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Several free genealogy webinars to cover Danish genealogy, German research

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Several free genealogy webinars will be offered this week covering German research, Ancestry.com and disaster preparedness.

Danish-American Genealogical Society will present “Introduction to Danish Genealogy” on Monday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time. Do you want to research your Danish ancestors but don’t know where to start? Hit a road block? Looking for new leads? This lecture will provide step-by-step instructions,  links to online resources, and ample notes on how to begin and sustain your Danish genealogical research. Whether you are a brand new beginner or have years of experience, you will find valuable tips and information in this lecture.

To register, go to: https://danishgenealogy.org/events

Genealogical Society of Bergen County NJ will present “Utilizing Ancestry’s Databases Beyond Search,” on Monday March 27 at 7 p.m. Many Ancestry.com users rarely search the hidden resources found beyond the initial “Search” feature. Cari will delve into how to extract treasure from some of the lesser-used databases available to all subscribers.

To register, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8855675985809373783

North San Diego Genealogical Society will present “Using Letters, Diaries and Memoirs” on Tuesday, March 28 at 1 p.m. Even if your ancestors left no personal papers, their contemporaries did. You might be surprised how much can be revealed about your family’s past. The presenter will share tips on where to find records and give examples from her blog stories and Gold Rush research.

To register, go to: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrde2vpzwtGtHBoGCeoGRGoD-x5pp3U5Zc

The Niagara County Genealogical Society will present “Disaster Proofing Your Research” on Wednesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. Family historians spend years gathering and compiling records, photographs and family heirlooms to preserve the past and guide the future. Learn about ways to ensure that all this hard work isn’t lost in any number of potential disasters.

To register, email info@niagaragenealogy.org

Germanic Genealogy Society will present “German Pronunciation for Genealogists” on Thursday, March 30 at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Learn how to pronounce your German family names and home villages as well as common genealogy terms and words.

To register, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/9035748503513450844

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Several free genealogy webinars to cover Jewish genealogy, city directories

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Many free genealogy webinars will be given this week covering: Jewish genealogy, city directories and UK archives.

North Hills Genealogists will present  “Introduction to Forensic Genealogy” on Monday, March 20 at 7 p.m. Forensic genealogists do family research for legal reasons. Sometimes that involves DNA, but most often relies on firm documentary evidence. The presenter will discuss how she uses her people locating skills as a forensic genealogist and tell you about the field. You’ll come away with new understanding for how genealogy can be used in a legal setting and go over a sample case she worked on, which involved an understanding of laws in 12 states and over 200 documents as evidence.

To register, go to: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvcuCuqj0tH9e1RiM58CD879RNfc413b0L

Wisconsin Genealogical Society will present “Finding Females in U.S. Naturalization Records, 179-1945” on Tuesday. March 21 at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Whether you’re missing a naturalization record or finding an unexpected one, this session helps you discover how female ancestors — both foreign-born and birthright — gained, lost, or regained citizenship in the United States between 1790 and 1945. US citizenship and attendant rights for women could be fragile, depending on marital status, prevailing laws, social norms, and other shifting factors. Search strategies for finding these records are featured in this presentation.

To register, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2647265986261511949

New York Public Library will present “Getting Started with Jewish Genealogy” on Wednesday, March 22 at 1 p.m.  Join librarians from the Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History, and Genealogy, and the Dorot Jewish Division for an online class that shows you how to begin Jewish genealogy research using collections available at The New York Public Library. Learn about essential reference materials and electronic resources available at the Library and from home.

To register, go to: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2023/03/22/getting-started-jewish-genealogy-new-york-public-library

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will present “PERSI 2.0: The New PERSI for Everyone” on Wednesday, March 22 at 2 p.m.  You may be missing 30% of genealogy discoveries if you’re not digging into issues of old periodicals for biographical profiles, stories about ancestral churches or schools, how-to tips for researching a locale, indexes and transcripts of local records. Learn to find and access this content using PERSI, the Periodical Source Index, NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE on the Allen County Public Library website, and hear success stories that can inspire your own searches.

To register, go to: https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/persi-2-0-the-new-persi-for-everyone/

Allen County Public Library will present “Researching in UK Archives from Abroad” on Thursday, March 23 at 6:30 p. Are you researching your UK ancestors? Join Helen V. Smith as she explores how you can search UK archives from abroad. She has been researching family history since 1986 in Australia, England, Ireland and Wales with forays into other areas of the world chasing after mobile family members. She has spoken in every state and territory in Australia, and internationally in New Zealand, Canada, USA, and England.

To register, go to: https://acpl.libnet.info/event/8056427

Sacramento Public Library will present “What City Directories Can Tell Us” on Saturday, March 25 at 4 p.m. Eastern time. City Directories can provide details on what life was like for ancestors in different eras. Created for salesmen, merchants, and others interested in contacting residents of an area, these directories often list the adult residents of a city, county, or specific area. Generally published annually, this resource may provide clues on ancestors if they were not registered to vote, did not own property, and/or the census enumerator missed the ancestor/family.

