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November 16, 2019	Maureen Taylor Webinar: Identifying and Dating Family Photographs Maureen Taylor, aka the Photo Detective, is an internationally renowned expert in historic photo identification, preservation, and genealogical research. First we’ll see her webinar on Identifying and Dating Family Photos, and then via Skype Maureen will analyze a few old photos for us and answer any questions. 10:00 AM Kathleen McGee “Tips on Researching Irish Civil Registration” 10:30 AM Refreshment Break 10:30 AM Ask the Experts 11:00 AM Featured Speaker: Maureen Taylor
December 14, 2019	*🎄🎄🎄 Annual Christmas Luncheon🎄🎄🎄* *to be held at Irish American Center in Mineola*
January 18, 2020	Susan Jaycox Murphy Cemetery Research: Eternity Is Not Forever Cemetery research can be rewarding for family historians, providing them with information that they cannot find anywhere else. Discoveries can include missing children, unknown relatives, dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths, relationships, group associations, friends, and even photographs. Susan Jaycox Murphy will discuss the law, the practices of cemeteries, what can be found in cemetery research, where we can find records, and what we can do to preserve our family memorials.
February 15, 2020	Show and Tell Members are invited to participate in this program. If you would like to participate, please email Patricia Phelan at programs@ifhf.org. 10:00 – 10:45 Show Members are invited to exhibit family heirlooms, artifacts, letters, clothing, photos, or other objects at display tables in the auditorium. 10:45 Refreshment Break 11:15 Tell Members talk about a favorite or fascinating ancestor, an interesting research story, and so on.
March 21, 2020	Susan R. Miller New York Land: The Soil that Yields Records For those researching families in New York City and New York State, land records can produce a crop of helpful information. Miller will discuss access to land records and will provide an overview to some collections that may yield results for your research.
April 18, 2020	Toni McKeen Becoming an American: Naturalization Records Toni McKeen returns to the Forum to discuss the information naturalization records contain, who became naturalized and why, the steps involved in the naturalization process, the rules for women and why you can’t find them in the records, and the special handling of men serving in the military. McKeen, who has taught genealogy courses for many years, has also lectured at numerous genealogy societies in the Northeast.