History and Genealogy

The WriteNOW! informal writing group. This is the third year for the group but newcomers are welcome to join any session. We'll start by helping people get over the fear of writing about their lives and the lives of their ancestors and then start work on a personal project.

Special Interest classes, held on the third Saturday of the month (except July, August, and December), focus on research skills and methodology necessary for a successful family history project.

May Topic:
Locating and Using Your Ancestors' Employment and Occupational Records
Presented by Janice Prater

Sponsored by: Western History/Genealogy Department and the Colorado Genealogical Society.
http://www.cogensoc.us/

Free and open to the public.

For more information about classes, e-mail Education Coordinator Lou-Jean Rehn at ljrehn@yahoo.com

This is a one-time basic course for the beginner, repeated each month. Attendees will be introduced to thinking genealogically through the exploration of the following:

Stacks of Paper: How to Organize
Home Sources, Paper, People
Pedigree Charts and Family Group Sheets
W5 - Be a Detective
Beginning Internet Sources
Six Major Record Groups

Attendees should dress comfortably. Consider bringing a seat cushion, bottled water, and a sack lunch (there will be a 30 minute lunch break).
Instructor: Lou-Jean Rehn, CG

Celebrate National Architecture month by learning about the many prominent Denver Architects who chose Fairmount as their final resting place, including Franke Edbrook, Temple Hoyne Buell, Burnham F. Hoyt, and Reinhard Schuetze. Presented by Fairmount Heritage Foundation volunteer Tom Morton.

The Victorians were not as prudish as some believe. Sex, bribery, and other crimes of early Denver were taken to the grave in Denver's Fairmount Cemetery. Hear the scandalous stories!

This weekend marks the 152nd anniversary of the beginning of the U.S. Civil War. Riverside Cemetery, the oldest operating cemetery in Denver, is home to more than 1,200 Civil War veterans, including three Medal of Honor recipients, soldiers that fought with the "Colored Troops," and even some Confederates. Hear some of their stories, presented by the Fairmount Heritage Foundation.

Ann Komara, professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Colorado at Denver, discusses her new book which explores acclaimed landscape architect Lawrence Halprin's urban renewal effort for downtown Denver in the 1970s.

Learn about the great women of Colorado history from the Fairmount Heritage Foundation.

Learn about the great women of Colorado history from the Fairmount Heritage Foundation.

This living history focuses on the early years of former Denver resident Golda Meier, the first female Prime Minister of Israel and one of the 20th century's most influential women. Performance by local actor and scholar Helen Trencher. Part of Light: The Holocaust and Humanity Project, in partnership with The Colorado Ballet. For more information, visit http://coloradoballet.org/performances-1/light-the-holocaust-humanity-pr...