Genealogical Society to conduct "Who Do You Think You Are - Highland County?"
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By Dwight Crum
Vice President
Southern Ohio Genealogical Society
Ever since the first season of the popular NBC TV show Who Do You Think You Are? aired in early 2010, there has been a tremendous increase in individuals wanting to trace their family roots.
The big question is often, “How and where do I get started?”
The Southern Ohio Genealogical Society will be offering a program to assist those interested in beginning a project of tracing their family or continuing research they had previously started.
The program will be held 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 at the Highland County Service Center, 1487 N. High St., Hillsboro. (This is the old K-Mart building located close to Southern State Community College.)
Participants will receive genealogical tools necessary to get started. Sources and methods that can be used to track family members will be introduced, as well has how to properly interpret information once located. The importance of discovering and writing “family stories” while doing your family research will also be discussed. Once the basic statistical information has been located on a family member, i.e. birth, marriage, children death, etc., those in attendance will learn the “how tos “ of adding detailed dimension to the lives of their ancestors.
Attendees will receive free starter packets to begin or continue their own family research. The program is open to the public and there is no charge. All SOGS members are encouraged to bring a friend interested in doing family research. This would also be a great activity for a grandparent and a grandchild.
The program will be conducted by Betty Fleck Crum, experienced family researcher. She has researched, authored and published three books related to family genealogy. The first being a 200-page project tracing her heritage from Mariendorf, Germany, across the Atlantic on the ship Sailer and including all living descendants, "The Jacob Fleck Family History."
The second book was a 100-page biographical cemetery book where her maternal grandparents are buried, "Our Ancestors in Stone and Print, Washita Church of the Brethren and Cemetery, Washita County, Oklahoma."
The third, "The Ancestral History of Edward F. Better, Jr. and Elizabeth M. (Glancy)" was a contract project. She is currently working on a 1,500-page ancestral book on the Anthony Crum family descendants.[[In-content Ad]]
Vice President
Southern Ohio Genealogical Society
Ever since the first season of the popular NBC TV show Who Do You Think You Are? aired in early 2010, there has been a tremendous increase in individuals wanting to trace their family roots.
The big question is often, “How and where do I get started?”
The Southern Ohio Genealogical Society will be offering a program to assist those interested in beginning a project of tracing their family or continuing research they had previously started.
The program will be held 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 at the Highland County Service Center, 1487 N. High St., Hillsboro. (This is the old K-Mart building located close to Southern State Community College.)
Participants will receive genealogical tools necessary to get started. Sources and methods that can be used to track family members will be introduced, as well has how to properly interpret information once located. The importance of discovering and writing “family stories” while doing your family research will also be discussed. Once the basic statistical information has been located on a family member, i.e. birth, marriage, children death, etc., those in attendance will learn the “how tos “ of adding detailed dimension to the lives of their ancestors.
Attendees will receive free starter packets to begin or continue their own family research. The program is open to the public and there is no charge. All SOGS members are encouraged to bring a friend interested in doing family research. This would also be a great activity for a grandparent and a grandchild.
The program will be conducted by Betty Fleck Crum, experienced family researcher. She has researched, authored and published three books related to family genealogy. The first being a 200-page project tracing her heritage from Mariendorf, Germany, across the Atlantic on the ship Sailer and including all living descendants, "The Jacob Fleck Family History."
The second book was a 100-page biographical cemetery book where her maternal grandparents are buried, "Our Ancestors in Stone and Print, Washita Church of the Brethren and Cemetery, Washita County, Oklahoma."
The third, "The Ancestral History of Edward F. Better, Jr. and Elizabeth M. (Glancy)" was a contract project. She is currently working on a 1,500-page ancestral book on the Anthony Crum family descendants.[[In-content Ad]]