GSMC Holiday Pitch-In, Saturday, December 8th

Saturday, December 8 Annual Show & Tell Program  and  Holiday Luncheon  1:00 pm to 3:00 pm GSMC Library at Memorial Park Cemetery,  9370 E Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46229 Bring your favorite dish or some goodies to share with everyone  and a  family treasure or story for the Show & Tell portion of the program! No reservations required; see you there!!

894. "Who Do You Think You Are?" Back In December

Thanks to Dick Eastman for this heads up.

893. November Genealogy At The Carmel Library

Hello Genealogists,                                                                      November 2018

You won’t want to miss next Tuesday’s (Nov. 13) Gen Forum program “Brother vs Brother” 

presented by our favorite, Ron Darrah.  Over 3 million men served in the war and every family 

was affected.  Did you know that the records span seventy years – from 1860-1930?  

Ron will tell us how to search these records.  Also, mark your calendars for next year’s Gen Forums. 

GENEALOGY AT CARMEL LIBRARY – FALL 2018                                                         

Tues., Nov. 13 – Gen Forum  – “Brother vs Brother – Military History and the Civil War” 

 - 1:00-2:00  – 1^st Floor Program Room  -  Ron Darrah, one of Indiana’s favorite genealogy 

lecturers, will tell us about Civil War records and how to search them.  This huge record group 

from the mid-19^th century can benefit millions of genealogists.  The records range from 

1860-1930 and almost all Americans have relatives who were affected.  This is a great program!

Tues., Jan.  15  –  Gen Forum  – “Indiana State Archives” -  1:00-2:00  – 1^st Floor Program Room  

- Join Vicki Casteel, Director of Patron Services and Outreach at the Indiana State Archives 

and Record Administration, for an introduction to the collections at the Archives. Learn about 

documents held at the Archives that might help with your genealogy research, and how to

 access the records, both in person and online.

Tues., Feb. 19  – Gen Forum – “New Tricks for Old Dogs”  -  1:00-2:00  – 1^st Floor Program Room  

- New access to genealogy sources on the internet is a daily occurrence.  

Sue Dillon will bring us up-to-date on some of these recent resources and how to find them.

Tues., March 19  –  Gen Forum – “Old Tricks for New Dogs”  -  1:00-2:00  – 1^st Floor Program 

Room  - While the huge amount of genealogy records on the internet makes it easy and 

exciting for new genealogists, there is a wealth of information not on the internet.  

Sue Dillon will show us what some of these are and where to find them.

Every Tues, & Thur.  –  Computer Lab  - The Training Lab on the Library’s 2^nd floor is open 

for genealogy research every Tuesday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and every Thursday, 6 – 8:45 p.m.  

Skilled volunteers are there to help guide you with your genealogy research and help you

 use the library’s special genealogy databases.

GENEALOGY AROUND INDIANA - 2018

Sat., Nov. 17 – “One on One DNA Consultations”– by Central Indiana DNA Interest Group - 

10:00 -12:00 at the Hamilton East Library in Fishers.  Check the website for more information. 

 www.cidig.org  

GENEALOGY AT HAMILTON EAST PUBLIC LIBRARY - NOBLESVILLE

Nancy Massey, director of the Indiana Room, conducts genealogy classes that cover many 

subjects and are a great way to increase your genealogy skills.  To see the schedule and 

register for the classes, go to http://hepl.evanced.info/signup/Calendar?et=2  or you can 

call the Indiana Room at 317-770-3244. 

We look forward to seeing all you at the Carmel Library. 

Sue Dillon      SHDillon1962@gmail.com

892. CIDIG Features Two November Events

November 2018 Events

Hello, On November 17th, the Central Indiana DNA Interest Group is offering an opportunity to meet one-to-one with one of our experts. The event will take place at the Fishers Branch of the Hamilton East Library beginning at 10a.m This is an opportunity to discuss your results, brick walls, how to use a DNA tool, organize results, etc. Sign up now. Click here to reserve your time slot. We are also going to be out and about in the community.

Our Heritage Revealed
November 17
Johnson County Public Library - White River Branch, 1664 Library Blvd, Greenwood, IN 46142

This special genealogy program, similar in style to the hit television series "Who Do You Think You Are?", will present the diverse ancestry of two well-known Johnson County leaders - Cherie Lowe (The Queen of Free) and Maj. Gen (retired) R. Martin Umbarger (president of Umbarger Agribusiness and former Adjutant General of Indiana. JCPL staff and researchers from the Central Indiana DNA Interest Group will use genealogy resources, including DNA testing, to uncover the family stories and varied backgrounds that make up our Johnson County community! A short workshop on using DNA in genealogy research will follow the presentation.  

           

CIDIG@Fishers One on One Consultations
November 17
Sat 10 AM · by Central Indiana DNA Interest Group
Hamilton East Public Library, Fishers, IN

We have a new website.   www.cidig.org  Here you will find blog posts, an events calendar, resource lists and much more. 
Also check out our Facebook page for more information about our activities.
-The Central Indiana DNA Interest Group team

891. GSMC Covers Immigration on November 10

GSMC Program on Saturday, Nov. 10th

GSMC Library, 9370 E. Washington St. in Indy at 1:00 pm. 

Hope to see you there!

890. Genealogy Fair at the State Library Saturday

Indiana State Library, Saturday, October 27, 2018, 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

    The Indiana State Library will host the Indiana Genealogy and Local History Fair in downtown Indianapolis.   Admission is free and open to the general public. This year’s theme is “Digging Up the Dead,”

 how to examine, decipher, and interpret death records, death research, 

and other interesting facets of mortality in history. 

Over 30 organizations and exhibitors will be in attendance.  Visit the tables in the exhibition hall to collect information from genealogical and local history organizations, 

and shop the commercial vendors.

Highly acclaimed, internationally known speakers and genealogy consultants, Lisa Alzo and Amie Bowser Tennant, will present. 

In addition, Sarah Halter, Executive Director of the Indiana Medical History Museum, will give a brown bag lunch lecture.

LEUs available.  Registration required for LEUs.  Register via email: crward@library.in.gov.

889. GSMC Group Enjoys Virginia Document Analysis

An audience of GSMC genealogists on Saturday listened to Rose Ann Sigborn of the Danville Library explain the significance of titles in early Virginia documents. And by "early" we mean the pre-Revolutionary War era in the Tidewater region. Very interesting!