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MONTHLY GATHERINGS

These are held the second Saturday of each Month and usually include a Genealogy "How To..." Workshop, an intermission, a MGS Members' Meeting and a featured Program Speaker.  Admission is FREE to MGS Members.  Non-members are welcome to attend one or two gatherings to "check us out" after which we hope you would join and support the Society.  The MGS Library and Media Center is open BEFORE and AFTER the Members' Meeting and Speaker Program.
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OCT 1998
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DEC 1998

SPECIAL EVENTS

 

Saturday, January 10, 1998

at MGS Headquarters

11:30 A.M. 

  • Doors Open

    • 12:00 Noon 
  • Genealogy Workshop

    • 1:00 P.M. 
  • MGS Members Meeting followed by our Featured Program Speaker

    • Our Workshop Topic Today Is:
    USING MAPS IN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
     
    presented by...
    Patricia Boggs Crowe

    Our Program Speaker's Topic Today Is:
    THE SECOND EXODUS
    -- and ALABAMA is the PROMISED LAND!

    The first Jews to settle in southwestern Alabama were here long before you might think and they weren't from Israel.

    presented by...
    Ruby Lauzon
    president of Odyssey at the University of South Alabama
     
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    Our 36th Anniversary Meeting!

    Saturday, February 14, 1998

    at MGS Headquarters
    11:30 A.M. 
  • Doors Open

    • 12:00 Noon 
  • Potluck Anniversary Luncheon (Bring A Dish To Share)

    • 1:00 P.M. 
  • MGS Members Meeting followed by our Featured Program Speaker

    • Our Program Speaker's Topic Today Is:
    AN HISTORIC TIMELINE OF MOBILE
    -- from the Civil War to the Turn of the Century.
     
    presented by...
    George Schroeter
    esteemed Mobile historian
     
    Today is also our MGS Family Reunion 
    All former, current and prospective MGS members are invited to attend.  Come help us celebrate our Society’s 36th Anniversary.  Mr. John Sledge, Acting Director of the Mobile Historic Development Commission, will be on hand to make a special presentation and deliver a proclamation from the City of Mobile.
    Click HERE to see the pictures.
     
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    Are you curious about the Internet? 
    Does your computer act like IT is in control? 
     
    Let us help you get more out of using your computer for genealogy.  Plan now to attend a special MGS Member-Training Workshop 
     
    USING THE INTERNET FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH 
     
    Saturday, February 28, 1998
     
    at the
     
    Mobile County Public School System’s Staff Development Center on Arlington Street in Mobile
    (one block east of S Ann Street in the old Arlington Elementary School building)
     
    10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. AND AGAIN FROM 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
     
    Cost for attendance is $5.00.  You may pre-register at the MGS meeting on February 14th or by mailing your check to the MGS post office box.  The workshop is for MGS members ONLY and is limited to the first 30 who pre-register.  Further information (like attendance availability) may be obtained by phoning (334) 660-7705.
     
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    SCANNER & ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TRAINING WORKSHOPS

    Held at the MGS Library and Media Center

    These are scheduled periodically and fill up FAST.   To get on the waiting list for the next session send an e-mail to Harriet Nihart at <Nihart709@aol.com>.  She will notify you when your turn comes.  Each session is limited to five or six attendees (MGS members ONLY) so that everyone gets ample practice time on the programs.  There is no charge for these sessions, but donations are appreciated and will be earmarked for purchases of additional CD-Roms for our Media Center.
     
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    Saturday, March 14, 1998

    at MGS Headquarters

    11:30 A.M. 

  • Doors Open

    • 12:00 Noon 
  • Genealogy Workshop

    • 1:00 P.M. 
  • MGS Members Meeting followed by our Featured Program Speaker

    • Our Workshop Topic Today Is:
    SMASHING GENEALOGICAL BRICK WALLS
     
    Bring your dead ends, brick walls and problem branches for advice and encouragement from a panel of MGS members who’ve “been around the tree” a few times already.   Let someone else wrap their brain around your problem for a change. 

    Our Program Speaker's Topic Today Is:
    THE IMPORTANCE OF GENEALOGY TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND MULTI-CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
     
    presented by...
    Delores Dees 
    founder and director of the National African-American Archives Museum 
     
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    Saturday, April 11, 1998

    at MGS Headquarters

    11:30 A.M. 

