September Webinars: Legacy

Don't forget about "Webtember," a full set of lectures available throughout this month. And here are the regular opportunities for expanding our knowledge. www.familytreewebinars.com

Wednesday, September 1 - "Your DNA Questions Answered Live with Diahan" by Diahan Southard.

Friday, September 3 - "Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color" by Anita Wills.

Wednesday, September 8 - "Tracing Your 20th Century English Ancestors" by Paul Milner.

Wednesday, September 15 - "Were they Orphans at all? DNA and the Orphan Train: Finding Kathryn’s Family" by Nancy Gavin Koester.

Friday, September 17 - "A Toboggan Ride Through Canadian Records, eh!" by Lianne Kruger.

Monday, September 20 - "Federal Records Relating to Rivers and Canals" by Pamela Boyer Sayre.

Wednesday September 22 - "Cluster Research: Using Groups of People to Find Your People" by Robyn Smith

Wednesday, September 29 - "Beginning Ukrainian Genealogy" by Michelle Chubenko.

FamilySearch Webinars

The FamilySearch Library has published its list of September webinars. I have included below the selections for only the first couple of weeks in the month. If you have been frustrated while working on the Family Tree, two might be particularly helpful. All of the webinars are available for viewing after their first presentation. Access the link below for dates and times. 

Skimming the Surface: A Look into Quebec Notarial Records (Beginner)

Merging Duplicate Records in FamilySearch Family Tree (Beginner)

Using the FamilySearch Catalog (Beginner)

Never to be Forgotten: Suggestions for Writing Family Stories (Beginner)

Correcting Relationships in FamilySearch Family Tree (Beginner)

Genealogy in Canada's Western Provinces (Beginner)

The entire list can be viewed at https://media.familysearch.org/free-family-history-classes-and-webinars-for-september-2021/.

Erik Larson

We've been traveling and reading, and once in a while choose a history. Erik Larson is a favorite author, and this summer we read his latest book about Churchill during the first year of World War II. 

Here are a few of his interesting selections.

Isaac's Storm   about the Galveston hurricane of 1900 focused on a weather predictor at the time. (Haven't read it, but it's on my list)

The Devil in the White City   1893 Chicago World's Fair & a serial killer operating there during that time  (really interesting info on the building of the fair) 

In the Garden of Beasts   Berlin in 1933-34 from the viewpoint of the American ambassador, I believe. 

Dead Wake   Last crossing of the Lusitania from the viewpoint of its captain and the submarine captain  (excellent)

The Splendid and the Vile   Churchill/London from May 1940-May 1941  (so much info and well-sourced)

Webtember!

Legacy is providing free webinars on Fridays during September. Here's the announcement:

Take your genealogy skills to the next level with this FREE online genealogy conference, held each Friday in September: 30 live and pre-recorded webinars in all. Join live for all four Fridays or just one, and if you can't, we've got you covered! Enjoy the recordings at your convenience — they'll be free to view through the end of the month.

Here's the link to register. 

https://familytreewebinars.com/intermediate_page.php?diply_nm=webtember

August Webinars on Legacy

Here is the list of the webinars available on Legacy this month. Visit familytreewebinars.com to register or learn more information about each selection. Note the interesting presentation about Ontario on Friday, August 20.

Tuesday, August 3 - "Burying the Body in England" by Helen V. Smith.  Intermediate

Friday, August 6 - "Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts" by Bernice Bennett.  Intermediate

Wednesday, August 11 - "Introduction to Researching Your Mississippi Ancestors" by Angela Walton-Raji.  Beginner, Intermediate

Tuesday, August 17 - "Standards for Genealogical Documentation" by Tom Jones.  Intermediate

Wednesday, August 18 - "Using Zotero to Organize and Annotate Your Family History Research" by Colleen Robledo Greene.  Intermediate

Friday, August 20 - "Early Ontario Research" by Janice Nickerson.  Intermediate, Advanced

Wednesday, August 25 - "Fire, Water, and the 1890 U.S. Census; Researching Beyond the Ashes and Mold" by Elizabeth Williams Gomoll.  Intermediate

Friday, August 27 - "10 Ways to Find Your Native American Ancestor Using Y, Mitochondrial and Autosomal DNA" by Roberta Estes