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COLORADO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER January 2019 Meeting Locally, Researching Globally Volume 44, No. 1 Meeting Location Central Denver Public Library 3 rd Saturday of Each Month (no meeting in July, Aug., and Dec.) 9:30 am, 7 th Floor Training Room The Colorado Genealogical Society holds its monthly meetings on the third Saturday morning of each month except July, August, and December at the Central Denver Public Library, on the corner of Broadway and 13 th St. Parking Downtown Rates subject to change without notice. Cultural Center Parking Garage Early Bird ........ $9 Cultural Center Parking Garage 0-59 minutes ..... $2 Cultural Center Parking Garage 1-2 hrs ............. $4 Cultural Center Parking Garage 2-3 hrs ............. $6 Cultural Center Parking Garage 3-5 hrs ............. $8 Cultural Center Parking Garage 5-7 hrs ........... $12 Cultural Center Parking Garage 7-12 hrs ......... $22 Cultural Center Parking Garage 12-24 hrs ....... $30 Flat Lots on 14 th St. ...................................... $7/day Website Address www.cogensoc.us Find us on Facebook NOTIFY CGS OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS If your home address or email address changes, please notify Sandy Ronayne at [email protected]. We want to keep in touch with you! A Note from Your Editor Happy New Year and welcome to 2019. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. My dog and I road tripped to Montana to visit my family. All my youngest nephew wanted for Christmas was a fun dog to play with. As you can imagine the two of them had a wonderful time together. I spent the rest of my break at home doing most of the projects at home I never seem to have time for, including unexpectedly treating myself to a new water heater. I had the pleasure of joining everyone for Lunch Bunch in December. What a fun group. If you have ever wanted to attend please do so. January’s lunch bunch is on January 23 (see page 7 for details). Don’t forget to register for the Spring Seminar (page 2). And if you haven’t done so please renew your membership (page 10). I look forward to seeing everyone at the Program Meeting on January 19, 2019. Syliva Tracy-Doolos will be speaking on using linguistic tools to break your brick walls. If you wish to contribute an article, please email it to me at [email protected] for consideration. Articles are due by the last day of each month. - Kim Smith, Editor

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COLORADO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER January 2019 Meeting Locally, Researching Globally Volume 44, No. 1

Meeting Location

Central Denver Public Library 3rd Saturday of Each Month

(no meeting in July, Aug., and Dec.) 9:30 am, 7th Floor Training Room

The Colorado Genealogical Society holds its monthly meetings on the third Saturday morning of each month except July, August, and December at the Central Denver Public Library, on the corner of Broadway and 13th St.

Parking Downtown Rates subject to change without notice.

Cultural Center Parking Garage Early Bird ........ $9 Cultural Center Parking Garage 0-59 minutes ..... $2 Cultural Center Parking Garage 1-2 hrs ............. $4 Cultural Center Parking Garage 2-3 hrs ............. $6 Cultural Center Parking Garage 3-5 hrs ............. $8 Cultural Center Parking Garage 5-7 hrs ........... $12 Cultural Center Parking Garage 7-12 hrs ......... $22 Cultural Center Parking Garage 12-24 hrs ....... $30 Flat Lots on 14th St. ...................................... $7/day

Website Address www.cogensoc.us Find us on Facebook

NOTIFY CGS OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS

If your home address or email address changes, please notify Sandy Ronayne at [email protected]. We want to keep in touch with you!

A Note from Your Editor

Happy New Year and welcome to 2019. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. My dog and I road tripped to Montana to visit my family. All my youngest nephew wanted

for Christmas was a fun dog to play with. As you can imagine the two of them had a wonderful time together. I spent the rest of my break at home doing most of the projects at home I never seem to have time for, including unexpectedly treating myself to a new water heater. I had the pleasure of joining everyone for Lunch Bunch in December. What a fun group. If you have ever wanted to attend please do so. January’s lunch bunch is on January 23 (see page 7 for details). Don’t forget to register for the Spring Seminar (page 2). And if you haven’t done so please renew your membership (page 10). I look forward to seeing everyone at the Program Meeting on January 19, 2019. Syliva Tracy-Doolos will be speaking on using linguistic tools to break your brick walls. If you wish to contribute an article, please email it to me at [email protected] for consideration. Articles are due by the last day of each month.

- Kim Smith, Editor

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2019 Spring Seminar

The Colorado Genealogical Society and the CGS/Computer Interest Group are pleased to announce that Paul Woodbury has accepted our invitation to be the speaker at the joint CGS and CIG seminar on 30 March 2019 at Denver Public Library.

