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Artist’s woven portraits memorialize the lost | Arts and Theater

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Miriam Omura is an artist whose work defies labels and isn’t easily categorized by its medium. Her craft combines weaving with several of her other passions — painting, photography, history and genealogy.

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Genealogy workshop returns as in-person event | Vision

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, 2022-10-30 06:00:00,

Wilson-Cobb History and Genealogy Research Library presents a day of seminars featuring national accredited genealogist Drew Smith

Who am I? Where do I come from? These are questions that many Americans have. Reasons for a hole or abyss in one’s family tree may be because their ancestors migrated to the U.S. and documentation was lost, or because of lack of interest and/or death of those who had the knowledge.

Since 1999, the Wilson-Cobb History and Genealogy Research Library has been helping those in the area and beyond with their vast library, which includes workshops about genealogical tools to research.

After being closed during the pandemic shutdown, on Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the library invites members and non-members to its in-person workshop featuring national renowned genealogist Drew Smith. The theme of the workshop is “Making Your Skeletons Dance.”

New this year is the location of the workshop. It will take place in the Bassett Auditorium at the Roswell Museum, 1011 N. Richardson Ave. The event is limited to 100 people.

There will be four seminars during the day: “Organizing Your Genealogy Files,” “Using FamilySearch.org to Find Genealogical Records,” “Using AncestryDNA Today” and “Crowdsourcing Your Brick Walls.”

Kay Lewis and her husband, George Lewis, are members of the library and are helping organizing the…

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Genealogy tourists and the digital community history archive | Select

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Vacation can take people to all kinds of new and interesting places.

Some people have a goal of visiting all 50 states and try to visit a new one each year or two. Some people have a bucket list of baseball stadiums they want to see or national parks they want to visit. I even know someone who loves to visit historic libraries that were built by Andrew Carnegie, and he goes to see them all across the country.

Some people are “genealogy tourists,” and they visit locations where they can conduct family research. They may visit cemeteries of their ancestors and make rubbings of headstones. They may drive hundreds of miles to scroll through microfilm at a small-town newspaper. They may also visit a library to pore over city directories, yearbooks and other archives.

The Norfolk Public Library often welcomes these traveling family researchers. Genealogists from as far away as Washington and Arizona have looked through the library’s materials, scouring for birth announcements, addresses and obituaries to complete their family trees.

Several years ago, the library worked with the Norfolk Daily News to get all the newspaper’s archives into a digital format that was easily searchable. The new digital archive was available in the library and greatly reduced searching time. Instead of scrolling through rolls of microfilm, the researcher simply had to type…

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Wymore Welsh Center holds member event | Local News

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, 2022-07-18 13:38:00,

Christina Lyons
For the Daily Sun

The Great Plains Welsh Heritage Center held a special open house and dinner to welcome new members to on Saturday evening.

Updates on the upcoming Heritage Inn project were also given to those in attendance.

The museum was formed in 2000 as a tribute to the Welsh immigrants that came as early as the 1860s to the Wymore area. It is the only organization in the United States and Canada dedicated to the Welsh settlers of the plains.

A separate non-profit was formed by Rebecca Cherney of San Francisco for the purpose of building a 6-8 room bed and breakfast that will be located on South Seventh Street in Wymore.

Cherney grew up in the Wymore area and has relatives that are active with the upkeep of the GPWHC.

Gwenith Closs-Colgrove, President of the Great Plains Welsh Heritage Center, said plans are progressing.

The architectural plans have approved by the Wymore City Council. The plans have been submitted to the State Fire Marshall and are awaiting approval. Contractors are reviewing the plans.

“The Heritage Inn will be a great benefit to the community,” said Closs-Colgrove. “We host a lot of people who come to do genealogy research and this will give them a place to stay. It will also be a benefit when people come for alumni banquets, weddings, and funerals.”

The 15 person board of directors for the GPWHC reside in throughout the Great Plains states. An advisory board also helps support the center.

The mission of the Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project is to discover, preserve, interpret and celebrate the history and contributions of Welsh pioneers on the North American Prairies; and to further the public understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity.

The organization also includes the historic one-room schoolhouse that is currently in McCandless Park in Wymore, the Burlington Railroad Depot, and Bethel Welsh Cemetery south of Wymore. In 2013 a state-of-the –art archive building was added to the museum.

“We are the only repository of the Welsh language newspaper, “Y Drych”, in microfilm format, with issues dating back to 1851,” said Jayne Rudder, Board member.

