Online Resources for Colonial America by D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS, FUGA

Discover websites, databases, university projects, digital archives, and other online resources to trace your colonial American ancestors. Specific topics include searching digital collections from universities and state archives as well as Early American Imprints and other databases.

Saturday, September 24, 2022 – Turn back the pages of time with the Texas Czech Genealogical Society (TCGS) "Czech Ancestors’ Early Lives" in person event, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (registration begins at 8:00 AM) at the Caldwell Civic Center, 103 Texas Highway 21W, Caldwell, TX 77836.

Speakers: Dr. Mirek Koudelka – “Daily Lives of Our Ancestors”; Kent Laza and Mark Olsen – “Hus Schools and the Hus Encampment”; Karen Locher – “Indianola-Mighty Port to Ghost Town”; and Kimary Marble – “Family Search”

All day a full library with books and materials brought from the TCGS Temple office library will be accessible. There will be an open floor plan during Saturday’s program which means you can sit in the library/book area doing genealogy research and also be able to view and hear the speakers and all presentations. Many useful books, including genealogy research books, maps, surname lists and much more, will be available. Most importantly, TCGS Librarians, Garry and Kimary Marble as well as Danny Leshikar, with his personal Czech files containing over 150,000+ names will be available to assist you with your genealogical research. There will be a Silent Auction and Czech Gift Shop as well as the drawing of the TCGS Raffle.

Registration (includes morning refreshments and a catered lunch). Detailed information and registration forms are attached and on the TCGS website https://www.txczgs.org under “Events”  https://txczgs.org/eventListings.php?nm=38.

To register by credit card go to https://txczgs.square.site. If paying by check, make check payable to TCGS, fill out the registration form and mail to: Susan Crutchfield, 507 West St., Sealy, TX 77474. Register by Sept. 8, 2022 $55 TCGS members, $60 Non-members; by Sept. 15, 2022 $60 TCGS members, $65 Non-members and at the door Sept. 24, 2022 $70-All-members and non-members. For further information contact Susan at scrutch3@att.net .

Membership in TCGS is NOT REQUIRED to attend this event. Registration begins at 8:00 AM; Program begins at 9:00 AM. The Texas Czech Genealogical Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

8 PM - Free and Open to the Public (GSNJ Members have access to the recording for a limited time).

The loss of the 1890 Federal census is a source of great frustration for American Genealogists, but all hope is not lost! Learn strategies and gather tips for success in locating your family in other records between the 1880 and 1900 Federal censuses.

Researching Ancestral Locations in Prussian Genealogy Records

Are your ancestors Prussian, German, or both? All three of these answers may be correct. Learn about resources to help your Prussian research in this webinar.

Prussian research, especially locations, can be complicated by shifting borders, languages, and religions. Discover leading and lesser-known online resources to pinpoint geographic locations of German-speaking ancestors from Prussia (Brandenburg, East Prussia, Pomerania, Posen, Silesia, West Prussia).

Nancy Loe, MA, MLS, is a professional archivist, librarian, and genealogist. Nancy has managed archives and genealogy collections in public and academic libraries.  Her Web site, sassyjanegenealogy.com, features a blog, newsletter, and e-books on US and European research skills. Nancy has appeared at Legacy Family Tree, NGS, Rootstech, and at genealogy conferences and webinars in the US, Canada, and Australia.

Guests welcome at this free Zoom presentation beginning at 1:00 p.m. MT. Register for the ZOOM link at www.foothillsgenealogy.org

For 42 years, Foothills Genealogical Society has been supporting genealogical research with educational programs, classes and field trips as well as preserving and publishing historical records from Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson and Park counties. For more information, visit www.foothillsgenealogy.org or write P.O. Box 150382, Lakewood CO 80215-0382.

                 1:00 – 3:00 pm ZOOM presentation

                                        Free. Guests welcome.

                            Register at www.foothillsgenealogy.org

Are your ancestors Prussian, German, or both? All three of these answers may be correct. Learn about resources to help your Prussian research in this webinar.

Prussian research, especially locations, can be complicated by shifting borders, languages, and religions. Discover leading and lesser-known online resources to pinpoint geographic locations of German-speaking ancestors from Prussia (Brandenburg, East Prussia, Pomerania, Posen, Silesia, West Prussia).

Nancy Loe, MA, MLS, is a professional archivist, librarian, and genealogist. Nancy has managed archives and genealogy collections in public and academic libraries.  Her Web site, sassyjanegenealogy.com, features a blog, newsletter, and e-books on US and European research skills. Nancy has appeared at Legacy Family Tree, NGS, Rootstech, and at genealogy conferences and webinars in the US, Canada, and Australia.

Guests are welcome at this free ZOOM presentation which begins at 1:00 p.m. MT on Tuesday, Sep. 20. Register at http://www.foothillsgenealogy.org for the ZOOM link.

For 42 years, Foothills Genealogical Society has been supporting genealogical research with educational programs, classes and field trips as well as preserving and publishing historical records from Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson and Park counties. 