Paul Woodbury is the Outreach Manager for Legacy Tree Genealogists. In addition to being well-connected in the genealogy industry, Paul is also an internationally recognized Genetic Genealogy expert and a genealogist with varied geographical interests, including Spain, France, and Scandinavia. Paul attended Brigham Young University where he received a degree in genetics and a minor in family history. During his time at BYU, he taught several classes a week on internet research at the BYU Family History Lab, wrote course materials on genetic genealogy, verified records for the French Immigrant Ancestors Project, and prepared materials for the French Script Tutorials project. While studying and attending conferences, Paul met genetic genealogists Angie Bush and CeCe Moore. Under their tutelage, he received personal training in advanced genetic genealogy methodologies. Intrigued, he decided then and there to pursue a career in genetic genealogy.

Paul will present 4 programs on genetic genealogy oat this seminar:

DNA Testing Plans Autosomal DNA Coverage Evaluating Shared DNA DNA Case Studies

Additionally, Paul will also present one free DNA program on Friday, 29 March, to be announced later. Want to hear a little from Paul beforehand? Go to Extreme Genes Online Episode 246 at https://extremegenes.com/2018/08/05/episode-246-fisher-woodbury-talk-how-to-manage-your-dna-data-accounts/where Fisher talks to Paul Woodbury about Managing Your DNA Data & Accounts. To register go to https://cogensoc.us/seminar.php. Register by 31 January 2019 and your name will be in a drawing for a free lunch with Paul! MATERIALS FEE $35.00 per person. For more information contact Sandy Ronayne – [email protected] or Kelly Glenn - [email protected] and visit CGS and CIG on the web and Facebook.

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Writing Contest for Seminar Registration 2019 CGS and CIG Seminar

The 2019 CGS-CIG Seminar Team is excited to announce a Seminar Writing Contest. The winners of the contest will receive free registration to the CGS-CIG joint seminar featuring Paul Woodbury. The seminar is on 30 March 2019 at Denver Public Library. All family historians and genealogists, except the seminar chairs and contest judges, are invited to submit entries. Only original material not previously published elsewhere in any format is eligible. Entries will be accepted through February 1, 2019. The winner(s) will be announced at the February CGS and CIG meetings. All entries will be considered for publication in the CGS and CIG newsletters. There is no entry fee and membership in CGS and/or CIG is not required.

Contest Topics

Black Sheep – The Skeleton in My Closet Almost every family has a few black sheep somewhere out there in the past, and it is fascinating to discover what constitutes the family black sheep. For example, a black sheep family member could be:

A person who left the religion of his/her family. A scoundrel – e.g., con person. Someone convicted of a crime – from stealing a loaf of bread to murder. A bigamist Depending on your point of view, a Revolutionary War loyalist who went to Canada or a

Revolutionary War patriot for fought for American independence. A member who shows up in church records for being naughty – getting drunk, Butch

Cassidy’s Wild Bunch. Your entry can be based on your DNA results and/or your genealogical research. You may qualify for membership in the International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists: https://www.familytreemagazine.com/premium/they-did-a-baaaad- baaaad-thing/ Also watch the ancestry.com video on Black Sheep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8YyJu2jYyk Check out http://blacksheepancestors.com/ for links to prison records. Do not despair about your Black Sheep ancestor – have fun! Surprise Results from DNA Tests – or Dealing with the Unexpected Many of us who have taken DNA tests, have found some results to be surprising, unexpected, and perhaps disturbing. For example:

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Misattributed parentage – perhaps an uncle is not the father of your cousin. Or your paternal line is different than what your genealogy research shows.

Ethnicity/cultural and racial surprises – you have the lederhosen but discover you are more Scottish than German.

You can write about how you discovered unexpected results and how you and others have dealt with the emotional fallout (happiness, surprise, etc.) of these results.

Contest Rules and Guidelines

One entry per person. Your entry should be between 1500 and 4000 words in length and can include pictures,

charts, and other images. Documentation can be attached as appropriate. Neither the documentation nor the images will be included in your word count.

Source citation is not required but may be appropriate. For example, source citation may not be needed for an entry on surprising DNA results.

Use an alias for living people and others as you believe appropriate. For example, you may wish to use an alias for individuals in a misattributed parentage entry.

Include a cover page with your name, email, phone number, and approximate word count. Include a title on the first page of your entry but not your name.

