*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* CFA Online Newsletter May 2002 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* WELCOME Thank you for subscribing to the CFA Online Newsletter. We're happy to have you with us and we'd like to hear from you. If you have something to add to the newsletter or ideas for future editions, please contact Cindy at (archive only). Thanks! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* UPDATES 2002 CFA Convention in Salt Lake City, UT is only weeks away!! CFA Conference Program Friday, May 17, 2002 8 am Registration 8:30am-10:30am Free Breakfast and Business Meeting - (at Quality Inn) 11:-12:30 Introduction and Tour of FH Library (meet at Museum Auditorium Next door) -Group Orientation and Room Reserved . Note: the FH Library is about 8 blocks north of the Quality Inn. Free public transportation is available between the two locations. Lunch on your own and FHL time 2:-3 pm Class (held at Museum Auditorium) -Room Reserved 3:30-4:30 pm Class (held at Museum Auditorium) - Room Reserved Dinner on your own and FHL time 7:-10 pm Family History Library Research with help from Bob and Elaine Booth, Phil Ellsworth and others[Cherie Pauley] . Those wanting help meet upstairs on US Microfilm Floor at the tables in the Foyer. Saturday, May 18, 2002 Free Breakfast at Quality Inn 7:30 am FHL open for use on your time 10:-12:30 (group A) 2 Internet or Computer-related Classes ( Main Floor West Wing of Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg, off of the FamilySearch center). Half of the group - Room Reserved Note: the JSMB building is about one block east of the FH Library. 10:-12:30 (group B) Exploring the Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg's (JSMB) Family History and Biography Collection on the 4th Floor . Half of the group. (group expected) Lunch on your own and FHL time 3:-5:30 (group A) Exploring the Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg's (JSMB) Family History and Biography Collection on the 4th Floor . Half of the group. (group expected) 3:-5:30 (group B) 2 Internet or Computer-related Classes ( Main Floor West Wing of Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg, off of the FamilySearch center). Half of the group - Room Reserved. 7:-10 (Dinner will be served promptly at 7 pm) Dinner and Awards Banquet with speaker Jean Chapman Snow on "General Chapman Origins" to be held at the Lion House [next door to JSMB, the Lion House is a special historical home in Salt Lake that has been turned into a quality restaurant]. - Reserved FH Library closes at 10 pm. Sunday, May 19, 2002 Free Breakfast at Quality Inn FHL Closed today --all day-- however, Temple Square and other historical sites are open. Most commercial areas will be closed. 8:45 am -10:15am Mormon Tabernacle Choir Performance at Tabernacle on Temple Square. Doors close promptly at 9 am - no one admitted after, this is a live broadcast for TV. Go on your own. All Day on your own. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* WEB SITES OF INTEREST GenHelp.org - This site was created by five experienced and devoted genealogists. The goal of the site is helping all genealogists, from novice to advanced, improve their research skills. http://www.genhelp.org/ Virtual Jamestown - The archive is a digital research project focusing on Jamestown and "the Virginia experiment". http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/ Backdrop of History - An article on using history in presenting your family heritage. http://www.webYFL.com/generic58.html *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* MEMBERSHIP INFO You can view the membership information on the CFA Web Site at: http://www.chapmanfamilies.org/member.html *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* CFA OFFICERS PRESIDENT: Robert Chapman email: robertbchapman@cs.com VICE PRESIDENT: (Vacant) SECRETARY: Jackie Chapman Konecny email: JKone27534@aol.com TREASURER: M.D. Chapman Morgan email: 74454.2063@compuserve.com EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Robert L. Sonfield email: robert@sonfield.com LIBRARIAN: Dian Chapman Gustafson email: chappie@1extreme.net HISTORIAN: (Vacant) EDITOR: Robert B. Chapman email: robertbchapman@cs.com GENEALOGIST: (Vacant) WEBMASTER: Cindy Kuhn email: sinda_k@yahoo.com PUBLICIST: Phyllis "Shelly" Chapman email: lazarusette@hotmail.com CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: Gilbert K. Alford, Jr. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Should you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact Cindy Kuhn, CFA Online Newsletter Editor, by email at sinda_k@yahoo.com *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*