Let's see what's available for viewing in July. Visit www.familytreewebinars.com for more information regarding each presentation.
Tuesday, July 5 - "The Madness of ‘Mc’ Surnames" by Carol Baxter.
Wednesday, July 6 - "What’s New at DNA Painter" by Jonny Perl.
Wednesday, July 13 - "Montana Genealogy Treasures" by Janet Thomson.
Tuesday, July 19 - "Ancestors’ Religions in the U.S." by Carolyn L. Whitton.
Wednesday, July 20 - "One Hour to Master Your Camera Settings" by Jared Hodges.
Two of our members have recently reported successful interactions with FamilySearch.
One found a duplicate ancestor in the Family Tree section and was not sure how to resolve the issue. He called FamilySearch and the responder walked him through the process. Easy solution!
Another member used the research consultation service by making an appointment for help. (The consultations are 20 minutes, so be sure you have organized your questions.) Anyone looking for help regarding DNA is allowed 40 minutes, and Maureen was later able to schedule a second appointment with the same volunteer.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