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Upcoming events in the Danville area | Lifestyles

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Because this section is free of charge, community events are subject to run based on available space. Religion items are published on the Saturday church page. Email events to [email protected]

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SPORTS REGISTRATION: Danville Parks and Recreation’s registration period for youth football and cheerleading is now open until Aug. 5. This season’s offerings are available for children ages 5-12. Flag football is for children ages 5-6, and tackle football is for children ages 7-12. Registration for football is $35, and registration for cheerleading is $40. Additional fees may apply. Sports officials are also needed. Those with relevant experience are encouraged to contact 434-799-5214. Those interested in registering for football and cheerleading may do so by calling 434-799-5214 or by signing up online at playdanvilleva.com.

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SENIORS ON THE MOVE: The senior citizen’s program at the Cherrystone Missionary Baptist Association, 5551 Tom Fork Road, Ringgold, meets every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to play bingo and dominos. Also, there’s a computer awareness class from 10 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 2 p.m., senior exercise from noon to 12:20 p.m. with lunch served from 12:20 to 1 p.m. All seniors 60 years and older are welcome. For additional information, call Frances Garlin at 434-822-6453, Barbara Williams at 434-713-5271, and for computer awareness and exercise, Kathy B. Ramsey at 434-251-0379.

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ASHLEY – Welcome back to the Bristol Public Library | Opinion

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, 2022-06-26 06:59:00,

BY DON W. ASHLEY
President, Bristol Library Board of Trustees

After two years of COVID-19 pandemic struggles, it is very nice to see our library returning back to near normal operations.

While still taking safety precautions as necessary, your library and library staff look forward to serving you and providing a safe environment for study, reading, research, group activities and meetings.

Since the major renovation in 2006, the vision for our local Bristol library has always been to accommodate our citizens both in Bristol Virginia and Bristol Tennessee. The Avoca branch also serves our citizens.

Our library is much more than a building with books. Did you know that the library has 90 different magazines and 12 different newspapers for you? Did you know that meeting space can be reserved for local groups, clubs or organizations? Did you know that these meeting areas are high tech and provide state-of-the-art presentations?

Did you know that the library also displays art and collections of interest from time to time? Very often these displays are unique and very interesting. Did you also know that movies are shown regularly and the teen center and children’s section have events weekly?

Did you know resume writing and work force readiness classes are available? The Homer and Ida Jones Center is just for this. And did you know that inter-library books from other libraries can be obtained and…

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Columbia library to host family tree guide through genealogy service | Mid-Missouri News

admin class, columbia public library, computer science, daniel boone, dot grotemeyer, economics, family history, family tree, garrett walsh, garrett welsh, genealogy, grotemeyer, Internet, Missouri, patron, sociology, Software, tim dollens 0 Comments June 10, 2022

, 2022-06-08 04:30:00,

COLUMBIA – Researching family history is getting more innovative.

“20 years ago, you’d have to spend a day doing research just to find the census. But now it’s just a click of a mouse, and you’re done immediately,” said Tim Dollens, the Daniel Boone Regional Library genealogy instructor.

The Columbia Public Library (CPL) will host a drop-in session to help mid-Missourians with questions about researching their family history Wednesday evening.

CPL will allow patrons to use the subscription-based website ancestry.com at no charge from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. to research anything to help them connect their family history, Dollens said.

He guides users to investigate census data, immigrant and military records and birth/death certificates.

Dot Grotemeyer, 76, a former Columbia resident of 28 years, said she wanted to put together the missing pieces of her family tree puzzle.

She was seeking more information about her…

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Digitized church records reclaim genealogy research for Peshawbestown families | News

admin christianity, church, community, computer science, copy, genealogy, history, immaculate conception, indian church of peshawbestown, melissa mckenna, michele howard, microfilm, record, Research, sociology, Software, tribe, wilson 0 Comments May 29, 2022

, 2021-09-25 02:00:00,

TRAVERSE CITY — The Traverse City Area District Library has digitized over a century’s worth of marriage, birth, and death records from Immaculate Conception Church in Peshawbestown for genealogy research.

As part of TADL’s efforts to increase access to material, the library released a collection of 18 PDF documents scanned from three reels of microfilm containing various archival records collected by the Immaculate Conception Church, also known as St. Kateri Tekakwitha or the Immaculate Conception Indian Church of Peshawbestown, dating from 1850-1953.

The digital copies were created from a microfilm copy that was donated by Northwestern Michigan College in the spring of 2020. All the original records are privately held by the Diocese of Gaylord and are not open to the public without permission.

“To make these records publicly available is very exciting,’’ said Michele Howard, director of TADL.

Before digitization, the process of going through the reels was incredibly time consuming, and would require an individual to go reel by reel, explained Howard. This format makes them available anytime, anywhere with working internet, and that she hopes this helps “connect the community with more resources.”

