I am forwarding this message to the list as it came to the volunteers inbox.
I spoke to the person and got permission to repost the message.

Spencer Field



----- Original Message -----
From: <mlsavage@...>
To: <volunteer@...>
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:39 AM




Hello,

My Name is Margo Savage, I'm a third year Canadian Studies student at the
University of Calgary. This year I am in a class about Canadian Heritage,
and as part of my course requirement I am to get involved with a Heritage
project in the City.

In my research about different sites and projects around the city, I came
across the website for the ALberta Family Histories aociety, and became
interested.

I am interested to know if there are any opportunities for volunteer
within your organization, whether it be for a specific event or otherwise,
that could be helpful in my project, as well as beneficial to your
organization.


Sorry to take up your time,  but thank you for any help you may be able to
offer me. You can contact me either by email, or by telephone at
403-813-8108.

Thank you.
Margo Savage









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Hello,

Just to let you know, I have just left a voice message for Margo.  I have
told her about our monthly meeting tomorrow and gaver her the address.  I
told her if she could make it we could discuss ways she can help with the
society.  I also mentioned the special event on the 24th of this month.
Heather J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Spencer Field" <spence21@...>
To: <dist-gen@...>
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 10:25 AM
Subject: Fw: Volunteer looking to help!!!


> I am forwarding this message to the list as it came to the volunteers
inbox.
> I spoke to the person and got permission to repost the message.
>
> Spencer Field
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mlsavage@...>
> To: <volunteer@...>
> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:39 AM
>
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> My Name is Margo Savage, I'm a third year Canadian Studies student at the
> University of Calgary. This year I am in a class about Canadian Heritage,
> and as part of my course requirement I am to get involved with a Heritage
> project in the City.
>
> In my research about different sites and projects around the city, I came
> across the website for the ALberta Family Histories aociety, and became
> interested.
>
> I am interested to know if there are any opportunities for volunteer
> within your organization, whether it be for a specific event or otherwise,
> that could be helpful in my project, as well as beneficial to your
> organization.
>
>
> Sorry to take up your time,  but thank you for any help you may be able to
> offer me. You can contact me either by email, or by telephone at
> 403-813-8108.
>
> Thank you.
> Margo Savage
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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-- "People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors." - Edmund Burke
WILLIAM CAMPBELL
CALGARY, Alberta, CANADA

Computer SIG Meeting

10 Oct 09

Lounge Area
of the
LDS Family History Centre,
17 Ave & 19A St. SW

"Beginner Session" @ 9:30 AM

"Main Session" @ 10:30 AM

Using



Speaker: Christine Hayes

-- Regards,
Gord
"After all is said and done, usually more is said."

-- Regards,
Gord
"Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional."

Hi Jackie:

The Air Museum would like to have it. Please let me know where to pick it
up.

Thanks.

Rene Dussome

________________________________________
From: owner-dist-gen@... [mailto:owner-dist-gen@...] On Behalf
Of Jackie Duncan
Sent: October 7, 2009 4:32 PM
To: dist-gen@...
Subject: Flight training interest?

I have a neighbour that has a briefcase full of paper work, including a
slide rule -  from getting his pilot’s license perhaps in the 60’s. His
family doesn’t want it, and I wondered if there was any interest in this
before it hits the recycling bin.
Jackie Duncan
 

Hello all,

 

Just to let you know, that there has been a change to the area where we are going to be having our special event on Saturday, October 24th.  There was a mix up on the church's part and we are having our event in the fellowship room, which is downstairs.   The church is also going to set up the chairs for us instead of us doing this. They will also set up the room for the lunch hour.

 

The church has said that we can move upstairs at noon, but it has been decided to use the fellowship all day, as we are having displays set up and we do not want to take them apart and move them upstairs.

 

Hope to see you all there.  Please bring a friend and also a bagged lunch.

 

Sincerely,

Heather Jaremko

Special Events Chair

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-- Regards,
Gord
"I'm at that awkward age between desirability and
complete senility."