Submit your entry in Microsoft Word or Rich Text format. Although you may include pictures in the body of your entry, also please submit them

separately as jpegs. Judges will not be told the name of the author whose entry they are evaluating, nor will

author be told the names of the judges. There will be a winner for each contest topic: Black Sheep and Surprise Results.

Evaluation Criteria

Entries will be evaluated on the following points:

Clarity of writing Overall impact and interest Accuracy of conclusions and/or interpretation of DNA results

Submit your entry to Sandy Ronayne at [email protected] by 1 February 2019. Subject line should say: 2019 Seminar Writing Contest.

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Next CGS Program Meeting is January 19, 2019 Come down to the Downtown Denver Public Library and join us at 9:30 a.m. to socialize with other local genealogists. The meeting will start at 10:00 and end at noon.

New CGS Series at the Program Meetings

Join us for our upcoming winter and spring series, A Bridge to Breakthroughs. This will be presented at our regular 3rd Saturday meeting before our main speaker. We often overlook information on documents that we use regularly that could lead us to major breakthroughs in our research. We will examine one document each meeting and discuss its content and what information can be found. An example of records we will discuss

are: Birth Records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Lineage records, WWI and II Draft registrations, US Federal Population records and more.

CGS Meets at the Library Regular monthly meetings of the Colorado Genealogical Society meet at the Central Denver Public Library (DPL) in the 7th Floor Training Room. Meetings will be held on the third Saturday of each month except July, August, and December. Come to socialize at 9:30 am and stay for the meeting from 10 am - noon.

January 19, 2019 –

Speaker: Sylvia Tracy-Doolos Topic: Your Brick Wall Demolition: Linguistic Tools for Genealogists Discover linguistic tips, tricks and resources that can help you find your most elusive ancestors. Join me as we explore how the language of our ancestors, as well as the language of the inhabitants in the area they settled in, may have affected how their names were changed. Sylvia Tracy-Doolos has been interested in genealogy for over thirty years, and working as a genealogist for nine as the owner of New Leaf Genealogy. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), CGS, and

Broomfield Genealogy Society. Sylvia is President of the Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England Family History

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Society (WISE), and is the Genealogist for Adams County Genealogical Society. She has a B.A. in History and chose to create a minor she called "American Linguistic Heritage” so she could focus on studying how language and immigration created and changed America. She also is a family history writing coach, guiding and inspiring people as they share their family’s story in their authentic voice. February 16, 2019 –

Speaker: Polly McLean Topic: Excavating Lucile: On and Off the Beaten Track Professor Polly E. Bugros McLean brings to light her journey on her most recent book Remembering Lucile: A Virginia Family’s Rise from Slavery and a Legacy Forged a Mile High. Professor Bugros traveled to fifteen cities in ten states conducting fieldwork and archival research to investigate a black family’s arrival in Denver in 1882 and their achievement of middle-class status in the 1890s. Her talk will highlight one daughter’s journey from Denver to the Mid-West and the South and her final years back in Denver. Polly E. Bugros McLean is an associate professor of Media Studies and an affiliated faculty in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder.

From 2003-2007, she served as the chair of Women & Gender Studies. She has lectured, conducted workshops and research in southern Africa for USAID, UNESCO, Pathfinder International, the Academy for Educational Development, and as a Fulbright Scholar in Namibia where she helped established a B.A. degree in Media Studies. Her pedagogical and research interests include intersectionality; cultural and critical theory; issues of racialized representations; African American women’s history, and globalization as it pertains to Southern Africa. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Zambia and Howard University. McLean is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the 2007 Robert L. Stearns Award, the 2009 Edward R. Murrow Award for teaching excellence, and the 2014 Best Should Teach Gold Award. Her latest book Remembering Lucile: A Virginia Family’s Rise from Slavery from Slavery and a Legacy Forged a Mile High (University Press of Colorado, 2018) explores the life of Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones, born in Denver to emancipated slaves from the Oatlands and Evergreen plantations in Virginia. March 16, 2019 –

Speaker: Andy Likins Topic: Locating Images of Our Ancestors: Putting a Face With That Name Having images of our ancestors makes them come to life for us. We’ll learn about how you can locate images of your ancestors – some in unexpected places. Since my early days of family history research, I've made it a priority to locate images of my ancestors. Up to today, I have images of all of my direct line ancestors through my 2nd great grandparents, over half of my 3rd great grandparents, and several beyond that, going back before the invention of photography. Andy Likins has been fascinated by family history for as long as he can remember

and has been actively researching for over 35 years. Ancestry Magazine and Archives.com have published articles he has written on topics relating to American and Scandinavian research, and he has performed research for PBS’s Finding Your Roots. His memberships include the Swedish Colonial Society and the Association of

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Professional Genealogists. Andy is a professor at Pikes Peak Community College and also does genealogical research for clients. Collecting images of family members is one of his favorite aspects of genealogy. April 20, 2019 – Speaker: Sandy Carter-Duff Topic: Lineage Societies Stay tuned for further details.

