WPGS Board Meeting
May 13, 2017 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Conference Room, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Main Branch, Pennsylvania Department, Third Floor.
May 13, 2017 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Conference Room, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Main Branch, Pennsylvania Department, Third Floor.
June 10, 2017 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Conference Room, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Main Branch, Pennsylvania Department, Third Floor
October 6, 2018 10:30 am – 12:00 pm 3rd Floor Conference Room, Pennnsylvania Department, Carnegie Library, Main Branch Responding to a Surprise Finding from a DNA Result: Problem-Solving and the Importance of “Family Allies” Presenters: Debra Christopher and Patricia Keller with Ray Jones One of the realities of genetic genealogy is that new DNA results…
March 9, 2019 10:30 am – 12:00 pm South Wing Reading Room, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Main Branch, 4400 Forbes Avenue, 15213 Many family history researchers have been frustrated and given up finding their Irish ancestors, whether in the Republic of Ireland or in Northern Ireland. The consensus has been for many years that all searching…
February 10, 2018 10:00 am – 12:00 pm CLP Main (Oakland) South Wing Reading Room, Second Floor (Former International Poetry Room) Do you have ancestors who participated in the Whiskey Rebellion (1791-1794) here in Western Pennsylvania? Join WPGS to learn more about tracing those ancestors at this presentation by Clay Kilgore, executive director of…
September 8, 2018 10:30 am – 12:00 pm PA Department’s Conference Room on the Third Floor of the Main Branch of CLP Historical lecture by Dr. Miles S. Richards, President, Elizabeth Township Historical Society (ETHS). Presenting a talk on Simon Girty and the Turner Cemetery. Girty (1741-1818) was best known for serving as a liaison between the…
October 20, 2018 11:00 am – 12:30 am Lecture Hall, Main Branch, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Doors open at 10:30AM) Kenyatta D. Berry, co-host of the PBS series Genealogy Roadshow, will monitor a question and answer session about her career, followed by a signing session for her new book, The Family Tree Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to…
October 1, 2018 12:00 am – October 31, 2018 11:59 pm See the attached for a listing of activities throughout the month of October to celebrate Family History Month. Activities are being sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society and The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
November 11, 2017 10:00 am – March 13, 2021 12:00 pm Lecture Hall, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh Pittsburgh and World War I. In honor of all Veterans on this day, this month's free program will be presented by Elizabeth Williams, author of the book Pittsburgh in World War I: Arsenal of the…
June 29, 2017 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm LaRoche College, 9000 Babcock Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15237 Karen Stanbary, CG, of Chicago, Illinois, “DNA: A Power Tool in the Genealogist’s Tool Box” sponsored by Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. Learn the many different ways DNA test results can confirm and advance your traditional paper trail research through case…
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