November Program Recap



Linda Colton,  Director of the Family History Center in Hood River gave a wonderful program on foreign language transcription and how to transcribe foreign language in your genealogical research . Using examples from Family Search website, she and members transcribes several examples and became familiar with some of the new and old research areas that Family Search has to offer.



https://familysearch.org/

New courthouse construction unveils artifacts



Jim Bull submitted a link to a resent  article in the NY Times that may be of interest to all Civil War buffs. The construction site for a new courthouse complex has unveiled new Civil War artifacts from 1862. A very good read.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/12/us/construction-site-offers-fleeting-glimpse-of-the-civil-war-past.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121112

November Meeting and Program

                                                  Researching in a Foreign Language:

                                                       Presented by Linda Colton

                                                               Nov. 10, 2012

 

  This class will include learning how to
use "Google Translator", finding online lists of common genealogical terms in
almost any language, finding handwriting guides, deciphering foreign language
websites, and using message boards and email to ask for help in translating.
Also, we will look at Research Guides and videos that will cover the history of
certain countries that changed hands and therefore languages over time. Some
churches in the U.S. also kept their records in a foreign language when the
congregation was made up of immigrants, and we will learn how to obtain help for
these records.