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Listed here are events held not only by KVGS, but by
other local genealogical and historical societies.
Sunday
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Celebrate Black History Month
An Incredible Moment in Michigan History,
2:00pm
Portage District Library
A discussion on the book Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle
and sponsored by the
Southwest Michigan Black Heritage Society and the
Portage District Library.
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Wednesday
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Researching Funeral Home Records,
7:00pm
Maud Preston Palenske
Library, St Joseph, Michigan
Local mortician, Rebecca Hutchins Yazel, associated with
her family’s Hutchins Funeral Home in Watervliet will
tell us what information a funeral home would have to
help you in your family research. Sponsored by the
Berrien
County Genealogical Society.
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Monday
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KVGS General Meeting, 7:00pm
Portage District Library
Main Topic:
"World War I Lost Soldiers from Kalamazoo Central", presented
by Richard Cahow.
Mini-Class: "Researching at the Archives" presented by
Ardis Pierce.
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Friday
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Celebrate Black History Month
Barnes & Noble Bookfair
6134 Westnedge Ave, Portage, Michigan
This event features book signings, poetry reading, story
telling, and book talks. Sponsored by the
Southwest Michigan Black Heritage Society.
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Tuesday
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Intro to Genealogy, 6:00pm
Kalamazoo Public Library - Alma Powell Branch
Learn how to start compiling your family tree at this
workshop! Begin exploring Ancestry.com,
Heritage Quest, and KPL's own index to local
newspapers featuring vital statistics back to 1834.
Registration is required due to limited space, call
269-553-7808 or register online starting February 6th.
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Thursday
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Antique Timepieces, 7:00pm
Oshtemo Historical Society
Duane Hampsten presents a look at pocket and wrist
watches and invites attendees to bring in their own
timepieces and questions for the speaker.
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Monday
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KVGS General Meeting, 7:00pm
WMU Archives and Regional History
Collections
Main Topic:
"Update on the New Archives" presented by Dr Sharon
Carlson.
Come early and do research before the meeting.
(There will be no Mini-Class this night.)
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Wednesday
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Planning for the Long Distance Trip,
7:00pm
Local family historian, Sue Sage-Ridge, will entertain
and inform us with “Sue’s Genealogy Trips...Planning for
the Long Distance Trip”. She will share her tips and
tricks for taking a road trip in search of family
history. Sponsored by the
Berrien
County Genealogical Society.
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Wednesday
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NGS 2012 Family History Conference
Duke
Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
The 2012 conference will include programs for all skill
levels of research experience and will feature tracks on
military records, methodology, ethnic research,
migration, photos, and more.
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Thursday
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Four-Corners of kalamazoo County, 7:00pm
Oshtemo Historical Society
Kalamazoo Public Museum’s Tom Dietz discusses the
“Four Corners
of Kalamazoo County,” those small settlements
that developed at major intersections in almost every
township in the county, but are now often forgotten or
have been overtaken by urban growth.
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Monday
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KVGS General Meeting, 7:00pm
Portage District Library
Main Topic:
"Preserving Our Heritage - From Stone to the Internet",
presented by Anita and Peter Rodgers.
Mini-Class: "Researching Canada", presented
by Roger Drong.
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Thursday
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Kalamazoo State Hospital's Colony Farm, 7:00pm
Oshtemo Historical Society
Mark Hoffman tells how it
developed from the farm of early Oshtemo settler
Neal Hines.
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Both the General and Board meetings are free and open to the
public. Guests are welcome and encouraged to come.
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Find out what trips are coming up so that you
can join many other genealogists like
yourself to fulfill your research needs.
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