Upcoming Meeting Topics:

August 5, 2008: Mona Lambrecht - “Not Your Average Internet Genealogy Research” Discover how you can improve your long-distance genealogical research by finding websites which offer free online digital collections. Mona will explore how you can uncover digitized genealogical gems of town- and county-specific documents, maps, and photographs from library and archive websites. Learn tips to give you the best chances of success at finding online collections, and see examples of what you might find at the Library of Congress down to the libraries of small town America.

September 2, 2008: Carol Darrow, “The Naturalization Process” Becoming a citizen was not always easy and finding naturalization records can be a challenging task for any researcher. Carol Darrow, CG, will present an overview of the naturalization process, describe the types of documents you may find, and offer some clues about where to look for these records.

October 7, 2008: Annette Botello, Birdie Holsclaw, Denise Miller, Patricial St. Clair Ostwald, and Ruth Ratcliff - “The Power of the Grid: Some Tools for Analysis." Grids - tables, spreadsheets, and matrices - are not only useful tools for organizing your information, they are also powerful tools for analysis of your information: whether in finding similarities or sorting out discrepancies or generally assisting in solving problems.

November 4, 2008: Susan Becker - "Capturing Memories and Voices: How to Do Oral History" Susan Becker will talk about the oral history interviewing process, including choosing people to interview and equipment to use; how to plan for and structure an interview; techniques for obtaining in-depth, interesting interviews that go beyond the surface; and what to do with an interview once it has been recorded. She also will describe the Maria Rogers Oral History Program collection and explain how to access its more than 1500 interviews.

December 2008 Program: "My Most Inspirational Ancestor" Contest!
Dust off your ancestor’s documents and start thinking about which family member you have researched that has been the most inspirational! Then prepare a proposal and the Program Committee will pick the three most interesting and well-prepared stories to present at the December meeting. Inspired by the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society, we hope this contest will engage some fun membership participation and bring forward society members who have fascinating family stories to tell.

Proposals are due September 15, 2008. Click here to download a file for more information about proposal submission. Please contact Mona Lambrecht, the Program Chair at mlambrecht@mac.com with questions or for more information.

BGS Educational Series:

"YOU ASKED FOR IT" - A new informational series which will answer some requests from the member survey that was taken last year. These will take place BEFORE the regular BGS meetings in the same location from 6:30 - 7:15.

February, March and April will be on using land records. Keep watching for more details or changes to this series.

How to find us:

Regular Business Meetings and Workshops are held at Mountain View Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place in Boulder on the first Tuesday night of each month. All meetings start at 7:30 PM and are open to the public. See the map below for directions. For more information email the webmaster.