Tuesday, April 14
Preserving Family History SIG Meeting
2:30 pm to 4:20 pm
Via a Live Webinar
Tom Sodeman and Nancy Schultz , Coordinators
Topic: “How to Blog Your Family Stories the Easy Way”
Guest Speaker: VP Annette Burke Lyttle
Topic: “How to Blog Your Family Stories the Easy Way”
Guest Speaker: VP Annette Burke Lyttle
Description: We will learn how to write and how to blog, including examining different blogging platforms.
Please register for the webinar at:
VGS Sponsored Live Webinars for April:
April 22, 2020 at 10:00 OnlineTopic: “Overcoming the Dead End Doldrums”
Guest Speaker: Paul Milner, FUGA, MDiv.
Description: "All researchers at some time enter the doldrums and feel they have reached a dead end in tracing a particular line. Learn clear steps to overcome the doldrums and get around the dead end."
About: Paul Milner, a native of northern England is a professional genealogist and international lecturer.
Registration: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2952210017324492300
April 22, 2020 at 11:30 Online
Topic: “Effective Use of GENUKI: England’s Largest Free Genealogy Website”
Topic: “Effective Use of GENUKI: England’s Largest Free Genealogy Website”
Guest Speaker: Paul Milner, FUGA, MDiv.
Description: "Learn
how to effectively use the largest free website for British Isles research.
Understand how the site is organized and to find it’s the many resources tools
on the site. Plus see how to find its gems for specific local research"
About: Paul Milner, a native of northern England is a professional genealogist and international lecturer.
Registration: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6663239881952304396
Gen News and Announcements:
"Enjoy a free family history webinar in April 2020 through the world famous FamilySearch Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. This month free online classes feature the English Research Seminar: Commemorating St. George's Day on April 23. 2020. It will include five sessions: An Introduction to English Heraldry, Finding Your Way through Penn's Woods, English Probate Records, Non-conformist Church Records and A Researcher's View of Old English life. Other interesting topics include five European handwriting sessions in Russian. Attend online. No registration is required. See the table of classes below for more details."
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"Inspect over 13 million New York Land Records, US Newspaper obituaries, and American Medical Association physician records newly added this week to historical collections at FamilySearch. Find English and Welsh ancestors in the National Index of Wills and Administrations, and family names in church and civil registrations for Brazil, England, Peru, the Netherlands, South Africa, Chili, American Samoa, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the United States (CA, DC, HI, IA, LA, ME, MI, NE, NC, OH, SC, SD, TX, VA, WI)."
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"If you follow this website at all, you know that I from time to time update the free online historical newspapers that are available for you to search. I originally posted the New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary in February, 2014, and have added many updates, the latest in December, 2019.
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"So what have I been doing?"
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"It’s Census Time and here’s my take on the 2020 U.S. Census.
I’m not impressed."
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Technology:
"Microsoft is hard at work on PowerToys for Windows 10. This open-source project adds many powerful features to Windows, from a bulk file renamer to an Alt+Tab alternative that lets you search for windows from your keyboard."
Continue reading...
Education:
"Discovering the burial location of your ancestors is an important part of genealogy. Here are three ways you can discover the hidden burial locations of your ancestors."
Listen now... 5.31 minutes
Webinars:
"Jump start your family tree by learning how to add and evaluate instant discoveries to your MyHeritage family tree. Each Instant Discovery™ is based on MyHeritage’s superior Smart Matching™ technology from other MyHeritage family trees and Record Matching technologies from other family tree collections with automatic elimination of incorrect matches."
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: James Tanner
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"Many families have the oral history that an ancestor was Native American. How does a family researcher begin to discover if this is true? What federal, state and tribal records are available?"
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Janice Lovelace, PhD
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About: Paul Milner, a native of northern England is a professional genealogist and international lecturer.
Registration: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6663239881952304396
Gen News and Announcements:
Free Family History Webinars for April 2020:
FamilySearch"Enjoy a free family history webinar in April 2020 through the world famous FamilySearch Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. This month free online classes feature the English Research Seminar: Commemorating St. George's Day on April 23. 2020. It will include five sessions: An Introduction to English Heraldry, Finding Your Way through Penn's Woods, English Probate Records, Non-conformist Church Records and A Researcher's View of Old English life. Other interesting topics include five European handwriting sessions in Russian. Attend online. No registration is required. See the table of classes below for more details."
Continue reading...
New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 6 April 2020
FamilySearch"Inspect over 13 million New York Land Records, US Newspaper obituaries, and American Medical Association physician records newly added this week to historical collections at FamilySearch. Find English and Welsh ancestors in the National Index of Wills and Administrations, and family names in church and civil registrations for Brazil, England, Peru, the Netherlands, South Africa, Chili, American Samoa, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the United States (CA, DC, HI, IA, LA, ME, MI, NE, NC, OH, SC, SD, TX, VA, WI)."
Search now...
NY State Historical Newspapers Adds/Updates 16 Titles:
The Ancestor Hunt"If you follow this website at all, you know that I from time to time update the free online historical newspapers that are available for you to search. I originally posted the New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary in February, 2014, and have added many updates, the latest in December, 2019.
Continue reading...
What I've Been Doing During The Covid-19's Social Distancing:
MarieB's Genealogy Blog"So what have I been doing?"
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2020 Census - Oh, Dear!
Genealogy At Heart"It’s Census Time and here’s my take on the 2020 U.S. Census.
I’m not impressed."
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“Roots Less Traveled”
Ancestry
"A new television series co-produced by Ancestry® to debut on NBC April 4. We’re excited to announce we have a new television show debuting on NBC which features real people and their personal discoveries!"
All Microsoft’s PowerToys for Windows 10, Explained:
How-to Geek"Microsoft is hard at work on PowerToys for Windows 10. This open-source project adds many powerful features to Windows, from a bulk file renamer to an Alt+Tab alternative that lets you search for windows from your keyboard."
Continue reading...
Education:
Tricks for Finding the Unknown Burial Location of an Ancestor:
Ancestral Findings"Discovering the burial location of your ancestors is an important part of genealogy. Here are three ways you can discover the hidden burial locations of your ancestors."
Listen now... 5.31 minutes
Webinars:
Jump Start Your MyHeritage Family Tree with Instant Discoveries:
Legacy Family Tree"Jump start your family tree by learning how to add and evaluate instant discoveries to your MyHeritage family tree. Each Instant Discovery™ is based on MyHeritage’s superior Smart Matching™ technology from other MyHeritage family trees and Record Matching technologies from other family tree collections with automatic elimination of incorrect matches."
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: James Tanner
Learn more or Register for this event...
Was Great Grandmother Really Native American?
Legacy Family Tree"Many families have the oral history that an ancestor was Native American. How does a family researcher begin to discover if this is true? What federal, state and tribal records are available?"
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Janice Lovelace, PhD
Learn more or Register for this event...
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