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DNA to be topic of meeting and free webinar

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The DNA Genealogy Group of Long Island will meet on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. at the Bethpage Public Library.

This month’s meeting will be member presentations. Please share your DNA successes! Or something that excites you about genetic genealogy.

For more information, go to: https://dggli.wordpress.com/

The Southern California Genealogical Society will present a free webinar, “Your Mom’s mtDNA,” on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 1 p.m.

The mtDNA test is among the more expensive of DNA testing options and most find the results confusing and inconclusive. Is this test worth your time and money?

To register for the webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5051021557561870596

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Free webinar to discuss Chinese Exclusion Act records

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office will present a free webinar on Thursday, Nov. 30 at 1 p.m.

The topic will be “Chinese Exclusion Act Files and Records Overview.” The webinar will use a timeline to discuss a variety of records inherited or created by the INS. Records today can be found at regional archives, the National Archives in Washington, D.C. and at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office. Also discussed will be what resources are available for those doing Chinese Exclusion-era research.

To attend the webinar, go to: https://www.uscis.gov/HGWebinars and click on the link for Nov. 30, 2017.

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22 November 2017 New website focuses on Mayflower ancestors

New website focuses on Mayflower ancestors

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The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) has launched a new interactive website that presents authoritative biographies the Pilgrims.

This is the first online gallery of Pilgrim descendants. Descendants are invited to commemorate their ancestor by placing their name, photograph, and other identifiers in an online gallery.

In a section of “Meet the Passengers,” the website lists the names of 108 passengers and crew members and highlights those known to have left descendants, allowing participants to link directly to the Pilgrim who is part of their family tree. A world map illustrates the location of Pilgrim descendants from all over the world and allows users to click on each for more information from the descendant’s own profile.

The new website from NEHGS is part of the organization’s preparation for the commemoration in 2020 of the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s passage and landing on American shores.

To start searching the website, go to: http://mayflower.americanancestors.org

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‘Finding Your Roots’ continues on Tuesday

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The PBS show “Finding Your Roots,” hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will continue on Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m.

In this episode guests will include Tea Leoni and Gaby Hoffman. Both are introduced to biological ancestors they never knew they had.

For more information, on the show, go to: http://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/home/

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Three free genealogy webinars scheduled for this week

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Several free webinars will take place covering topics such as federal records, Midwest research and probate records.

Wisconsin State Genealogy Society will present “Midwest Historical Genealogy for Genealogists” on Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. An understanding of how geography and technology drove a region’s history creates context for your ancestors’ migrations. Cincinnati was Porkopolis. Chicago out-dueled St. Louis. Minneapolis milled grain from the Dakota bonanza farms. The Upper Midwest farmlands, forests and mines fed the cities’ hunger for food and lumber and steel. Copper and iron ore drew immigrants to the lands around Lake Superior. Learn about how the development of the Midwest created opportunity and hardship for your ancestors.

To register for this webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1084030882920407553

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will present “Research in Federal Records” on Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. Federal records offer genealogical gold with both direct references to our ancestors and rich contextual background information. But it can be daunting to explore record groups that are not readily available online. The wide array of tools includes paper finding aids, preliminary inventories, online indexes, web guides, and published articles, as well as the National Archives Catalog. The speaker will offer several case studies that highlight the integration of multiple research tools.

To register for this webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1534213824243400961

The Georgia Genealogical Society will present “Where There Is or Isn’t a Will” on Wednesday, Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. Where there’s a will, there’s a probate. And often when there isn’t a will, there’s still a probate. Understanding the process and finding the records created when our ancestors died can help break through those brick walls.

To register for this webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/907439424275633154

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Three local genealogy groups to meet this weekend

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The Patchogue-Medford Genealogy Research Group will meet on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. This month’s program will be “Finding Your Family History Through DNA or How I Got a Sister Instead of a Bicycle for My 65th Birthday.” The speaker will be Chuck Weinstein.

The meeting will take place at the Patchogue-Medford Public Library. For more information, call 631-654-4700.

