John Philip Colletta, PhD, Featured Speaker at Illinois State Genealogical Society Conference

This year’s Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) conference promises to be big, with a variety of speakers and topics over a day and a half, a banquet dinner, and a youth workshop!  The conference will be held Friday and Saturday, October 19 and 20, 2012 […]

Juliana Smith & Lou Szucs, Featured Speakers at Fox Valley Genealogical Society Conference, September 29

This year’s Fox Valley Genealogical Society (FVGS) conference will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 8am to 4pm at Grace United Methodist Church, 300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville, Illinois.  This year’s speakers are Juliana Szucs Smith and Loretto “Lou” Dennis Szucs.

Carol Whitton To Present at Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society, September 29

On Saturday, September 29, 2012, Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society (TCGHS) will hold it’s tenth annual genealogy workshop “Harvest Time for Genealogists.”  The workshop will be held from 9am to 3pm at the TCGHS Library in the Ehrlicher Research Center, 719 N. 11th Street, […]

Orphan Photo #118

According to the imprint, this photograph was taken by S. Fichtel of Union Hill, New Jersey.  I’m pretty sure it’s Sigmund Fichtel, who was listed in the 1900 census as a photographer, living in Union with his wife Margureth.1 Sources 1.  1900 U.S. census, population […]

2012 Root Cellar Family History Writing Contest

Submissions are due October 1, 2012 for the Root Cellar Family History Writing Contest sponsored by the Sacramento Genealogical Society (SGS).  You do not need to be a member of the society and entries do not have to related to Sacramento or California.

Ontario Genealogical Society – Keffer Writing Contest

Entries for the Keffer Writing Contest, sponsored by the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) are due November 1, 2012.  The contest, which is open to OGS members, awards four cash prizes ranging from $25 to $100.  Winning entries are also featured in the OGS journal Families.  […]

International Society of Family History Writers and Editors 2012 Excellence-in-Writing Competition Winners

I just received word about the winners of this year’s ISFHWE Excellence-in-Writing Competition!  Unfortunately, I was not among the winners this year, but that’s what I get for waiting until the last minute (literally…oh wait, I did that last year too and still took third […]

Genealogy Writing Competition – Dallas Genealogical Society (no, entries do NOT have to be about Dallas!)

Submissions for the Dallas Genealogical Society 2012 Writing Competition are due by September 30, 2012.  You do not have to be a DGS member to enter, and the articles don’t necessarily have to be about Dallas genealogy.