A family reunion based on Beer!

Paula Stuart-Warren  Brewery  2 Comments

Well, sort of. Today’s St. Paul Pioneer Press had a story about the reunion.

365 descendants of August and Theresa Schell had a family reunion at the Schell Brewery in New Ulm, Minnesota to help celebrate the founding of the brewery. New Ulm is a heavily Germanic area. The article reports that Schell’s is Minnesota’s oldest brewery and the second-oldest family-owned brewery in the U.S. It began in 1860.

Now I need to figure out which is the first-oldest! Any guesses? 

Click here for the brewery’s own history pages. 

Visit Duluth and include genealogy!

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MGS/Twin Ports Genealogy Workshop – June 26 
Genealogy is a hobby, a business, and an art form. Each of these will be explored at an exceptionally valuable and informative conference presented by the Minnesota Genealogical Society and the Twin Ports Genealogical Society (TPGS) in Duluth on June 26, 2010. It all starts at 9:00 a.m. and finishes by 4:00 p.m., which gives you enough time to drive home if you want – the sun doesn’t set until 9:00 p.m.

 
Where:      Science Auditorium, College of Saint Scholastica,
                 1200 Kenwood Ave. in Duluth.
Cost:         $25 for the program, + $7 if you want the bag lunch
Payment:   Mail check by June 23 to MGS (Duluth Program), 1185 N.
                 Concord St., Suite 218, South Saint Paul MN 55075 or
                 register online (at www.mngs.org) by June 24 using credit card or Paypal
Questions: Contact Terry Kika ([email protected]) or Joanne Sher ([email protected]) 
 
Schedule:
9:00       Registration
9:30       Welcome and information
10:00     Using Postcards for Family History – Tony Dierckins
11:00     Break
11:30     Slovenian Research – Mary Lou Voelk
             Using Maps in Genealogical Research – Mary Bakeman
12:30     Lunch / TPGS & MGS updates
1:30       The Blue Army, Grey Samaritans, and the White Cross: Polish Americans in France, 1917-1920 – Joanne Sher
             Minnesota Reflections (digital collections) – Marian Rengel
2:30       Break
3:00       Scandinavian Research – Carrie Herfindahl
             Solving Problems of Genealogical Identity: Two A.P. Overlands – Jay Fonkert
 
For visitor and hotel information, go to the Visit Duluth website (www.visitduluth.com) or call 1-800-438-5884, or Visit Superior (www.visitsuperior.com) 1-800-942-5313.

3d hotel added for FGS Genealogy Conference in Knoxville

Paula Stuart-Warren  Federation of Genealogical Societies  Leave a comment

As promised, an additional hotel has been added for the conference in Knoxville. It is just a few blocks from the Knoxville Convention Center and is on the free trolley line. The hotel is the Crown Plaza Knoxville.  Check the FGS Conference News Blog for full details and contact information.

Don’t forget that you must register for the conference by midnight, CDT, Monday 21 June to save $50.00 on the full conference registration price.

Ancestry.com to acquire Genline.se

Paula Stuart-Warren  Ancestry.com, Genline  Leave a comment

My Google News page just had this link to a press release from MarketWatch.com. Ancestry.com is poised to acquire Genline.se. This is a website for those researching Swedish ancestry.

As the article states, “Genline currently has more than 17,000 paying members with access to 26 million pages of digitized Swedish church records spanning more than 400 years from the 16th to the 20th century.”

U.S. National Library of Medicine Manuscripts

Paula Stuart-Warren  Libraries, Manuscripts, National Library of Medicine  Leave a comment

The National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine has an interesting website. One section is devoted to the “History of Medicine.” You can browse the finding aids for manuscripts online, check the catalog, view digital images and learn about visiting the library in Bethesda, Maryland. I found the FAQ section quite helpful.

A finding aids entry looks like this:

Title: Zuriel and George Waterman Papers 1774-1817
Abstract: Daybooks, correspondence, ledgers and journals pertaining to medical practice, as well as memorandum books kept on board a privateer during the American Revolution.

The papers of John Shaw Billings include this description:

“. . . was in charge of the Library of the Surgeon General’s Office. Other items in the collection include genealogy information, diplomas and certificates, draft of History and literature of surgery, copies . . .” [I bolded the word genealogy.]

One set of digital images includes not only medical history of the 19th century, but lots of family history. It is part of “Physicians’ Lives in the Shenandoah Valley.”

“The Henkel Family Correspondence collection (MS C 291; 1.5 linear feet) consists of 828 letters and is largely the product of Caspar C. Henkel’s (1835-1908) life. . . Items dating before 1850 were written by ancestors of both Caspar and his wife, Margaretta . . . Caspar retained letters written to him while he was away at medical school and in the field during the Civil War. Upon returning home from these extended absences, he apparently also collected several letters he himself had written to New Market. He also kept letters written to him from his two brothers during their medical training and afterwards when they lived and practiced away from New Market. Letters written to Margaretta from her sisters during the late 1860s and early 1870s are also included.”

Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy 2011 Course I: American Records

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Registration opened today, June 10th for the 2011 (January 10-14) edition of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy!

Course I for 2011 is American Records and Research: Focusing on Localities. I coordinate and teach in this intermediate level course that covers 19th-21st century U.S. records and strategies with seventeen classroom hours that assist researchers in learning about and using varied sources and methods. It goes beyond basic research tools and can also serve as a refresher. Learn more about unusual records, county, state and federal records, manuscripts, finding aids, specialized indexes, case studies, and websites. Additionally, seven hours of one-on-one assistance and consultations at the Family History Library are provided by instructors. Course I participants get more hours than other courses for the same price!

This course alternates every other year with a second half of this course with resources related more directly to families and individuals. The instructors represent a wealth of knowledge and experience. This course helps you extend your research skills with suggested homework assignments to immediately apply the classroom information to research on your own families. Class work is in the morning on all five days, one afternoon, and with hands-on library assistance on three afternoons. There is ample time for open research in the afternoon and evening or for SLIG evening classes.

SLIG Course I instructors are: Paula Stuart-Warren, CG℠ (classes plus consultations); Karen Mauer Green (consultations), Michael J. Leclerc (class), Kory L. Meyerink, AG® (class), D. Joshua Taylor, MLS (classes), and Cath Madden Trindle, CG (classes plus consultations)

Prerequisites for this course:
Participants should have advanced beyond the “bare bones” beginner. We suggest rereading one or more basic genealogy guidebooks and being familiar with the Family History Library Catalog. (www.familysearch.org). It will help if you have taken a basic level genealogical class or two and attended at least one genealogical seminar or conference. Students should bring along some of their own family research materials including ancestor charts and family group sheets (either paper or on your computer) to use in immediately applying what they learn in class. There will be suggested homework to also help you put the learning to work and one group assignment that will necessitate some library research.


Scheduled class and instructor lineup (subject to some time tweaking):

Monday       
8:00-9:00       SLIG Opening Breakfast & Announcements    SLIG Staff
9:15-10:30     Intro & General Class Information; “Strategies and Organizational Tips & Tools
                      for Busy Researchers at the FHL and Elsewhere” presented by Paula Stuart-Warren
10:45-12:00   “Delving into County Courthouse and Town Hall Records” presented by Paula Stuart-Warren
2:00-4:30       Family History Lab: one-on-one help with consultants, Karen Mauer Green,
                      Paula Stuart-Warren, and Cath Madden Trindle
Tuesday       
8:30-9:30       “Land Records: Digging Deeper Online and Off” presented by Cath Madden Trindle
9:45-10:45     “Building a House History from a Variety of Records” presented by Cath Madden Trindle
11:00-12:00   “Dissecting a Document: Getting from Point A to Point Z. Part I” (Group Exercise)       moderated by Paula Stuart-Warren
2:00-4:30       FHL Lab: one-on-one help    Stuart-Warren & Trindle

Wednesday       
8:30-9:30       “Lawyers, Judges, and Trials: Using the Law in Genealogy” presented by D. Joshua Taylor
9:45-10:45     “Locality Resources: Using Maps, Gazetteers, Atlases and More” presented by Michael J. Leclerc
11:00-12:00   “The WPA Era: What It Created for Genealogists” presented by Paula Stuart-Warren
12:00-1:30     Opportunity to have lunch together as a class with discussion
1:30-2:30       “Records Related to Ancestral Arrivals in the United States” presented by Paula Stuart-Warren
2:45-3:45       “Greater Success through Source Citation” presented by Kory L. Meyerink

Thursday       
8:30-9:30      Vanity Sketches: Sources and Truths Behind Mugbook Entries” presented by D. Joshua Taylor
9:45-10:45    “The U.S. National Archives: The Nation’s Attic” presented by Paula Stuart-Warren
11:00:12:00   “Finding Ancestral Places of Origin in U.S. Records” presented by Paula Stuart-Warren
2:00-4:00       FHL Lab: one-on-one help    Stuart-Warren & Green

Friday       
8:30-9:30       “Newspaper Research: The Dailies, Weeklies, and Beyond” presented by Paula Stuart-Warren
9:45-10:45     “Genealogical and Historical Periodicals In Print & Online” presented by Paula Stuart-Warren
11:00-12:00   “Dissecting a Document: Research Results and Recommendations
                      Part 2″ (Group Exercise) moderated by Paula Stuart-Warren
12:00-12:30   Wrap-up; Completion Certificate; Q&A    Paula Stuart-Warren

Register online today for this or other courses: www.infouga.org

What I did on my summer vacation . . .

