Webtember!

Legacy is providing its annual (FREE) Webtember conference this month. Five webinars are scheduled for each Friday in September. You can register to watch in real time or view each session at your leisure during the month.

Titles for September 1 include: 

"Connecting Generations through Probate and Property" 

"Capturing Their Stories: Best Practices for Recording Family History Interviews"

"Case Study: Finding My Third Great Grandfather: How XDNA Led the Way"

"Following Oral History in search of William Davis but Finding Mildred Brand"

"DNA Matchmaking Made Easy on MyHeritage"

Register for one or all of the sessions at the following website. (Or plan to watch at a time of your choosing.)

https://familytreewebinars.com/webtember/

CLIO

One of the recent blog posts on the Legacy website suggests browsing Clio, especially if you are still traveling during this summer. When I visited the site, I chose to explore Minnesota (that's where we are at present) and there were six pages of possible historical sites of one type or another. The Wulf C. Krabbenhoft Farmstead in Sabin (about ten miles from our location in Barnesville) caught my eye. It is an example of one of the few bonanza farms to prosper in Minnesota. The farm was settled in 1874 via the 1862 Homestead Act. The farmstead is on the National Register of Historic Places, although today the land is privately owned.

To explore an area of interest visit theclio.com.

Here is part of the description from the "about Clio" website:

"Clio is an educational website and mobile application that guides the public to thousands of historical and cultural sites throughout the United States along with nature trails, art walking tours, and virtual tours of museums and sites. Built by scholars for public benefit, each entry includes a concise summary and useful information about a historical site, museum, monument, landmark, or other site of cultural or historical significance."

The Irish in Canada Podcast

One of the suggestions in the "Net News" section of the latest Internet Genealogy magazine is a podcast by Jane McGaughey at Concordia University's School of Irish Studies. The Irish in Canada podcast explores the lives of Irish immigrants to Canada and their descendants. Find the first two seasons of the podcast at:

https://theirishincanadapodcast.ca

Free Online Genealogy Conference

Mark your calendars! Attend in early November...