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‘Webtember’ series to begin on Sept. 1

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Legacy Family Tree Webinars will once again present Webtember,  where five free genealogy webinars will be presented each Friday in September.

Friday, Sept. 1 – Connecting Generations Through Probate and Property; Best Practices for Recording Family History Interviews; Finding My 3rd Great Grandfather: How X-DNA Led the Way; Following Oral History in Search of William Davis but Finding Mildred Brand; DNA Matchmaking Made Easy on MyHeritage

Friday, Sept. 8 – 3-2-1- Data Backup is great but First You Need to Find All of Your Data; Italian Local and Parish Censuses; 10 Places to Search for an Ancestor’s Death Date;  Life Cycle of a Record From Clerks and Clerics to You, the Digital User;  Explore Your Ancestors’ Names in the ‘Newspaper Name Index”

Friday, Sept. 15 – Hidden Roots in Your DNA: Adoptee Success; So You Think You Know All About City Directories?; German Protestants in Ukraine; Mexican Land Reform and Ejido; Diving into the Newly Released 1931 Canada Census

Friday, Sept. 22 – 10 More Things To Do Before Leaving a Library or Archive; German Protestants in Ukraine; Lighthouses and Their Keepers; Finding John Lee; Hidden Treasure in New England Town Records; Using Negative Evidence  (must be a member of Legacy Family Tree Webinars)

Friday, Sept. 29 – 50 Family History Writing Tips in 50 Minutes; Another Revolutionary War Case Study; MyHeritage’s U.S. Naturalization Records, Northern California Collection; Welsh Emigration to North America; Mini Case Studies Demonstrate Finding a Town of Origin

To register for any of these webinars, go to: https://familytreewebinars.com/upcoming-webinars/?category=webtember

 

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Several free genealogy webinars cover probate records, DNA results

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Several free genealogy webinars will be offered this week covering probate records, DNA and family interviews.

Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois will present “Help! I Got My DNA Results and Now I’m Confused” on Sunday, Aug. 27 at 3 p.m. Eastern time. Develop an understanding of your results of ethnicity and matches; learn how to prioritize them, and reduce the thousands of matches to numbers you can research and maybe find keys to expanding your genealogy family tree. The speaker will share his processes and techniques to prioritize matches to get organized and feel like you can accomplish something and know what to do next.

To register, go to: https://jgsi.org/event-5242449

Mid Continent Library will present “Tracing Immigrant Origins” on Monday, Aug. 28 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. In order to find 19th and 20th-century genealogical records in a foreign county, you often need to know your ancestor’s hometown. Learn what records exist in the United States to help you find where your immigrant ancestor was born.

To register, go to: https://www.mymcpl.org/events/84975/tracing-immigrant-origins-hybrid

The Allen County Public Library will present “International Research – Where to Begin?” on Thursday, Aug. 31 at 6:30 p.m. Beginning your international research can be intimidating. Each country is different and has its own way of creating, storing and sharing records. Join me to learn where to start and how to approach international research in a systematic way to get the most out of your research time.

To register, go to: https://acpl.libnet.info/event/8802568

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will present “Connecting Generations Through Property and Probate” on Friday, Sept. 1 at 10:15 a.m. Genealogical research involves identifying ancestors, linking them to family members, and then connecting them to the previous generation: sons and daughters to fathers and mothers. As our research moves back in time, particularly once we’ve gotten to the 19th century, connecting one generation to the previous generation becomes more difficult. Consequently, to establish kinship we must broaden our research approach. Using case studies, learn how to use probate and property records to identify family members and connect them to their ancestors.

To register, go to:  https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/connecting-generations-through-probate-and-property/

Legacy Family Free Webinars will present “Best Practices for Recording Family History Interviews” on Friday, Sept. 1 at 11:30 a.m. Family history interviews are invaluable sources for our genealogy research that can also be converted into meaningful keepsake gifts for family. Explore tips and free or inexpensive tools to use with your smartphone, tablet, or laptop to capture family interviews in-person or from afar via Zoom. Learn best practices for planning and directing your interviews.

To register, go to: https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/capturing-their-stories-best-practices-for-recording-family-history-interviews/

 

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Several free genealogy webinars to focus on census records, Polish research

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The Santa Cruz  Jewish Genealogical Society will present “Locating Vital Records in Poland Using Online Records” on Sunday, Aug. 20 at 4 p.m. Eastern time. If you are researching your Jewish ancestral roots in Poland and would like to go beyond Jewishgen and JRI-Poland to find vital records this presentation is for you. This program introduces major websites such as Metryki, GenBaza, Szukajwarchiwach (the Polish State Archives), Geneteka, and FamilySearch. The speaker genealogist will illustrate the use of religious records, passenger manifests, naturalization records, and other documents from U.S. sources, to suggest resources and strategies to help you decipher misspelled place names.

