Announcing the first ever Azores Genealogy Conference! Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 through Saturday, June 26, 2010 (Sunday morning will be an informal breakfast of sorts) Where: Salt Lake Plaza Hotel at Temple Square and utilizing the Family History Library next door http://www.plaza-hotel.com/P_Genealogy.html Speakers: Cheri Mello & Rosemarie Capodicci. Registration fee: $50 until May 15, 2010
This is still in the planning stages and taking shape. I'll know more by mid-October. So far, the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel has agreed to reserve 20 hotel rooms for us (under the reservation name "Azores Genealogy" 1-800-366-3684) for $82 a night (conference price). I'll have to figure out "roommates" later for those traveling alone. You can help us plan by emailing me directly at gfscherim at gmail dot com and answering a few questions (just copy and paste what is below into a new email). I may revise this further based on the results I receive. This is just to help us plan. This doesn't mean you are attending. 1) What level of researcher are you (via the definitions below)? Beginning (just getting into genealogy and learning about things like organizing research, vital records, census, newspapers, etc). Intermediate (can do genealogy basics, but need a little bit beyond that). Advanced (found my freguesia/village, but can't read a word of Portuguese) 2) What type(s) of records are you most interested in? Examples: Census, naturalization, alien registration, vitals (birth, marriage, and death), Social Security, DNA, World War I Draft, passenger arrival records, Portuguese Vital Records, Portuguese Passaportes (leaving the Azores), using the microfilm, etc. 3) Format type: My first vague survey came back with computers loud and clear! I will work on getting a computer classroom for us. We will work demos into our lecture too (I think it will be PowerPoint). I don't think we'll have live Internet access, but I'll double check on that. Other format types that I can think of would be Focus Groups (example: from 1-2 pm on such-and-such a day, Cheri will have a focus group that will discuss alien registration and Rosemarie will have one discussing the Social Security Death index (I made that up)). One-on-ones: By that, I mean we'd be at your beck and call. Something like half hour slots, from something like 6 to 9 pm where we'd sit with you for 30 minutes and help you navigate the film, the CCA web site, Ancestry.com or whatever. -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
