Detroit Society For Genealogical Research May Bus Trip to Lansing Archives On Saturday, May 10, DSGR will be hosting a bus trip to the State of Michigan Archives in Lansing for research. We will be leaving from Lot C at Lawrence Technical University at 7:30 AM and will then depart Lansing when the Archives closes at 4:00 PM. We will be back in Southfield at approximately 5:45 PM. Lunch is not available, so you are advised to bring one. There are pop and bottle water machines available.
As a bonus: THE STATE OF MICHIGAN LIBRARY will also be open on that day.
Cost will be $19 for DSGR members / $21 for non-members -- at today's gas prices, it might just be cheaper, not to mention more relaxing to leave the driving to us.
Both Members and Non Members can print the Registration Form and mail in the form and their check to the address on the form. Get the form on the DSGR website: DSGR.org
Members can pay and register on line by clicking the link. You will need to sign on to your DSGR Account to get access. You can also go to the Members Only area, sign on and then select Archive & Library PayPal
Non DSGR Members can pay and register on line using PayPal.
Library of Michigan to Open the Second Saturday of Each Month
Expanded Access Will Help Build a Culture of Reading in Michigan
March 3, 2014
LANSING - The Library of Michigan announced today the introduction of ‘Second Saturdays’ to its regularly scheduled open hours. Beginning April 12, 2014, and continuing on the second Saturday of every month, the Library of Michigan will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
NGS announces the live streaming of ten lectures from the NGS 2014 Family History Conference, which will be held 7‒10 May 2014, in Richmond, Virginia. The upcoming conference will be the first time NGS has provided a portion of the conference to NGS members and others across the United States and overseas who are unable to attend the conference in person.
Details of the live streaming program can be found at on the NGS Conference website at http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/attend/live-streaming-at-ngs2014gen/. NGS has selected some of the most popular topics and nationally known speakers for the two featured tracks. Registrants for live streaming can select either track or the bundled package that includes both tracks.
Track One: Records and Research Techniques can be viewed on Thursday afternoon, 8 May 2014, and Friday morning, 9 May 2014. Join the conference from home and learn about best practices and research sources.
Track Two: Virginia Resources and Migration Patterns can be viewed on Friday afternoon, 9 May 2014, and Saturday morning, 10 May 2014. Learn about Virginia’s records and her people who moved south and west to new lands pushing the frontier ever forward.
Registration for live streaming will close at midnight 30 April 2014. All registrants will receive an electronic version of the NGS 2014 Family History Conference Syllabus. Registration is discounted for NGS Members.
DUBLIN, Ohio, 4 March 2014—OCLC and FamilySearch International are working together to share data between WorldCat and the FamilySearch Catalog to provide more resources for improved genealogy research. More than 1 million FamilySearch genealogical records are now discoverable in WorldCat, the world's largest database of records representing resources in libraries worldwide. Links to WorldCat are now available on FamilySearch.org.
Remember the OCGS meetings on April 1, May 6, and June 3. Details on our website at: ocgsmi.org