Archive for the ‘General’ category
Angela Packer McGhie, CG TITLE: History, Records and Context: Researching the Locations Your Ancestors Lived SESSION: F301 TIME & DATE: Friday, 04 May 4 2018, 8:00 a.m. Each time we trace our ancestor to a new location we need to take time to learn about the history, geography, customs, and reco...
TITLE: Michigan Quakers: Their History and the Records They Left SESSION: F343 TIME & DATE: Friday, 04 May 2018, 2:30 p.m. Quakers, members of the Religious Society of Friends, began settling in southern Michigan as early as 1824. Quakers have a fascinating history, and they left genealogically...
Title: Studying Free People of Color in Apprentice Records Session: S448 Time & Date: Saturday, 05 May 2018, 2:30 pm Apprentice records offer an abundance of great information when studying free people of color. While some apprentice contracts may plainly demonstrate an alternative source of fr...
Early Bird Discount Ends 20 March for 2018 Family History Conference Time is running out for family historians to get a discount on registration for the National Genealogical Society (NGS) Family History Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2-5 May 2018. After 20 March 2018, the price of registrat...
TITLE: Tracing the Tribe with DNA SESSION: F320 TIME & DATE: Friday, 04 May 2018, 2:30 pm This session will present the challenges of DNA within an endogamous community and the fascinating (and surprising) discoveries gleaned from numerous DNA projects focused on Jewish ancestry. Some points...
Researching your New England Ancestors Online and in Repositories SESSION: T205 TIME & DATE: Thursday, 03 May 2018, 8:00 a.m. SPONSOR: NEHGS www.AmericanAncestors.org Join David Lambert, Chief Genealogist at NEHGS (New England Historic Genealogical Society) for a lecture covering resources for...
Tracing Your Civil War Ancestors SESSION: T247 DATE & TIME: Thursday, 03 May 2018, 2:30 p.m. Information on soldiers’ military experience is available from federal, state, and local records. Military pension, G.A.R., and other records are examined. Examples will show the value of researching...
Dutch Genealogy 101: Finding Your Ancestors from the Netherlands. SESSION: W143, DATE & TIME: Wednesday, 02 May 2018, 2:30 pm Learn the basic information you need to trace your ancestors from the Netherlands from a native-born Dutch researcher and genealogist. Topics covered include how to fin...
Cloud Computing for Genealogy: Applications, Strategies, and Workflows SESSION: T228 TIME & DATE: Thursday, 03 May, 2018, 11 a.m. The list of cloud computing applications relevant to genealogists is constantly growing and changing. Colleen Greene, MLIS, will look at cloud-based tools that are...
LECTURE: Reading and Writing Section, Township, and Range Land Descriptions SESSION: T256 DAY & TIME: Thursday, 03 May, 2018, 4:00 p.m. The Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided the catalyst for creation of the U.S. Public Land Survey (USPLS) and enabled surveying ...
