Focusing on genealogy research with emphasis on New York State
The Huntington Historical Society will meet this Saturday, March 7, at 10 a.m.
The topic will be “Civil War Records at the National Archives” and the speaker will be Dorothy Dougherty with the National Archives in New York City.
The meeting will take place at the Conklin Barn, at the corner of New York Avenue and High Street in Huntington.
For more information, call 631-427-7045.
The Southern California Genealogical Society will present a free webinar on Saturday, March 7, at 1 p.m. entitled “Fish and Chips Genealogy : Finding Your Common English Ancestors.”
Learn about basic English genealogy resources – civil registration, censuses and parish church records, and learn basic strategies to work back before 1800 using wills, tax and other records.
You must register for this free webinar. To register, go to:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4073817387490097666
Findmypast has announced free access to records in its collection this weekend. Free access will be from 7 a.m. tomorrow, March 6, until 6:59 a.m. on Monday, March 9.
Records available will include:
*Over 900 million census records from across the UK, USA and Ireland
*Passenger lists for ships sailing to and from Europe, Australia,
New Zealand, and the U.S.
*Birth, marriage and death records dating back to the 18th century
*UK military records
*Irish family history records
*Historical newspapers from across the world
To celebrate International Women’s Day, on March 8 at 7 am, Findmypast will be hosting a webinar on searching for women in their historical records. As, historically, women’s names changed or were not recorded, finding female ancestors can be tricky.
To help everyone make the most of the free weekend, Findmypast has also created a new Getting Started video which will be available all weekend.
To start searching the records, go to: www.findmypast.com/freeweekend.
To access the records you will need to be signed in at Findmypast: you can register for free using your name, email address and country of residence. The free access excludes the UK Electoral Registers (2002-2013) and the UK Companies House Directors (2002-2013) record sets.
The German Genealogy Group will meet this Thursday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hicksville V.F.W. There will be an orientation session at 7 p.m.
The program will be “No Vitals/No Problem! : Building a Family through Circumstantial Evidence.” The presenter will be Judy G. Russell, also known as The Legal Genealogist.
A Certified Genealogist with a law degree, Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL, is a lecturer, educator and writer who enjoys helping others understand genealogical issues ranging from how to use DNA in family research to the way the law affected our ancestors’ lives and the records they left behind. Judy is a Colorado native with roots deep in the American south on her mother’s side and entirely German on her father’s side.
The V.F.W. is located at 320 South Broadway. For more information, go to the club website at:
www.germangenealogygroup.com