For more information, visit www.foothillsgenealogy.org or write P.O. Box 150382, Lakewood CO 80215-0382. 

Register for Fox Valley Genealogical Society’s 2022 Fall Conference RESEARCHING WOMEN: Frontier to Kitchen to Courtroom and learn how to find your elusive female ancestors. Download Conference Brochure

Conference registrants will have 30-day access to six ON-DEMAND Lectures from a great lineup of speakers. Registrants will also receive links to attend three LIVE Zoom Check-in Sessions where you can share research tips, and celebrate your discoveries with other participants. We are also offering (for an additional fee) an IN-PERSON Workshop: Finding Women Ancestors in Historic Newspapers with Annette Burke Lyttle that will be held Saturday, 24 September 2022 in Naperville, IL. 

Digital Syllabus | Door Prizes | Closed Captioning Available

Six ON-DEMAND Lectures:

1. Use Lots More Apples: Vintage Cookbooks as Genealogical Sources by Annette Burke Lyttle
   
2. Finding and Using Digitized Manuscript Collections for Genealogical Research by Annette Burke Lyttle
3. “Don’t Forget the Ladies” – A Genealogist’s Guide to Women and the Law by Judy Russell
4. Reclaiming Their Rights: Female Legislative Petitions and Divorce by Alice Hoyt Veen
5. Staking Their Claim: Female Homesteaders on the American Frontier by Alice Hoyt Veen
6. The Secret Lives of Women: Research Female Ancestors Using the Sources They Left Behind by Gena Philibert-Ortega

Three LIVE Zoom Check-in Sessions (included for all registrants):
Links to the LIVE Zoom Check-ins will be included in the syllabus.

• Sunday, 18 September @7:00 PM CDT (Chicago)
  LIVE Zoom Check-In #1: Opening The Frontier to Women’s Research - Join us for the FVGS Conference Opening! Hear about the upcoming conference activities, meet some of your fellow attendees, and share a photo or artifact from your frontier female ancestor. Will you have the oldest item? Let’s celebrate those fearless frontier females in our families.

• Thursday, 22 September @7:00 PM CDT (Chicago)
  LIVE Zoom Check-In #2: Let’s Get Cooking - Cooking was an important avenue of sharing family traditions for our female ancestors. Join us to talk about cooking and food traditions in your family. Do you have an old family cookbook or recipe? Let’s share those cherished items and the stories that go along with the stains. We will also review upcoming conference events and the workshop.

• Tuesday, 11 October @7:00 PM CDT (Chicago)
  LIVE Zoom Check-In #3: Case Closed - As the conference wraps up, join us to share your discoveries. Is there a court record that has helped you with researching your female ancestors? What is it and how did it help you? Are you excited to begin searching for a particular court record? Come and ask your follow-up questions before the gavel falls on the FVGS 2022 conference.

+add IN-PERSON Workshop with Annette Burke Lyttle: Finding Women Ancestors in Historic Newspapers

Local members and guests can add on the IN-PERSON Workshop for an additional fee. The workshop focuses on newspaper research and will provide strategies for finding women ancestors in newspapers. A separate digital syllabus will be emailed to registrants. Workshop attendance is limited to 40 participants – so register early! The workshop includes:

• Pre-work assignment
• IN-PERSON Lecture: Finding Women Ancestors in Historic Newspapers
• Hands-on Research Time
• Coaching & Group Discussion

To learn more and to register, please visit https://ilfvgs.org/education/conference/ 
(ON-DEMAND Lectures + LIVE Zoom Check-ins: $25 Members | $35 Non-members, +IN-PERSON Workshop: $35. Deadline to register is 15 Sep 2022)

 Download Conference Brochure

The Ventura County Genealogical Society presents

Free Family History Presentations

Online with Zoom

Saturday, September 17, 2022, 1:00-4:00 pm PDT

https://venturacogensoc.org/this-month/

1:00 pm   Presenter: Chris Paton

 "British & Irish Newspapers" (British Isles SIG)

Records of births, marriages, and deaths provide a fantastic starting point for identifying our ancestors' names and where they lived. Still, in terms of understanding how those ancestors once lived, there is no better resource to plunder than a good newspaper. Over the last two centuries, newspapers have recorded the daily events that have shaped our forebears' lives. In many cases, they have identified specific tales about them and notices and advertisements directly concerning them and their contemporary communities.

Originally from Northern Ireland, but with both Scottish and Irish roots, Chris holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Genealogical Studies from the University of Strathclyde and works as a professional genealogist, running Scotland's Greatest Story research service. Chris is, In addition, a published author of several book titles (see https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/p/books.html), a regular monthly and bi-monthly contributor to several genealogy magazines, and his own daily genealogical news feed, the Scottish GENES blog.

                                        Second presentation

Presenter: Karen Fortin

"Creating Google Earth Tours"

Google Earth tours can be fun to share your genealogy with your relatives. Tours can be created to visually illustrate one ancestor's life and travels or the family's migration over generations.

