Presents
Time: Saturday, April 20, 2002 from 9:00 AM to 4:00
PM (Registration = 8:30 AM)
Place: 1000 Narragansett Parkway, Warwick, RI
Guest Speaker:
Thomas H. Roderick, Ph. D.
Thomas H. Roderick, PH.D.,
research geneticist and genealogical researcher, developing research approaches
utilizing genetics in genealogy (major project utilizes mtDNA analysis in
confirming umbilical lines and uncovering new relationships); member, NGS1
Family Health History Committee, a former NGS regional councilor, and recipient
of the NGS President’s Citation. A former president of Maine Genealogical
Society and former editor of its’ journal, “The Maine Genealogists.
Carefully select the
classes you wish to attend, the following is a list of topics and
instructor
profiles. A time schedule is included on the registration form. When you have
chosen which classes you prefer, complete the registration form and return by April
8th.
Mail
in pre-registration = $ 7.00, to register at the door = $10.00.
United States Research – Conn.,
Mass., RI
1. The Records Housed at the Rhode Island State Archives ~ Kenneth S.
Carlson started his internship of the RI Archives in 1991. He assisted in
the development of retention schedules for departments of local government, and
is currently a reference archivist. He holds a degree in history, his honor
thesis was on RI Civil War Regiments. He is a member of the RIC Hall of Fame
for History and wrote articles for The RI Commissions for Humanities.
2. Historic Block Island
~ Barbara Gaspar is a resident of Block Island and volunteers at
the island’s Historical Society and the RI Historical Society. Jeffrey Howe
specializes in researching the Native Americans of Block Island and will cover
that aspect of the island.
3. Using Rhode Island’s Court Records as an
additional resource ~ Andrew Smith is the
Assistant Administrator of Archives at the RI Judicial Records. He has a B.A.
in history and education. He has worked in the Providence School District’s
History Department, has been a RI Judiciary trainer and is a member of the RI
Historical Society.
4. Accessing Genealogical resources in
Connecticut ~ Janet Pestey is a Board member of
the Connecticut Society of Genealogists and volunteers at the Woodbridge FHC2.
She has taught Family Research courses for adult education and the community
college as well as presentations on Family Research and Irish Research. She
belongs to a number of groups related to genealogy.
5. Genealogical Resources at the New Bedford Free
Public Library ~ Paul Cyr
is the Director of Special Collections at the New Bedford Library and is the
former president of the Acadian Cultural Society. Has been a researcher for 22
years.
6. Whaling Crew List Index and General
Preservation for Genealogists ~ Ernestina V. Furtado has
a Masters in Library and Information Science with a concentration in Archives
Management. As the New Bedford Archivist since 1996, she has implemented many
significant improvements. Her efforts has brought fought the library’s
internet’s Whaling Crew List Index Database and oversees all data entry from
original documents.
7. Using the RI
Historical Cemeteries as a resource ~ Deby Nunes
worked with John Stering in setting up the cemetery database project in 1990.
Currently she is the systems librarian at the Warwick Library and was the Asst.
Director at the East Greenwich Library for 7 years. She has co-authored a book on North Kingstown Cemeteries with
Althea McAleer and Beatrix Hoffius in 1992. She has done research for 30 years.
8. Using the RI Historical Library’s Unique
Resources ~ Rick Stattler has
been the Manuscripts Curator at the RI Historical Library since 1994 and has
served as Associate Director since 1999. He has an M.A. in American History and
is an experienced genealogical and biographical researcher for many years.
9. Introduction to the Genealogy Resources at
the Massachusetts State Archives & Passenger Lists for the Port of Boston
1848-1891, “What the Index Cards Don’t Tell You”. Janis P.
Duffy, a Reference Archivist and Coordinator of
the Archives Volunteer Program. A member of the NEHGS,3 N. E.
Archivists and NGS. Vice-President of TIARA4. Genealogical
researcher for over 14 years.
International Research
10. Seeking your English Ancestors? ~ Florence Battle holds an M. Ed. And has done work at Cambridge University,
England and Trinity College, Dublin. She is a teacher at Moses Brown and has
taught in Germany. She has been researching for over 26 years and made numerous
trips to England and a former member of the FHC.
11. Deciphering Latin Records: Understanding the
Catholic Parish Records of Italy which predate the civil vital records ~ Arthur
Santoro is a genealogical researcher, lecturer,
consultant, and was on the FHC staff.
