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Ancestry Day in Oklahoma 2012
August 3-4, 2012
 

Just starting to build your family tree? Ready to take your research skills to the next level?  Trying to break through some brick walls?

Be sure to attend Ancestry Day in Oklahoma 2012. 
Produced by the Oklahoma Genealogical Society and Oklahoma Historical Society Research Library.
Sponsored in part by Ancestry.com.

 

Download the schedule for Friday and Saturday

 

Friday, August 3, 2012: 10am - 4:30pm, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City (across from the state capitol building and plenty of free parking)


Saturday, August 4, 2012, 8am - 5pm: Biltmore Hotel: 401 S. Meridian, Oklahoma City, OK in the South Ballroom. Free parking and a special rate of only $69 per night. To get the special rate, you must call (405)947-7681 and ask for Oklahoma Genealogical Society rate. 

 

Registration is $30 for both days if received before July 1, $35 afterwards.  Please add $20 if you would like to attend the luncheon on Saturday.  Registration will be $40 at the door.  Register online or download the registration form to mail. 


The Biltmore Hotel is on Interstate 40 and has complimentary transportation to Will Rogers World Airport 5 miles south of the hotel. The Hotel is 4 miles from downtown Oklahoma City and 8 miles from the Oklahoma History Center.

Oklahoma Civil War 150 Teachers Institute

July 16-20, 2012

Tahlequah, OK

 

The Oklahoma Sesquicentennial Commission announces the Oklahoma Civil War Sesquicentennial Teachers' Institute, set for July 16-20, 2012, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

 

The Oklahoma Historical Society, with support from the Oklahoma Humanities Council, will host the Teachers' Institute to explore the American Civil War 150 years later. The class will be held in the field around several important landmaCW150 Logorks of the war, including Fort Gibson Historic Site, Honey Springs Battlefield, the George  Murrell Home, the Cherokee Nation Capital Square and others. Facilitators for the event include educational staff from the Oklahoma Historical Society and Northeastern State University. Oklahoma teachers will explore non-traditional classroom civil war experiences, as well as field trips, interactive activities, and other items to share with students. Teachers will each receive a resource kit with classroom hands-on activities and lesson guides. The institute will provide lodging, food and a travel stipend for the week. Only 15 teachers will be selected, so please apply early!

 

This institute is an official education program of the Oklahoma Sesquicentennial Commission and is sponsored by a grant from the Oklahoma Humanities Council, with support from Northeastern State University, and the Oklahoma Historical Society. Apply online or call (580)237-1907 for more information.

 

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OHS EVENTS   

  

7/4/  Fourth at the Fort, 1pm, (918)478-4088
7/14  Annual Memorial Service, 10:30am, (918)473-5672

6/27  OkieTales, 10:30am-11:30am, each Wednesday June & July, (405)522-0785

 

6/27  Muskogee:  Your Key to Northeastern Oklahoma Research Lunch & Learn Lecture, 11:30am, (405)522-5225

 

6/28  Crumbo Spirit Talk Exhibit Opens, (405)522-0784

 

6/30  Beginning Beadwork, 9am-5pm, (405)522-0785
 

7/5  Ben Franklin Live, 10am, 2pm, 7pm, (405)522-0765

 

7/28  Felting Class, 1pm - 2:30pm, (405)522-0785

 

Pawnee Bill Ranch:

6/30  Pawnee Bill's Original Wild West Show Series, 7:30pm, (918)762-2513

 

Sod House:

7/14 Quilting Workshop, 9am, (580)463-2441

7/21  History of Blue Ridge Pottery, 10am, (580)463-2441

 

 








The Importance of History...

 

"History is a great teacher, that's for sure, but the lessons are meaningless unless we learn them well."

Katie Olson
Oklahoma
 Historical Society 
800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK 
 73105
  

 Shelly Crynes, Editor

scrynes@okhistory.org 
(405)522-0317