November 1 Workshop

It was great to have a such a good group for our first workshop. This year we are going to try using a mentoring program for beginners, and it was gratifying to see that several of our members were willing to act in that capacity. The signup sheets for both mentoring and asking for help will be available at our workshops.

We reviewed the most efficient way to narrow a search on both Ancestry and FamilySearch using their census records. There was also time to view the "new" version of the Family Tree, as well as taking a look at several of the Wiki offerings.

November Topics

 

Welcome back to returnees! Here are the topics we will be covering in November. 

Review of FamilySearch and Ancestry

Little Known (but useful) Websites

Rutherford Research

Finding Grandma Salter

Non-Population Censuses

The Ontario Name Index

 Information from an Internet Genealogy Newsletter

The Ontario Name Index (TONI)

TONI is a free research tool created by the Ontario Genealogical Society. Researchers can enter a name with an optional location and results will direct the user to resources where references to the name were found.

Remember that this is an index that will lead you to where the information can be located. The source could be a cemetery transcription, website, microfilm, etc. 

You can access TONI from the OGS homepage. Give it a try.

https://ogs.on.ca/

Genealogy at Vista Grande Library

 

Journey to Your Past Genealogy

Vista Grande Library

Friday, October 14
10:00am - 11:30am

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Vista Grande Library

Community Room - North

Monthly genealogy classes return to the library!

Every month the library will host a new genealogy topic of interest from "getting started" to how to navigate FamilySearch and other databases, along with with common issues people run across when digging up their family history. Join us to sleuth it all out!

October Notes

 

October is Family History Month!

It's time to retrieve the stack of genealogy records you were going to work on over the summer. Most of us had plans to advance our research, and then life got in the way.

Review your notes.

Take a look at the 1921 British census.

Or, take a look at the 1950 U. S. census. It is now indexed and free on both Ancestry and FamilySearch.

Webtember!!

This looks great! Check it out at www.familytreewebinars.com

Take your genealogy skills to the next level with this 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!

August Legacy Webinars

It's already August! Let's see what the month has in store for our genealogy education. Visit www.familytreewebinars.com to learn more about each presentation.

Wednesday, August 3 - "The Staff of the U.S. Census" by Seema Kenney.

Friday, August 5 - "African Americans Heading West" by Janice Lovelace.

Tuesday, August 16 - "Finding Fayette’s Father: Autosomal DNA Reveals Misattributed Parentage" by Jennifer Zinck.

Wednesday, August 17 -"FamilySearch.org – 5 More Links You Have to Try" by Devin Ashby.

Friday, August 19 - "Tracing Your Alberta Connections" by Dave Obee.

Wednesday, August 24 - "Researching Oklahoma Roots" by Billie Stone Fogarty.

Wednesday, August 31 - "Direct Your Letters to San Jose: Following Ancestors’ Migration Trails" by David W. Jackson.

Free Military Webinars

Legacy is providing another group of free Saturday webinars this week. Titles are listed below. Visit www.familytreewebinars.com to register.

U.S. Revolutionary War: A Case Study Approach (brand new!) by Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA

The Draft and the Selective Service System (brand new!) by Michael L. Strauss, AG

Tracing Your Pre-WWI British Soldier by Paul Milner, FUGA, MDiv

Researching a Loyalist Soldier by Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA

Civil War Series: Pension Files and Beyond by Michael L. Strauss, AG