Previous Events

2009 Events

December 12, 2009

Speaker: Larry Fermi, a popular genealogical speaker, researcher from Red Bank, NJ since 1989 and part-time actor presents "Buon Giorno! Italian Records Research." Learn about researching your Italian ancestors.
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Secaucus Public Library, Secaucus, NJ
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November 14, 2009

Speaker: Tom Bernardin, former National Park Service tour guide at Ellis Island, history buff, preservationist, and author of The Ellis Island Cookbook presents "Ellis Island—The Golden Door." What do the countless immigrant stories reveal about turn-of-the-twentieth-century America? Learn what was it really like for the immigrants who came through Ellis Island in this slide presentation/lecture.
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Secaucus Public Library, Secaucus, NJ
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October 10, 2009

Speaker: Cynthia Harris and Leon Yost, co-authors of "Changing Jersey City- A History in Photographs" discuss then and now in Jersey City.
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Secaucus Public Library, Secaucus, NJ
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June 13, 2009

Speaker: John Gomez, one of the Founders and current President of the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy at www.jclandmarks.org will be presenting "Hudson County Landmarks."
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Secaucus Public Library, Secaucus, NJ

May 9, 2009

Speaker: Richard Veit and Mark Nonestied lecture kicks off “The Lost Cemeteries of Hudson County” Bus Tour.
Time: 10:00 am - about 2:00 pm
Location: Secaucus Public Library, Secaucus, NJ (and other)
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April 4, 2009

Speaker: Jim Madden of the New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association presents "How to research your Civil War Ancestors".
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Secaucus Public Library, Secaucus, NJ
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March 14, 2009

Speaker: Beverly Yackel of the Monmouth County Genealogy Society Speakers Bureau, will be presenting "Getting Organized"
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Secaucus Public Library, Secaucus, NJ
Note: this is also a regular meeting of the HCGS.

February 14, 2009

Speaker: Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak avid genealogist and author of Honoring Our Ancestors: Inspiring Stories of the Quest for Our Roots, In Search of Our Ancestors: 101 Inspiring Stories of Serendipity and Connection in Rediscovering Our Family History, and They Came to America: Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors, will be presenting "Trace Your Roots with DNA."
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Secaucus Public Library, Secaucus, NJ
Note: this is also a regular meeting of the HCGS.
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January 24, 2009 (rescheduled from January 10)

Speaker: Dan McDonough presenting "The Hudson County Burial Grounds and Snake Hill Cemetery."
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Secaucus Public Library, Secaucus, NJ
Note: this is also a regular meeting of the HCGS.
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