Meeting Information
Our regular monthly meetings are held at 2:30 PM on the 2nd Sunday* of the month
in the Fellowship Hall at
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
1214
Crosby Street (Corner of Mountain Rd. & Chapel St.) in Linglestown
All
are welcome - no attendance fee is charged
Membership is not a requirement for meeting
attendance
The research library
will be open prior to
each meeting for the benefit of those who wish
to come and browse through the books, periodicals and other material
the Society has accumulated for genealogical and historical
research. There is no fee for use of the library, although donations
are appreciated. The library will
be open at 1:15 p.m. until the start of the meeting at 2:30. If
there is interest, the library will again open following the speaker
and stay open during the social hour.
In addition to the library, there are two opportunities for those
in attendance to get help. The social time gives attendees an
opportunity to network with others on problems they are encountering
in their search for their ancestors and a part of the structured
program is devoted to questions about genealogical research on which
they feel they have reached a brick wall. One member reports that
information she received at the meeting enabled her to complete her
application for membership in the DAR.
The pamphlet "Genealogy for Beginners" will be
available free to those in attendance.
*
When Easter or Mother's Day falls on the 2nd Sunday, we will meet on the 3rd Sunday |
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
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Sunday
Mar 9
1:15 PM |
Genealogy Library opens for research |
Sunday
Mar 9
2:30 PM |
Pieces
of my Mind
by Nancy Eshelman, columnist for The
Patriot News
Ms.
Eshelman is of Italian/German/Irish heritage. She has been a
journalist for 30 years and has been at The Patriot News since 1985.
She has been writing her column since 1989. Since that time she has
written about everything from her great-grandfather to her
grandchildren, as well, as she says, "the crazy, sad, and silly
events that make up life in Central Pennsylvania." Those who
read Ms. Eshelman’s column will not want to miss this special
event. The public is welcome.
Joint
Meeting with West Shore YMCA Genealogy Club
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Sunday
Apr 13
2:30 PM |
Union Canal
Slide Presentation
by
Tony Orsini of Hummelstown,
Retired Teacher and Lecturer
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Sunday
May 18
(Note: 3rd Sunday)
2:30 PM |
The
French & Indian War in the Susquehanna River Basin Region
by Stephen A. Runkle, Consulting Engineer and Volunteer with the
Susquehanna River Basin Commission's Public Information and Outreach
Program
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Saturday
Jun 14 |
Field
Trip to Cumberland County Historical Society
Tour, research and lunch together in the Carlisle area. Everyone is
invited.
Please
note the field trip is being held on Saturday instead of Sunday.
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July |
No
meeting this month - taking vacation.
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Sunday
Aug 10
2:30 PM |
Sources
for Genealogy and Historical Research in the Historical Society of
Dauphin County
by Kenneth Frew, HSDC Librarian
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Sunday
Sep 14
2:30 PM |
Using HeritageQuest in your Family Search
by Linda
Piekut, West Shore YMCA Genealogy Club
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Sunday
Oct 12
2:30 PM |
Pictorial
History of Roberts Valley, a valley between the First and Second
Mountains, north of Harrisburg, on the eastern end of the Rockville
Bridge
by brother and sister Trudy and Harvey Craig,
descendants of Daniel Roberts
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Sunday
Nov 9
2:30 PM |
Sources
for Genealogical Research at the Pennsylvania State Archives
by Jonathan R. Stayer, Head of Reference Section,
Pennsylvania State Archives
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Sunday
Dec 14
2:30 PM |
Annual
Holiday
Party
Everyone brings holiday treats to share. There is no structured program
but all are encouraged to talk about ethnic holiday practices they
themselves experienced or that their neighbors practiced
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*In
those months in which Easter or Mother's Day falls on the 2nd
Sunday, we change the meeting date.
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