Archive for the ‘General’ category

Catholic Parish Records, Mexican Civil Registration Records, and South American Research–Debbie Gurtler SESSION: F323  TRACK: Hispanic and Latin       TITLE: Catholic Parish Records:  The Backbone for Research in the Hispanic World SESSION: S423  TRACK:  Hispanic and Latin ...

May 7, 2022 by Roger Prince

Okies, Fire Insurance Maps, and the Enslaved in Newspapers–Ari Wilkins SESSION: W124 TRACK: Land and Maps          TITLE:  Reconstructing Communities Using Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, Census Records, and City Directories SESSION: T242  TRACK:  African American      ...

May 4, 2022 by Roger Prince

Jewish Genealogy in Eastern Europe–Miriam Weiner SESSION: T229 TRACK: Jewish      TITLE:  Jewish Genealogy: Researching Business Directories, Telephone Books and Town Maps in Eastern Europe Miriam Weiner is an Certified Genealogist Emeritus and was the first person to be certif...

May 2, 2022 by Roger Prince

Irish Miners and Multi-Ethnic Arizona–David Rencher SESSION: W145 TRACK: Western States      TITLE:  Arizona Genealogical Resources from A-Z SESSION: S408 TRACK: Western States  TITLE:  Irish Miners Across America David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, FIGRS, is the Chief Genealogic...

April 29, 2022 by Roger Prince

Chinese Railroad Workers and Angel Island Immigrants–Grant Din SESSION: T228 TRACK: Western States      TITLE:  Angel Island’s Immigrants from More Than Eighty Countries and the Records They Left Behind SESSION: F302 TRACK: Chinese American  TITLE:  Chinese Railroad Wor...

April 27, 2022 by Roger Prince

Federal Land Records, a Rich Source–Angela Packer McGhie SESSION: W114 TRACK: Land and Maps      TITLE:  Researching Federal Land Records for Western States SESSION: T201  TRACK: BCG Skillbuilding  TITLE:  Document Analysis: Digging into the Details Angela Packer McGhie, CG...

April 26, 2022 by Roger Prince

Using DNA to Solve Complex Genealogy Problems—Karen Stanbary SESSION: T221 TRACK: BCG Skillbuilding  TITLE:  Follow the Trail of Records and DNA from Ireland to Oregon (1810-1860) SESSION: F345 TRACK: Methodology  TITLE:  A Giant Logic Puzzle:  An Overview of Visual Phasing. Ka...

April 22, 2022 by Roger Prince

Focus on Assembling Research and Adhering to Standards—LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson SESSION: W111 TRACK: BCG Skillbuilding  TITLE:  Why Standards are for Everyone SESSION: T205 TRACK: Methodology           TITLE:  Assembling Research Results LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM,...

April 20, 2022 by Roger Prince

It Gets Even Better Offline–Tom Jones SESSION: W155 TRACK: Methodology  TITLE:  It Gets Even Better Offline Tom Jones is back with another fascinating talk.  This time he will present three case studies that demonstrate how leads developed using online research led to materials not availa...

April 18, 2022 by Roger Prince

Excitement Grows as Opening Day Approaches for the NGS 2022 Family History Conference in Sacramento A Message from Jane Knowles Lindsey, NGS Local Host Society Chair My excitement is mounting as the first, live, in-person national family history conference in three years draws near!  In just over...

April 17, 2022 by Roger Prince