UPCOMING EVENTS
VGS Live Online Webinar
How Did My Pennsylvania Ancestors Get There? Migration Trails West
Date: Monday, March 8
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Speaker: Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL
This presentation will help attendees give much thought to the five WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY & HOW of migration. You must register to attend this event. Please see complete details and registration link on our Coming Events page.
UPCOMING SIG MEETINGS
Monday, March 1, 2021
Jewish Genealogy SIG
Zoom Meeting: 10:00-11:50 am
Coordinator: Herb Siegel
Programs: Phil Goldsmith
Monday, March 1, 2021
RootsMagic SIG
Zoom Meeting: 2:30-4:20 pm
Coordinator: George Zitterell
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Adoption & Missing Kin SIG
Zoom Meeting: 9:30-11:20 am
Topic: An Adoptee's Story
Speaker: J. Michael Springmann
Coordinators: Anne Berg & Marcella Zorn
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
French Canadian Genealogy SIG
Zoom Meeting: 9:00-10:50 am
Topics: Explanation of the term "Dit"; How our SIG came to be and evolved over the years; Q&A Opportunity
Coordinator: Jean Colman
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Eastern European Genealogy SIG
Zoom Meeting: 1:00-2:50 pm
Coordinators: Carol Myers & Marie Musialek
Friday, March 5, 2021
British SIG
Zoom Meeting: 9:30-11:20 am
Coordinators: Pat Adams & Phyllis Sample
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
FindMyPast . . . recently added over 23,000 baptism, marriage and burial records from north-east Wales. To search these records, click HERE
FindMyPast has also added six new Caribbean newspapers and, for the first time, a New Zealand newspaper. To search their newspaper collection, click HERE.
WEBINARS
familytreewebinars.com
British Genealogy Online: The Top English & Welsh Family History Websites
Tuesday, March 2, @ 8:00pm (EST) Presenter: Rick Crume
Researching your family history in England and Wales has never been easier. Many digitized church records, census records and wills are online. Now that newspapers dating back to the 1600s are online, you can search for a name and find it anywhere in millions of pages instantly. Rick will demonstrate some of the key sites for British genealogy, many of which are free.
La Madre Chiesa – Italian Catholic Parish Records
Wednesday, March 3, @ 2:00pm (EST) Presenter: Suzanne Russo Adams, AG
The presentation will discuss researching in baptismal, marriage and burial records of the Catholic Church in Italy. Tips for reading Latin and a brief case study will also be presented. Understanding these principals for Italy can also help with Catholic Church research worldwide.
The Ten Percent: Free People of Color
Friday, March 5, @ 2:00pm (EST) Presenter: Nicka Smith
In 1860, there were more than 4 million enslaved people of African descent living in the United States. At the same time, there were nearly 400,000 free people of color (FPOC) living in the U.S. Learn more about this often not talked about group and how you may have FPOC in your own lineage.
These are free webinars but do require registration. For more details and to register, click HERE.
EDUCATION
nytimes.com
A Teenager Was Bullied. His Ancestors Saved Him.
Dennis Richmond Jr. was a middle-schooler who took refuge in his family history, some of it very surprising. Continue reading . . .
TECHNOLOGY
How-to Geek
A Private Alternative to Google Maps: DuckDuckGo Maps
DuckDuckGo isn’t just a private alternative to Google and Bing’s web search. It has a built-in online mapping solution designed with privacy in mind. If you want to leave Google, you don’t have to stick around for Google Maps. Continue reading . . .
myheritage.com
New: Animate the Faces in Your Family Photos
Do you sometimes wonder how your ancestors moved, smiled and looked in real life? You can now see your ancestors from generations past like never before! We’re happy to introduce Deep NostalgiaTM, a groundbreaking new photo feature on MyHeritage that allows . . . continue reading
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