|
|
|
Monday, April 3
Family History Writing SIG (FxGS SIG Events)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm ZOOM Meeting - Limited to SIG membership (its free)
We invite you to join us for the FxGS Family History Writing SIG online Zoom meeting on Monday night April 3rd from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm to review this month's manuscript.
If you have a manuscript you are writing for your family or publication, members of the Family History Writers’ Special Interest Group would enjoy reading and reviewing your family narratives to help you to make them even better.
We are all at different levels of writing skills and experience, and we enjoy helping each other. Whether questions of grammar, comma usage, spelling variations, or those fiendish footnotes, we welcome the opportunity to discuss and debate the issues.
If you wish to be added to the members' list to receive a copy of the draft manuscript by email and join the online meetings, please send your name and email address to SIG co-leader Sean Furniss at Sean.Furniss@gmail.com.
Join us at the online Zoom meeting and see how historical context can be incorporated into family history narratives. See how two stories can be told at once, placing the protagonist in the center of the action, adding suspense, injecting drama, and using dialogue to move the story forward.
|
|
|
|
Tuesday, April 18
Mount Vernon GS: An Introduction to Jewish Genealogy (Other Events)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Zoom/1500 Shenandoah Rd., Alexandria, VA
Jewish Genealogy encompasses many different groups, migration patterns, languages, and countries of origin. It also encompasses a different calendar. Until recently, there have been few records, especially in eastern Europe.
According to Mary-Jane Roth, this has changed. Roth, vice president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Washington, will discuss the challenges inherent in Jewish Genealogy and provide advice at the Mount Vernon Genealogy Society’s April 18 meeting.
|
|
|
|
Wednesday, April 19
Mid-Atlantic SIG (FxGS SIG Events)
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
|
|
|
|
Thursday, April 20
America’s Earliest-Known Civil Rights Sit-in (FxGS Membership Meetings)
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Zoom (Registration Required), Free to all
April Membership Meeting: 20 April 2023, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Researching and Writing About Local History: Samuel Wilbert Tucker: The Story of a Civil Rights Trailblazer and the 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-In, by Nancy Silcox. On Zoom.
While working at Tucker Elementary School in Alexandria, Nancy became curious about the school’s name sake, Samuel Wilbert Tucker. She will describe her research strategies and share research, writing tips, and the surprise discoveries that can happen when you think you’re finished!
America’s Earliest-Known Civil Rights Sit-in
 Refused a library card at the public library, twenty-six-year-old African American lawyer Samuel W. Tucker organized a sit-in to protest the library’s whites-only policy. He defended the protesters when they were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for wanting to read in a public library. Tucker faced down Virginia’s “massive resistance” to school desegregation after the 1954 Brown v Board decision. For the rest of his life he fought unrelentingly for fairness, equality and justice.
Author Nancy Noyes Silcox’s presentation includes details about the sit-in and Tucker’s career as a civil rights lawyer. She also shares stories of her research journey which led her to unexpected connections and information she never dreamed of finding.
Author Nancy Noyes Silcox’s presentation includes details about the sit-in and Tucker’s career as a civil rights lawyer. She also shares stories of her research journey which led her to unexpected connections and information she never dreamed of finding.
Silcox wrote Tucker’s biography to help young readers understand that change requires the determination and courage of many ordinary people, not only the ones who became famous.
Currently, Silcox is working on A Place Called Home: A Story of German Immigrants from Cincinnati, Ohio to New Ulm, Minnesota 1856-1862, historical fiction for young readers inspired by memoirs, personal accounts and historical research. During her research phase she discovered new information about her own family connections to Minnesota.
SSamuel Tucker books will be on sale at the Saturday, April 22 meeting. Hardback copies are $15.00; paperback, $10.00. Cash (preferred) or check.
Here's the Zoom link for this meeting:
|
|
|
|
Saturday, April 22
Brownies and Brick Walls (FxGS Education Class/Meeting)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Dunn Loring Fire Hall and on Zoom (registration required). Free to all
Learn how to solve those frustrating brick walls in your own family research by discussing and helping solve other genealogists’ brick walls. This genealogy brainstorming and crowd-sourcing meeting will enable us all to learn and share new techniques and ideas to use in our own research.