  • Doors Open

    • 12:00 Noon 
  • Genealogy Workshop

    • 1:00 P.M. 
  • MGS Members Meeting followed by our Featured Program Speaker

    • Our Workshop Topic Today Is
    DOING RESEARCH FOR OTHERS
    — Handling Inquiries
     
    This is a training session for MGS members to learn how to work on our Research Committee.  Come learn the tricks of finding obscure information and experience the satisfaction of helping fellow rooters.  It’s more fun than a detective novel!

    Our Program Speaker’s Topic Today Is Two-Fold
    THE HISTORY OF DAUPHIN ISLAND & AN UPDATE ON THE NEW MUSEUM OF MOBILE
     
    presented by...
    George Ewert
    director of the Museum of Mobile
     
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    GENEALOGICAL FIELD TRIP
    to the
    Genealogy Department of the Pascagoula branch of the Jackson-George Regional Library in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

    Thursday, April 16, 1998

    Those who attend will be given a tour of all the facilities and resources in the Genealogy Department.  You need to contact Kevin Sellew at <ksellew@zebra.net> to get on the list.  We will be carpooling.  Kevin will need to know who wants to go and who can drive others.  We will depart from somewhere in Tillman’s Corner in the morning hours and return after lunch.  Details will be provided to those who register.  There is NO CHARGE for this trip, although if you ride with someone else you might consider chipping in for gas.
     
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    The Mobile Genealogical Society Invites You To Join Us On 

    Saturday, April 25, 1998

    for a 
    Family History & Genealogy Workshop for Beginners 
     
    at MGS Headquarters
     
    Will anyone know who you were 100 years from now?  Do you know your ancestors from 100, 200 or 300 years ago?  Do you know all your cousins who are living today that share common ancestors with you?  This workshop will present you with an overview of the popular and addictive hobby of Genealogy and Family History Research so that you can begin the process that will enable you to answer these questions with a YES!
     
    Some of the topics that will be covered are: 
    Getting Started - Looking At Home - Gathering Family Stories - The 
    Paper Trail - Libraries and Archives - Census & Military Records - 
    African American Research - Native American Research - Your 
    Medical Heritage - High-Tech Help - Leaving a Legacy 
     
    TIMES:  9:00 am to 3:30 pm — COST:  $25.00 per person 
    (includes the workshop AND a one-year MGS Membership)
     
    To register, mail us your check along with a completed MGS Membership Application.  Notate on the application that you will be attending the beginner workshop. 
     

     

    Your ancestors have all walked this way.

    Are you ready to trace their path?

     
     

    Are you curious about the Internet? 
    Does your computer act like IT is in control? 
     
    Let us help you get more out of using your computer for genealogy.  Plan now to attend a special MGS Training Workshop 
     
    USING THE INTERNET FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH 
     
    Saturday, June 6, 1998
     
    WHERE:  Mobile County Public School System’s Computer Lab at Springdale Mall in Mobile (just inside the mall entrance that is near Toys 'R' Us) 
    TIME:  10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. AND AGAIN FROM 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
    COST:  $5.00 for MGS members, $10.00 for non-members.  
     
    You may pre-register at the MGS Library (located at the corner of S Ann Street and Elmira Street in Mobile) on Mondays from 10 to 2, Tuesdays from 4 to 7, Fridays from 11 to 3 and Saturdays from 12 to 3, or by mailing your check (made out to Mobile Genealogical Society) to the MGS post office box (located at the bottom of this web page).  The workshop is limited to the first 40 who pre-register.  Further information (like attendance availability) may be obtained by phoning (334) 660-7705.
     
    Wanna become a member?  Read all about MGS membership by visiting our Membership Department.  A MGS Membership Application can be found HERE.
     
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    Saturday, June 13, 1998

    at MGS Headquarters

    11:30 A.M. 

  • Doors Open

    • 12:00 Noon 
  • Genealogy "How To..." Workshop (followed by a 15-minute intermission)

    • 1:15 P.M. 
  • MGS Members Meeting and Featured Program Speaker

    • Our Workshop Topic Today Is
    HOW TO USE THE PERSI CD-ROM
     
    presented by
    Laura Lee Scott of Milton, Florida
    author of Genealogical Gleanings
     
    The Periodical Source Index (PERSI) -- an ongoing project of the Allen County (Indiana) Public Library respresenting 27 (!) volumes in print -- is an index to over one million articles from over 5,000 genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and also French-Canadian since 1800.  The collection even includes many articles dating from the 1700s.  Now PERSI is available in CD-Rom format and the MGS Library owns a copy.  Come learn how to use it for YOUR research!

    Our Program Speaker’s Topic Today Is
    A LOOK AT FEDERAL LAND RECORDS
     
    presented by...
    Clinton King
    a retired Certified Genealogical Records Specialist
     
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