Florida Conversations Lecture Series‏

The first of the Spring Series of the Florida Conversations Lecture Series‏ will be held on Sunday, February 15th at the Tampa Bay History Center, 3:00-4:30 p.m. Susan M. Taylor of the University of Tampa will present "The Survival of Tampa's Sicilian Dialect."

Other lectures are on March 15th, April 19th, May 17th, and June 21st.

For additional information on the lectures visit www.lib.usf.edu/index.cfm?pm=upcoming events1.

Attending Other Societies' Meetings

Here on the west and southwestern coast of Florida, genealogists have some of the very best genealogy educational opportunities in the United States.

FGS (Tampa) strives to provide its members with announcements from the genealogical societies in the surrounding area, from Pinellas County in the west and Lakeland County in the east, and from Alachua and Marion Counties to our north and to Charlotte and Lee Counties to the South. We also want to highlight the activities of the Florida State Genealogical Society, as well as those of other state and national societies.

You may think that programs presented by other counties' societies are too far away. However, they are usually less than an hour's travel, and carpooling can be a lot of fun.

We announce lots of seminars for other societies, and they announce our seminars. Let's continue to share the wealth. AND, please consider visiting other societies and attending their great programs too!

News from Other Societies

We are pleased to announce events at our fellow societies in the surrounding area.

• 17 April 2007 - South Bay Genealogical Society will present a program presented by Damon Hostetter titled "Data Organization," a subject important to all genealogists. Contact the society at South-Bay@juno.com for additional information.
  
• 12 May 2007 - Pasco County Genealogical Society will present a program titled "Cold Mailings: Producing a Family Survey," presented by Pattie Schultz and Pam Treme. The program will be presented at 10:00 AM at the LDS Church at 9016 Fort King Road in Dade City, FL.
  
• 20 May 2007 - The Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay will present a program titled "Researching in Your Local Family History Library and Preparing to Research in Salt Lake City from Your Home Computer," presented by Debbe Hagner, AG. The program begins a 2:00 PM at 14041 Icot Boulevard in Clearwater. preceded by a one-hour problem-solving discussion at 1:00 PM and refreshments at 1:30 PM.
  

Other societies in Hillsborough, Pasco, Citrus, Manatee, Sarasote, Polk, and other surounding areas wishing to share their events with us for posting in this blog may send them to George G. morgan at rabidgenealogist@hotmail.com.