Family history month is celebrated
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BY SHARON BURNS
Published: October 20, 2008
October is Family History Month, and the Oklahoma History Center Research Library is celebrating with a Lock-In and Book Sale from 5:30 p.m. Friday to 7:30 a.m. Saturday in the library at the history center, 2401 N Laird.
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Genealogy notes
→Derek "Deke” Arndt, associate state climatologist, will be the featured speaker at the Cleveland County Genealogical Society meeting at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in the CSBI classroom, 1119 E Main, Norman.
Arndt will present "Winds of Change: 10 Weather Events That Impacted History in Oklahoma and Beyond.” The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call the society’s library at 701-2100 between 1 and 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday or e-mail CCGS@csbi.org.
→The Tulsa Genealogical Society Mini-Workshop, "America Goes West — Steamboats & Waterways,” with Steve King will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at 9136 Briar Village Shopping Center. The workshop is a fundraiser with a suggested donation of $7.50. For more information, contact Judy Strout at (918) 663-6363 or go online to www.tulsagenealogy.org.
→The Oklahoma History Center will present "Oklahoma Territorial Records” from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 29. Although much of the 1890 U.S. Census enumeration was destroyed, there are other valuable resources available to assist with early Oklahoma research such as the 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census, "Smith’s First Directory of Oklahoma Territory” and many more documents.
Preregistration of $10 is required. Lunch is included. To register, call 522-5225.
If you have a question, event, idea or experience to share, e-mail Sharon Burns at sburns@opubco.com.

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