Nebraska Genealogy Events - May 2011

Many events are in store for Nebraska genealogists in May! If you have an event you would like listed, email me. For a full listing of upcoming Nebraska genealogy and history events, click here.

Date & Location	Description
May 5 – 12, 2011 THURSDAYS 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Southeast Community College Continuing Education Center 301 S. 68th St Place Lincoln, Nebraska	Intermediate Genealogy: Research Your Family Tree Taught by Marcia Stewart and Cynthia Monroe Fee:$25 SCC Course Catalog (see page 21): note: the catalog incorrectly lists this as a morning class.
May 6, 2011 7:00 p.m. LDS Family History Center 11027 Martha St Omaha, Nebraska	GO-PAF User Group
May 6 – 7, 2011	Nebraska State Genealogical Society Annual Conference Featured speaker: Gail Blankenau Sessions: Introduction to German Parish Records Keeping Up With the Jones …and Smiths Using Land Records Rich Resources for Poor Ancestors Also on the program: Dr. Sara Crook - She will be portraying Barbara Kagi Mayhew and discussing the Mayhew family's activities with the Underground RR.  A tour of the Mayhew cabin museum will be part of the Friday evening activities. Curt Wolbert – Research at the Nebraska State Historical Society Dean Podell – Notable Nebraskans During the Civil War $75 for both days; $40 for single day admission Download a flyer and registration form
May 10, 2011 7:15 p.m. Lower Level Theater Dick Admin. Bldg. Union College Campus 3800 So. 48th St. Lincoln, Nebraska	Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society: Tour the LLCGS Library, a treasure worth exploring. LLCGS members have added useful resources that are being combined with gifts from the Nebraska State Historical Society and placed among Union College references available at the Ella Johnson Crandall Memorial Library. Bring along a notebook to jot down references you'll want to come back and check after our tour. We'll divide up into groups to facilitate group sizes where everyone can see and hear. We'll learn about books, periodicals, atlases, indexes and a variety of resources.
May 18, 2011 7:00 p.m. Crown Pointe Retirement Center 2820 South 80th St Omaha, Nebraska	Greater Omaha Genealogical Society Program to be announced
May 19, 2011 12:00 Noon Nebraska History Museum 15th and P Sts Lincoln, Nebraska	Nebraska State Historical Society Brown Bag Lecture Series: The Nebraska Supreme Court Presenter: Dr. James Hewitt
May 21, 2011 9:15 a.m. – noon Mormon Trail Center 3215 State Street Omaha, Nebraska	Greater Omaha Genealogical Society Part 1: Black & White and Read all over: Using newspapers and interlibrary loan to research your family. Part 2: Jumping the Water: Hints for finding just where in the old country your ancestors came from, using US records.
May 21, 2011 1:30 p.m. West Nebraska Family Research and History Center 1602 Avenue A Scottsbluff, NE	West Nebraska Family Research & History Center Forum Nancy Sato - Japanese culture and migration to western Nebraska and a review of Rev. Hisanori Kano’s book, Nikkei Farmer on the Nebraska Plains
May 26, 2011 6:30 p.m. Knight Museum and Sandhills Center 908 Yellowstone Avenue Alliance, NE	Heritage Seekers Gleaning Information from Death and Cemetery Records. Presented by museum directo  Becci Thomas. As caretaker of most of the Box Butte County genealogical records, Becci will cover the many aspects of using the different types of death records and why they are so important to the genealogist and historian alike. Contact: museum@cityofalliance.net   or   Cheri Hopkins:   clchopkins@gmail.com