Canal Invoice Volunteer Indexers Needed

GSMC needs several volunteers to index scans of Central Canal receipts from the 1830's and 1840's.

We use a split screen to read names on original receipts

 and to key the names into an Excel page for an alphabetical index. 

When these are completed, they will be a huge Marion County resource for this time frame.

Email Project Chair Ron Darrah at librarian@genealogyindy.org/.

 

RootsTech Is In Your Price Range: It's FREE!

Join many thousands of your fellow genealogists for three days of great workshops--all from the comfort of your own home. [No airfare, no hotel, no rental car-what a deal!]

See you there.

 

GSMC Bicentennial Project Goes Live

The Genealogical Society of Marion County is pleased to announce an extensive new set 

of genealogical resources in honor of the 200th anniversary

 of the establishment of Marion County.

We are assembling as many Central Canal materials as we can find 

and adding them to this collection, including a large group of scanned State Archives documents.

You will find them in our Members Resources Set 3 for research online, 

or you can research them personally in our Library on Wednesdays.

 

Check Out Roots Less Traveled

FYI, there is another genealogy program on TV besides "Finding Your Roots." This one is on NBC and the Peacock networks. It's 30 minutes long and it's free. Just sign up for Peacock and bring it up on your laptop screen. Check it out!

 

Impressive Attucks Museum

GSMC Programs Chair Janet Mobley gave us a winner on Saturday afternoon, as we toured the Crispus Attucks Museum on the campus of Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School. Sponsored by the Indianapolis Public Schools, the Museum covers a wide array of African-American history and culture.

If you have not been there, you owe it to our community to see it for yourself.

 

Native American Research; Brownsburg, Feb. 16

Visit the Brownsburg Public Library website to register.

 

Jewish Name Patterns Zoom Feb. 13, 2 pm

 

 

JEWISH NAMES WITH WARREN BLATT

                The Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society is excited to welcome genealogist, Warren Blatt, for two free virtual programs on Sunday, February 13th, beginning at 2:00 p.m. The afternoon will begin with “Jewish Given Names,” an introduction to Jewish first names, focusing on practical issues for genealogical research. Learn why “Mordechai Yehuda” is also “Mortka Leib” is also “Max”. Our ancestors each had many different given names and nicknames, in various languages and alphabets, making Jewish genealogical research difficult.

            This presentation will address the history and patterns of Jewish first names, and how to recognize ancestors' names in genealogical sources. Beginning at 3:30 p.m., Mr. Blatt will continue with “Jewish Surnames,” their origins, types, and etymology.

            Registration is required to attend this free virtual program. The link can be found at the NEIJGS website at www.NEIndianaJGS.org/upcoming-events/. Thanks to the Harry W. Salon Foundation, the Louis and Anne B. Schneider Foundation, and the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center for their support.

            Additional information about the NEIJGS can be found on our website at www.NEIndianaJGS.org, or our Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/NEIndianaJGS/. Contact Betsy Gephart at vp@NEIndianaJGS.org for more information.

[Thanks to Barry Levitt for this heads up.]

Excellent Civil War Program Feb. 10