Dallas-based group to have workshop
The Dallas Genealogical Society 2013 Summer Institute, “Bits of Yesterday: Using Maps & Records to Complete Your Family Story,” is August 2 and 3 at J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young St., Dallas.
Institute programs will focus on using land records, maps and other government records to help researchers complete their family story. Pamela Boyer and Richard Sayre’s topics will include: “Our National Treasure: The Library of Congress,” “Remote Research in the Databases of the Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System,” “Land Entry Papers and Records of the General Land Office,” “Sharing Your Family History,” “Maps: Where to Find Them and How to Use Them,” “Using Topographic and Other Maps,” and “Google Earth for Genealogists.”
Registration for society members is $140 if received by June 30 and $180 after June 30. Nonmember registration is $190 if received by June 30 and $230 if received after June 30. Fee includes syllabus and lunch.
For registration form and more information, go online to www.dallas genealogy.com.
The Edmond Genealogy Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. June 17 at the Edmond Historical Museum, 431 S. Boulevard, Edmond.
Bill Welge will present “Preserving Family Treasures and Paper Heirlooms.” Welge, a certified archivist with the Academy of Certified Archivists, was director of the Okla- homa Historical Society’s Research Division. He recently accepted the director position at the Office of American Indian Cultural & Preservation.
For more information, go to www. rootsweb.ancestry.com/~okegs or call the Edmond Historical Museum at 340-0078.
The Tulsa Genealogical Society mini-workshop, “Using Your Family Research to Write Your Family History,” will be at 6:30 p.m. June 17 at 9136 E 31, Tulsa.
M. Carolyn Steele author of “Preserving Family Legends for Future Generations” and Jae Jaegar, “Tulsa Annals” periodical editor will be the speakers. Fee is $10 for society members and $12 for nonmembers. For more information, go to www.tulsa genealogy.org, visit the society’s Facebok page or call (918) 627-4224.