2006 Workshop Program

Permian Basin Genealogical Society Fall Workshop

September 23, 2006 - Saturday 8:00AM - 4:00PM
First United Methodist Church, Fay Rodman Hall
217 West 5th Street (behind the Church)

Speaker: Curt B. Witcher

TOPICS:
Doing the History Eliminates the Mystery.
(Geographic areas, ethnic, religious, occupations, and migration patterns)

Doing Effective Genealogical Research in Libraries.
(Understanding Academic, Private, Public and Special Libraries.)

Mining the Mother Lode: using PERSI.
PERSI = (Periodical Source Index)

Pain in the Access.
(Getting more from the Internet)

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Photographs of Fall Workshop

Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA

President, National Genealogical Society
Manager, Historical Genealogy Department, Allen County Public Library
900 Webster Street, P. O. Box 2270, Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
219-421-1225 | FAX: 219-422-9688 | www.acpl.lib.in.us

Curt B. Witcher is the Department Manager for the Historical Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, IN. He is a member of the Genealogy Committee of the American Library Association and participates in other genealogical and historical committees of that organization. Curt is a the president of the National Genealogical Society and a past-president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies. He also has memberships in a number of historical and genealogical organizations and is the founding president of the Indiana Genealogical Society. He is an adjunct professor in Indiana University's Continuing Education Program and is coeditor of the 1987 through 2000 editions of the Periodical Source Index published by the Allen County Public Library Foundation. Curt serves on the Advisory Board of the Passenger & Immigration Index Project for Gale Research, Inc. and was a research consultant for both PBS "Ancestors" series. He is also on the Advisory Board for Ancestry, Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah and a contributing columnist for their magazine. Curt was distinguished in 1995 as a fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association (FUGA) and received the Federation of Genealogical Societies' Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern Humanitarian Award in 1997. He was one of the Kellogg Foundation's 1997 "Expert in Residence" scholars, a 1998 recipient of the Presidential Citation from GENTECH, Inc., and the 1999 recipient of the Federation of Genealogical Societies’ David S. Vogels, Jr. Award in recognition of career contributions to the Federation and its members.

Curt B. Witcher is the Department Manager for the Historical Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is Curator of that institution's Rare and Fine Book Collection.

He received his baccalaureate degree in history and English, followed by an M.L.S. in Library and Information Science from Indiana University.

Mr. Witcher is a member of the Genealogy Committee of the American Library Association, current chair of the Association's History Section, and participates in other genealogical and historical committees of that professional organization.

Curt is president of the National Genealogical Society and is a former president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies. He also has memberships in a number of historical and genealogical organizations and is the founding president of the Indiana Genealogical Society.

He is an adjunct professor in Indiana University's Continuing Education Program and is co-editor of the 1987 through 2001 editions of the "Periodical Source Index" published by the Allen County Public Library Foundation.

Curt serves on the Advisory Board of the Passenger & Immigration Index Project for the Gale Group and was a research consultant for both the PBS series "Ancestors". He is also on the Advisory Board for Ancestry.com, Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah and is a contributing columnist for their magazine.

He has recently authored African American Genealogy: A Bibliography and Guide to Sources. He served for eight years as the National Volunteer Data Input Coordinator for the Civil War Soldiers System.

Curt was distinguished in 1995 as a fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association (FUGA) and received the Federation of Genealogical Societies' Rabbi Malcom H. Stern Humanitarian Award in 1997 and the David Vogels Award in 1999. He was one of the Kellogg Foundation's 1997 "Expert in Residence" scholars and a recipient of the Presidential Citation from GENTECH, Inc.

Thank You Mr. Witcher for a job well done!
We appreciate all your efforts!

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