I met her in 1995 at the National Convention in San Diego. She is so knowledgeable and giving of her time. I hope to attend the webinar! Always more to learn.
Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > (Cross posted again) > > Correct, no recording. > > I "met" Marian years ago when I used to run Portuguese Genealogy Chat Room > on AOL. She had found something I had written about Alien Registration and > had posted it in the Genealogy Forum. Not to many people had written for > their Alien Registration, so it had a bit of a slanted view. Marian helped > improve that article (which is now on the Azores GenWeb). > > She does speak all over the U.S. at various genealogy societies. So if > you ever get a chance to hear her speak, do! > > Here's a blurb I found from a Jewish Genealogy Society about Marian: > > Marian Smith is Chief of the Historical Research Branch within the USCIS > in Washington. D.C. She is an Historian who first joined that organization > in 1988 when it was the INS. For many years she was a regular speaker at > national genealogy conferences and the author of genealogical journal > articles about immigration and naturalization history and records. She now > directs the agency’s History, Library, and fee-for-service Genealogy > programs. > > On March 1, 2003, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) > assumed responsibility for the immigration service functions of the federal > government. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was dismantled > as a result of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. No. 107–296, 116 > Stat. 2135) which separated the agency into three components within the > Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The USCIS Genealogy Program is a > fee-for-service program that provides researchers with timely access to > historical immigration and naturalization records of deceased immigrants. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:28 AM, robertjm <[email protected]> wrote: > >> According to the webinar description this will NOT BE RECORDED, so make >> sure to set yourself a reminder alarm if you think you're going to watch it! >> >> Robert >> >> >> On Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 4:56:43 AM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: >>> >>> (Cross posted on Azores, Madeira, and IslandRoutes lists) >>> >>> Marian Smith of the USCIS is giving a webinar titled "Fact, Fiction, and >>> Immigration Passenger Lists." It's filed under the USCIS' "Worth Repeating >>> Webinar" on Tuesday, March 21st at 1 pm EDT >>> https://www.uscis.gov/HGWebinars >>> Cheri Mello >>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira >>> Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "IslandRoutes" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/islandroutes. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