Lunch Bunch is Your Invitation Lunch Bunch is a fun way to enjoy conversations, stories, and good food with fellow family researchers. Lunch Bunch will meet on January 23, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. at The Officers Club, 84 Rampart Way, Denver, CO. Located in the Hangar 2 Dining District, Lowry’s newest neighborhood restaurant celebrates the history of Lowry Air Force Base with a modern take on the classic officers clubs of military bases during their mid-century heyday. Officers Club serves classic American fare: https://www.officersclublowry.com

RSVP to Sandy at [email protected] if you wish to attend.

Free CGS Classes Meet at Denver Public Library CGS conducts its Beginning Genealogy classes at the Central Denver Public Library on the second Saturday of each month. (There is no class in July, August, or December.) The class is held in the Gates Room on the 5th Floor. The instructor is Carol Darrow. Classes run from 10 am to noon. The next Beginning Genealogy class is January 12, 2019. This is a basic course for the beginner, repeated each month. However, feel free to come for a refresher as desired. Attendees will be introduced to thinking genealogically through the exploration of the following:

Introduction to the census using Ancestry.com Pedigree Charts and Family Group Sheets Other Major Record Groups

The CGS Special Interest classes meet on the fourth Saturday of the month in the 7th floor training room, Denver Central Public Library. January 26, 2019 –

Speaker: Greg Liverman Topic: DNA Testing for Genealogy: Looking Back on 2018 and Ahead to 2019 Greg's lecture will review the important new products, features, and milestones of 2018 in the area of DNA testing for genealogy and ancestry. We will discuss each of the testing companies as well as the tools from independent efforts, with a focus on ones of the most value for the genealogist. We will also look at what we might expect to see in 2019 in terms of tools, methods, and other advancements. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers. Greg Liverman, PhD., began tracing his family history in the 1990s with an old

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Macintosh computer and a copy of Family Tree Maker. Over the years, he realized that he could bring to bear all the analytical and problem solving skills he had developed in over 40 years of working as a journalist, scientist and business manager. Greg and his wife Wendy added genetic genealogy/DNA testing to their brick wall demolition toolkit in 2013 and have immersed themselves in the details of DNA tests and evaluation methods. They have answered several questions about their family history using DNA evidence. Greg recently launched Pinewood Genealogy to help people with their genealogy research and genetic genealogy analysis. Please let Sandy Ronayne know if you are coming so we can have enough handouts. February 23, 2019 – Speaker: Daniel Horowitz Topic: Genealogy Expert for MyHeritage Stay tuned for further details. The WriteNOW writing group meets on the second Sunday of the month to work on writing family history. The group offers ideas, technical information, and support for anyone trying to preserve their family history in writing.

Group is open to all beginners and more experienced writers who want to put their genealogy into a written document. Please join at any time.

Assignments for various levels of experience. Opportunity to share your writing with the group as you wish. Shape your writing to the goal of the month.

WriteNOW will not meet in June, July or August. WriteNOW meets from 1:30 to 3:30 pm at the Downtown Denver Public Library. The meeting is usually held in the Rick Ashton Room 7th floor. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019: Bring and share your project outlines. Discuss scope of story, length, gaps in history, the positive negative, and handling difficult information. Assignment: Start writing on your project. Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019: Discuss formatting issues, page numbers, section breaks and book design for your project. Share your first draft and compare to outline. Assignment: Continue writing on your project. Sunday, March 10, 2019: Discuss electronic publishing (e.g. Lulu.com) and the many specific decisions you need to make. Bring your project in progress for editing. Assignment: Continue work on your project. Sunday, April 14, 2019: Bring your project in progress; do revisions; discuss other aspects of project. Assignment: Complete your project. Sunday, May 19, 2019: (3rd Sunday in May) Present your project to the group.

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Computer Interest Group Be sure to check out the Computer Interest Group (CIG). Please visit http://cigcolorado.org/for further information. Next meeting is January 19, 2019 at 1:00 pm in the 7th floor training room, Denver Central Public Library [PLEASE NOTE THE NEW START TIME.]. The meeting will feature Tech Tips on Cemetery Research along with the software workshops.

