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Friday, September 26, 2008
Comfort Inn Mineral Point
1345 Business Park Road
(Just off HIghway 18/151 - exit 37 or 40)
Sponsored by The Southwest Wisconsin Cornish Society
and The Cornish Society of Greater Milwaukee
Handicap accessible with plenty of free parking
NOTE: A block of rooms has been set aside for genealogy and festival guests at a reduced rate. The rate applies for two nights, Thursday 25 Sep and Fri 26 Sep. Reservations must be made by 15 Sep to receive the rate. Call the Comfort Inn 608-987-4747.
Registration form
Speakers for the
Genealogy Seminar
David Holman is an experienced Family Historian from Cornwall, over the last 25 years he has successfully researched his own family in Cornwall back to the 17th Century. David teaches Family History part–time at Cornwall College and has toured Cornwall, the UK, the USA, Australia & New Zealand giving talks on family history illustrating some of the more fascinating and unusual discoveries he has made.
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James Hibbard, University Archivist, UW-Platteville. He oversees UW-Platteville’s Southwest Wisconsin Room which houses a genealogical/local history room (containing a sizeable Cornish collection), the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Area Research Center for Southwest Wisconsin, and the university’s archives. An avid student of genealogy/local history and the Civil War, James has published articles in Everton’s Genealogical Helper and published a book on the history of Platteville, Wisconsin entitled Platteville. James lives in Lancaster, Wisconsin, with his wife Dori and their daughter Violet Rose.
David McDonald, CG, has lectured for local and state societies since 1983, as well as the National Genealogical Society conferences in ‘05, ‘06, and ‘08 (upcoming); and the Federation of Genealogical Societies conference in ‘07. David serves on the NGS Board of Directors, and is editor of the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter.
Shirley Morrish was born and raised in Cornwall and currently lives in Redruth. A member of the organizing committee for the first Dehwelans, she is active with the hospital in Truro and has amazing organizational and mechanical skills. Shirley is a familiar face at Cornish Fest, as she often times her yearly visits to her daughter’s home in Platteville to coincide with the Festival.
 Genealogy Seminar Tentative Schedule
Friday, 26 September 2008:
- 8:15 - 9:15 am Registration, continental
breakfast
- 9:15 9:30 am Welcome by Joe Trewyn
- 9:30 10:15 am “Interesting Facts and
Figures from Five Centuries” by David Holman
- 10:30 11:15 am “Thundering Overland,
Thundering Underground: Cornish Migrants to the US” by
David McDonald
- 11:15 1:00 pm Lunch
- 1:00 1:45 pm “Interpreting Sources: How
to get the Most from your Research” by James
Hibbard. A discussion of the Southwest Wisconsin Room’s
multitude of genealogical/local history sources and how they
may be used for research.
- 2:00 2:45 pm “Breaking Down Your Brick
Walls” by David Holman
- 3:00 4:00 pm “Personalized genealogy
research” with David Holman (Attendees are
invited to bring written information on one “Brick
Wall” ancestor for David to help you research.)
Saturday, 27 September 2008:
- 10 am2 pm Ancestry.com Mineral Point Public Library
- 10 am “Was there a Bal Maiden in your Cornish Mining Family” by Shirley Morrish at the Opera House. At least 60,000 women and girls worked at the mines and associated industries between 1720 and 1920. Shirley will relate the nature of their work, working conditions and tell selected stories of bal maidens who emigrated to the Americas.
- 10 am 2 pm Personalized genealogy assistance with
David Holman at the Library.
- 1:00 - 1:45 pm "Genetic Genealogy and the Bassett y-chromosone
project" by Jeffery Bassett. An explanation with visual aids.
Jeffery simplifies what many people feel to be a complicated
subject, and brings out the value of combining DNA research
with standard genealogy research.
Registration
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Don’t Forget to stay and enjoy the
Festival!
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