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== Events  ==
== Events  ==


*'''Saturday, September 28, 2013'''<br><u>'''Family History Festival'''</u>&nbsp;<br>10:00 am to 5:00 pm - Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward, Detroit, MI<br>Presented by Lisa Louise Cooke, Deborah A Abbott - Web: www.detroitpubliclibrary.org<br>This year’s well-known featured speakers are: Lisa Louise Cooke, who will make two presentations entitled “Ultimate Google Search Strategies and Tips” and “Get the Scoop on Your Ancestors with Newspapers” and Dr. Deborah Abbot who will make two presentations are entitled “Researching Archives &amp; Libraries for Overlooked Manuscript &amp; Special Collections” and “Using City Directories: An Overlooked Resource”. The festival is free and no pre-registration required. The Burton Historical Collection will be open for research from 10am-6pm. For further information please visit the web site noted above, or call (313) 481-1401.
=== <u</u>Family History Festival&nbsp; ===
 
*On the last Saturday of September, each year, the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research partners with the Burton Historical Collection and the Fred Hart Williams Genealogical Soiciety, The festival is free and no pre-registration required. The Burton Historical Collection will be open for research from 10am-6pm. For further information please visit the web site noted above, or call (313) 481-1401.


=== Society Meetings  ===
=== Society Meetings  ===
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=== Workshops  ===
=== Workshops  ===


*Our February meeting is our annual bus trip to the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
*Early each year, one of our regular meetings is our annual bus trip to the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
*In the spring, we offer a bus trip for research at the Archives of Michigan in Lansing.


=== Board Meetings  ===
=== Board Meetings  ===
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=== Training Meetings  ===
=== Training Meetings  ===


*Each January, in cooperation with the Oakland County Genealogical Society, our session is held as a preview to our annual research trip to the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. &nbsp; We have speakers from the library give overviews of the holdings and methods to find information.
*Each year, in cooperation with the Oakland County Genealogical Society, our session is held as a preview to our annual research trip to the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. &nbsp; We have speakers from the library give overviews of the holdings and methods to find information.


== Frequently Asked Questions  ==
== Frequently Asked Questions  ==
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