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Past Program Reviews
2013
We all gain from sharing our
knowledge and experiences with others. The society greatly
appreciates the fantastic presentations we have had during
the past few years. Here is a listing of some of
those memorable events. Give them a big round of applause !
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Go to Past Programs Main Index or Year 2014 2012
Jan/2013 |
 "Photos - Dating and Identifying Heritage
Photos" - By Patricia (Jordan) Roberts. 30+ years
genealogical experience. Researcher, teacher, lecturer and
writer. Active in many national, state and local
genealogy societies. Past president of CCGS and Boulder
Genealogical Society. Graduate of University of Colorado
with major in English and minor in History. Attended summer
sessions at the University of Iowa Writer's Institute and
Samford University's Institute for Genealogical Research.
Attended the Salt Lake Genealogical Institute and the
British Genealogical Institute several times. Frequently
attends the National Genealogical Society's annual national
conferences. Has been a delegate to the annual conferences
of the Federation of Genealogical Societies for a number of
years. Currently Education Chair for the Boulder
Genealogical Society and the Lineage Specialist for the
Denver Chapter - DAR.
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Feb/2013 |
 Diane
Barbour, PLCGS presented: “Early Eastern Migration;
The Roads to Expansion.” Diane talked about the growth of
America from colonial times to 1900. She discussed roads
mostly along the east coast, including the Boston Post Road,
The King's Highway, the Fall Line Road, The Upper Road, The
Pioneer's Road, Mohawk Trail (Iroquois Trail), Braddock's
road, Forbes Trail and the Wilderness Road. She explained
why they were built and their effect on early expansion to
the Midwest. Diane showed many maps which helped us
see where each of the roads were located and when and why
they were built. She also recommended "Mayflower: A Story of
Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick to help
us understand the struggles of the early American
settlers. Diane has been doing genealogy for about 12
years. She is currently serving as the vice-president of
Boulder Genealogy Society, Membership Chair for the
Broomfield Genealogy Society, and the projects manager for
the Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies. She also
writes a column for W.I.S.E Words. Their web site can be
found at W.I.S.E
Family History. |
Mar/2013 |
Anne Dyni has been writing columns and
articles about local Niwot history since 1997. Anne's book
of selected pieces from her "Yesterday's News" column
printed in the Left Hand Valley Courier, she tells the
story of Niwot, a town founded just two years after the
first railroad tracks were laid in Boulder County. Her
columns spawn from research into local documents, post
office archives, early maps of the area, old city
directories and cemetery records, newspapers, and oral and
family histories. From early town development and growth
to personal sketches of community leaders and glimpse of
the everyday life of past residents, Located just south of
Longmont, Niwot's historic railroad past is sure to be
interesting to all our members.
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Apr/2013 |
 Carol
Cooke Darrow presents - "Immigration and Naturalization
Records." Making the decision to leave your home country was
a wrenching choice between leaving a difficult but known
situation and moving into an unknown world. Taking the
next step to naturalization meant giving up all allegiance
to that home country. Carol Cooke Darrow is a certified
genealogist and lecturer in the Denver area. She is the
co-author of The Genealogist's Guide to Researching Tax
Records and past president of the Colorado Genealogical
Society. |
May/2013 |
 Carol
Stetser presents - "Chasing Collaterals: Finding Your
Ancestors Without Looking for them." Family historians often
limit their research to their “core” family, which means
direct ancestors only. While this may seem to make research
simpler, our ancestors didn’t live in a vacuum. They had aunts
and uncles, cousins and friends and acquaintances, just like
we do today. This presentation focuses on how to look for
collateral relatives and shows how collateral research can
solve tough genealogical puzzles that would block direct
ancestor research. Carol is an avid genealogist who has served
in various capacities for the Larimer County Genealogical
Society. In addition to researching her own family, Carol
volunteers as the researcher for LCGS and volunteers online to
help out-of-area researchers find records for their families.