----- Original Message -----

From: ANN WILLIAMS

To: Dist-Gen

Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 1:59 PM

Subject: WELSH WILLS ONLINE

Please see this from the FFHS:

The National Library of Wales has good news for family historians, social historians … and the inquisitive! Over 190,000 Welsh wills (some 800,000 pages) have been digitised and are now available on the Library’s website or direct on their online catalogue and are free to view.

Wills which were proved in the Welsh ecclesiastical courts before the introduction of Civil Probate on 11 January 1858 have long been deposited at The National Library of Wales. An online index and an opportunity to view digital images of these wills within the Library building has been available for some time, however, remote users can also view the digital images following the release of a new site on 16 October.

Amongst the collection is the will of Twm Siôn Cati alias Thomas Johnes, Fountaine Gate, Caron (SD1609-20), this year being the 400th anniversary of his death. The will of Howell Harris, the famous Welsh religious reformer can also be seen (BR1773-51). 

As well as being a fabulous source of information the National Library’s online wills offer the ability to view all 193,000 wills free of charge, a service few other similar institutions are able to offer. Whilst most institutions charge readers to view their documents, the Library only charges for providing copies of them.

More information can be viewed at http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=1514&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=2640&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=160&cHash=d41a0c9a42.

Roger Lewry

FFHS Archives Liaison

exec.member.rl@...

19 October 2009

The Federation of Family History Societies is a Company Limited by Guarantee

Company Number 2930189 (England & Wales) - Registered Charity Number 1038721

Registered Office: Artillery House, 15 Byrom Street, Manchester, England M3 4PF

 

Hi folks,

I am still looking for war stories or resources. In particular, I am
interested in an article on "Women Who Went to War."

Also looking for Serendipity, war related or not. Of course, surname
connections and all other types of entries are getting a little low in the
stockpile. So write away right away! October and January issues of Chinook
are now in prep stage.


Xenia Stanford
Editor, Chinook, 2008 Winner of the National Genealogical Society Local
Newsletter Award
Email; editor-chinook@...
SIGS Contact: Ukrainian, Métis
Phone: 295-3490; Fax: 274-0564
Alberta Family Histories Society
http://www.afhs.ab.ca/

FYI - the offer for 10% off the courses has been extended to October 21 -
tomorrow.

Xenia Stanford
Editor, Chinook, 2008 Winner of the National Genealogical Society Local
Newsletter Award
Email; editor-chinook@...
SIGS Contact: Ukrainian, Métis
Phone: 295-3490; Fax: 274-0564
Alberta Family Histories Society
http://www.afhs.ab.ca/


-----Original Message-----
From: admin@... [mailto:admin@...]
Sent: October 14, 2009 8:07 PM
To: president@...
Subject: MORE TIME-10th Anniversary

Hello Xenia,

A very large number of phone calls and e-mails have been received requesting
information regarding the '10% discount' for registration fees in
celebration of our 10th Anniversary of providing Genealogy Education Online.
This was announced on October 4 and was to end tonight, October 14th. We are
extending the registration fee discount of 10% until end of day on
Wednesday(October 21) to enable us to complete all requests, to speak with
those who could not reach us during the holiday weekend, or any other
situation. Again, if you wish, you may call us toll free at 1-800-580-0165,
or send an e-mail to: admin@....

Below, you will find a copy of the e-mail sent out last week... If you have
any questions, do not hesitate to contact us...

Louise St Denis
National Institute for Genealogical Studies

***************************

Today, Sunday October 4th we are celebrating! It's our 10th anniversary...
10 years ago today on Monday, October 4th, 1999 we started our first online
course, 'Methodology-Part 1: Getting Started', for the first time. Tomorrow,
it will start for the 121st time! WOW! How time flies...

We now offer approximately 150 online courses prepared by over 50
instructors. Over 50,000 registrations have been received from all over the
world.

We would like to thank all our Program Directors, our Instructors and our
Consultants for preparing such valuable and informative educational
materials; thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

Thank you to our staff and volunteers, both present and past. Many from 10
years ago are still with us! Your hard work and your commitment has made our
course delivery systems and our student support services the best they could
be.