Attendees will first hear Linda MacLachlan describe how she solved her recent brick wall consisting of three Connecticutt women who all had the same name.
Then we will break up into small discussion groups led by a volunteer presenter who will introduce their brick wall for members of the small group to discuss ways the presenter might solve their research problem. After the small group session, everyone will get back together and share the techniques and ideas discussed in their small groups.
|
|
|
|
Monday, May 1
Family History Writing SIG (FxGS SIG Events)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm ZOOM Meeting - Limited to SIG membership (its free)
We invite you to join us for the FxGS Family History Writing SIG online Zoom meeting on Monday night May 1st from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm to review this month's manuscript.
If you have a manuscript you are writing for your family or publication, members of the Family History Writers’ Special Interest Group would enjoy reading and reviewing your family narratives to help you to make them even better.
We are all at different levels of writing skills and experience, and we enjoy helping each other. Whether questions of grammar, comma usage, spelling variations, or those fiendish footnotes, we welcome the opportunity to discuss and debate the issues.
If you wish to be added to the members' list to receive a copy of the draft manuscript by email and join the online meetings, please send your name and email address to SIG co-leader Sean Furniss at Sean.Furniss@gmail.com.
Join us at the online Zoom meeting and see how historical context can be incorporated into family history narratives. See how two stories can be told at once, placing the protagonist in the center of the action, adding suspense, injecting drama, and using dialogue to move the story forward.
|
|
|
|
Wednesday, May 17
Mid-Atlantic SIG (FxGS SIG Events)
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
|
|
|
|
Thursday, May 18
Pffft, Who Needs The Library? (FxGS Membership Meetings)
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Zoom (Registration Required), Free to all
May Membership Meeting: 18 May 2023, 7:30-9:00 p.m. on Zoom
“Pffft, Who Needs The Library? I Can Access This Free Digital Genealogical Book From Home!” by Chris Barbuschak, archivist/librarian in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room
Description: During these trying times, you, the intrepid genealogist, might just not feel up for venturing out of your home to continue the adventure of piecing together your family’s history. Good news! Many genealogical books exist online! And they’re free! Learn how to locate and freely access such books that may contain information about your family over the Internet. Also, for those moments when you do want to visit a library in person, learn tips on how to identify and locate family history books through online catalogs. Instructions on how to make Interlibrary Loan requests for genealogical materials through your local Fairfax County Public Library branch will also be reviewed.
This meeting will take place on Zoom. Here's the link to register:
|
|
|
|
Saturday, May 20
“Who’s Your Daddy?” (FxGS Education Class/Meeting)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Dunn Loring Fire Hall and on Zoom (registration required). Free to all
“Who’s Your Daddy?” Following NPE’s in Genealogical Research, by Kelly McMahon.
This meeting will be both in-Person at the Dunn Loring Fire Hall and on Zoom.
Here's the Zoom link:
|
|
|
|
Monday, June 5
Family History Writing SIG (FxGS SIG Events)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm ZOOM Meeting - Limited to SIG membership (its free)
We invite you to join us for the FxGS Family History Writing SIG online Zoom meeting on Monday night June 5th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm to review Claire Bettag's manuscript about the Mire family. This is chapter nine of a family book that traces nine generations in her paternal line, with each chapter profiling one paternal ancestor in the line from her 7th great-grandfather to her dad.
This book is being written for immediate family and any interested descendants of her 7th great-grandfather, from Normandy, France
If you have a manuscript you are writing for your family or publication, members of the Family History Writers’ Special Interest Group would enjoy reading and reviewing your family narratives to help you to make them even better.
We are all at different levels of writing skills and experience, and we enjoy helping each other. Whether questions of grammar, comma usage, spelling variations, or those fiendish footnotes, we welcome the opportunity to discuss and debate the issues.
If you wish to be added to the members' list to receive a copy of the draft manuscript by email and join the online meetings, please send your name and email address to SIG co-leader Sean Furniss at Sean.Furniss@gmail.com.
Join us at the online Zoom meeting and see how historical context can be incorporated into family history narratives. See how two stories can be told at once, placing the protagonist in the center of the action, adding suspense, injecting drama, and using dialogue to move the story forward.
|
|
|
|
Wednesday, June 21
Mid-Atlantic SIG (FxGS SIG Events)
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
|
|
|
|
|