New Members Jorynn Fivekiller Gordon Palmer Kaye Kavanagh Joel Solomon Nancy Maloney Judy and Henry Taylor Tom Mates William Threlfall Richard McGahey Marla Yarde

Photography During Presentations If you wish to take photographs of the speaker’s presentations please ask the speaker first. Some speakers copyright their presentations and as a result do not allow photographs to be taken.

Cell Phones Please remember to turn off your cell phones when the meetings or classes start.

November CGS Meeting Recap

Vice-President Christine Cochran presented on GEM on “Who is Anton Woode, Boy Inmate?”

Jen Baldwin presented on Pledging Brotherhood: An Introduction to Fraternal, Benevolent, and Secret Societies.

Christine Cochran (Vice-President), Kelly Glenn (President), and Jen Baldwin

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The Symposium on Genetic Genealogy Please note that the Symposium on Genetic Genealogy that was set to take place on July 20, 2019 has been postponed.

Membership Renewal Renew your membership for 2019. Membership benefits include:

Being part of a community of others who share enthusiasm and passion for family history and genealogy.

Subscription to The Colorado Genealogist, published quarterly in February, May, August and November.

Newsletter currently published monthly. Member-only email notifications of genealogical events in the area. Access to Members Only section of the CGS website.

Membership is only $25 per person or $30 for two or more individuals in the same household. You can renew online at https://cogensoc.us/membership.php or download and mail the membership form with your check.

Book Donations from CGS to DPL/WHG When joining CGS (or renewing their membership) members can elect to contribute to the fund that is used to purchase books for Denver Public Library’s Western History and Genealogy collection. Members are encouraged to submit suggestions for books to be donated to Beth Benko, Library Liaison, at [email protected]. To donate money go to www.cogensoc.us/membership.php .

purchase books for Denver Public Library Western History and Genealogy Collection The Malcolm H. Stern NARA Gift Fund to produce microfilms for the National Archive (currently working on

the War of 1812 pensions) The Colorado Genealogical Society general operating fund

In the past fiscal year (July 1, 2017– June 30, 2018), CGS members and friends have generously donated $1105 to CGS and through CGS to the Denver Pubic Library Western History and Genealogy Collections Book Fund and the Malcolm H. Stern-NARA Gift Fund. Donations help DPL purchase books that benefit genealogists and family historians. The Stern-NARA Gift Fund is a nationally supported program to finance preservation and imaging of valuable research materials now preserved in the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. These materials consist of microfilm and digitized images of important genealogical records and indexes. These materials are produced without government funding, and are then distributed to the 13 National Archives Regional Archives for use by researchers or placed online for access. CGS received direct donations of about $233 to support programs and publications.

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CGS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations to CGS are deductible as charitable contributions on the donor’s income tax returns.

In Case of Snow In the case of snow check your email for notification of cancellation of any meeting or class.

Denver Public Library Construction Stay tuned for announcements regarding the renovations that will be taking place at Denver Public Library. Construction is expected to start in 2020 with work beginning on Floors 1 and 2. The library is expected to remain open during the construction.

Congratulations Congratulations to CGS member, Zoe Lappin, who won the 2018 Hesseltine Award from the Wisconsin Historical Society for her article “Pioneer Editor: Pete Savage and the Iron River Pioneer.” Her article was published in the Fall 2017 volume 101 of the Wisconsin Magazine of History.

COLORADO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

NEWSLETTER Kimberly Smith, Editor

©Colorado Genealogical Society, 2018. All rights reserved.

CGS welcomes your input. Address items of interest, news, and tips and tricks for the Colorado genealogy community to the editor at [email protected].

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CGS Programs and Classes – Free unless otherwise noted CGS Regular meetings are every third Saturday of each month except July, August and December.

Occasionally dates change: Check website, Facebook, or your email for updates. Saturday, January 12, 2019 – CGS Beginning Genealogy Class, 10:00-noon. Central Denver Public Library,

5th Floor Gates Room. Carol Darrow, CG, Instructor. Sunday, January 13, 2019 – WriteNow!, 1:30-3:30 pm. Central Denver Public Library, 7th Floor Rick Ashton

Room, Carol Darrow, CG, Facilitator Monday, January 14, 2019 – CGS Board Meeting, 5:00-700 pm. Englewood Public Library. All CGS

members welcome. Saturday, January 19, 2019 – CGS Program Meeting, 9:30-noon. Central Denver Public Library, 7th Floor

Training Room. Speaker Sylvia Tracy-Doolos, Your Brick Wall Demolition: Linguistic Tools for Genealogists.

