial and popular FHIG presenter. She happily shares her techniques and tips for combining findings from vital registers and other genealogy sources with historical information that gives context and perspective to the account of those who preceded her in the family tree.
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The Family History Interest Group (FHIG) meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month except December from 7:00 to 8:30 pm in the Program Room on the lower level at Bernards Township Library.
Coffee and tea (and cookies or snacks if participants bring them!) is served at 6:30 pm and participants are invited to socialize. Our coffee and tea arrangements are $elf $upporting -- If you enjoy a cup please consider dropping a quarter or two in the basket provided.
FHIG meetings are FREE and all are welcome, whether they have been previously involved in family history research or not. No prior experience in tracing genealogical roots is necessary. The Group provides opportunities for those interested in family history and genealogy to share information and experiences and be more successful in their search.
For more information please call the Library at 908.204.3031, ext.4 or email RLufkin@Bernards.org
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Pat Miller made the most of Family History Month with a "road trip" to Newport, RI, over the Columbus Day weekend in which she met up with a distant cousin to compare their shared family history and explored a local cemetery. Her ancestor, Thomas Hazzard, was a co-founder of Newport. She joined a second cousin whom she'd never met before although she had corresponded about family history for several years with the cousin's father. They exchanged family photos/information and did a little cemetery detecting. Pat discovered that that entire geographic area was once loaded with Hazzards so now the task will be to track down those from whom she is descended. ANY month can be your family history month. Keep those adventures coming. — Ruth L
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Mastering Genealogical Proof by Thomas W. Jones
Mastering Genealogical Proof aims to help researchers, students, and new family historians reconstruct relationships and lives of people they cannot see. It presents content in digestible chunks. Each chapter concludes with problems providing practice for proficiently applying the chapter’s concepts. Those problems, like examples throughout the book, use real records, real research, and real issues. Answers are at the back of the book along with a glossary of technical terms and an extensive resource list.
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