Karen Fortin received a bachelor’s degree in History and a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida. She worked at the Barbara S. Ponce Public Library in Pinellas Park, FL, for 30 years before focusing on genealogical research.

Karen's passion for history and research led her to an interest in genealogy. She began volunteering with the Pinellas Genealogy Society in Largo, FL, in 2012 and was the society's president from 2014-2017. Karen started providing genealogy and history presentations in 2016 and has lectured at various genealogical societies, public libraries, and other interested organizations.

All our monthly lectures and workshops are free to our members and the public. Non-members should request a Zoom invitation here https://venturacogensoc.org/request-invitation-to-lecture/

Please note that we cannot respond to same-day requests.

The 1950 Census UPDATED Tips & Tricks

The 1950 Census was released to the nation in April 2022 after a 72 Year hiatus. What did people expect of the 1950 Census in April 2022 and what did actually transpire? What was/is so special about the 1950 Census including the Population Schedule and Housing Schedule.

Mic Barnette has been actively engaged in genealogy since the age of 12 and is a longtime genealogical researcher, author, lecturer, class instructor and newspaper columnist. His research expertise is in DNA and Southern genealogical research, notably, that of Texas, Georgia and Louisiana. He has written numerous articles appearing in many national, state and local magazines, newsletters and quarterlies. From 1994 to 2004, he penned a widely read award winning historical-genealogical column in Houston’s leading newspaper, the Houston Chronicle. Mic has been a library associate for the Dallas Public Library since 2006, most of that time in the Genealogy Department. He has addressed genealogical organizations in nearly every Southern State and three National Genealogical Society Conferences.

How’s the 1950 Census different from other years? Who was enumerated? Which locations were enumerated? Indexing of the 1950 Census and how it compares between the websites including NARA, Family Search, Ancestry, MyHeritage and others.

Visitors Always Welcome!

Register In Advance for Zoom Option

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81060645974?pwd=bWYxeXdKWFZuR08zL2VtY3ZuYmlLUT09

After registering you will receive a confirmation email with details to join the meeting. Join us early at 6 pm for social time. We look forward to having you join us!

In Person Meeting location: W. O. Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Road, Plano, Texas, 1^st floor room

Foothills Genealogical Society's September meeting will focus on the Leadville Irish with a presentation by Dr. James Walsh, professor, historian and author.

His presentation, “The Leadville Irish: Naming the Unnamed in a 19th Century Pauper Cemetery and Unearthing the Story of the Largest Irish Community in the American West,” will cover the history of Irish immigrants in Colorado, focusing specifically on Leadville. 

A major memorial is under construction there in the Catholic Pauper section of Evergreen Cemetery where mostly Irish immigrants are buried in sunken, unmarked graves. The average age at time of death was 23 and nearly half of those buried there are children.

Dr. Walsh has been a driving force behind the creation of this Irish Miners Memorial. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado Denver where he has taught for 22 years.

Dr. Walsh specializes in the history and politics of immigration, labor, and social movements. He is co-author of "Irish Denver", author of "Michael Mooney and the Leadville Irish" and founder of the Romero Theater Troupe, an all-volunteer human rights theater troupe.

Guests are welcome for this free presentation at 1:00 p.m. MT in Applewood Valley United Methodist Church, 2035 Ellis St., Golden, CO 80401. There is ample parking and accessible entrance.

For 42 years, Foothills Genealogical Society has been supporting genealogical research with educational programs, classes and field trips as well as preserving and publishing historical records from Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson and Park counties. For more information, visit www.foothillsgenealogy.org or write P.O. Box 150382, Lakewood CO 80215-0382. 

Farm records can be an insightful tool for understanding your ancestor’s place in the world. Were they wealthy, prosperous farmers or scratch farming to survive? Agricultural census, land records and mortgage books, court records, farm directories, newspapers, and personal ledgers and diaries can each provide an additional layer of insight into your family tree.Tina Beaird is the owner of Tamarack Genealogy and is also a Genealogy/Local History Librarian at the Plainfield Public Library. Tina lectures extensively on topics including genealogical methodology, military research and archival preservation. She is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild and the Association of Professional Genealogists as well as First V.P. of the Illinois State Genealogical Society, Board Director for the Northern Illinois Historic League, and the Oswego Heritage Association. She volunteers her time with several historical and genealogical societies across Illinois. Tina has provided research assistance for nearly twenty years and has been researching her family’s history, as time permits, for over thirty years. She is a rabid baseball fan and her and her family have visited 24 out of 30 Major League Ballparks across the U.S.This in-person meeting will be held at Naperville Municipal Center - Room B (400 S Eagle St, Naperville, IL 60540)FVGS meetings are free to attend. Visit https://ilfvgs.org/education/programs/2022-programs/ for the FVGS 2022 Program Schedule. The presentation will be recorded. Members have access to recordings for a limited time.