Online Genealogy: Week of April 27-May 3

 

Each week we will share news of upcoming online genealogy events. Most of them are free. Check our previous post, “Genealogy Learning in theTime of Coronavirus,” for a list of archived classes at Ancestry, FamilySearch, RootsTech, and more.

Heads up: The National Genealogical Society will hold a Virtual Family History Conference this year, beginning May 20. Visit their website for details.

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society continues its series of webinars. Next up is a presentation by CGS member Grant Din!

April 28: "The Joys and Challenges of Chinese American Research" by Grant Din
April 29: "German Records Online" by James M. Beidlar
May 4: "Using Third-Party Tools to Analyze Your Autosomal DNA" by Blaine Bettinger

Legacy Family Tree and MyHeritage continue their ongoing series. This week:

April 28: "Working with DNA segments on MyHeritage" by Ran Snir

April 29: "Road Crews and Jury Selection: How to Find Where Our Ancestors Lived and Their Neighbors" by J. Mark Lowe

May 1: "The Future is Still in the Past: An Introduction to Online Parish Clerks in the United Kingdom" by Wayne Shepheard

Conference Keeper lists most of the above, as well as these webinars:

April 27: "Jersey Roots Genealogy" presented by Michelle Tucker Chubenko
April 29: "Break Down Brick Walls" a Zoom chat with Illinois librarians
May 1: “Getting Done Your Family History Projects” a four-part class by Heirloom Films
May 2:  "First World War Internment Camps" with Hannah Bell via the BYU Family History Library (link takes you to the list of classes; you can click to enter the class at time specified)

Stay safe, and happy learning!

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Need more ways to research genealogy online?

Join California Genealogical Society member and The California Nugget editor Janice Sellers as she presents “Read All about It! Using Online Newspapers for Genealogical Research” on Saturday, July 8th, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.

How can it help me?
Newspapers are valuable in genealogical research because you can find information about births, marriages, deaths, moves, business, naturalizations, court cases, and more. Millions of pages of the world's newspapers are now accessible online, but there is no one place to find them all.

Janice says, “One of the first times I taught this, a friend of mine was in the classroom, but she ran out of the room in the middle of the class. When the class was over I found her in the library at a computer. She told me she was so excited by the the techniques I had described to look for her relatives in the newspaper that she couldn’t wait for the end of class to start!”

This class gives an overview of what is available online and techniques to help improve your chances of finding information about your relatives. Sign up today and see what you’ve been missing online!

About the Speaker

Janice M. Sellers is a professional genealogist and the founder of Ancestral Discoveries. She specializes in Jewish, black, dual citizenship, and newspaper research and offers translation (French, Spanish, Russian), editing, and indexing services.

Janice holds a B.A. in foreign languages (French, Spanish, Russian) from the University of Southern California, edits three genealogy publications, and serves on the boards of the African American Genealogical Society of Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society. She is also a member of Association of Professional Genealogists, Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy, Genealogical Speakers Guild, and California Genealogical Society.

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