Paula Stuart-Warren  Research, Travel  Leave a comment

Do you remember that annual school writing assignment each September? I am challenging you with such an assignment. As you travel for genealogical education, research in libraries, courthouse, historical societies and archives, and to walk the streets where you ancestors lived, make notes for your paper to turn in. Of course I would be thrilled to post your assignment result here on my blog, but maybe one of the genealogical societies of which you are a member might like to publish your assignment in their blog, newsletter, or quarterly. It’s a great way to share experiences with each other. It might make a good presentation for a fall meeting of your society.

Tell others about topics such as these:

  • Does the research place and/or city have a website and what helpful info is found online
  • What other prep did you do before your trip
  • Do you live in the town where you did the research or learned more about the place? Share that experience too.
  • What was the parking like at the place? Did you take public transportation?
  • What were the hours of the research place? 
  • Cost for parking, copies, etc.
  • Finding aids once you were there, databases onsite?
  • Was the staff helpful? Did it take long to get materials you requested?
  • Were the records, books, indexes, films accessible? Had anything been transferred to another location. 
  • What could you have done to be better prepared?
  • You will also be writing yourself a report so that you can review it before your own next trip there.

Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy 2011 registration opens June 10th!

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This Press Release just received from the Utah Genealogical Association. Visit www.infouga.org to see the list of classes.

Get in on the ground floor.  Registration for the 2011 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy opens at 9 AM MST Thursday, June 10, 2010 online at www.infouga.org. Some of the country’s best genealogical educators are gathering to help you gain expertise in a flash with small class sizes and hands-on research. Whether you are a beginner or are looking for advanced skills, you can’t afford to miss this wonderful opportunity to learn from the experts. Register early as all class are expected to fill to capacity.

The 2011 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy will be held 10-14 Jan 2011 at the downtown Radisson Hotel located at 215 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. Registration is $320 before 30 October 2010, thereafter $345. UGA members are eligible for a $40.00 discount. Registration includes course materials, an orientation breakfast and the Friday night banquet. Evening classes and additional dinner tickets are extra.

Courses for 2011  and the name of the coordinator include:

  • American Records and Research: Focusing on Localities with Paula Stuart-Warren, CG
  • NEHGS part 1 –New England and New York with D. Joshua Taylor, MLS
  • Irish Family History Research with David Ouimette, CG
  • Research of France and her Former Colonies with Earl Charvet
  • Researching in Washington, DC, without Leaving Home with Rick and Pam Sayre, CG, CGL
  • Professional Paths and Income in Genealogy with Kory Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA
  • Internet Tools & Techniques with Barbara Renick
  • Producing a Quality Family Narrative with John Philip Colletta, Ph.D., FUGA
  • Advanced Methodology with Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA
  • Accreditation and Certification with Apryl Cox, AG and Connie Lenzen, CG
  • Problem Solving with Judith Hansen, MLS, AG

Breaking News: New Archivist of the United States to appear at the FGS Conference!

Paula Stuart-Warren  Archivist, Federation of Genealogical Societies  Leave a comment

Breaking News from the Federation of Genealogical Societies. I am so excited about this as his schedule is so full but he is taking time to meet with genealogists. atch the FGS Conference News Blog for more breaking news in the next few weeks.

“FGS is pleased to announce that the Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, will be speaking at our FGS Focus on Societies Luncheon on Wednesday, August 18th. If you have already registered you can still purchase a ticket — this luncheon is open to everyone! Mr. Ferriero will be speaking on the Citizen-Archivist and about the War of 1812 Digitization Project and will also have a question and answer period. We wish to thank Mr. Ransom Love, and the FamilySearch team for graciously welcoming the Archivist to speak in their place at this luncheon. To register for the conference and to add this luncheon click here.

Following the FGS Luncheon the Archivist will be joining Librarians Day to speak with the Librarians and Archivists who have gathered for that event. Spots in Librarians Day are filling very quickly. ProQuest, our Librarians Day sponsor, has graciously opened that event to a larger audience, but once these reservations are filled we will need to start a wait list. To register for the Wednesday Librarians Day and to see the program click here.

David S. Ferriero Biography

David S. Ferriero was sworn in as 10th Archivist of the United States on November 13, 2009. Previously, Mr. Ferriero served as the Andrew W. Mellon Director of the New York Public Libraries (NYPL).  In this position he was part of the leadership team responsible for integrating the four research libraries and 87 branch libraries into one seamless service for users; and was was in charge of collection strategy; conservation; digital experience and strategy; reference and research services; and education, programming, and exhibitions.

Before joining the NYPL in 2004, Mr. Ferriero served in top positions at two of the nation’s major academic libraries, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, and Duke University in Durham, NC.

Mr. Ferriero earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English literature from Northeastern University in Boston and a master’s degree from the Simmons College of Library and Information Science, also in Boston. He served in the Navy during the Vietnam War.”