Several free genealogy webinars will take place this week covering Irish research, using periodicals and gravestone research.
The Villages Genealogical Society will present “Opening Records for Closed Churches” on Monday, March 6 at 7 p.m. Finding religious records sometimes requires a “pedigree” of the congregations, many of which don’t exist today and require a scavenger hunt to unearth their registers.
To register, go to: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsfuiqrjMjH9a7f54YoOfsn_MV2m35e1w8
Legacy Family Tree Webinars will present “In-Depth Study of a Gravestone” on Wednesday, March 8 at 8 p.m. Genealogists use gravestone information to document death information, but oftentimes, a burial marker provides more than biographical information. Gravestones, like any record, should be analyzed. In this presentation, we will explore types of cemeteries, the anatomy of a marker, and the “hidden” information the marker provides.
To register, go to: https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/written-in-stone-in-depth-study-of-a-gravestone/
Midwest Genealogy Center will present “Irish Records: The Colonial Period” on Wednesday, March 8 at 3 p.m. Eastern time. Learn about Ireland’s jurisdictions, online resources, and the information needed to know to trace your ancestors in Ireland in the early and late Colonial period.
To register, go to: https://www.mymcpl.org/events/81659/irish-records-research-colonial-period
The Genealogy Club of Newtown (CT) will present “Using Periodicals in Genealogical Research” on Wednesday, March 8 at 6:45 p.m. Learn about the major scholarly journals that every genealogist should be familiar with, and how to search them. Learn how indexes can lead to articles on ancestors or families and also how to avoid some pitfalls.
To register, please sent and email to: genclubnewtownct.secretary@gmail.com
American Ancestors will present “Finding Your Ancestral Homeland” on Thursday, March 9 at 3 p.m. Every family historian wants to visit their ancestral homestead. Changing street names, landscapes, and boundaries can make this task difficult. This online lecture will discuss resources for identifying an ancestor’s address and provide practical skills for finding its current-day location using land deeds, maps, surveys, directories, and other records.
To register, go to: https://hubs.americanancestors.org/finding-your-ancestral-homestead?hs_preview=hFTaRBOR-100795807556
