The Southeastern Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society is hosting Ancestor Quest 97, held August 1-4 in Moncton, New Brunswick. The focus is on Irish, Yorkshire, and Planter migration, as well as Acadian settlement in the maritimes. For further information, contact Ancestor Quest 97, 202 Canterbury Ave., Riverview, NB E1B 2R5

The University of Aberdeen Centre for Continuing Education is offering a four day summer course entitled "Digging Up Your Ancestors--Family History Summer School." The class will run from 4-8 August 1997 at the Regent Building, Old Aberdeen, Scotland. The course fee is 85 BP (British Pounds); for further information contact the Center for Continuing Education, Regent Building, University of Aberdeen, AB24 3FX, Scotland.

The Hot Springs Village Genealogical Society joined with the Melting Pot Genealogical Society will present a lecture by Desmond Walls Allen Saturday, 20 September 1997 at the Coronado Center, Hot Springs Village, AR. For further information, call Mary Reid Warner at 501-922-6598.

The German Interest Group is sponsoring a German Workshop Saturday, 13 September 1997 at St. Janesville, WI. Featured speakers will be Andrew Chiello and Marjorie Van Galder; for further information, call 608-752-0714.

The Butler County Chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society and The Southwest Butler County Genealogical Society are sponsoring the Autumn Leaves Genealogical Seminar at the Marcum Conference Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio on Saturday, 1 November 1997 between 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Principal speaker is Dr. Philip R. Shriver, former president of Miami University, Professor of History. Seminar topics include: Beginning Genealogy, Researching Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, German Research, Vital Statistics, Records Centers, Computer Programs and Usage, Research Centers - Cincinati, Ft. Wayne. Door prizes, surname board, handouts, society information and a vendor area. Advance registration before October 20, 1997 -- $22.00. LATE REGISTRATION OR AT THE DOOR -- $27.00. Price includes lunch. For more information or registration, contact: Ann Elam, 362 S Eastview Parkway, Hamilton, Ohio 45015-1806 or TheDonL@concentric.net.

Discovering Your Heritage. An all day genealogical workshop presented by Everton's Genealogical Helper sponsored by The Passaic County New Jersey Historical Society Genealogy Club. Saturday, October 18 1997 at Louis Bay Memorial Library, 345 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne, NJ. Registration begins 9:00 AM. Members $24.00, non members $25.00. For further information, or to register, send your name, address and phone to: PCHS Genealogy Club, c/o Maryjane Proctor, 210 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ 07470-3323. (Make check payable to PCHS Genealogy Club.)

"Lighting the Way to Successful Research." Southern Genealogist's Exchange Society's 34th Annual Seminar, October 11, 1997, 8 am to 5 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1415 S. McDuff Ave., Jacksonville, Florida. Speakers & Subjects -- Robert S. Davis, Jr., Historian at Wallace State College, Hanceville, AL, Understanding Georgia Land Grants & Land Lottery Records, Exotic Sources for Alabama Research. Murphy's Law: Angels, Ghosts, Genetically Inherited Information and Why Bad Things Happen to Good Researchers. Russell Alexander, Archivist of Florida State Archives Reference Unit, Tallahassee, Types of Records Available for Genealogical Research in Florida State Archives, Gale Peters, Archivist of National Archives Southeast Region, East Point, Georgia. Holdings & Services Available for Family History Research at SE Regional Archives, East Point. Genealogical Services Offered at National Archives, Washington, D.C. Preregistraiton: Member $27, Non-Member $30. Includes Lunch. REGISTRATION AT DOOR: MEMBER $32 NONMEMBER $35. For More Information Call: (904)387-9142 or (904)246-9343. Visit our web page at http://www.angelfire.com/fl/sges.

"Tracking Our Heritage," "The Pathways of Our Knowledge." Second Annual Central Indiana Genealogy Conference sponsored by Genealogical Society of Marion County, Saturday, September 27, 1997. Workshops--- Vendors--- Genealogy Computer Center --Societies/Associations. If you would like your name added to our mailing list for information as it becomes available email us at our Homepage...GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF MARION COUNTY, Indianapolis,Indiana. The URL is: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/family123/main.htm.

Montana State Genealogical Society's District Nine presents "Turn Over a New Leaf" on Friday, September 19, 1997 and "Sorting the Leaves: A Computer Workshop" on Saturday, September 20, 1997. PILING THE LEAVES: A 100% Guaranteed Recipe for Genealogical Success. A GATHERING OF THE LEAVES: Come and see what the new MSGS District Organizations can do to help you and your local society further your genealogical goals. SUSTENANCE FOR THE LEAVES: Lunch. WHERE DID THE LEAF COME FROM: Documentation: A Comedy of Errors or The Road to Repentance by Pat Thompson SEARCHING THROUGH THE LEAVES: Sources You've Overlooked by Donna Potter Phillips. For further information visit http://www.marsweb.com/~scooby/leaf_info.htm, e-mail Wendy Garner, or please contact the District Nine Representative, Mary Hurley, at: 233 Paso Dr., Stevensville, MT 59870 or (406) 642-3827.

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