Thank you to the University of Toronto, Faculty of Information, Professional
Learning Centre who, years ago, had the confidence to partner with us in
providing this program. For its second decade, our program has now moved to
a a different faculty within the U of T: our affiliation is now with the
Continuing Education department of the University of St. Michael's College
in the University of Toronto.

And finally, thanks to all our students and our supporters --- you have made
all the hard work worthwhile. You have been there through the good times and
through the growing pains (terrible spam and e-mail problems is the first
that comes to mind!). Meeting you in person at conferences and at
graduations has been terrific. Your commitment to your studies has always
given us the encouragement and the confidence to continue finding new topics
to offer...

--------------------

PLEASE CELEBRATE WITH US:
All registrations received from today, October 4th for 10 days through
October 14th will receive 10% off. This includes all packages of courses as
well as single courses. Remember, for all  registrations, single courses or
packages, you choose the date you will start the course(s).

To received this 10% discount, process your registration online at
www.genealogicalstudies.com for the regular registration fee. You will
receive a receipt from MiraPay for your payment. Please forward the e-mail
to us requesting your 10% discount (admin@...). We will
refund your credit card for the 10%.

If you do not receive the confirmation e-mail or prefer to register by
telephone, please call us toll free at 1-800-580-0165.

If you were considering completing your Certificate program, this would be a
great time to call our office to see what would be the most economical
combination of packages to achieve your objectives. For those who are
finding their financial situation a little tight these days, speak to us
about our 'No Interest, No Service Charge', payment plan.

--------------------

Throughout the year, we will have numerous promotions for products and
draws.

DRAW OCTOBER 31 for a free course (for past or current students):
From all e-mails received. Let us know how the courses have helped you in
your research. Your comments will be added to our 10th Anniversary Memories
Book.

DRAW OCTOBER 31 for a free course (for someone who has not taken a course):
From all e-mails received. Let us know how you believe our program has
helped provide genealogy education OR let us know which course you believe
would be the most useful for you in your research and why.

MONTHLY DRAWS for a package of 6 courses (Value $500)
From all registrations received each month a lucky winner will received a
package of 6 courses. If you register a package of courses, your name will
be entered in the draw for each course in that package (a package of 9
courses gives you 9 chances to win).

OCTOBER 4, 2010 DRAW for a Certificate package of 40 course (value
approximate $4,000)
From all registrations received from October 4, 2009 to October 4, 2010. If
during this period you register a package of courses, your name will be
entered in the draw for each course in that package. If you have registered
more than 10 courses during this period, you will receive the cash value
towards previously registered courses.

FOR SOCIETIES & LIBRARIES:
Are you a member of a society? Work or volunteer in a library? Write an
article for your Society or Library's newsletter about the National
Institute for Genealogical Studies (or ask us to provide the article!). Send
the published newsletter to us at The National Institute, 92 Ashbury Blvd,
Ajax Ontario L1Z 1N1. We will send your Society or Library a Gift
Certificate for a package of 6 courses (Value $500) to use as they wish. We
would suggest it be used as a fund raiser --- sell tickets for draw
overlapping several monthly meetings or events and hold the draw at a
special function!

Offer to give a 45 minutes to an hour presentation for your Society members
or Library patrons. We will even provide the PowerPoint presentation. Each
attendee will receive a free Methodology-Part 1: Getting Started course!

--------------------

As indicated earlier, we will be celebrating our 10th anniversary throughout
this year. We will also have special promotions on other products. To start
this off, we have packaged 3 products that genealogists should carry with
them to properly cite their sources:

From now to October 14th we are packaging three items together for $25.95US
or $29.95Cnd (a savings of 20% if purchased individually):
CITE YOUR SOURCES PACKAGE
Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian
QuickSheet: Citing Online Historical Resources
QuickSheet: Citing Ancestry.com Databases & Images
all by Elizabeth Shown Mills

OR

Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace for
$39.95US or $45.95Cnd (also a savings of 20%).

These four items are excellent tools to ensure you are citing all your
sources properly

To order these items, go to our store (www.genealogystore.com), under the
menu Other Products, click on INSTITUTE MATERIALS, click on ELECTIVE
COURSES, click on SUPPLIES: OPTIONAL. Next choose the appropriate product
above and complete the order. If you have any difficulties call us, toll
free, at 1-800-580-0165.