The Irish Family History Forum will also meet on Saturday. At 10 a.m. there will be a “Tips and Tricks” session followed by an “Ask the Experts” program at 10:45 a.m.

The featured program will be “Irish Genealogy 101” presented by Kathleen McGee. She will discuss how to avoid common mistakes and how to find your ancestor’s origin through U.S. records. In addition, she will discuss Irish resources such as census records, civil registration and parish records.

The annual elections will take place at the meeting to fill open positions on the Board of Directors. For more information, go to the club website at: www.ifhf.org.

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island will met on Sunday, Nov. 19 at 2 p.m.

This month’s program will be “Henry Alsberg: Unsung Jewish Hero” prsented by Susan Rubenstein DeMasi.

Henry Alsberg, a foreign correspondent and aid worker, wrote about the terrors he witnessed and risked his life to assist his co-religionists. As a volunteer for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, he helped set up orphanages, farming cooperatives, and schools, and he arranged for the safe emigration of thousands of Jews to the Americas. Later, he brought his adaptation of the Yiddish classic, The Dybbuk, to the English-speaking stage and directed the New Deal Federal Writers’ Project.

For more information, go to the club website at: http://jgsli.org

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Four free genealogy webinars scheduled for this week

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There will be four free genealogy webinars this week with topics such as Civil War medical records and doing on-site research.

The Illinois State Genealogical Society will present “Hard to Find but Valuable Prairie State Resources for Genealogical Research” on Tues. Nov. 14 at 9 p.m. Stuck using the same old resources looking for your Illinois ancestors? Learn how to “mine” an extensive list of archives, libraries, online sites and unusual places and “strike gold” in your search.

To register, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5490586515192783362

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will present “British and Irish Research: the Differences” on Wed. Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. Ireland was England’s oldest colony, so many assume the records will be the same. They are not precisely because the two country’s histories and their relationship to each other were different. Many are aware of the loss of Irish records, but there are great treasure troves of surviving records which don’t exist in England – records about war, rebellion, security and land control. This webinar will examine these differences in records and research techniques between Britain and Ireland, why Irish records were created, or destroyed, and how they can be used to unlock your past.

To register for this webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7967394785570639620

Southern California Genealogy Society will present “Ancestral Hunting Grounds: Doing On-Site Research” on Wed. Nov. 15 at 9 p.m. It’s more than a vacation; It’s a hunting trip! And the game? Your ancestors’ home, place of business, tombstone, records, and more. But it’s more than jumping in the car or on a plane: it takes planning and preparation. Learn how to hunt successfully.

To register for this webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2632513790308628484

Florida State Genealogical Society will present “Civil War Medical Records” on Thurs. Nov. 16 at 8 p.m.

To register for this webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4994541844861717506

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‘Finding Your Roots’ to continue on Tuesday

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The PBS show “Finding Your Roots,” hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will continue on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m.

There will be 10 episodes this season. In this episode guests will include: Lupita Nyong’o, Carmelo Anthony and Ana Navarro. These guests will learn how their ancestors were shaped by political turmoil and violence.

For more information, on the show, go to: http://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/home/

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10 November 2017 ArkivDigital offers free access to records this weekend

ArkivDigital offers free access to records this weekend

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The Swedish records website ArkivDigital is offering free access to its All-In-One service this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 11 and 12.

New users and users with a Base subscription will get access to everything in the database.

ArkivDigital has church books, estate inventories, tax registers, military rolls, spy documents, passenger ship manifests, Swedish American church books in Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska, aerial photos and many other historical documents.

To start searching records, go to: http://blog.arkivdigital.net/try-arkivdigital-for-free-this-weekend.

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Free webinar discusses New York City research tips

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A free webinar on conducting New York City research is available on Legacy Family Tree Webinars through November 15.

The webinar, presented by Michael Strauss, covers many aspects of researching in New York City. The following topics are covered: Vital Records, New York State Census, City Directories, Telephone Books, Maps and Atlases, Sourrogate Court, Court Records, Business Records and Newspapers.

To view this webinar, go to: https://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id=541

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