Archives for September 2016

Webinar series to focus on Jewish genealogy research

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Orlando will be presenting 10 FREE webinars, entitled “My Jewish Roots.”

The first program, “Begin Building Your Family Tree”, will take place on Monday, Sept. 6 from 7-9 p.m. It will cover the fundamentals of starting your family discovery journey: how to write down what you currently know, how to interview and record living relatives, finding family history artifacts, how to select family tree software, the importance of collecting DNA, and other topics important to preparing and organizing your family history.

Future programs will cover: how to connect to family discovery resources and experts; how to discover the ancestral towns outside of the U.S.; how to decide who to test, which DNA test, and with which company to test; understanding your DNA results; researching with Ancestry.com; researching family in the Shoah; and researching ancestral records in the native country.

To register for the first program in the series, go to: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6723108258891330563

For more information about the series, go to: www.jgsjo.org/MyJewishRoots

Free webinars to focus on newspapers, Cloud research

Two free webinars are coming up in the next week.

The Southern California Genealogical Society will present a free webinar on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 1 p.m. entitled “Discover Family History in Newspapers Online and Off.”

Learn to locate microfilm or searchable online images of historical newspapers the tricks of successful searches. Discover family events and the communities your ancestors lived in.

To register for this webinar, go to: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8009592934700619009

The Minnesota Genealogical Society will present a free webinar on Wednesday, Sept. 7 from 7-8 p.m. entitled “7 Ways to Use the Cloud for Your Genealogical Research.”

This presentation will include explanations of what the cloud can do for you and ways to protect your privacy. Discussion will cover ways to use the cloud to make your personal research more effective and easier to share with other generations of your family. Topics covered will include: what the cloud is and cloud tools to share photos, files, notes, trees, audio, video, and stories.

You must register for this free program. To register, go to: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/157814375008134145