The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is sponsoring a FREE Family History Conference on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the church at 20601 Three Oaks Parkway in Fort Myers from 9am to 12noon.
Their key note speakers are Susan Friel Williams and Lane Williams, investigators from the hit TV show The Locator.
Classes to be offered at the conference include:
1. Discovering Your Family History - Beginning Level
2. Genealogy and Technology
3. Census and Military Records
4. Writing a Family History
Each conference participant may select three of the above classes to attend. These classes are designed for adults only, focusing on research skills.
LCGS will have an information table manned by Carolyn Ford and Carl Meier.
Please note the location: not at the Broadway address.
Fran

As requested at Friday's meeting, here are the directions for accessing the Genealogy Listings on Shell Point Library Web Site:
To Access Genealogy holdings on Shell Point Library Web site
go to: www.shellpoint.net ; scroll down Links column (far right) and click on Library
or
www.shellpoint.net/resortservices/library.htm takes you directly to Library web site
Click on SEARCH CATALOG :
then Click on LIBRARY SEARCH
READ INSTRUCTIONS FIRST !!
Title:
Author:
Category:
Subject:
Call Number:
Location:
Enter fields to search:
always enter Genealogy Library in Location
Title Search: Type as many or as few of the words in the title as you want, then press the Enter key or click Search
Author Search: Type the author's last name. In the case of common names, adding the first name, separated by a comma, will help narrow the search. Then press the Enter key or click Search
Subject Search: experiment with various words in this box .
for C.D.s: enter Data Disc in Call Number box
for JOURNALS (Historical Society Publications and magazines): enter Journal in Call Number box
The items located in the Genealogy Library are so indicated in the Location field. In addition to many books, the Library also has data discs and journals, and those items are indicated in the Call No. field as Data Disc and Journal. Again, you may search for genealogy items by Title, Author, Subject or Call No. When searching for a particular region, state, or family surname, try the pertinent word in the Subject field and then, in the Title field. State or regional abbreviations are sometimes used in the title or subject rather than the full word: for instance, PA rather than Pennsylvania or U.K. for United Kingdom.
(The Journals have not been posted on the Website yet, but should be by October 19th )

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President: Fran Allison

Librarian: Marilyn Fielding

Regular Meetings 2nd Friday
of every month at 10:00 AM

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