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July Meeting Cancelled

Due to the fact that several of our members are on vacation or unavailable this weekend, the SLVGS board has decided to cancel the meeting planned for Sunday, July 10, 2022.

Please plan to join us at our next meeting on Sunday, August 14. Details about that meeting will be coming soon, so please stay tuned.

You are also welcome to join us on Tuesday, July 26, at 6:00 p.m. SLT for the NGSQ Study Group. Please visit the NGSQ Study Group website for more information.

In the meantime, have a wonderful summer break!

Travel to the 1950s at the June Meeting

Are you still researching in the 1950 U.S. census? So are we, and we’re in a “50s state of mind!”

Join us on Sunday for our monthly meeting which will feature a field trip to the 1950s America Time Portal.

WHEN: Sunday, 12 June 2022
TIME: 5:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

What is the Time Portal?

Step through the Time Portal in the laboratory and visit an American city during the 1950s and 1960s. Shop at some of SL’s best vintage shops, see a movie, rock ‘n roll at the diner or listen to jazz poets at the beatnik bar!

Since this is not a role play community, 1950s attire is optional.

For more about the Time Portal, please visit Time Portal Time Travel Community. You are welcome to visit other time periods at this sim after our trip to the 1950s.

A short business meeting will be held prior to the field trip.

All are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

Learn About Project Recover at the May Meeting

Join us on Sunday for our monthly meeting featuring guest speaker Colin Colbourn who will talk about his group, Project Recover.

WHEN: Sunday, 15 May 2022
TIME: 5:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

What is Project Recover?

Project Recover is a collaborative effort to enlist 21st century science and technology in a quest to find and repatriate Americans missing in action since World War II, in order to provide recognition and closure for families and the Nation.

A short business meeting will be held prior to the speaker’s presentation.

All are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

About The Speaker

Image: Dr. Colin Colbourn of Project Recover

Colin Colbourn, Ph.D. is a historian of war and society specializing in the historical process that attends the search, recovery, and repatriation of Americans missing in action as a result of our nation’s past conflicts.

Dr. Colbourn received his M.A. in War and Society and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Southern Mississippi. In May 2013, he joined the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Command (DPAA) at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, as a Historian and ORISE Fellow. At DPAA, Dr. Colbourn was part of a historical research team that worked alongside forensic anthropologists and odontologists to identify missing personnel from World War II. In 2015, Colin served as a historian and associate editor with Rowan Technology, a publishing partner of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. At Rowan, he helped build and manage West Point’s fully digital and interactive publication, The West Point History of Warfare.

As lead historian for Project Recover, Dr. Colbourn coordinates historical operations including archival research, data management, case analysis, and field investigations. Through these efforts, Project Recover has developed a massive internal archive that includes thousands of historical reports, maps, and images. In the field, Dr. Colbourn liaises with local partner organizations on cases and conducts oral histories with locals who may have witnessed a fallen soldier’s final moments.

Celebrate the 1950s at the April Meeting

With the recent release of the 1950 census, genealogists everywhere are buzzing about the 50s.

And SLVGS is going to celebrate, too!

Join us on Sunday to share your 1950 census finds and research techniques, as well as your 1950s stories, memories, and more!

WHEN: Sunday, 10 April 2022
TIME: 5:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

Feel free to dress in fabulous 50s style!

A brief business meeting will be held prior to the discussion.

All are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

Share What You Learned: RootsTech Roundtable Discussion

Did you attend last week’s RootsTech Connect conference?

Join us on Sunday for a roundtable discussion about what we learned and what we liked (or disliked?) about the recent RootsTech Connect conference.

WHEN: Sunday, 13 March 2022
TIME: 5:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

Even if you didn’t attend the live conference, come to hear about what went on so you can make plans to catch up with the recordings!

A brief business meeting will be held prior to the discussion.

All are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

Get Ready for 1950 Census at the February Meeting

Join us on Sunday for our monthly meeting featuring guest speaker Dawn Carlile who will share the timely presentation, “Preparing for the 1950 Census – What You Should Do Now.”

WHEN: Sunday, 13 February 2022
TIME: 5:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

Description

The 1950 census will be released on Friday, April 1, 2022. But it won’t be searchable for a while so you will need to find your family by looking at the images one-by-one until you locate them. It isn’t all bad news though. There are things you can start doing now that will make it easy, okay easier, to find your families whether they lived in cities, towns, or rural areas. You will also learn what is and isn’t included in the 1950 census, requirements, and instructions for the enumerators.

A short business meeting will be held prior to the speaker’s presentation.

All are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

Image of a 1950 census enumerator assisting a farmer from the National Archives.

