Finding Your Family in Old Newspapers, A Webinar

That is right, Family Tree Magazine is offering a webinar called, "Finding Your Family in Old Newspapers." It will be presented on July 29, 2009 at 7 p.m. It will last about 1 hour and will cost $29.99.

If you are interested, check the link, www.familytreemagazine.com/newspaperswebinar

New Application for the iPhone and iPod touch

For any of you that may have an iPhone or iPod, there is a new app called Pocket Cemetery. You can get it on Sale $1.99 in the Apple App Store
You can read more about it at http://www.pocketcemetery.com/

Legend Seekers

There is an email circulating among the Pasco County Genealogy Society membership about a recent article in The Tampa Tribune by Sharon Tate Moody in her weekly Heritage Hunting articles.

All of the recent Heritage Hunting articles can be found online at: www2.tbo.com/content/list/life/genealogy/

The article is dated June 28, 2009.

Check it out for yourself.

PCGS Summer Writing Contest

Do you remember:





the summer you got engaged?




a vacation with your parents or grandparents?




a summer romance?




4th of July fireworks or outings?




your first 'sleep away' camping experience?




hanging out at the lake, swimming hole or community pool?




family picnics or reunions?




babysitting for your younger sibling OR being babysat by an older sibing




summer school (I received a 'typing scholarship' the summer between 6th and 7th grade. My reward for passing was typing the school newspaper!)





The summer PCGS writing contest is coming to a close so please jot down your most memorable summer memory and email them to Pam Treme (ptreme@hotmail.com).




All entries must be in Pam's hands by July 6th.

101 Best Web Sites in 2009

101 Best Web Sites 2009 is the title of Family Tree Magazine's article. These are genealogy web sites.

I should be worth your web surfing time to see if they found something you missed. They indicate the free and for fee web sites.

If you are hold-up hiding from the Summer heat in your cooled computer place, take a look around at their findings. I was surprised at what they listed and omitted.

Special Openings of Dade City Family History Center

At the May Membership Meeting of the PCGS along with the Summer closings of the Dade City Family History Center, there would be special openings on the second Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon for library use and genealogical chit-chat.

So on June 13, July 11, and August 8 the Dade City Family History Center will be open in the mornings.

Most Free DNA Testing at Sorenson Suspended

If you have procrastinated in joining the free Sorenson DNA project it may be too late!

Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter reported, Sorenson Suspends Most Free DNA Testing. Goals for this phase of the Sorenson project have been reached. Eastman has all of the details.

I got my spit sample and pedigree info in for both y- and m-DNA testing. And the results at very little cost.

I hope you were able to participate.

What about Archives?

Two archival issues have crossed my way in the past week that I would like to share. There is no specific point that I want to make yet.

First, I was on-the-road for a different reason , decided to stop by a regional archive to do some family history research. Because of time limitations I limited my research to obituaries that might appear in the local newspaper. I asked at the desk if I could view these old newspapers. I was told an 8x12 copy would be $2 and larger copies were more, but I had gone deaf at that point. They had digitized the old newspapers and wanted me to pay for it. I was ready to leave, but explained that I just wanted to see the microforms of the newspaper and after I promised not to turn on my computer or photograph anything, I would be allowed to view the microforms. I found some obits and didn't find others.

Second, I subscribe to MIT World, an online collection of video and audio presentation of significant public events at MIT (it is free.) Well this week their news brief highlighted, "Archives and History" that discusses archives and the future of archives (both dreams and nightmares.)

This should be a link to that video, I hope that you can see it.

New Databases Available thru Familysearch.org Pilot

The FamilySearch Record Search Pilot Site (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start) now searched besides a numbers of Federal Censuses some interesting databases:

• Florida Deaths 1877-1939
• Ireland Civil Registration Index 1845-1958
• Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
• Ohio Deaths 1908-1953
• Ontario Deaths 1868-1925

These databases are the product of volunteers transcribing key information from records to searchable databases.

The Florida Deaths 1877-1939 is not the same as the Florida Death Index on Ancestry.com. This database includes information from the death certificates like parents; birth and death places and dates; spouses; and more.

PCGS Hand Out - May 9th Meeting

A copy of Pam's handout from Saturday's meeting has been sent out to members. It contains examples for using Advanced Google Techniques and Pipl.




If you did not receive one please email me at pattie_schultz@hotmail.com and I will send one to you.




Happy Searching


Pattie and Pam


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