He founded “Terra dei Parenti”, an organization that promotes Italian
genealogy and culture and is past president of IGSA. He was a contributing columnist to Italia USA and has published
articles for regional newspapers in Italy.
12. Italian Family
Research ~ Felice De Quattro volunteered and managed the Italian
Vice Consular office of RI from 1997 to 2000 where he serviced the needs of the
Italian community. He has made numerous trips to Italy to perform actual vital
record research and has been on the FHC staff since 1997. He assists those who
desire to acquire their Italian Citizenship (dual-citizenship) through all
means possible.
13. (a) Starting Irish Research
(b)
So You Found Your Town land in Ireland, Now What ? ~ June
French specializes in Irish records. Her “Irish
Research Instruction Notebook” is used in Family History Centers thoughout New
England. Besides her own, plus client-based research, she lectures on the
subject. She has attended RISD, Ohio Univ., and URI, and is on the FHC Staff.
14. (a)Bridging the Atlantic for Swedish Americans
(b)The
Church Records of Sweden ~ Kay Sheldon is a past President of the
“Swedish Ancestry Research Association”. She is working on a couple of
projects; one is to research all of the Swedes who appeared in the Kalender of
Swedes in Worcester, MA in 1883 and
listing all the people that lived in auburn, MA prior to 1940.
15. Searching for your Franco-American Ancestors
~Sylvia Bartholomy has
been the editor of the AFGS newsletter since 1994, publicist for the AFGS since
1992 lecturing since 1996 and a researcher since 1990 as well as a volunteer at
the AFGS5.
16.
(a) What Can Be Learned From Naturalization Records?
(b) Research
techniques in preparation for accessing the 1930 Census ~
Walter Hickey has been with the National Archives for 12 years.
He currently is the Archives Specialist in the New England Region, Waltham, MA.
17. (a) How Do You Know You Have The Right
Person?
(b)
The Basics for Searching Probate and Land Records ~ Helen S. Ullmann , CG
s the Associate Editor of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register,
a Consulting Editor for the Newbury Street Press and a librarian at the Nashua
FHC. She has a wide variety of published works which includes “Descendants of
Peter Mills of Windsor, Conn. (1998) which won the Donald Lines Jacobus Award
given by the American Society of Genealogists in 1999.
18. (a)How to Trace your 19th & 20th
Century Immigrant Ancestor
(b)
Strategic Approaches For Successful Research ~ Jonathan
D. Galli, CGRS, a professional genealogist and proprietor
of American Ancestral Associates, has over 20 years experience with
records from Italy, Nova Scotia, Washington, DC, and the US. Appointed by the
RI Governor to the RI Historical Records Advisory Bd., previous editor of RIGS6,
a past Director (1994-2001) of the 1997 Conference Co-Chairman for NERGC7,
past Director of Genealogical Speakers Guild, founder and past president of the
Italian Genealogical Society of America and a member of various genealogical
societies.
19. (a)
Umbilical lines and Y chromosome lines in Genealogical Research
(b)
Genealogical relationships; examples from our Presidents ~
Thomas H. Roderick, Ph. D, please see front page biography.
20. (a)
Where Do I Start and Utilizing the LDS Family History Center Resources
(b)
Weeding through the Myriad of Internet Resources ~ Claire
V. Brisson-Banks, Providence, RI FHC Director
for 11 years, trained in Salt Lake City, has lectured regionally for over 10
years. Taught genealogy in 2 high schools, has an A.S. in Computer Science and
is working on her B.S. Specialties are beginning & advanced techniques,
Canadian, Scottish, English, RI and internet research. She has been a consultant for 14 years, done
extensive research and is a member of various genealogical societies.
21. Joining the DAR ~
Rosemarie E. Mello has an ED. B. from RIC and an M.S.W. from Boston
College. She has been the RI Historian of
the Mayflower Society and is the Chapter Registrar of Aquidneck Island Chapter,
DAR since 1996; following a 3 year term as Regent.
22. Your Ancestors Were On the Mayflower? ~ Alden
Saunders is a retired teacher and school administrator. He
is the former governor of the RI Mayflower Society and has done research for 30
years. He has a Sc. B. from URI and an ED. M. from RIC.