Adult Services Coordinator and project lead Melissa McKenna said the idea of formatting them into digital copies was quite simple. “They’re not our records,” she said, adding that it’s important for the families to have ownership of their own history.

The project is a close partnership between the library and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, and both Howard…

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Frankie Meyer: Genealogy societies sponsoring in-person conferences after pandemic delay | Lifestyles

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, 2022-05-20 15:15:00,

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, genealogy conferences around the world were canceled the past two years. Some genealogy groups coped with the pandemic by arranging virtual conferences in which online users had free access to genealogy programs.

This year, a few societies are again sponsoring in-person conferences. One example is the Indiana Historical Society, which is sponsoring the Midwestern Roots Conference on July 15-16. To learn about the conference, check the website at https://Indianahistory.org. Lunches, a banquet and parking are included in the registration fee. Hotel accommodations are at Marriott East in Indianapolis. This year, the society’s approach is different than in previous years. The 2022 conference will feature three storytellers who discuss how migration and immigration affected our ancestors.

Katrina Mitten, citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, is one of the storytellers. Mitten is an award-winning artist who is known for her embroidery style of beadwork. Examples of her beadwork are displayed in major metropolitan museums, such as the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis; the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.; Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona; and George Gustav Heye Center (National Museum of the American Indian in Manhattan, New York City).

Another featured storyteller is Tim Pinnick, an author, speaker and instructor who emphasizes African American genealogy. The third storyteller is Curt B. Witcher, senior manager for Special Collections at Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library.

These are some of the…

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Genealogy: Three-day conference, online lecture coming up | Valley Life

admin ann lawthers, caroline kunze schiffman, economics, genealogy, john mccaw, mary ann mccaw, new england, parents, riley, sociology 0 Comments April 30, 2022

This year we can finally attend Midwestern Roots in person — a three-day conference that will explore the impact of immigration and migration on the Midwest. The event takes place July 15-16, 2022, at the Marriott East hotel in Indianapolis, with pre-conference activities on July 14. This year will be a little different in types of sessions and formats, so be sure to check out the agenda online.

“Meet and hear from national, regional, local, and emerging scholars, experts, and storytellers. They will explore DNA, methodology, community studies, social history and context, writing, teaching through play, and so much more. We’ve adjusted the schedule . . . to focus on discovering and sharing stories to make room for more creativity. We added more opportunities to meet, mingle, and make memories [and] we’ve added two special luncheons. With new tools, ideas and connections, you’ll walk away energized and ready to explore and share history in new and exciting ways.”

Indiana Historical Society members receive 15% off regular conference rates. The early registration deadline is June 15. To learn more and/or to register, visit https://bit.ly/3khqFI7.

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American Ancestors, part of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, will offer a free online lecture on May 26, from 3-4 p.m. Indiana time. The title of the discussion is “New England Town Records,” presented by Ann Lawthers.

“Town records from New England can contain a wealth of genealogical information. These can contain records of births, marriages, burials, mortgages, name changes, and more that can help you fill in the details of your ancestor’s life. In this webinar, genealogist Ann Lawthers will delve into this important resource for New England and demonstrate how you may get the most out of these records for your own family history.”

To register, go to shorturl.at/dyCOS. You will receive a link to the lecture and will also be able to view the lecture at a later date in their archives.

Queries

• I am trying to solve a family history question. John McCaw died 1819 in Riley, Vigo County, Indiana. He was married to Mary Ann Walden in January 1818 in Butler County, Ohio. Their son, William James McCaw, was born April 16 , 1819, in Riley shortly after his father John passed away. Mary Ann McCaw and William James McCaw continued to live in Riley. Mary Ann remarried to John Harkness in January 1821 and she remained in Riley until her passing. Would like to know John McCaw’s history (when born, parents, where from, etc.). My father did a lot of research and I have been looking for about three years with no success. John McCaw is my paternal 2X grandfather. Thanking you in advance for your assistance, Jerrianne McCaw Powell, 300 Ondina Dr., Fremont, CA 94539, [email protected]

• Looking for the Schiffman family from Evansville and Terre Haute, Indiana. Caroline (Carrie) Schiffman (1883-1933) married in 1908 to Lewis/Louis Bough (1879-1929). They started out in Evansville and moved to Terre Haute. Carrie’s parents were John and Caroline Kunze Schiffman, Evansville. My information on John (or Johan Schiffmann) ends there. I am looking for his parents and his arrival from Germany. Lewis Bough’s parents were John and Sarah Cather Bough. Caroline Kunze’s parents were Christian (Fred) Fredrick Kunze and Elizabeth Mitz. Would love to see pictures as well as any family information or stories. I’m happy to share all I have — most of it is documented and sourced. Please contact Wynne Linden at [email protected] or 262-370-8890.

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