She also gives presentations on various aspects of
genealogical research and writes “how-to” articles for “Fifty
Plus Marketplace” newsletter. Recently, Carol participated in
a series of genealogy television programs for Larimer County
Genealogical Society. In addition, Carol is the secretary for
the Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado and is presently
participating in a cemetery program for her local DAR chapter. |
June/2013 |
 Carol Norberg - "The Volga Deutsch: Germans from Russia in Colorado." This presentation will focus on Germans from Russia who immigrated to Colorado in the late 1800s-early 1900s. The colonization of Russia in the mid-1700’s is a fascinating story of challenge and survival. The history is told through a biography of one young woman’s experiences as she left the safety of a homeland she had always known to become a happy, healthy and productive citizen in the United States of America. Carol is a retired educator currently working as a part-time policy analyst/lobbyist for the Colorado Association of Gifted Children. Carol’s interest in genealogy was inspired by her mother’s history as an immigrant from the Volga Deutsch colony of Saratov, Ukraine. She began documenting this history in 1976 with interviews of her mother and father. Through her studies with the National Genealogical Society she has produced a formal biography of her mother. She has researched a number of family trees and she created a beginner’s genealogy class, Roots and Leaves, for the Thornton Senior Center. In addition to her membership in the National Genealogical Society she is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and is currently forming a new business, O.A.K.S. Genealogy. She is a founding member of the newly formed Adams County Genealogical Society and serves as secretary to that organization. o.a.k.s.llc.@gmail.com |
July/2013 |
Summer Pot Luck Bring a Dish to
share & your own eating utensils. Society will
furnish the drinks. Don't miss the wonderful food, good
company and festive spirit of this fun event. This is also a
fun time for "Bring & Brag." Bring any projects you have
done that you think will be of interest to the members! Old
photos, family books, genealogies - all are welcome. Table
will be set up in the back of the room to display the items. |
Aug/2013 |
 Dorothy
Coltrin presents - "How I managed to transcribe a Scottish
testament (will) of 1580." Dorothy will discuss what it
took to transcribe "secretary hand" which was used in the 16th
century of Scotland. She will include various individuals and
websites that helped her create a modern version of the will
and decipher the family structure of Rolland Acoltrane,
Mochrum Parish, Wigtownshire, Scotland. Dorothy has an MS in
Nutrition and taught at a California community college for 30
years. She started genealogy research about 6 years ago
and it has become her passion. She has been secretary for the
Boulder Genealogical Society, treasurer of CCGS and is
currently the membership chair for Boulder Genealogical
Society. She is a member of NEHGS , Boulder Genealogical
Society and WISE. The photo above is of Dorothy and her
great-grandfather: Zebedee Coltrin(1804-1887). |
Sept/2013 |
 Julie Miller
- "Post Office Records" are full of genealogical riches. This
lecture will discuss Post Office records, their
contents, and how to access these underutilized records.
Julie is a certified genealogists and a full time
genealogy researcher, lecturer, and writer. She is a
founding member of Broomfield Genealogy Society and
wrote the genealogy column for the Broomfield Enterprise
for ten years. Julie is Vice President of the National
Genealogical Society (NGS), 2010 and 2012 NGS Conference
Chair, Broomfield County GenWeb Coordinator and has been
a volunteer at the National Archives at Denver for over
15 years. She is a favorite speaker at LGS and we look forward
to hearing her speak again |
Oct/2013 |
 Roger Dudley - "Maps that can be used in learning more about family history and how to find them." Roger is a second generation native of Colorado. He has been tracking his family since 1974. His great grandfather was given the honor of naming a community in eastern Colorado when a post office was established there. Despite its isolated location Karval is still an active post office and is the site of the Kravig family reunion every four years. Both sets of his great grandparents homesteaded in eastern Colorado after the Enlarged Homestead Act was signed and spent the rest of their lives in Colorado. He’s a member of the Colorado Genealogical Society; two Norwegian lags (Numedal and Sigdal); the Sons of Norway; the American Association of State and Local History, The Colorado Historical Society, The Lincoln County Historical Society. He is also an archivist & reference librarian at the Denver Public Library in the Western History/Genealogy Department. Roger has presented to the NGS Conference in the States and dozens of genealogical and community groups in Colorado and Wyoming |
Nov/2013 |
 Dr. Kayann Short's presentation “Turning Memories into Stories", will share selections from her book, A Bushel’s Worth, to discuss using narrative techniques to write personal and family stories for genealogy. "A Bushel's Worth: An Ecobiography," will be published in August of 2013. A retired senior instructor from the University of Colorado, she teaches ecobiography workshops and works with writing students at her farm in Colorado. (See more about ecobiography or ecology-based memoir at www.ecobiography.com.) She also blogs about women's writing, memoir, farming, and "rounding the fullness of 50" at pearlmoonplenty.wordpress.com. We enjoyed learning about her digital stories which can be seen at www.vimeo.com/user3226450 in February 2011 and look forward to hearing her speak again. |
Dec/2013 |
 Christmas
Pot Luck - Bring a Dish to share & your own eating
utensils. Society will furnish the drinks. Don't miss
the wonderful food, good company and festive spirit of this
fun event. Jon Chandler will entertain us following lunch. Jon
has strong family ties to Longmont, is a writer, singer and
speaker par excellence. Don't miss the opportunity to hear him
sing and tell us his latest stories. |