April 2009 Organization Checklist

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February 2009 Organization Checklist

Getting there
DearREADERS,How's the research coming along? Got your ox in a ditch? Are you stuck in the doldrums? Let's take a moment to reflect on matters.Do you think in our frantic search for ancestors, we miss the mark because we fail to plan from a logistical or financial point of view? If so, how very like our ancestors we've become.

IGHR Scholarship for librarians
NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The Institute for Genealogy and History Research at Samford provides a scholarly, in-depth week of studies. Please share this information with your favorite genealogy librarian.Applications for the Jean Thomason Scholarship for IGHR are due by December 1, 2009 and will be reviewed by a Samford University Library committee. The winner will be announced in January.Please include the following in your application: * Name * Address * Email * Phone * The name of the Library where you are employed * The length of time you have worked

NGS 2010 Conference: registraton now open
NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following was just received from our friends at NGSgenealogy.org. Please address all inquiries as indicated below: Mark your Calendar for the 2010 Family History Conference, “Follow Your Ancestral Trail”, which will be held 28 April—1 May 2010, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Whether your family helped settle the nation, migrated across the country, stayed in the same place, or recently arrived in America, this conference has much to offer. A few examples of the Family History Conference’s diverse program offerings include the International Works

Tom Jones :quick notes from his presentations today
DearREADERS,Today, in all the excitement of attending the Fairfax Genealogical Society's fall conference featuring Thomas W. Jones, Ph. D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA Ol' Myrt here learned a great deal. His three presentations were titled:Inferential Genealogy:Deducing Ancestors' Identities IndirectlyGoing Beyond the Bare Bones:Reconstructing Your Ancestors' LivesMethods of Proving ParentageThis last presentation provided 15 combinations of relevant sources and potential parents. Dr. Jones encouraged us to think outside the realm of the usual and customary types of evidence when attempting to prove paren

Footnote.com: Entire US census now available
NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following was just received from our friends at Footnote.com. Please note Ol' Myrt's added emphasis with the red text below. Please address all inquiries to: Justin@footnote.com. ENTIRE U.S. CENSUS GOES