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29 September 2009 - 11:26

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Iowa’s Most Haunted & The Most Gruesome Hauntings of the Midwest

Friends of the New Hartford Public Library Presents:

Iowa’s Most Haunted & The Most Gruesome Hauntings of the Midwest
Haunted Location in your own back yard! - Chad Lewis

Where: Elizabeth Rasmussen Martin Memorial Library, 406 Packwaukee Street, New Hartford, IA 50660-0292

When: Friday, October 2nd

Time: 7:00 pm

Cost: Free
More information:
(319) 983-2533
www.unexplainedresearch.com

25 September 2009 - 13:09

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Geneology Month at Waterloo Public Library

Dr. Tom Jones
Waterloo Public Library
Saturday, October 3, 9 a.m.—3 p.m.
FREE to the Public

Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS, has edited the National Genealogical Society Quarterly since 2002. He is a former trustee and a past president of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, board member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and recipient of its 2004 Grahame T. Smallwood Jr. Award of Merit. Retired from a thirty-year career in higher education, Tom works full time as a genealogical researcher, writer, editor, and educator. His research has encompassed records of every state east of the Mississippi, as well as Iowa, Missouri, Texas, England, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, and Wales. He specializes, however, in Georgia and Virginia and is most interested in solving “brick-wall” genealogical problems.  Tom writes and speaks frequently on genealogical methods with broad application across geographic areas, time periods, and levels of expertise. Dr. Jones will be presenting the following sessions:

• 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. - Finding “Unfindable” Ancestors
  The failure of common research practices to identify ancestors does not mean they are unfindable. This session will describe and demonstrate nine approaches to locating difficult-to-trace ancestors.
• 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. - How to Avoid Being Duped by the Internet
  The Internet brings increasingly bountiful amounts of information to genealogists’ desktops—some valid, some erroneous, and much of unknown accuracy. Attendees will learn practical strategies for discriminating between correct and misleading information. They also will learn how online genealogical information—even if its accuracy is unknown—can lead to valid conclusions about ancestors.
• 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Solving the Mystery of the Disappearing Ancestor
  Genealogists may be frustrated by not finding ancestors in the records and places where they logically expect them to be. This presentation will explain seven reasons why such ancestors seem to have disappeared, provide examples of each from actual case studies, and suggest strategies to help attendees find their elusive ancestors.
• 1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Special Problems II: Identifying Female Ancestors
  Strategies for identifying wives and mothers in the absence of marriage records; laws regulating females’ land ownership, inheritance, and other rights that may yield genealogical evidence concerning them; tracking men to learn about women

18 September 2009 - 10:11

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Lt. Governor visits Oelwein Public Library

Look for our library on the Lt. Governor’s Travel Iowa blog! www.traveliowa.blogspot.com She will be here tomorrow morning to view our “Visions of the Universe” exhibit.

Susan

02 September 2009 - 11:43

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