To register, go to: https://scjgs.org/upcoming-events/

Allen County Public Library will present “Cluster and Collateral Research for Genealogical Problems” on Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 2:30 p.m. Expanding our research beyond our direct ancestors can be the key that opens doors to unknown family. This lecture will cover strategies for researching our ancestor’s collateral relatives and community to help reconstruct families and solve genealogical problems.

To register, go to: https://acpl.libnet.info/event/8682064

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will present “Diving Into the Newly Released 1931 Canada Census” on Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 2 p.m. With the 1931 Canada census finally released to the public on June 1, 2023, a new window into the lives of ancestors who lived in Canada in the early 20th century is being thrown open! This census offers a snapshot of Canada at a fascinating and difficult historical period, a few years into the Great Depression.

To register, go to: https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/diving-into-the-newly-released-1931-canada-census/

The Allen County Public Library will present “Tips for Locating Hard to Find Census Records” on Thursday, Aug. 24 at 6:30 p.m. Join us for tips on locating elusive census records! This presentation will begin with a brief overview of U.S. Federal Census Records and share 10 tips for locating hard-to-find records using examples from personal research.

To register, go to: https://acpl.libnet.info/event/8802470

The Sacramento Public Library will present “Find Your Ancestors in the Law Library” on Saturday, Aug. 26 at 4 p.m. Eastern time. Law libraries are not just for lawyers. Law libraries hold a treasure trove of information about our ancestors and collateral family. Learn what information is available and where to find it.

To register, go to: https://saclibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=376862

 

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Oneida Public Library to host Family History Day

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The Oneida Public Library will be having a Family History Day, on Friday, August 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The following events are scheduled:

10 a.m. – Tour of the library history room and an overview of resources available at the library

10:45 a.m. – A representative of the Madison County Historical Society will talk about the resources available at the historical society  including the genealogical library, local newspaper collection and more.

11:30 a.m. – A representative of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society will talk about the organization, its role, its resources, the conferences that it holds and more.

1:30 p.m. – Megan Barnes will talk about her work restoring cemeteries and researching the stories of the residents of the cemeteries.

2:15 p.m. – Madison County historian – Matt Urtz will talk about the records that are available at different repositories across the county.

3:15 p.m. – Attendees can ask historians from Cazenovia, Hamilton, Madison County, Morrisville and Sullivan questions about research and records availability

 

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Military discharge records available on FamilySearch

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FamilySearch.org recently added a collection of New York military discharge records.

The collection, “New York, Military Discharge Records, 1865-1946,” covers the following counties: Bronx, Chenango, Otsego, Seneca, Suffolk, Warren, Westchester and Yates.

The years of coverage vary: Seneca County – only 1918; Yates County – 1863-1943; Suffolk County – 1865-1946 with an index for 1863-1882; Warren County – 1887-1914 and 1943-1947.

To start searching the collection, go to: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/4229127

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Several free webinars to cover DNA research, death records

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Several free genealogy webinars will take place this week covering: death records, DNA research and religious records.

Jewish Genealogy Society of Oregon will present “From DNA to Genetic Genealogy” on Sunday, Aug. 13 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. The study of genetics that started with Gregor Mendel’s pea experiments in 1865 entered the genealogy field with Megan Smolenyak’s coining of the term “genetealogy” in 2000. To understand the genealogical aspects requires an understanding of some of the basic concepts. This talk introduces genes, chromosomes, and DNA and goes on to show how DNA is inherited. That knowledge of inheritance can be used to find relatives you didn’t know you had and to learn about your very distant ancestors and the routes they traveled.

To register, go to: https://jewishportland.org/community-calendar/online-events/jgso-from-dna-to-genetic-genealogy-1688330615-442211

Wisconsin Genealogical Society will present “Why is My Ethnicity Estimate Wrong and Does it Matter?” on Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 8 p.m. Many of us have an idea of what our ethnic composition is prior to taking a DNA test. After receiving our results, we are often surprised that the results don’t match our expectations. This webinar will explain how ethnicity estimates are calculated, why they often don’t match our expectations, and whether this is any reason to question the accuracy of the test or the accuracy of our prior research.

To register, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2101488205195661068

Allen County Public Library will present “Overcoming Record Loss” on Thursday, Aug. 17 at 6:30 p.m. Did you know over six-hundred counties in the United States have suffered record losses? Jennifer will demonstrate techniques to advance research objectives while working within a burned county. She will present examples of the methodology used to work around the destruction of sources. Learn the importance of understanding historical context, jurisdictions, and including the FAN club in your burned county research.

To register, go to: https://acpl.libnet.info/event/8802368

Utah Genealogical Association will present “Church and Religious Records” on Thursday. Aug. 17 at 9 p.m. Eastern time.  Learn about types of records available for searchers in church archival holdings and online. Baptisms/Banns/Burials is the church’s substitutionary offering in many instances. Also learn about congregational meeting records and their possible use for contextualizing your research targets.

