Legacy's June Webinars

 www.familytreewebinars.com

Tuesday, June 1 - "Using DNA To Solve Interlinked Mysteries" by Michelle Leonard.

Tuesday, June 7 - "Government Gazettes as a Genealogical Resource" by Helen V. Smith.

Wednesday, June 8 -"Documents + DNA + Method + a little bit of Luck: Combining Tools to Find Biological Family" by Elizabeth Williams Gomoll.

 

Tuesday, June 14 - "Identifying Common Ancestors with DNA" by Shahar Tenenbaum.

Wednesday, June 15 - "Advanced Lightroom Techniques for Photo Editing" by Jared Hodges.

Friday, June 17 - "A 19th Century Ontario Enigma – A Case Study" by Janice Nickerson.

Tuesday, June 21 - "Negative Evidence: Making Something Out of Nothing" by Denise Cross.

Wednesday June 22 - "Irish Emigration to North America: Before, during and after Famine" by Paul Milner.

Wednesday, June 29 - "A Deep Dive into the Map Collections of the Library of Congress" by Rick Sayre.

Find My Past Announcement

We’ve made our newspaper archives free from May 30-June 6 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. Behind every news story, there’s a family story, including the Queen’s and your own. Read all about them for free.

1950 Census Review

This week I finally clicked on "Join the Cause" on the home page at FamilySearch. The main focus at present is reviewing the names on the census, but you could also choose to review the location information at the top of the census page. 

I selected Wisconsin and tried several different surnames: Staub, Leuthold and Smith. You can choose a county or city in a particular state, so I have also selected Waupaca County. 

After your selections, you are taken to a random census page and surnames and given names are highlighted. You only work on the name column and you cannot see the location. For each highlighted name you will click "match," "edit" or "unsure." The original work was done by computer, and it was more accurate than I expected. 

When the census taker wrote "not at home" or "vacant," there is a place to click "not a person." It is fairly straightforward. I have worked about two or three hours so far and have reviewed 2800 names. As of today 48% of the names in Wisconsin have been reviewed.

Give it a try! 

Allen County Library Webinars

Besides the useful PERSI site, the Allen County Library is producing webinars. Here are the selections for May. Visit the Genealogy Center and take a look at the "Genealogy Events" section. Visit https://acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy.

1950 Census News

Ancestry just released their entire index for the 1950 Census! 

You can now search for ancestors by name. The best part is that the census is free to search on Ancestry. 

May Webinars on Legacy

Let's take a look at the offerings from Legacy for May. www.familytreewebinars.com.

Tuesday, May 3 - "Government Gazettes as a Genealogical Resource" by Helen V. Smith.

Wednesday, May 4 - "Quickly Organize Your DNA Matches with the Leeds Method" by Dana Leeds.

Friday, May 6 - "McMasters’ Will: The Scheme That Made Us Virtually Free" by Calvin Dark.

Tuesday, May 10 - "Drawing Insights from Your Family Photos" by Daniel Horowitz.

Wednesday, May 11 - "Finding Your Delaware Ancestors" by Irene Heffran Monley.

Tuesday, May 17 - "Five Wives & A Feather Bed: Using Indirect and Negative Evidence to Resolve Conflicting Claims" by Mark A. Wentling.

Wednesday, May 18 - "Indirect Evidence – A Case Study" by Pauline C. Merrick.

Friday, May 20 - "Working More In-Depth with Mexican Civil Registrations" by Colleen Robledo Greene.

Tuesday, May 24 - "Jump-starting Your 1950 Census Research with Census Helper™" by Uri Gonen.

Wednesday May 25 - "The Staff of the U.S. Census" by Seema Kenney.

Tuesday, May 31 - "The Bones – New Zealand Civil Registration" by Fiona Brooker.

FindMyPast 1921 Census Offer

All 1921 Census purchases on Findmypast are 50% off from Friday 22 April to Monday 25 April. 

If you have been waiting for a deal, here it is! www.findmypast.com

Arizona Genealogy Day

Last week I attended the second online Arizona Genealogy Day, and it was well worth the time. I know of at least one more club member who took advantage of this opportunity. Registration was required, but the classes were free. Think about attending if they continue for a third year.

J. Mark Lowe talked about locating migration routes to the western part of the country. His session was full of maps--many of them included migration trails in the east. He provided many suggestions for tracing ancestors who moved from the southeast to parts further west.

Colleen Robledo Green gave us an introduction to Mexican research. I had thought to skip this class, as I don't have ancestors there. But she was an excellent speaker and provided great information.

Brittany Styles and Janelle Breeveld collaborated on the topic of genealogy gems in government documents. Brittany covered the Arizona Archives collections, and Janelle spoke about federal documents.

Thomas MacEntee presented his genealogy do-over project: "a year of learning from my mistakes."