Our Activities
W.I.S.E.
members participate in activities beyond our regular meetings. We
organize events, make presentations to other family history and
genealogy groups and make ourselves available to the Colorado genealogy
community. We are a totally independent group, but a member of the
Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies.
Salt Lake City Research Trip
We customarily sponsor an annual week-long group
research trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
Summer Social Outing
The
fourth Saturday in June usually is set aside for an outing to a
historic site in our area. In 2009 we visited Leadville where we toured
the National Mining Museum and Hamil House, then lunched at Callaway's
in the historic Delaware Hotel. In 2008, we gathered at Silver Plume
for a tea-luncheon and tours.
Scottish Festival and
Rocky Mountain Highland Games
Every
year we volunteer at the annual Colorado Scottish Festival and Rocky
Mountain Highland Games at Highlands Ranch, joining forces with the
Denver Public Library to staff a family history table. The 2010 games will be held August 14 and 15..
W.I.S.E. Annual Seminar
Each
year - or as the opportunity presents itself - we schedule an all-day
seminar on some aspect of British Isles genealogy. Our 2010
seminar was presented by Paul Milner, a Yorkshire born professional
genealogist and lecturer specializing in British family history.
Holiday Social
We
combine our November and December program meetings on the first
Saturday in December for a social gathering featuring food and drink
from the lands of our ancestors. The 2009 event featured Judy
Williams with a program about British Tea Time.
Volunteer Opportunities
Two
volunteers from W.I.S.E., guided by the DPL genealogy collections
specialist James K. Jeffrey, are compiling a bibliography of British
and Irish holdings throughout DPL collections, including genealogy,
history, biography, travel, royalty, religion and more.
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