BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26@ccgstexas.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130907T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130907T150000 DTSTAMP:20130804T202633Z URL:https://www.ccgstexas.org/events/austin-genealogical-society-2013-fall -seminar/ SUMMARY:Austin Genealogical Society 2013 Fall Seminar - Triumphant Love Lut heran Church - 7 Sep 13 08:00 DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: LISA ALZO\, M.F.A.\n\n\nTopics:\n\n1.  Tracing Your I mmigrant Ancestors\nAmerica is a nation of immigrants\, comprised of peopl e who left home to find a better life for themselves and their families. T racking down your immigrant ancestors can often be a daunting task. This t alk will show you tips and tricks for locating and searching passenger lis ts and other key immigration documents both on and offline to help you tra ce your roots.\n\n2.  Immigrant Cluster Communities: Past\, Present and F uture\nThere are a handful of “cluster” immigrant communities througho ut the United States that blossomed during the immigration influx of the l ate 19th and early 20th centuries. Exploring “cluster genealogy” - th e process of researching those relatives\, friends\, and neighbors who liv ed near an ancestor – can often break down brick walls in the search for individual family lines and help to place our ancestors’ lives in histo rical context. For those descendants who’ve moved away from such tradit ional immigrant enclaves\, 21st-century technology can be used to rebuild “cluster communities” in the virtual world. This lecture will cover: h ow to identify chain migrations/cluster communities using key records\; wa ys to share and collaborate with other researchers\, and the benefits\, pi tfalls\, and obstacles associated with a shift to “virtual” cluster co mmunities\; and how to use tools such as social networking sites\, wikis\, etc. to build online genealogical communities.\n\n3.  Silent Voices: Tel ling the Stories of Your Female Immigrant Ancestors\nWhile most historical records have been created for and/or about men\, making it more challengi ng to research and write about female ancestors\, this session will demons trate: effective ways to discover your female ancestors and how to documen t the important roles their lives played in culture/society\, various meth ods for writing about your female ancestors (from short\, informative bios ketches or profiles to writing a complete book)\, along with options for p ublishing your family history will be discussed.\n\n4.  Diseases\, Disast ers &\; Distress: Bad For Your Ancestors\, Good For Your Genealogical R esearch\nWouldn’t it be nice if all the branches on our family trees wer e filled with bright shiny leaves that reflected only good kin and happy t imes? The truth is\, most of our pasts are dotted with blemishes\, and bad things did happen\, often to good people. History is blanketed with dishe artening tales of devastation and loss. Certainly\, it may be difficult fo r us today to comprehend the everyday adversity that befell our ancestors\ , or the lasting hardships they endured as a result. This session will dis cuss how diseases\, disasters\, and distress may have impacted your family ’s history.\n\nFEE:  $35 AGS members\; $45 non-members and at the door. The $45 fee includes complimentary AGS membership for the remainder of 20 13. Registration fee includes a light breakfast\, drinks\, snacks and a sy llabus. There will also be door prizes &\; raffle baskets!\n\nWe have received a Flip-Pal (a $150 value) which will be raffled off at the Semin ar! Thank you to the kind people at Flip-Pal for your generous donation!\n \n\n\nBox lunches (provided by Blue Baker) may be purchased for $10. The y include sandwich\, chips &\; fruit salad. Box lunches must be prepaid with registration. Sandwich choices: Turkey\, Roast Beef\, Chicken Salad\ , and Vegetarian\n\nREGISTRATION: Register online with a credit card\; or download a registration form to mail a check.\n\nTIME:  9:00 a.m. to 3 :00 p.m. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.\n\nLOCATION: Triumphant Love Lut heran Church\, 9508 Great Hills Trail\, Austin\, 78759\n\nFor more inform ation\, please contact the Programs Chair. CATEGORIES:Other Event LOCATION:Triumphant Love Lutheran Church\, 9508 Great Hills Trail\, Austin \, Texas\, 78759\, United States GEO:30.3948876;-97.75493840000001 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS= 9508 Great Hills Trail\, A ustin\, Texas\, 78759\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Triumphan t Love Lutheran Church:geo:30.3948876,-97.75493840000001 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20130310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR