March Meeting

 
Saturday, March 14th
Meatballs & Sauer Kraut
Special Guest Speaker: Toni Perone
 
Covering many resources found in book form and on LDS film for both Germany and Italy, with many resources found soley at the Immigrant Genealogical Society Library will be discussed including methods of finding your town in Germany and in the other case Italy if they are unknown.
 
 

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Genealogy Classes

Exclusively - March through October: Genealogy classes are held at 9am in the classrooms one flight above the regular meeting hall at St. Andrew's.

 

Speak Out for Indiana!

The Legal Genealogist: Speak out for Indiana! Please read and pass it on.
 
"One of Indiana’s great treasures, of immense value to genealogists, is on the political chopping block.
 
Will you join The Legal Genealogist in speaking out against a proposal to kill the Genealogy Department at the Indiana State Library? Word arrived yesterday from the Indiana Genealogical Society that the budget bill introduced in the Indiana House includes a massive 24% reduction in funding to the Indiana State Library. In addition to cutting at least 10% of the library staff, the bill would eliminate all funding — every last penny — for the Genealogy Department of the library..."
 
 

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War of 1812 Pension Digitization Project

 
The Pension Records from the War of 1812 are among the most requested documents at the National Archives. Unfortunately, these fragile documents are in urgent need of digitization. In support of this monumental task of digitizing 7.2 million pages, Ancestry.com has provided a dollar for dollar matching grant, so every dollar you contribute will make four more pages accessible and free for everyone. http://www.preservethepensions.org/
 
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Escondido Family History Fair
March 7th 2015 http://www.escondidofhc.com/family-fair/
Amazon Smile

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Genealogy Day 2015 will be sponsored by the San Diego Genealogical Society and the San Diego Family History Center. The society is pleased to announce the program will include multi-track learning opportunities. Stay tuned for details and registration options.
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