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Michigan Research Group

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HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER LANSING

Started by James P. LaLone. Last reply by James P. LaLone Sep 23, 2013. 5 Replies

BASIC GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN MICHIGAN

Started by James P. LaLone Mar 5, 2012. 0 Replies

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Comment by Catherine Davis on June 14, 2012 at 11:36am

@Derek--

How do you find the Michigan Research Community on facebook?  I tried entering that title in the facebook search routine and was redirected to University of Michigan Housing.

Thanks.

Comment by Derek S. Davey on June 14, 2012 at 9:31am

“Researching your Family from A- Z”
Saturday, October 6, 2012 - 9:00 am- 3:00pm
First Presbyterian Church
433 N. Calhoun St.
Lapeer, MI 48446

Are you interested in your family history? Learn about genealogical principles and ethics, research tools, records, and how to use them. Attendees will learn how to research, organize, and evaluate their findings. Sources discussed will be vital, court, church, immigration, military, and cemetery, burial, probate and land records. Special attention will be given to using the internet as well as libraries, historical and genealogical societies. The Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) will also be discussed.

Derek teaches genealogy at Lourdes University in Sylvania, OH and Terra Community College in Fremont, OH. Derek is the coordinator of the Michigan Research Community sponsored by Family search which is located on Facebook. He holds a certification from Boston University in genealogy and is a member of the Assoc. of Professional Genealogists, the Ohio Genealogical Society, and Genealogical Speakers Guild.

Class size will be limited to the first 75 registered. Cost for this one day class will be $40.00/person for members. The cost for non members will be $45.00/person. Discounts will be given to groups that register together over 10. Brown Bag it or Restaurants in the area. Doors will open at 8 am. Door prizes will be available. Make checks out to Lapeer County Genealogy Society POBox 353 Lapeer, MI 48446

Comment by James P. LaLone on June 12, 2012 at 9:05am
Comment by James P. LaLone on June 10, 2012 at 8:17am

Next Mid-Michigan Genealogical Society meeting presents:

“Oral History as a Resource for Family History”

Geneva Wiskemann at 7:00 pm,

Business Meeting afterwards
Plymouth Congregational Church
2001 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing, MI 48912

Comment by James P. LaLone on June 9, 2012 at 3:04pm

The Michigan Oral History Association now has a site on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MichiganOralHistoryAssociation

Comment by James P. LaLone on June 3, 2012 at 5:36pm
Comment by James P. LaLone on June 2, 2012 at 7:12am

Saturday June 30th will be the next meeting of the Royalty and Nobility Research Support group in Lansing. We are expecting about a half dozen people at this time. I would appreciate knowing what everyone is bringing for the potluck (not all pasta salads). I will have table service. Please bring your own beverages. We will meet from 11 till 4. I now have wireless so you can bring your laptops.

PLEASE let me know ASAP what names you are researching (limit to 5 or 6) so I can post them so you will all know if you want to share info to the poster.  Bring printouts. I do have a photocopier if needed. 

Please bring a memory stick if you want me to make copies of any of the books I have downloaded. Europe at present is 12.5 GB and England (including Scotland & Ireland) is 8.5 GB.  Please make sure your memory stick is all ready to use (I don't want to continually turn my computer on and off to make the stick operate). 


That's all for right now, more to follow - mark your calendars! For more info contact jimmypnl at gmail dot com.

Comment by James P. LaLone on May 7, 2012 at 12:33pm
Comment by James P. LaLone on May 3, 2012 at 10:31am
Touring Early Grand Rapids Opera: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime 
 
Gilbert R. Davis, Professor Emeritus, Grand Valley State University
 
From the middle of the nineteenth century local “opera houses” opened their doors to Italian and American companies criss-crossing the nation to bring opera to the provinces. Grand Rapids audiences were thrilled by Emma Abbot’s celebrated English Grand Opera and Anna Pavlova’s Boston National, but fly-by-night operators and scam artists also brought in their share of turkeys--and we thought Mark Twain was making up the outrageous performances of his Duke and Dauphin in Huckleberry Finn! Nineteenth-century newspaper promotion of the touring companies often has a frontier flavor and the reviewers of out-of-town talent would let loose on them.
 
Emeritus professor Gil Davis retired from teaching Shakespeare at GVSU to spend more time as a scholar of operatic performance. On May 8th he will offer a lively and entertaining account of 144 years of Grand Rapids opera history!
 
Dinner: Tuesday, May 8th, 2012, 5:30PM -- social time (bar available) before the 6:00pm dinner and presentation afterward
Venue: The University Club, 111 Lyon NW, 10th floor of Fifth/Third building. Sign your ticket at the kiosk for free parking in the Fifth/Third below-ground or surface lots. Enter from Monroe or Ottawa and tell the attendant you are with the Torch club.
Reservations: The charge for your meal and parking is $28 per person, payable at the door. Cash or check only. Please reserve as soon as possible at http://www.torchclubgr.org/rsvp.htm or call 616-340-8782. Note that Torch Club can ADD reservations after 3:00pm on Friday, May 4th, but can't cancel. If possible, they will substitute a new reservation for you, but you will be responsible for the cost if they can't. Walk-ins are welcome and can take their chances!
Comment by James P. LaLone on May 3, 2012 at 10:20am
The Mid-Michigan Genealogical Society April newsletter is out!
http://mmgs.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/apr-2012-newsltr.pdf
 

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