--------------------

RESEARCH ACADEMY PROGRAM

Thank you to all those who have responded to our request of interest in our
guided research trips. We will shortly be letting you know the schedule for
next year's Research Academies. If someone has not responded yet, here is
the message sent out earlier. You still have time to have your voice heard.

In the last several years, we have had Research Academy Programs in various
cities. To ensure quality time with our instructor(s) during the Research
Academy, a small group of individuals is required, therefore space is
limited. We are planning our activities for the for 2010. If you are
interested in joining our instructors on a guided research trip, please let
us know where you would like to go. This could be to Salt Lake City,
Washington, Ottawa, Toronto, Fort Wayne or any other city where important
repositories are found, or it could be to another country such as Ireland,
England, Germany, etc. Simply send us an e-mail to
admin@... to let us know where you would like a guided
research program. If we have a sufficient number of students, your
suggestion may find itself on the schedule! (No obligations naturally on
your part.)

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NEW COURSES PLANNED

Many new courses are planned to start in 2009/2010. We are concentrating on
very specialized courses to help you with the Analysis and SkillBuilding
aspects of your research. Look for announcements as we get closer to
offering these courses.

If you have an interest in a topic we do not offer, please let us know. If
you are an instructor with a specific area of expertise we do not covered,
please contact us. Our toll free number is 1-800-580-0165.

---------------------------


Louise St Denis
The National Institute for Genealogical Studies

Send me your brick wall for the Surname Connections section of Chinook. Let
us help you smash your brick wall!

Xenia Stanford
Editor, Chinook, 2008 Winner of the National Genealogical Society Local
Newsletter Award
Email; editor-chinook@...
SIGS Contact: Ukrainian, Métis
Phone: 295-3490; Fax: 274-0564
Alberta Family Histories Society
http://www.afhs.ab.ca/

I just received the following message from a Yorkshire mailing list:

"I called in at Leeds Register Office yesterday to order and pick up a Death
Cert of an Ancestor and spotted a Notice stating that from the 2nd Nov 2009
to actually call in at the Office to order and pick up a Certificate will
cost £15 but to order a Cert by telephone or post will still be £7, is this
going to be the same in all Register Offices?"

Has anyone else heard about this new rule?

Rene Dussome

The next meeting of the Celtic SIG is this Wednesday, October 28, 2009
at 7 PM at the AFHS library on 16th Ave NW.  The topic will be the
Basics of Scottish Research.  This time we will have a key.

Lois

----- Original Message -----

From: Heather Jaremko

To: dist-gen AFHS

Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:11 AM

Subject: special events

Hello everyone,

 

I am sending this e-mail to ask for your help.  There is going to be a special event planned for next spring around April and I would love to hear from you, what topics you would like to have covered.  There has been a suggestion that we have an update about DNA and also get someone to talk about some of the current genealogy technology out there such as GENI etc. 

 

Thank you so very much for your help.

Sincerely,

Heather Jaremko

  Heather:

 

  An update about DNA would be a good idea.  I recently received an e-mail from Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation with an offer to

  receive information re mtDNA results for $19.50 until Oct. 31st.  I have telephoned their number and keep getting a message saying that number is not available in our area.  I don't know what that means because it is an 866 number and we should be able to get through.

 

  My husband and I have given saliva and swab samples and have not heard anything until now.  It would be nice to be able to have an update

  from Sorenson Molecular or from someone who has dealt with them.

 

  Has anyone had success with obtaining results?  Especially without paying out big bucks?  Thanks.

 

  Mertie

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Heather Jaremko

To: dist-gen AFHS

Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:11 AM

Subject: special events

Hello everyone,

 

I am sending this e-mail to ask for your help.  There is going to be a special event planned for next spring around April and I would love to hear from you, what topics you would like to have covered.  There has been a suggestion that we have an update about DNA and also get someone to talk about some of the current genealogy technology out there such as GENI etc. 

 

Thank you so very much for your help.

Sincerely,

Heather Jaremko