May General Meeting topic:
Monica Zendejas of Omaha will present the program. In her words: “I have been researching my family ancestry for over 25 years. I am 1/2 Sicilian. My grandparents were born in Carlentini, Sicily (as were about 1/2 the Italian population in Omaha’s “Little Italy”) I am the Genealogy Director for the Sicilian Heritage Society, a Family History Consultant for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and have been a volunteer at the LDS Family History Center in Omaha for 8 years and also volunteer at the LDS Family History Center in Papillion.”
Monica will discuss:
- How to find Italian records on the LDS films.
- Reading the Birth (Nati), Marriage (Matrimoni) and Death (Morte) records,
- What is the difference between atto di solenne promessa di matrimonio, atto di matrimonio, processetti or allegati, and pubblicazioni or notificazione records?
- Italian naming traditions
- What are Riveli records?
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Genealogy & Land Records Symposium!
- Friday, July 10, & Saturday, July 11, 2009
- SCC Continuing Education Center
- 301 Sough 68th Street Place, Lincoln, Nebraska
MAKE PLANS NOW!
- Featuring keynote speaker Kenneth Heger, Chief of the Archives / Support Branch, National Archives
- New Speakers and Refreshing Ideas
- Renowned researchers and authors from throughout the United States will make presentations on how to do research in Homestead case files. Genealogists will address the volumes of family information in Homestead records.
- Southeast community college www.southeast.edu
