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We the People: New landowner map books now available
Online Article | Published: Jun 17, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

Arphax Publishing, www.arphax.com, publisher of the Family Maps series of Land Patent Books and the Texas Land Survey Maps series, recently released original landowner map-books for Green County, Ala.; Meade and Ford counties in Kan.; Tillman County, OK; and Bowie...

3 wildfires burn out of control in Colorado
Online Article | Published: Jun 13, 2013
THOMAS PEIPERT, Associated Press

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire fueled by hot temperatures, gusty winds and thick, bone-dry forests has destroyed 92 homes, damaged five more and prompted more than 7,000 residents northeast of Colorado Springs to flee, sheriff's officials said...

We the People: Dallas-based group to present summer genealogy workshop
Online Article | Published: Jun 10, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

The Dallas Genealogical Society 2013 Summer Institute, “Bits of Yesterday: Using Maps & Records to Complete Your Family Story,” is August 2 and 3 at J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young St., Dallas. Institute programs will focus on using land...

Ken Burns, Mukherjee collaborate on cancer project
Online Article | Published: Jun 4, 2013
By DAVID BAUDER
The Associated Press

Two prominent television figures whose lives were significantly altered by the cancer deaths of loved ones are helping turn a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the history of the disease into a six-hour documentary. Filmmaker Ken Burns announced Tuesday that...

Ken Burns, Mukherjee collaborate on cancer project
Online Article | Published: Jun 4, 2013
DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Two prominent television figures whose lives were significantly altered by the cancer deaths of loved ones are helping turn a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the history of the disease into a six-hour documentary. Filmmaker Ken Burns...

We the People: Genealogy event to feature nationally known speaker
Online Article | Published: Jun 3, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

The Oklahoma Daughters of the American Revolution and the Oklahoma History Center will host a genealogy event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive. Craig Scott, a certified professional genealogist and...

We the People: Oklahoma society joins national project
Online Article | Published: May 13, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

The Oklahoma Genealogical Society has joined the FamilySearch.org U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Community Project. To help index the immigration and the naturalization records of millions of Americans go to www.familysearch.org/immigration and do this: ...

We the People: Genealogy group to examine 'other census'
Online Article | Published: May 6, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

The U.S. Federal Population Schedule, also known as the Federal Census, is used by genealogists and family historians during the research process to learn the names, ages, birth state, occupations and migration patterns of family members. Federal Population...

We the People: Texas map group, OSU library to sponsor meeting
Online Article | Published: Apr 29, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

The Texas Map Society spring meeting, co-sponsored by the Edmon Law Library, will be May 17-18 at the Edmon Low Library, 501 Edmon Low Library, Stillwater. The OSU library includes more than 300,000 maps in its collection and hosts the Oklahoma Digital Maps...

“Gold Rush”: $100,000 “Strike Gold Sweepstakes” entry code featured in season premiere on Oct. 26
Article | Published: Oct 8, 2012, Last Modified: Apr 24, 2013
Melissa Hayer

[img]2034616[/img] Do you feel lucky? If so, be sure and watch the Season Three premiere of “Gold Rush” at 8 p.m. Friday,...

We the People: Arkansas Ancestor Fair set for end of May
Online Article | Published: Apr 22, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

The 24th North Arkansas Ancestor Fair and Genealogical Swap Meet will be May 31 and June 1 in Leslie and Marshall, Ark. Mary Dunn and Anna Pfeiffer, Arkansas History Commission, will present “An Overview of Civil War Resources” and “Official Records...

We the People: Workshop to focus on land records
Online Article | Published: Apr 15, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

The Tulsa Genealogical Society¹s Mini-workshop “Finding and Working With Land Records” will be from 10 a.m. to noon April 20 at the Tulsa Genealogical Society Library, 9136 E 31, Tulsa. Janet Cottrell will discuss property deeds, mortgages and other...

We the People: Local group to host 'Genealogy Round Table'
Online Article | Published: Apr 8, 2013
SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

The Computer Club of Oklahoma City Genealogy Group will meet at 9 a.m., at the CCOKC Resource Center, 3000 United Founders Blvd, Suite 201. Walt Stoyanoski, Jim Ike and La Nell Shores will host the “Genealogy Round Table” program. Attendees are...

We the People: History Center hosts 'Treasures Road Show'
Online Article | Published: Apr 1, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

A “Family Treasures Road Show” will be from 1 to 5 p.m. April 28 at the Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr. Road Show collections care professionals will evaluate one item per participant and provide advice on how to preserve the item. Eight...

We the People: Genealogy seminar to feature national speaker
Online Article | Published: Mar 25, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

The Oklahoma Genealogical Society spring seminar featuring David McDonald will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 6 in the Chesapeake Event Center, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive. McDonald is a professional researcher with experience...

We The People: Conference to examine records and archive research
Online Article | Published: Mar 18, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

The Oklahoma Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pathway to Family Research Conference, will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 13 at the Familysearch Center, 5020 NW 63. Sessions include “Resources Available at the Oklahoma History...

We the People: Dallas meeting to focus on honing research skills
Online Article | Published: Mar 11, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS

The Dallas Genealogical Society Spring Lecture “Records, Research, & Stories” is from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young St., Dallas. Paula Stuart-Warren will speak on topics, including “Tho' They Were...

We the People: Genealogy group set to catalog rural cemetery
Online Article | Published: Mar 4, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

The Oklahoma Home and Community Education Genealogy Group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery to begin transcribing and photographing tombstones. The cemetery is at Waterloo and Sooner roadsin far northeast Edmond. For more information...

We the People: Lost Arkansas land surveys may be found in early transcriptions
Online Article | Published: Feb 25, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

In 1815 President James Monroe commissioned Prospect Robbins and Joseph Brown to begin the first surveys of the Louisiana Purchase west of the Mississippi River. They established the intersection of the baseline and the fifth principle meridian in a swamp in east...

We the People: Club to examine great Irish famine
Online Article | Published: Feb 18, 2013
BY SHARON BURNS sburns@opubco.com

Harolyn Enis, author of “When Ireland Fell Silent,” will present “The Irish Famine and Immigration” at 6:30 p.m. today at the Edmond Genealogical Society meeting at Edmond Historical Museum, 431 S Boulevard, Edmond. Enis, curious about her great...