Here are the upcoming free webinars from Legacy. You can register to watch in real time or view for seven days following the presentations. www.familytreewebinars.com
Tuesday, June 2 - "Sources for Landed and Titled People" by Paul Milner. Intermediate (If nothing else, listen for his great presentation skills and wonderful accent!)
Wednesday, June 3 - "What are the Odds?" An online tool that can help solve DNA puzzles by Jonny Peri. Intermediate (This presenter is the founder of DNAPainter.)
Wednesday, June 10 - "Using DNA to Answer Real Research Questions: Three Case Studies" by Gail Blankenau. Intermediate, Advanced
Friday, June 12 - "Your DNA questions answered live with Diahan" by Diahan Southard. Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced (Submit questions in advance to geoff@legacyfamilytree.com.)
Tuesday, June 16 - "Genealogical Treasures in Irish Archives" by David Ouimette. Intermediate
Wednesday, June 17 - "Bridging the Gap: Finding Ancestors in the United States between 1780 and 1840" by D. Joshua Taylor. Intermediate
Wednesday, June 24 - "Utilizing the HathiTrust Digital Library for Family History Research" by Colleen Robledo Greene. Intermediate
Tuesday, June 30 - "The 1939 Register for Family Historians" by Fiona Brooker. Intermediate (The registers for England and Wales have been published on FindMyPast.)
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Research in Ohio
The following information appeared in the Eastman Online Genealogy Newsletter recently. Thanks to Dick Eastman for keeping us so well informed in the genealogy world.
The Ohio Genealogical Society has officially launched its new website. Almost a year in development, it is now an easier site to navigate with its reformatted design, integrated access to database content, new catalog interface, a consolidated blog, and much more. As we continue to develop this new resource for research, you can expect to see more digitized material on the website. We are also positioning to be able to present webinars and other programming. The site is located at https://www.ogs.org.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
National Genealogy Conference
Yesterday we attended the opening day of the National Genealogical Society's 2020 virtual conference. Our classes began at 8 AM and continued throughout the day. There was no problem with the audio and video. Each presentation was followed by a question and answer session. Besides the four main topics, we heard a bit about "What's New at Ancestry," "What's New at FamilySearch," and a presentation about the women's suffrage events leading to the passing of the 19th amendment.
"Validating Unsourced Online Information" by Thomas Jones was the opening session. Jones explained how he took an unsourced family tree from Ancestry and located records to prove the information. He speculates that the original tree (since deleted) came from a family source and had been copied multiple times.
Judy Russell presented "Breaker Boys and Spinner Girls: Child Labor Laws and Their Records." The photographs she included as part of the presentation came from the Lewis Hine collection at the Library of Congress. It was alarming to learn that laws setting minimum ages for children to work were not passed until 1938.
"Turning Witnesses Into Evidence" by Elizabeth Shown Mills demonstrated how the witnesses who signed various records had family or neighborhood connections and could help to provide an answer to where a death and burial took place when there were no actual records.
Blaine Bettinger's presentation was called "What If? Learning about DNA Through Case Studies."
During the next couple of weeks we will select 45 additional sessions that will be available for viewing between July 2020 and May 2021. NGS provided the syllabus in PDF form.
"Validating Unsourced Online Information" by Thomas Jones was the opening session. Jones explained how he took an unsourced family tree from Ancestry and located records to prove the information. He speculates that the original tree (since deleted) came from a family source and had been copied multiple times.
Judy Russell presented "Breaker Boys and Spinner Girls: Child Labor Laws and Their Records." The photographs she included as part of the presentation came from the Lewis Hine collection at the Library of Congress. It was alarming to learn that laws setting minimum ages for children to work were not passed until 1938.
"Turning Witnesses Into Evidence" by Elizabeth Shown Mills demonstrated how the witnesses who signed various records had family or neighborhood connections and could help to provide an answer to where a death and burial took place when there were no actual records.
Blaine Bettinger's presentation was called "What If? Learning about DNA Through Case Studies."
During the next couple of weeks we will select 45 additional sessions that will be available for viewing between July 2020 and May 2021. NGS provided the syllabus in PDF form.
