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Help-Where do I Start?
Help! Where do I Start?:
This is a 1 1/2 hours class with some computer hands on.
How do you really get started with your Family History?
This class is for beginners and will help them to learn how to effectively and comfortably learn the steps to know how to find and record their ancestors.
Class members will learn:
This is a 1 1/2 hours class with some computer hands on.
How do you really get started with your Family History?
This class is for beginners and will help them to learn how to effectively and comfortably learn the steps to know how to find and record their ancestors.
Class members will learn:
- Where to find family history information
- How to record and save what you find
- Charts and forms to help you as you go
- How to make and use timelines in research
- What resources to use first
- How to find and use research guidance
- And much more
Searching for the Elusive Ancestor
Searching for the Elusive Ancestor:
This class offers helpful techniques to assist in locating elusive ancestors in FamilySearch through the use of browsable records that have not as yet been indexed.
These records represent 70% of all records that FamilySearch has digitized in its collections.
This class will cover locating un-indexed US draft registration records, unindexed probate documents from the 19th century American Midwest as well, and unindexed Hispanic Catholic baptismal records. We will also find the actual images of records whose original microfilm images are marked “image not available” and the extra information those images may provide.
Class members will also learn:
1. The difference between “Find” and “Search” in
FamilySearch
2. How to tell the “Search” command into which
collection to look
3. How is it possible to see the original image to an
indexed record marked “image not available?”
4. What might one of these “Browsablhave that can’t
be found in an indexed record?
5. What are the several icons used by FamilySearch to indicate the formulas used and what do they mean?
This class offers helpful techniques to assist in locating elusive ancestors in FamilySearch through the use of browsable records that have not as yet been indexed.
These records represent 70% of all records that FamilySearch has digitized in its collections.
This class will cover locating un-indexed US draft registration records, unindexed probate documents from the 19th century American Midwest as well, and unindexed Hispanic Catholic baptismal records. We will also find the actual images of records whose original microfilm images are marked “image not available” and the extra information those images may provide.
Class members will also learn:
1. The difference between “Find” and “Search” in
FamilySearch
2. How to tell the “Search” command into which
collection to look
3. How is it possible to see the original image to an
indexed record marked “image not available?”
4. What might one of these “Browsablhave that can’t
be found in an indexed record?
5. What are the several icons used by FamilySearch to indicate the formulas used and what do they mean?
Google/Internet Research
Google/Internet Research:
Learn how to effectively use the Internet to search for your ancestors.
This class will explain search engines and provide ideas for searching on the Internet.
Class members will also learn how to do the following:
Learn how to effectively use the Internet to search for your ancestors.
This class will explain search engines and provide ideas for searching on the Internet.
Class members will also learn how to do the following:
- Set up a research log to track online searches.
- Find and use Images to locate photos and find others working on your line.
- Using several sites locate free family books.
- Find free online genealogy tutorials.
- Use Google Translate to help you with languages other than English
- Learn how to have the Internet work for you while you sleep
Tracking Your Research- Timelines & Logs
Tracking Your Research - Timelines & Logs:
Two of the most valuable helps for your family history research are timelines
and research logs. This class will show you how to create them and use them to:
- Keep your research focused
- Keep track of what has already been done
- Help you to not repeat your research
- Help you sort your ancestor from someone else with the same name
- Keep a record of your correspondence
- Understand where you need to search next
City Directories
City Directories:
No Census – No Problem.
City Directories appeared before phone books and are listings of people in the town in which they lived.
When you are wishing you had the now non-existent 1890 US Census, you can turn to the City Directories of that same time period to possibly find your missing families.
These City Directories also fill in for the years between the censuses since most of them were publihes yearly.
The directories will give information about occupations and the street the person lived on. These old directories were used in other countries besides the United States, and they can go back into the 1800’s.
The Class will cover:
No Census – No Problem.
City Directories appeared before phone books and are listings of people in the town in which they lived.
When you are wishing you had the now non-existent 1890 US Census, you can turn to the City Directories of that same time period to possibly find your missing families.
These City Directories also fill in for the years between the censuses since most of them were publihes yearly.
The directories will give information about occupations and the street the person lived on. These old directories were used in other countries besides the United States, and they can go back into the 1800’s.
The Class will cover:
- What a City Directory is
- Why they were created and what they contain
- Where to locate the directories
- How to incorporate the information into your tree
Newspapers
Newspapers:
Newspapers present a wide assortment of information that may enrich your family history, whether you are looking to find out who attended your great grandmother’s 7th birthday party or a list of those who attended her funeral.
Since the first newspapers were published in the early 1600's, thousands of big city and small town publishing houses around the world have published millions of pages ripe with anecdotes to family heritages.
Sign up for this class to:
Discover what can be learned from newspapers
How to access the right collection of preserved newspapers
Which sources to use - cost? free? etc.
Learn how to copy articles through your computer or phone
How to get the correct information for a quality soursing.
Newspapers present a wide assortment of information that may enrich your family history, whether you are looking to find out who attended your great grandmother’s 7th birthday party or a list of those who attended her funeral.
Since the first newspapers were published in the early 1600's, thousands of big city and small town publishing houses around the world have published millions of pages ripe with anecdotes to family heritages.
Sign up for this class to:
Discover what can be learned from newspapers
How to access the right collection of preserved newspapers
Which sources to use - cost? free? etc.
Learn how to copy articles through your computer or phone
How to get the correct information for a quality soursing.
Breaking Brick Walls
Breaking Brick Walls:
This is a 90-minute class you do not want to miss.
Brick walls seem to be a concern at some time for every genealogist.
However, when you knowing some of the best tricks and methods to get around or through these stuborn wall makes a class like this a great treat!
Those who take this class will know how to:
- Implement useful strategies when research comes to a challenging halt.
- Recognize the problems leading up to a BrickWall
- Use steps & methods to avoid stubborn brick-walls.
- Be confident that they can break these walls rather than just giving up
Ancestry .com
Ancestry.com:
Ancestry.com. is one of the most popular family history sites available. This 90 minute class will help to acquaint class members with the exceptional offerings of Ancestry as well as how to navigate their site. If you do not have an account with Ancestry, our library has a free subscription access to Ancestry that you can use while you are at our FamilySearch library.
Knowing how to use the Ancestry site will be exceptionally valuable in your genealogical research projects.This class will assist you being able to add sources fro Ancestry into your FamilySearch records. You will also learn how to search, locate and discover how effectively this website is designed. It will also help when you move trough FamilySearch into Ancestry . You will be more knowledgeable and more able to maneuver in Ancestry thus being more effective in your searches.
Ancestry.com. is one of the most popular family history sites available. This 90 minute class will help to acquaint class members with the exceptional offerings of Ancestry as well as how to navigate their site. If you do not have an account with Ancestry, our library has a free subscription access to Ancestry that you can use while you are at our FamilySearch library.
Knowing how to use the Ancestry site will be exceptionally valuable in your genealogical research projects.This class will assist you being able to add sources fro Ancestry into your FamilySearch records. You will also learn how to search, locate and discover how effectively this website is designed. It will also help when you move trough FamilySearch into Ancestry . You will be more knowledgeable and more able to maneuver in Ancestry thus being more effective in your searches.