To register, go to: https://ugagenealogy.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FgD1QHTKSo-cZ6_AUMRWWg#/registration

Florida State Genealogical Society will present “Death Record Research Sources” on Thursday, August 17 at 8 p.m. Death certificates are often the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about a record created at death; however, statewide death registrations in the United States did not start in most states until the first quarter of the 1900s. So, what other documents can be used to obtain death information? This presentation provides an overview of a contemporary death certificate and then goes on to examine how some of those same “clues” can be found in a variety of other documents/resources.

To register, go to: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqcuiprTsvGdKv4XccovVIn-cxpsW-hNks#/registration

 

 

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Two Long Island libraries to offer August genealogy programs

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Two Long Island libraries will be offering free genealogy programs in August.

The Oyster Bay – East Norwich Public Library will present “Introduction to Polish Genealogy” on Tuesday, August 15 at 7 p.m. This will be a virtual program.

The president of the Polish Genealogical Society of America will discuss the best methods of starting your Polish family research. Learn about Polish online databases, communicating with archives and working with Polish researchers.

To register, go to: https://www.oysterbaylibrary.org/ and then click on the Programs tab and select August 15.

The Huntington Public Library will present “DNA Testing for Your Genealogy Research” on Wednesday, August 16 at 7 p.m. This will be an in-person program.

Are you considering taking a DNA test and are wondering what you can get out of taking that step? Have you already taken a test and now find yourself overwhelmed and puzzled by the results? Learn what kind of testing is available, what your results will look like, how to determine potential relationships to your matches and terms and tools available to deepen your understanding of your genetics.

To register, go to: https://attend.myhpl.org/event/8617445

 

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Several free genealogy webinars cover Prussian research, passenger lists

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Several free genealogy programs will be offered this week covering Prussian ancestors and local repositories.

The Villages Genealogical Society will present “Diaries, Journals and Calendars” on Monday, Aug, 7 at 7 p.m. Many of our ancestors recorded their day-to-day lives in diaries, journals and calendars. Learn how to extract all the wonderful genealogical and historical information contained in these sources and how to physically preserve them for the next generation.

To register, go to: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvduyhpzkvG9G4BR1mvFw7UoyBiW_Qd6aD#/registration

Allen County Public Library will present “A Historical Guide to Hamburg Passenger Lists” on Tuesday, Aug 8 at 2:30 p.m. Genealogists are more than familiar with passenger lists. Innumerable hours have been devoted to studying immigrant arrivals in cities like New York, Boston, and Baltimore. However, that is only half of the puzzle. What about where they left from? What about those lists? Well, you may be in luck! Learn about both the collection of passenger lists from the port of Hamburg, Germany and the fascinating history of the city and its role as the departure point for over five million immigrants.  If your ancestors came from Central or Eastern Europe, they may very well have come through Hamburg.

To register, go to: https://acpl.libnet.info/event/8802269

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will present “Finding Prussian Ancestors in Online Archives” on Wednesday, Aug. 9 at 8 p.m. Discover online records for German-speaking ancestors from Brandenburg, East Prussia, Pomerania, Posen, Silesia, and West Prussia. Despite some record loss for these geographic areas, hundreds of years of church and civil records can be found in archives in Poland, Germany, and the US, using the search strategies in this presentation.

To register, go to: https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/finding-prussian-ancestors-in-online-archives/

The Georgia Genealogical Society will present “Online or Off-Line: A Case Study” on Thursday, Aug. 10 at 8 p.m. So many genealogy records have come online during the past few years, yet many remain only accessible in-person locally or in repositories. Building a model of where the records you need are available is essential. The presenter will use Bulloch County, Georgia, as an example to show the types of records available and where they are found. Follow along to start building a similar model for your county of interest.

To register, go to: https://gagensociety.org/genealogy-events/online-or-offline-a-bulloch-county-georgia-case-study/

 

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Center for Jewish History to host genealogy program

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The Center for Jewish History will host a Zoom presentation, “Ask a Genealogy Librarian,” on Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 5 p.m.

Moriah Amit, Senior Genealogy Librarian, will answer your questions about searching our online catalog, using archival finding aids, and determining what’s available online, as well as those about specific record types or collections. This program is appropriate for beginner and intermediate-level researchers.

The Center for Jewish History houses many unique documents and hard-to-find books that provide information on individuals, families, and places. A few examples include client files of immigrant aid organizations, burial lists of landsmanshaftn (hometown societies) in New York, and books on Jewish history and life in towns and regions across the globe. However, finding items that pertain to your family history can be tricky.

Please send us your most important question by August 7 by replying to your registration confirmation email.

To register, go to: https://programs.cjh.org/event/family-history-today-2023-08-24

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