To register, go to: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqcOqgqj8rE9SAm-ICK1aGnzeSPBHcDG5s

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Websites to help with Irish genealogy research

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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, here are some links that may help you with your research.

www.ifhf.org – Irish Family History Forum group which meets in Bethpage

www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl – Information by county and many useful links and information

https://www.johngrenham.com  –Can search by surname search, place name search, ancestor search

www.irishgenealogy.ie ($) – Location search, birth record search and gravestone index

www.ancestryireland.com – Ulster Historical Foundation, some free and some pay databases

www.nationalarchives.ie – National Archives of Ireland

www.tiara.ie – Irish Ancestral Research Association

www.irelandgenweb.com – Information by county – part of WorldGen Web

nir-roots.org  – Northern Ireland information by county – part of WorldGen Web

www.nli.ie/family-history– National Library of Ireland

www.prai.ie – Land Registry and Registry of Deeds

http://familyhistory.ie – Genealogical Society of Ireland

www.rootsireland.ie – Irish Family History Foundation

www.emeraldancestors.com  ($) – Databases with marriage, birth, death and census records for Northern Ireland

http://databases.dublincity.ie – Information on Dublin cemeteries, parish records and electoral lists

www.igp-web.com – Ireland Genealogy Projects and Archives

www.irishwarmemorials.ie – Searchable by name, place, regiment or wars

www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/   – Griffith’s Valuation records and maps

http://registers.nli.ie – Catholic parish registers from mid-1700s through the 1880s.

www.cigo.ie/links-page . – Many good links for Irish research

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/- Tithe Applotment books – 1823-1837 for 26 counties.

 

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MyHeritage.com offers free access to Irish collections

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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, MyHeritage.com is making all 106 of our Irish record collections available to search for free for a limited time from now until March 19, 2023.

The MyHeritage Irish collections include Irish birth, marriage, death, census, wills, atlases, directories, calendars, historical books, registers, passenger lists, prisoner, and registration records. Many of the collections also include images.

To begin searching the records, go to: https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-Ireland/

Want to further explore your Irish Heritage? Visit our special Irish Heritage to discover and celebrate your Irish roots! Search the free Irish historical records, read about Irish history, discover the genetics behind red hair, and watch as celebrities discover their Irish heritage.

To learn more, go to: myheritage.com/irish

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Several free webinars to cover Italian research, Mexican census records

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Several free genealogy webinars will be offered this week covering Irish research and Mexican research.

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society will present “The Basics of Italian Genealogical Research” on Monday, March 13 at 7 p.m. Learn about identifying your ancestor’s birth town, the different types of records available online and where to find them, as well as working with Italian civil records.

To register, go to: https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/events/finding-la-famiglia

Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State will present “Synagogue Records as a Genealogical Resource” on Monday, March 13 at 10 p.m. Eastern time. Finding synagogue records can be problematic and time consuming because there are errors in catalogs and a variety of ways materials are described. To make it easier, and in one place, JewishGen starts the search for you with Shul Records America. This new finding aid points to the locations where American synagogue records are held. Launched in fall 2022 with over 450 collections held at 47 repositories or websites, about 20 percent include URLS for digitized materials.

To register, go to: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAuduGrrj0vEtNFnaqVmhoy2dvXU3jrF3TW

Midwest Genealogy Center will present “Irish Records: Waves of Migration” on Wednesday, March 15 at 3 p.m. Eastern time.  Learn to trace your Irish ancestors as they emigrated from Ireland by studying pre-famine, famine, and post-famine periods in Ireland, church records, and civil registration records.

To register, go to: https://www.mymcpl.org/events/81662/irish-records-research-waves-migration

Florida State Genealogical Society will present “Techniques for Successful Problem Solving” on Thursday, March 16 at 8 p.m. The Genealogical Proof Standard states that analysis and correlation of data are necessary before we can say something is proven, but what techniques are best? Many people collect information but don’t know how to manipulate it for evidence analysis. Spreadsheets, timelines, maps, charts and tables are a few of the techniques that will be discussed to pull out evidence needed to answer research questions.

To register, go to:  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqfuuhqz4pGtzxs3GBnqQ7WhvRZbnjIbVa

New York Public Library will present “Irish Research at New York Public Library” on Friday, March 17 at 1 p.m. Use NYPL’s large free public collection of genealogical tools to help you find information on an Irish ancestor, especially those who passed through New York.  Participants will learn about print and electronic sources of information and work on developing a research plan for genealogical quests.  The class will also explore digital resources held online by numerous other institutions, including libraries and archives in Ireland.

To register, go to: https://nypl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1ACMfRRQT8GZ4Kh-UiA0yA

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will present “Colonial-Era Censuses of Mexico” on Friday, March 17 at 2 p.m. Thousands of localized censuses, or padrones, were taken all over Mexico during the Colonial era. Mostly created during the 17th to 19th centuries, these censuses provide a snapshot in time of our ancestral families. Learn to find these censuses for your research locations and discover the content they may hold.

To register, go to:  https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/padrones-of-the-past-colonial-era-censuses-of-mexico/

Western New York Genealogy Society will present “Using Historical Literature to Explore Your Ancestors’ Lives” on Saturday, March 18 at 10:30 a.m. Historical literature, both fiction and non-fiction, can help us to better understand the world in which our ancestors lived and the events that shaped their lives. This presentation looks at how to use historical literature to flesh out the stories of our ancestors and provides example to show what can be learned.

To register, go to: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAod-qhpzsuGdxLHtKd2njrfr-4a7Wi7dMB

 

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Several free genealogy webinars to cover church records, ancestral homelands

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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

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Free seminar on Irish research set for March 13

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The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society will present a free seminar on Irish research on Monday, March 13, in person and online.

10 a.m. – Introduction to the archives in Ireland and their websites

11 a.m. – Review of records for genealogical research including church records, administrative records, vestry minute books and communicant roll

12:45 p.m. – How to use printed sources for Irish family history including street directories, newspapers, ordinance survey memoirs and the Irish manuscript commission

1:45 p.m. – How to use landed estate records to trace families in the 18th and 19th centuries

2:45 p.m. – Sources for finding 17th-century families in Ireland

To register for this seminar, go to: https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/events/irish-records-resources-and-genealogy-ulster-historical-foundation

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