Saturday, January 26, 2019 – CGS Special Interest Class, 9:30-noon. Central Denver Public Library, 7th Floor Training Room. Speaker Greg Liverman, DNA Testing for Genealogy: Looking Back on 2018 and Ahead to 2019.

Saturday, February 9, 2019 – CGS Beginning Genealogy Class, 10:00-noon. Central Denver Public Library, 5th Floor Gates Room. Carol Darrow, CG, Instructor.

Sunday, February 10, 2019 – WriteNow!, 1:30-3:30 pm. Central Denver Public Library, 7th Floor Rick Ashton Room, Carol Darrow, CG, Facilitator

Monday, February 11, 2019 – CGS Board Meeting, 5:00-700 pm. Englewood Public Library. All CGS members welcome.

Saturday, February 16, 2019 – CGS Program Meeting, 9:30-noon. Central Denver Public Library, 7th Floor Training Room. Speaker Polly McLean, Excavating Lucile: On and Off the Beaten Track.

Saturday, February 23, 2019 – CGS Special Interest Class, 9:30-noon. Central Denver Public Library, 7th Floor Training Room. Speaker Daniel Horowitz, Genealogy Expert for MyHeritage.

Saturday, March 9, 2019 – CGS Beginning Genealogy Class, 10:00-noon. Central Denver Public Library, 5th Floor Gates Room. Carol Darrow, CG, Instructor.

Sunday, March 10, 2019 – WriteNow!, 1:30-3:30 pm. Central Denver Public Library, 7th Floor Rick Ashton Room, Carol Darrow, CG, Facilitator

Monday, March 11, 2019 – CGS Board Meeting, 5:00-700 pm. Englewood Public Library. All CGS members welcome.

Saturday, March 16, 2019 – CGS Program Meeting, 9:30-noon. Central Denver Public Library, 7th Floor Training Room. Speaker Andy Likins, Locating Images of Our Ancestors: Putting a Face With that Name.

Saturday, March 23, 2019 – CGS Special Interest Class, 9:30-noon. Central Denver Public Library, 7th Floor Training Room. Speaker and Topic to be announced.

Monday, April 8, 2019 – CGS Board Meeting, 5:00-700 pm. Englewood Public Library. All CGS members welcome.

Saturday, April 13, 2019 – CGS Beginning Genealogy Class, 10:00-noon. Central Denver Public Library, 5th Floor Gates Room. Carol Darrow, CG, Instructor.

Sunday, April 14, 2019 – WriteNow!, 1:30-3:30 pm. Central Denver Public Library, 7th Floor Rick Ashton Room, Carol Darrow, CG, Facilitator

Saturday, April 20, 2019 – CGS Program Meeting, 9:30-noon. Central Denver Public Library, 7th Floor Training Room. Speaker Sandy Carter-Duff, Lineage Societies.

Saturday, April 27, 2019 – CGS Special Interest Class, 9:30-noon. Central Denver Public Library, 7th Floor Training Room. Speaker and Topic to be announced.

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CGS Sponsored Genealogy Classes at Englewood Public Library. 1000 Englewood Parkway, You must

sign up for the classes. Call the Englewood Public Library at 303-762-2555, or contact Michelle Brandstetter at [email protected]. Instructor Leah Klocek. The classes are Saturday, 10:30-12:30 pm.

January 19, 2019 – Intermediate January 26, 2019 – Intermediate

Beginning Class: Session 1 covers the basics of starting your own family tree, the different types of sources (original, derivative), the different types of information (primary, secondary), and the main types of records that students will be using in their research. Session 2 examines the main online and offline record repositories they will use in their research and includes brief demos of both Ancestry and FamilySearch.

Intermediate Class: Session 1 is an in-depth look at the most common mistakes people make in their family

history research and how to avoid them. This includes straightforward errors, like not knowing about the Julian/Gregorian switch, as well as more abstract ones, like fishing for the famous or implicitly believing whatever they find online. Session 2 is an introduction to DNA testing, the three big testing companies, and what each test can and cannot do; this class also includes an introduction to medical pedigrees

The Instructor: Leah Klocek is the owner of Crossroads Historical Research, a small business specializing in

genealogical research. Leah Klocek has been working as a professional genealogist for three years and a teacher of genealogy for two years.

Other upcoming genealogy events: June 2019 – Camp Derrick 2019. Topic: DNA. Speaker: Debbie Parker Wayne. Location: Denver Public Library