Grow Your Genealogical Education This Spring
- At March 21, 2016
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Spring is a time of new birth – flowers are blooming, days are longer and the weather is warming.
Spring also provides new opportunities to grow your genealogical education. Now is the perfect time to delve into a new research area or develop a new research technique!
Here is a sampling of free and fee-based one and two day genealogy events in the New Jersey and New York area coming up over the next few months.
» April 23rd, 2pm to 4pm, Open House, Sparta Ward Building, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 95 Pinkneyville Rd, Sparta Township, NJ (Free Event)
» April 30th, 9am to 4:30pm, Genealogy Federation of Long Island, Bethpage Public Library (NY), visit freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ for details (Free Event)
» May 14th, 11am to 5pm, Spirit of the Jerseys, Monmouth Battlefield State Park (NJ), visit http://www.njhistoryfair.org/ for details (Free Event)
» June 4th, Genealogical Society of New Jersey Spring Program, East Brunswick Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Ward Building (NJ), visit www.gsnj.org for details
» June 8th and 9th, New Jersey History and Historic Preservation Conference, Thomas Edison National Historical Park (NJ) (June 8th), Seton Hall University (NJ) (June 9th), visit http://www.njpreservationconference.org/ for details
» June 18th, New York Public Library Family History Day, New York Public Library (NY), visit http://www.nypl.org/familyhistoryday for details
» Various dates, Ridgewood Public Library Programs & Classes, Bolger Heritage Center at the Ridgewood Public Library (NJ), visit http://njgsbc.org/upcoming-events/ for details
» Various dates, Central Jersey Genealogical Club Programs, Hamilton Public Library (NJ), visit http://www.cjgcnj.com/schedule.html for details (Free Event)
Enjoy cultivating new research skills that will help you Discover UR History!!
And if you happen to run into one of those pesky brick walls, do not hesitate to contact us.
CLICK HERE for a listing of our genealogy and family history services.
DURH Researcher Elected as Trustee to Genealogical Society of New Jersey
- At December 29, 2015
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DiscoverURhistory (DURH) is excited to announce that Joan E. Betancourt, one of DURH’s genealogists and family history researchers, was elected as a trustee of the prestigious Genealogical Society of New Jersey (GSNJ). Joan was elected to a three year term at GSNJ’s 2015 Annual Meeting & Fall Lecture held this past November at Rutgers University’s Alexander Library in New Brunswick, NJ.
The Genealogical Society of New Jersey (GSNJ) was founded in 1921 by a group of genealogical scholars dedicated to the preservation of New Jersey family history. GSNJ’s mission is to discover, procure, preserve and publish information pertaining to families and individuals associated with New Jersey.
The Society is the publisher of The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, a national leader among genealogical journals and recognized as the preeminent resource for transcribed primary source material from New Jersey.
Joan joins GSNJ’s proud tradition of service through volunteering and adherence to the ideals of accuracy and scholarship in genealogical research, which continue to guide the ninety-four year old Society’s endeavors.
“I look forward to working with the other GSNJ trustees to further the Society’s mission to promote New Jersey history and genealogy to an ever broadening audience,” said Joan.
Joan E. Betancourt, a former project leader for a Department of Defense contractor to the US Army, has been researching her own family’s history for close to fifteen years in New Jersey, New York and surrounding areas. She is now a full-time professional genealogist and family historian providing genealogy and house history research services throughout New Jersey.
For more information on the Genealogical Society of New Jersey (GSNJ) visit their site at: http://www.gsnj.org/.
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