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News and Views Genealogy Gems
- November 20, 2008 - General Meeting 6:30 pm
"The Tax Man Came - And He Left Records!"
Speaker: Carol Darrow
Larimer County Genealogical Society (LCGS) General Meeting, 6:30 pm.
Location: Harmony Public Library, Community Room, 4616 South Shields Street, Fort Collins
Public is cordially invited to attend.
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December 4, 2008 - 5:30pm
Annual Holiday Adventure Dinner Party - Come join the fun!
This year our annual Holiday Adventure Dinner Party will be held at the Golden Corral Restaurant in Fort Collins at 5:30 pm. The location is at 901 E. Harmony Road, which is located across from Kohl's Department Store in the shopping center on Harmony at LeMay. Cost is about $10 per person. There will be some wonderful door prizes raffled off. Bring your spouse, relative, or friend. A presentation will be given after dinner.
Please RSVP with Carrie Graves at 224-5758.
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December 18, 2008 - General Meeting
No meeting this month - Happy Holidays!
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New Local Website! The Fort Collins Historical Society has launched it's new website. It is full of excellent resources for Larimer County history, notably an extensive bibliography of Fort Collins, Larimer County and Colorado history books. The new site is at: http://fchistoricalsociety.googlepages.com
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The Colorado Chapter, Palatines to America is sponsoring an all day seminar on German research Saturday, October 25, 2008 in Lakewood. Lecture topics will include beginning German genealogical research, emigration and the Heimatstelle immigration card file.
For More information contact Sandra Carter-Duff by email or phone: 303-777-1391.
Registration Form | Seminar Schedule
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Local History Archive Genealogy On The Internet - City of Fort Collins, Colorado
Local history, biographical records, and over 35,000 photographs of historic Fort Collins are on the
Fort Collins Museum Local History website. Research your family, your home or local buildings in old town - all online.
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Are you ready to start researching your ancestors?
Test your readiness with this printable Genealogy Logic Puzzle . Answers are on the second page. Good luck!
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Video Presentations.
The Larimer County Genealogical Society is pleased to announce the addition of videos to the Website. These videos will
represent some of the Society's special events and some of the Larimer County Genealogical Society's Education Committee's
Workshops and Programs. These videos have been made available to the Society's Members by Robert Larson.
To view the titles of the videos and to access these videos, click
Video Presentations
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LCGS Basement Bookshelf (BBS). The Larimer Genealogical Society (LCGS) is bringing back the Basement Bookshelf (BBS). The BBS is a list of genealogy books, CDs or other documents, which LCGS members and a few former
members have agreed to share with others.
The list is alphabetical, by title and includes title, author, some notes and a brief description of the contents (in most cases). Anyone interested in any of these listed publication, or has
any questions about the BBS should contact the Chairman of the BBS committee by emailing arapahoe88@frii.com or
phoning 970-482-8643; and the chairman will put you in contact with the owner of the item.
View the list at the Basement Bookshelf (BBS)
Roger Long
BBS Chairman.
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Indexes to Genealogy Reference Book Reviews are now available.
Thanks to Ginny Feagler, Librarian at the Fort Collins Main Library, the Genealogy Reference
Books have been reviewed. The books reviewed in this list are located in the Genealogy Reference collection at the Main
Branch of the Fort Collins Public Library. The book reviews include the title, call number, a description, and in some cases
an explanation of the entries. Not all books in the Genealogy Reference collection have been reviewed. If you have any
questions or suggestions, please contact Ginny Feagler at 221-6380.
Genealogy Reference Book Reviews
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How to view HeritageQuest at home through the Fort Collins Library.
Click here
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National Archives and Records Administration Updates.
Letter from Eileen Bolger, Regional Archives Director.
List of New Microfilms.
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Transportation is now available. Want to attend the Larimer County Genealogical Society's monthly meetings at the
Harmony Library - but do not have
a means of transportation? or do not want to drive at night? or would like some company to go with?
Well the Society
has a group of volunteers ready to provide transportation. If you should need a ride,
please contact Kathy Patrick at 206-1664 and she will arrange for someone to pick you up.
A 48 hour notice
would be appreciated.
Have you found a Genealogy Gem while doing your research?
Perhaps it is a trinket, tidbit of information or a memory. Please share your information
with the Society by emailing your story to the Webmaster.
Thank you.
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Last Updated on August 13, 2008
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