About The Speaker

Image of Dawn Carlisle

Dawn Carlile is a native Oregonian, having grown up in Eugene and Springfield, OR, and has been involved in genealogy for more than 25 years. She is a professional genealogist, educator, and lecturer. She has received certificates in Research in Military Records and Land and Property Records from the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, Genealogy as a Profession from Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research, Norwegian, Danish, and Icelandic Research, Researching Like a Professional, Intermediate Foundations, and Pennsylvania Germans & Research in the Keystone State from Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Genealogical Speakers Guild, National Genealogical Society, and several local, state, and regional historical and genealogical societies. She is a graduate of Bushnell University with a B.A. degree in management.

Learn To Be a Witness to History at the January Meeting

Join us on Sunday for our monthly meeting featuring guest speaker Laura Hedgecock (a.k.a. Laurel Cunningtwig) who will share the interactive presentation “Witness to History, Then and Now.”

WHEN: Sunday, 9 January 2022
TIME: 5:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

Description

Preserving our witnesses to history is a great way to tell our own stories and share our family history. Laura Hedgecock explains why individual accounts of historical events matter and leads participants through practical brainstorming exercises to get creative juices moving.

A short business meeting will be held prior to the speaker’s presentation.

All are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

About The Speaker

Image: Photo of speaker Laura Hedgecock

Laura Hedgecock is an author, storyteller, speaker, and GeneaBlogger, passionate about helping others tell personal, family, and ancestor stories. She serves as secretary of the Genealogical Speakers Guild and Detroit Working Writers and is President of the 3400+ member GeneaBloggers Organization.

Her book, MEMORIES OF ME: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO TELLING AND SHARING THE STORIES OF YOUR LIFE, guides and empowers memory collectors with down-to-earth, practical advice and creative ideas. Her website, TreasureChestofMemories.com, provides practical advice on preserving and sharing memories and family stories.

Share Your Successes in Ugly Sweaters at the December Meeting!

Have you made a genealogical breakthrough this year? Have you found a fabulous resource that you think others could benefit from? Or do you need a bit of help crowdsourcing a brick wall problem?

Come to our final round table discussion of 2021 where you can share your successes, ask for assistance from the “hive mind,” and offer help to your fellow genealogists.

Got an ugly holiday sweater? Wear it to the meeting!

WHEN: Sunday, 12 December 2021
TIME: 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

A short business meeting will be held prior to the discussion.

All levels of family history researchers are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

Join Us for the Annual Just Genealogy Holiday Party

The Second Life Virtual Genealogical Society and the Second Life Chapter Association of Professional Genealogists cordially invite you to attend the annual Just Genealogy Holiday Party!

WHEN: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
TIME: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. SLT (Pacific Time)
WHERE: Just Genealogy (SLurl TBA)

DJ Jaffee Gaffer will be playing a selection of holiday tunes. Hop on a dance ball and enjoy the music (be sure to enable your media player) and conversation with your fellow genealogists.

The dress code is formal or “holiday fancy.”

You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS or the SL APG to attend the party, but we’d love it if you’d join. Please feel free to bring a friend!

“Stump Craig” at the November Meeting

Do you have a genealogy question or brick wall that is leaving you feeling “stumped?”

If so, you will NOT want to miss our next meeting, which will feature Craig Scott (a.k.a. Krag Mariner in Second Life) for one of our favorite events, “Stump Craig!”

WHEN: Sunday, 14 November 2021
TIME: 12:00 p.m. PDT / 3:00 p.m. EDT <—- NOTE EARLIER TIME
WHERE: The Fire Pit at Just Genealogy SLurl

Craig Scott, “a professional genealogical and historical researcher for more than thirty-five years,” specializing in military records, problem-solving, Quakers,  and publishing (see his biography, below), will be available to answer your most pressing – and difficult – family history questions.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to receive FREE research guidance from a seasoned professional (plus, he’s a lot of fun)!

Please use our Contact form if you would like to send your questions to Craig in advance.

A short business meeting will be held prior to the discussion.

All levels of family history researchers are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

About The Speaker

Image of Craig Scott

Craig Roberts Scott, MA, CG, FUGA is the author of The ‘Lost Pensions’: Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838 (Revised) and Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Inventory 14 (Revised). His most recent work is Understanding Revolutionary War and Invalid Pension Ledgers, 1818 – 1872, and the Payment Vouchers They Represent. He has authored seventeen books and several articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, and other genealogical publications. He is the President and CEO of Heritage Books, Inc., a genealogical publishing firm with over 9,500 titles in print.

A professional genealogical and historical researcher for more than thirty-five years, he specializes in military records, problem-solving, Quakers,  and publishing. He is a member of the Company of Military Historians and on the editorial board of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. He is a former Treasurer and Director of the Association of Professional Genealogists. He has been a faculty member or coordinator of research tracks in the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford University and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and the Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh. He is currently the Coordinator of the SLIG Guided Research and Consultation Track, helping students solve their brick wall problems. He has coordinated many Heritage Books Genealogical Conference and Cruises. He is a recipient of the Grahame T. Smallwood, Jr. Award and UGA Silver Tray Award. He became a Fellow, Utah Genealogical Association, in 2014.

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