The Fairfield County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical (FCC-OGS) Library will once again be offering a six week, 12 hour, two course program in Introductory Genealogy.
The courses will be conducted on Saturday afternoons for two hours from 2:30pm to 4:30pm at the FCC-OGS Library on Lenwood Drive in Lancaster Ohio.
A fee will be charged as shown below to cover the cost of materials and overhead.
The courses are open to the public but will be limited to 15 people per course.
Please contact the FCC-OGS Library to make reservations:
FCC-OGS Library
503 Lenwood Drive
Lancaster OH 43130
740-653-2573
E-mail: genealogycourse2010@fairfieldgenealogy.org
2010 Genealogy Courses
COURSE I… Basic Genealogy Research
Presenters: Alice Stevens & Hank Cradduck
Saturday February 20th 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Saturday February 27th 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Saturday March 6th 2:30pm - 4:30pm
COURSE II… Genealogy Research Using the Internet
Presenters: Hank Cradduck & Alice Stevens
Saturday March 13th 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Saturday March 20th 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Saturday March 27th 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Cost: Each Course
Members…$15 per course
Non-Members…$20 per course
Cost: Taking Both Courses
Members…$25 total (save $5)
Non-Members…$35 total (save $5)
Details of each session: (subject to change)
Course I Session 1 INTRODUCTION TO GENEALOGY
What is it? Why do we do it?
Sources; Types, What to trust
What’s at home?
Interviewing relatives
Charts and forms
Documentation
Course I Session 2 RESEARCHING OUTSIDE THE HOME
Preparation
How to use your time best
Public libraries
Genealogy societies
Other sources, cemeteries, historical libraries…
Documentation
Course I Session 3 OFFICIAL RECORDS
Land records
Court house records
Virtual road trip
Course II Session 1 INTERNET RESEARCH on FREE SITES
Where to start?
Sources available
Requesting information
GEDCOM and other formats
Course II Session 2 INTERNET RESEARCH on PAID SITES
Ancestry.com
Footnote, Newspaper Archive, Genealogy Today, Genealogy Bank
Pitfalls
Course II Session 3 USING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
Computer tools
A case study
Practicing what you have learned
Open questions and research help
GOOD NEWS.
The FCCOGS Library has NEW HOURS and now includes Fridays.
Starting Monday February 1st 2010, the Library will be open the following times:
Monday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Friday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Other days & times by appointment
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GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE
For those of you who are early shoppers... We offer FCCOGS Gift
Certificates in the amount of your choice. This is a great gift to give or
to put on your own "wish list."
Gift certificates can be applied to the cost of a 2010 membership ($14.00
single, $16.00 family) or can be applied to the purchase of any of our
publications.
Send check or money order to:
Fairfield County Chapter OGS
attn: Gift Certificate
503 Lenwood Drive
Lancaster, OH 43139-2261
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The special interest group, "THIS AND THAT," meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm
in the F.C. Genealogical Library
503 Lenwood Dr.
Lancaster, OH
740-653-2573
"This and That" is a fun and casual time for sharing ideas, successes
and questions relating to many different aspects of genealogy and computer
use in genealogy. (Laptops welcome!)
BRING A FRIEND (does not have to be a member) AND ENJOY A FUN AND EDUCATIONAL EVENING.
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