Genealogy Events in Second Life, Dec 27, 2009-Jan 2, 2010

GREETINGS Second Life genealogists and family history enthusiasts! We're winding up 2009, so hope you have time to spend a few last moments of the year in Second Life. Here are the events of interest to genealogists in Second Life for the week of Dec. 27-Jan 2, as well as some other information we hope will be helpful in your research.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us,
we see the past, present and future."
- T.S. Eliot

THIS WEEK'S CHATS
ALL are invited to attend this week's scheduled genealogy events. Bring your friends who are thinking about getting into family history. There will be help for one and all.

SUNDAY December 27
5:15pm SLT - Genealogy Resolutions @ Family History Centre. Hosted by Clarise Beaumont

MONDAY December 28
5:15pm SLT – Genealogy Office Hours @ Live Roots schoolhouse. Host - Barbara Collazo

TUESDAY December 29
6pm SLT - Online Family Trees @ Just Genealogy Fire Pit. Hosted by Clarise Beaumont

WEDNESDAY December 30
6pm SLT - Afterchills Genealogy Chat @ Afterchills Adventure Club. Hosted by Kilandra Yeauxdoux

THURSDAY December 31
New Year's Eve!!

And of course everyone is always welcome to the informal Chillouts every evening, 7pm at the Gazebo in Live Roots, hosted by Constantine Kyomoon

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
USGenWeb
http://www.usgenweb.org

Click on the state where an ancestor once lived to explore links provided by volunteers. Then explore the specific county where that ancestor lived. A simply amazing collection of historical postcards, and much more.

BLOG SPOTLIGHT
http://www.geneamusings.com/

Genealogy research tips and techniques, genealogy news items and commentary, genealogy humor, San Diego genealogy society news, family history research and some family history stories from the keyboard of Randy Seaver (of Chula Vista CA), who thinks that Genealogy Research Is really FUN!.

TWITTER FOLLOW OF THE WEEK
archives_gov - The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. This is their "unofficial feed of RSS news"

FURTHER READING
For more information, see the calendar at http://brickwalls.ning.com

If you would like to have your event or information included in an upcoming notice, please contact Genie Weezles.