Monday, May 18, 2020
May Homework
Now that everyone has finished updating their census findings, let's take a look at vital records. Check the usual suspects: FamilySearch and Ancestry, but don't forget to try U.S. GenWeb and our new favorite "The Ancestor Hunt" for suggestions for free record sets. Always look at the original record if you can.
Birth Records: You have already noted the date and parents' names; be sure to look closely at the sponsors if their names are included on the record. Many times they are relatives and provide new clues for family research. Keep in mind that state laws required birth registrations to begin at different times. Remember that many records are available for years prior to the regulations. Church records are another way to find birth dates.
Marriage Records: Some states have several databases for marriages: registrations, licenses, returns, etc. Each record may have different information, including whether the bride was under age. Does the form ask about prior marriages? Look for every possible clue.
Death Records: The name of the informant is an important fact on a death record. That name will help you analyze how accurate the information might be. Depending upon the time period, you might also learn the name of the funeral home and the cemetery for further research.
If you read over the records you have already located, you may find something to break down that brick wall.
Birth Records: You have already noted the date and parents' names; be sure to look closely at the sponsors if their names are included on the record. Many times they are relatives and provide new clues for family research. Keep in mind that state laws required birth registrations to begin at different times. Remember that many records are available for years prior to the regulations. Church records are another way to find birth dates.
Marriage Records: Some states have several databases for marriages: registrations, licenses, returns, etc. Each record may have different information, including whether the bride was under age. Does the form ask about prior marriages? Look for every possible clue.
Death Records: The name of the informant is an important fact on a death record. That name will help you analyze how accurate the information might be. Depending upon the time period, you might also learn the name of the funeral home and the cemetery for further research.
If you read over the records you have already located, you may find something to break down that brick wall.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Virtual Conference
There are plenty of opportunities for virtual education while we are "staying at home." Dick and I will be attending the National Genealogy Society's virtual opening day next week. We have also signed up for 45 classes that we can view between July 2020 and May 2021. These classes replace the four-day national conference that we had planned to attend in Salt Lake City this month.
Those of you with Irish heritage might be interested in the following notice that appeared in Eastmans Newsletter today.
Here is a message from the Celtic Connections web site at http://celtic-connections.org:
For health and safety reasons we have cancelled the fourth biennial Celtic Connections Conference. The cancellation presents a detour in our “Journey Home.”
However we know that you want to further your education, so we are investigating ways to provide this conference electronically. If our investigations are successful, our journey home will become a virtual experience.
What will this new reality look like? At a minimum, there will be:
- On-demand presentations: Pre-recorded talks by many of the CCC ’20 presenters will be available to view online between July 31 and August 31.
- Live chats: During this time period there will be moderated chats for presenters and participants to exchange information around various tracks or topics.
- Electronic syllabus: We will provide an online version of the conference syllabus.
As you continue to practice social distancing, watch our Celtic Connections Conference website for updates on the virtual “Journey Home” at http://celtic-connections.org/
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
More Free Webinars
Legacy is continuing to provide us with one free webinar per day from its extensive library. Here's the list for the rest of May. Visit www.familytreewebinars.com
May 5 - United States Colored Troops Civil War Widows' Pension Applications: Tell the Story by Bernice Bennett
