SEARCHING FOR YOUR ANCESTORS
  SEARCHING FOR YOUR ANCESTORS

FREE Seminar Series - 8 March to 24 March, 20001

Our annual Spring Seminar, "SEARCHING FOR YOUR ANCESTORS," conducted by the Prince George’s County Genealogical Society and co-sponsored by the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, will he held at the Hyattsville Library, 6530 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville, MD. The following SIX FREE SESSIONS on five dates are:

SESSION I

HOW TO GET STARTED and EVALUATING SOURCES & KEEPING RECORDS

Shirley Langdon Wilcox, Past President, National Genealogical Society
Thursday, March 8, 7-9 p.m.

SESSION II

FROM THE GROUND UP: BASIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY

Maria Goodwin, Past National Genealogical Society Board Member
Saturday, March 10, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

SESSION III

THE BIG THREE at the NATIONAL ARCHIVES: Census, Military & Immigration Records

Jane Douma Pearson, NARA Staff Aid & Archivist with The History Factory, Chantilly, VA.
Thursday, March 15, 7-9 p.m.

SESSION IV

RESEARCHING AT THE MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES

Patricia Shawker, CGRS & Registrar, Prince George’s County Genealogical Society
Thursday, March 22, 7-9 p.m.

SESSION V

GENEALOGY ON THE INTERNET

Julia Coldren-Walker, V.Pres., Nat. Institute for Genealogical Research
Saturday, March 24, 10:30-12:30 p.m.

SESSION VI

AFTERNOON SESSION: OPEN WORKSHOP, 1-3pm

Free help offered with research problems from experienced genealogists on a one-to-one basis.
Saturday, March 24, 1-3 p.m.

For information call: Phyllis Smith Jensen, PGCGS Education Chairman: 301-577-0688

E-mail: okpmj@aol.com

[Prince George's County Coordinator: John M. Scroggins scroggjm@erols.com]