23. Everything you wanted to know about your
family photographs ~ David L. Mishkin
23. Everything you wanted to know about your
family photographs ~ David L. Mishkin is
the president of Just Black & White in Portland, ME which is a custom
photographic processing lab specializing in copying and restoring historic and
family photographs. He has a B.S. in photography from Rochester Institute of
Technology and has lectured on preserving photographs for over 10 years. A
member and past secretary of the Genealogical Speakers Guild. Currently he is
President of NERGC, past Exhibitor chairperson and co-chair for their next
conference in 2003. He served as co-chair for the NGS conference in 2000. He
has written several articles in a variety of photographic and genealogical
magazines.
Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
1000
Narragansett Parkway
Warwick,
RI 02888
Hours of operation are:
Wednesday: 10 am to 2 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm
Thursday: 7 pm to 9 pm
Friday: 10 am to 2 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm
Saturday: 10 am to 4 pm
Telephone Number: (401) 463-8150 Email address: providencerifhc@yahoo.com
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NGS |
National Genealogical Society |
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FHC |
Family History Center |
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NEHGS |
New England Historical Genealogical Society |
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TIARA |
The Irish Ancestral Research Association |
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AFGS |
American French Genealogical Society |
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RIGS |
Rhode Island Genealogical Society |
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NERGC |
New England Regional Genealogical Conference |
8:30 ~ 9:25 Registration in Lobby
9:30 ~ 9:35 Opening
Invocation: ~Welcome & Remarks
9:35 ~ 9:55 Guest Speaker ~ Thomas H. Roderick, Ph. D
“Introduction to Using Genetics for
Genealogical Research”
1st Session |
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2 |
5 |
8 |
11 |
12 |
15 |
13(a) |
20(a) |
10:00 to 10:50 |
RI Archives |
Block Island |
New Bedford Public Lib. |
RI Historical Library |
Latin Catholic Records |
Italian Family Research |
Franco-American Ancestors |
Irish Ancestors |
Beginning & LDS Resources |
2nd Session |
3 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
14(a) |
16(a) |
17(a) |
20(a) |
10:55 to 11:45 |
RI Judicial Ct. Rec. |
RI Historical Library |
MA State Archives |
Researching English Ancestors |
Latin Catholic Records |
Swedish Ancestors |
Naturalization Records |
Do You Have The Right Person? |
Beginning & LDS Resources |
11:45 ~ 12:45 Lunch (provided)
3rd Session |
3 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
12 |
13 (a) |
18 (b) |
20 (b) |
21 |
23 |
12:50 to 1:40 |
RI Judicial Ct Rec. |
CT Research |
Whaling Cres Lists & More |
MA State Archives |
Italian Family Research |
Ireland Townland Now What ? |
Advanced Research |
So Many Internet Sites ! |
Joining DAR |
All about Photos Part 1 |
4th Session |
6 |
7 |
10 |
14 (b) |
15 |
17 (b) |
18 (a) |
19 (a) |
22 |
23 |
1:45 tp 2:35 |
Whaling Cres List & More |
RI Historical Cemeteries |
Reseaching English Ancestors |
Swedish Church Records |
Franco-American Ancestors |
Probate & Land Records |
Immigrant Ancestors |
Genetic Research Methods |
Mayflower Ancestors ?? |
All About Photos Part 2 |
5th Session |
2 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
16 (b) |
19 (b) |
21 |
22 |
23 |
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2:40 to 3:30 |
Block Island |
CT Research |
New Bedford Pub. Lib. |
RI Historical Cemeteries |
1930 Census |
Genealogy Relationships |
Joining DAR |
Mayflower Ancestors? |
All About Photos Part 3 |
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From Either North or South take Route 95 heading towards TF
Green Airport. Take the Airport Exit. You will be on the Airport Connector.
Take the Post Road Exit heading North by taking a left at the end of the exit.
Follow to next major intersection of Airport Road passing Airport Plaza on the right.
Take a right onto Airport Road. Follow through 5 lights till you come to the
intersection of Warwick Ave. and Airport Road. To your right will be
"Dave's Grocery Store. To your left will be D'Angelo's. Take a left onto
Warwick Ave. Follow through two lights. You will pass BankRI on the right. At
the 2nd light take a right turn onto Narragansett Parkway. At this intersection
is a business establishment called "Grease Monkey". Go down about a
1/2 mile and the Church is on the right hand side.
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