May 6 - One Step to Remove that Photograph Scratch by Geoff Rasmussen
May 7 - Quebec Civil and Parish Registers by Michael Leclerc
May 8 - Secrets in the Attic: Break Down Brick Walls With Home Sources by Denise Levenick
May 9 - A Month's Worth of Must-Have Tech Tips To Start Using Today by Gena Philibert-Ortega
May 10 - Analyzing Probate Records of Slaveholders to Identify Enslaved Ancestors by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson
May 11 - Foundations in DNA 1 of 5: Genealogy and DNA by Blaine Bettinger
May 12 - Full Circle: Tracing the Descendants of a Slaveholding Ancestor by Nicka Smith
May 13 - 3 Ways to Use Gmail Smarter by Marian Pierre-Louis
May 14 - How to trace your UK ancestry by Kirsty Gray
May 15 - Time and Place - Using Genealogy's Cross-Hairs by Jim Beidler
May 16 - Advanced Googling for Your Grandma by Cyndi Ingle
May 17 - 50 Records that Document Female Ancestors by Gena Philibert-Ortega
May 18 - DNA Rights and Wrongs: The Ethical Side of Testing by Judy Russell
May 19 - Lessons in Jewish DNA: One Man's Successes and What He Learned On the Journey by Israel Pickholtz
May 20 - The Best Built-in Windows 10 Storage Hack by Marian Pierre-Louis
May 21 - Emigration via Hamburg by Andrea Bentschneider
May 22 - Getting Started in Family History - 6 - Census Records by Cheri Hudson Passey
May 23 - Seven Steps to Manage Digital Files - Denise Levenick
May 24 - Quality, Time and Completion: Developing a Research Plan (Part One) by J. Mark Lowe
May 25 - Which Spot Does X Mark, Anyway? X-DNA Testing in Action by Debra Renard
May 26 - Jewish Genealogy for the Non-Jew: History, Migration, DNA by Schelly Dardashti
May 27 - Need a Fillable Form? Word Has Your Back! by Amie Bowser Tennant
May 28 - Effective Use of GENUKI: England’s Largest Free Genealogy website by Paul Milner
May 29 - 1910 - 1940 Federal Censuses & State Censuses to Fill in the Gaps by Amie Bowser Tennant
May 30 - Microsoft Word Series - #1 Getting Started with Microsoft Word by Microsoft Word Series - #1 Getting Started with Microsoft Word by Thomas MacEntee
May 31 - Ten Tools for Genealogical Writing by Harold Henderson
May 5 - United States Colored Troops Civil War Widows' Pension Applications: Tell the Story by Bernice Bennett
May 6 - One Step to Remove that Photograph Scratch by Geoff Rasmussen
May 7 - Quebec Civil and Parish Registers by Michael Leclerc
May 8 - Secrets in the Attic: Break Down Brick Walls With Home Sources by Denise Levenick
May 9 - A Month's Worth of Must-Have Tech Tips To Start Using Today by Gena Philibert-Ortega
May 10 - Analyzing Probate Records of Slaveholders to Identify Enslaved Ancestors by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson
May 11 - Foundations in DNA 1 of 5: Genealogy and DNA by Blaine Bettinger
May 12 - Full Circle: Tracing the Descendants of a Slaveholding Ancestor by Nicka Smith
May 13 - 3 Ways to Use Gmail Smarter by Marian Pierre-Louis
May 14 - How to trace your UK ancestry by Kirsty Gray
May 15 - Time and Place - Using Genealogy's Cross-Hairs by Jim Beidler
May 16 - Advanced Googling for Your Grandma by Cyndi Ingle
May 17 - 50 Records that Document Female Ancestors by Gena Philibert-Ortega
May 18 - DNA Rights and Wrongs: The Ethical Side of Testing by Judy Russell
May 19 - Lessons in Jewish DNA: One Man's Successes and What He Learned On the Journey by Israel Pickholtz
May 20 - The Best Built-in Windows 10 Storage Hack by Marian Pierre-Louis
May 21 - Emigration via Hamburg by Andrea Bentschneider
May 22 - Getting Started in Family History - 6 - Census Records by Cheri Hudson Passey
May 23 - Seven Steps to Manage Digital Files - Denise Levenick
May 24 - Quality, Time and Completion: Developing a Research Plan (Part One) by J. Mark Lowe
May 25 - Which Spot Does X Mark, Anyway? X-DNA Testing in Action by Debra Renard
May 26 - Jewish Genealogy for the Non-Jew: History, Migration, DNA by Schelly Dardashti
May 27 - Need a Fillable Form? Word Has Your Back! by Amie Bowser Tennant
May 28 - Effective Use of GENUKI: England’s Largest Free Genealogy website by Paul Milner
May 29 - 1910 - 1940 Federal Censuses & State Censuses to Fill in the Gaps by Amie Bowser Tennant
May 30 - Microsoft Word Series - #1 Getting Started with Microsoft Word by Microsoft Word Series - #1 Getting Started with Microsoft Word by Thomas MacEntee
May 31 - Ten Tools for Genealogical Writing by Harold Henderson
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