DGS Newsletter, Volume 29, Number 4, April 2005 Page: 66
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Intermediate Legacy Family Tree: July 19, 21,
26, 28, & August 2, 4. (Tuesdays & Thursdays),
9:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m., 6 sessions over 3 weeks.
Instructor: Glenn Kinkade, 214-349-3808,
glennkinkade@comcast.net
Brookhaven Contact Information: DeBorah 972-
860-4807 or Janice 972-860-4698.
Note: If you are 65 years of age or older and
reside in Dallas County, or own property in
Dallas County, tuition is waived for up to six
credit hours per semester. You pay only for
textbooks.
Richland College for Spring 2005
Schedule of Genealogy Classes by
Don Raney, 972-278-3381,
donraney@comcast.net
Genealogy Level III: 1 Apr-29 Apr, Fridays, 1:00
p.m.-4:00 p.m.
The Master Genealogist: 1 Apr-29 Apr, Fridays,
9:00a.m.-12:00 n
Call the Richland Emeritus Office at 972-238-6958
for registration information. Tuition is $30.00 but
classes are free for residents of Dallas County over
age 65.
EMILY CROOM UNPUZZLED THE AUDIENCE
WITH STYLE AND GRACE!Lecturer and writer Emily Croom entertained and
enlightened over 125 attendees at the March 5th
Seminar. Emily's use of case studies and research
examples helped to clarify the many methodology
suggestions that she had. If you missed her
lectures, you can find Emily's books: Unpuzzling
Your Past, The Genealogist's Companion and
Sourcebook, The Sleuth Book for Genealogists,
and A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your
African-American Ancestors at her website:
http://www.unpuzzling.com or at many bookstores.
She also teaches a genealogy course at Barnes
and Noble University online:
http://university.barnesandnoble.com/.No endeavor the size of the DGS seminars
operates without volunteers. The outstanding crew
of volunteers that helped to make Emily Croom's
seminar an outstanding success for our attendees
included: Janet Branstetter, Mel Brewer, Gene
Burris, Bill Deal, Elizabeth Diehl, Bill Dow, Marti
Fox, Sharon Henry, Bobbie Jean Hooser, Alan &
Betty Miller, Ed Millis, Susan Morris, Frances
Quigley, Betty Jean Steinke, Shirley Sloat, Jeri
Steele, Tresa Tatyrek, and John & Barbara Wylie.
Reported by: Jeri Steele
Exec/VP Fundraising
So Why Lock Up the Birth Records?
From Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter of 27 Feb 2005.
It seems that every week we hear of one more
situation in which some politician or bureaucrat is
trying to restrict access to public domain vital
records. Everybody is trying to lock out everyone,
including genealogists. Our right to access to public
domain birth, marriage, and death information is
being threatened constantly under the guise of
"preventing identity theft."
Balderdash! (That's as strong a word as I will use in
this family-oriented publication.)
I am sure that the politicians love the limelight back
home when they can brag that they have taken
action to "prevent identity theft." Heck, nobody is in
favor of identity theft, right? Therefore, just
proclaiming to have taken some token action under
the smoke screen of "preventing identity theft" is
sure to win a few more votes in the next election.
"Facts? What facts? Don't bother me with facts, I've
got a re-election campaign to win."
Well, now a new study has provided genealogists
with some hard facts. These facts should serve as
pinpricks to any inflated claims of preventing
something that never existed. A new survey of
4,000 consumers, about 500 of whom were identity
theft victims, was recently conducted by Javelin
Research and the Better Business Bureau for
CheckFree, Visa, and Wells Fargo Bank. This study
is based on cold, hard facts, not the rhetoric or
conjecture of someone who makes
pronouncements not grounded in reality.Dallas Genealo.ical Society / April 2005 / Volume 29/ Number 4 66
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