Friday, November 1, 2024

November News

We will begin workshops on Tuesday, November 5 with a review session on FamilySearch. Other topics for the month include Fold3, Tombstone Care and a special genealogy roundtable. There will be time each week for assistance with genealogy research. Be sure to bring your computers or other devices.

Vista Grande Library has changed the date of their genealogy classes to the first Monday of each month. Annie will present "County Histories" on November 4 at 10 AM. Join us if you haven't heard this topic--or if you'd like to listen again.

Heads up! Next February we will have a class called "Taking Care of Family Heirlooms." A roundtable is scheduled for the week following where members can share or describe one of their family treasures. Bring something with you this year!

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Vista Grande October Class

If you've returned to Casa Grande, you might want to take advantage of the first class of the season at Vista Grande Library. "Diseases Our Ancestors Faced" is the title of the presentation which begins at 10 AM, Monday, October 7.

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Family History Month

October is Family History Month.

It's time to organize your family history materials for the coming season. We are looking forward to some interesting topics. We are waiting for notification from Activities regarding our room assignment and will begin scheduling speakers soon.





Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Library Genealogy Classes

Vista Grande Library has announced the topics for genealogy classes scheduled for the coming season. Sessions will be held at 10 AM the first Monday of each month from October through April. Mark your calendars! 

2024

October 7 - Diseases Our Ancestors Faced

November 4 - County Histories

December 2 - Reminiscing, Reunions and Recipes

2025

January 6 -Writing Your Ancestor's History

February 3 - FamilySearch Search Tab

March 3 - FamilySearch Wiki

April 7 - Newspaper Research

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Canadian Newspapers

The Internet Archive and Library and Archives Canada have announced a partnership to bring online 100,000+ out-of-copyright publications. Below is part of the announcement from Internet Archive Canada. Note there is no date for completion.

As part of this project, six digitization workstations, known as Scribes, have been installed at LAC’s Collections Storage facility in Gatineau. This digitization centre (staffed by six operators) will play a pivotal role in digitizing a vast collection of up to 100,000 out-of-copyright publications from the 1200s to 1920. The materials will be made freely accessible online to researchers, historians, scholars, individuals with print disabilities, and the general public, in line with IAC’s and LAC’s commitment to expanding digital collections of Canadian content. 


Monday, September 2, 2024

Legacy's Webtember

Legacy is promoting its annual "Webtember" event where free lectures appear on the website each Friday during September. You can register to watch in real time or plan to access the options any time during the month.

Some of the titles include: "Six Ways to Figure Out How We're Related," "10 Things You Don't Know About Cemeteries," "Researching Your Birmingham Ancestors," "The Real Life of New England Vital Records," "Church Records in Archives," "Irish Landed Estates" and many more.

https://familytreewebinars.com/webtember/  lists the upcoming webinars with descriptions and links to register.



Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Microfilm Retirement

The FamilySearch Library has announced that as of December it will cease in-person microfilm, microfiche and CD lookups at the library. Previously, patrons could request any reel from the site vault to be transferred to the library for research.

Does this mean you should not plan a stop at the library in the future? Of course not! Although all of the microfilm in the collection has been digitized as of September 2023, many of those records cannot be viewed unless you are at the library (or a FamilySearch Center) in person. The volunteers at the library also continue to be a valuable resource for any genealogist.

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Vista Grande Library Classes

Mark your calendars! The genealogy meetings at Vista Grande Library are moving to Mondays. Classes will be held at 10 AM on the first Monday of each month from October through April. We encourage you to attend while you are at Palm Creek.