Family Lines & Stories

Van Zandt County Genealogical Society Seminar
2020-09-26 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
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Fort Worth Genealogy Society Seminar
2020-09-12 08:00 - 17:00 | TBA, McKinney, TX, 75069

Census Sense: Clues & Conundrums for Intermediate Researchers
2020-09-05 15:30 - 16:30 | Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO
Based on the federal census site, this presentation focuses on federal census headings and codes, alternate federal censuses, state censuses, and their use in our research.

Military Pensions: Vital Records in Disguise!
2020-09-04 17:00 - 18:00 | Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO
Military pension records are an amazing source of information. This presentation puts “flesh on the bones” of several individuals whose military records are reviewed; it also goes through the steps of retrieving pensions from various repositories while demonstrating how to link a family through these documents.

Courthouse Records: One Stop Shopping for Family Secrets
2020-09-03 15:30 - 16:30 | Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO
Wonderful stories of individuals and families are told in a well-paced introduction to documents found in courthouses. Birth, death and marriage certificates, probate & wills, land, court case documents and guardianship papers are part of these stories. The benefits of courthouse research become clear to the researcher not familiar with these documents.

Federation of Genealogy Societies (FGS)
2020-09-01 08:00 - 2020-09-04 17:00 | Kansas City, Missouri

Brick Wall Busting Strategies: Hammering at the Wall
2020-08-08 09:00 - 16:00 | Broadmoor Methodist Church, 3715 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA, 71105
This is a fun presentation with strategies, sources and a variety of documents that just might hammer down that frustrating brick wall. Examples of brick walls broken down are demonstrated by using vital records, military records, census, prison, land records, newspapers, passenger manifests and divorce records including a complicated story tracking a woman whose name changed 3 times in public records.

Chasing the Children to Find the Father’s Lineage: A Strategy with Stories
2020-08-08 09:00 - 16:00 | Broadmoor Methodist Church, 3715 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA, 71105
When a straight-line pedigree is interrupted by a disappearing ancestor, there are several strategies that can help us in our search. This presentation will demonstrate these proven alternate strategies with fascinating stories and amazing information.

16 Death Records that Will Bring Your Research to Life!
2020-08-08 09:00 - 16:00 | Broadmoor Methodist Church, 3715 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA, 71105
Knowing where to look can sometimes be the most difficult part of the research. This presentation is filled with stories and examples of the often unknown, unfound, and unused death documents.

Census Sense: Clues & Conundrums for Intermediate Researchers
2020-08-08 09:00 - 16:00 | Broadmoor Methodist Church, 3715 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA, 71105

I’ve Got My Ancestry DNA Report: Evaluating My Test Results For Connections (Intermediate)
2020-08-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Weatherford Public Library, 1014 Charles Street, Weatherford, TX, 76086
This presentation takes understanding of the DNA report to the next level. As a warm-up, we will touch on the DNA Ethnicity Report, the DNA Circles, and the DNA Story; more importantly, we will calculate find matches, evaluate the degree of relationship, and compare DNA. This course is geared for those who are beyond beginner and looking to build a greater knowledge of the power of genetics in genealogy.

Armchair Mysteries Solved at Home with Old School Communication and New School Technology
2020-07-18 10:00 - 12:30 | Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Road, Plano, TX, 75074
This presentation offers abundant tips, tricks, and examples for a researcher who’s looking for answers far from home and is not online. Often underused research and resource opportunities are just an email away—and sometimes still a phone call away! The techniques presented here often provide successful means to resolving the mysteries of our ancestors using both online sites and offline sources for information

I’ve Got—Or I’m Getting—My DNA Report: Now What Do I Do? (Beginner)
2020-07-14 19:00 - 20:00 | George W. Hawkes Arlington Downtown Public Library, 100 S. Center Street, Arlington, TX, 76010
Presented from a non-genetic genealogist point of view, this presentation explains in a fun and visual way how to choose a test, a company, what to do while waiting for the report, and how to maximize the report results. Whether deciding who to contact, how to use the research within the DNA report, or just how to link our trees to our DNA results, this session will be helpful. Besides spending time reviewing the report, the potential use of raw data is introduced with a visual step-by-step procedure for uploading raw data to other sites.

Brick Wall Busting Strategies: Hammering at the Wall
2020-07-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Roy & Helen Hall Memorial Library, 101 E. Hunt Street, McKinney, TX, 75063, United States
This is a fun presentation with strategies, sources and a variety of documents that just might hammer down that frustrating brick wall. Examples of brick walls broken down are demonstrated by using vital records, military records, census, prison, land records, newspapers, passenger manifests, and divorce records including a complicated story tracking a woman whose name changed 3 times in public records.

I’ve Got—Or I’m Getting—My DNA Report: Now What Do I Do? (Beginner)
2020-06-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Weatherford Public Library, 1014 Charles Street, Weatherford, TX, 76086

Brick Wall Busting Strategies: Hammering at the Wall
2020-06-04 18:30 - 19:30

I’ve Got My Ancestry DNA Report: Evaluating My Test Results For Connections (Intermediate)
2020-04-11 09:00 - 16:00 | Soules College of Business Building, UT Tyler, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX, 75799
This presentation takes understanding the DNA report to the next level. As a warm-up, we will touch on the DNA Ethnicity Report, the DNA Circles and the DNA Story; more importantly, we will calculate find matches, evaluate the degree of relationship, and compare DNA. This course is geared for those who are beyond beginner and looking to build a greater knowledge of the power of genetics in genealogy.

I’ve Got—Or I’m Getting—My DNA Report: Now What Do I Do? (Beginner)
2020-04-11 09:00 - 16:00 | Soules College of Business Building, UT Tyler, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX, 75799

Incorporating Multiple Sites in Our Research
2020-03-28 11:00 - 14:30 | LDS Denton Stake Center, 3000 Old North Road, Denton, TX, 76201
While Ancestry and FamilySearch are amazing experiences in and of themselves, there are many, many, many other sites to turn to for information. Learn and enjoy the Triple Whammy process that has brought so much success to my own and others’ research.

Brick Wall Busting Strategies: Hammering at the Wall
2020-03-28 09:00 - 10:00 | LDS Denton Stake Center, 3000 Old North Road, Denton, TX, 76201

Forgotten Treasures in the Texas Courthouse: Discovering the Miscellaneous Records
2020-03-21 12:30 - 13:30 | Arlington TX LDS Stake Center, 3809 Curt Drive 6, Arlington, 76016, United States
Are you looking for context and documentation? Do you have an ancestor that seems to have slipped between the cracks? Then these Texas gems hidden away in our county courthouses may hold an answer for you. This presentation not only presents 2 fun Texan stories that have come to life with information found within Miscellaneous Books, but also abundant examples of assorted documents.

County Land Records Demystified
2020-03-21 10:30 - 11:30 | Arlington TX LDS Stake Center, 3809 Curt Drive 6, Arlington, 76016, United States
Walking into the county courthouse can be an intimidating experience for some, but using the actual index, navigating to the proper record, and understanding the vocabulary can be a real mystery. This presentation will address the mysteries of finding and understanding the county land records whether offline or online.

I’ve Got My Ancestry DNA Report: Evaluating My Test Results For Connections (Intermediate)
2020-03-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Bryan County Genealogical Library, Calera, Oklahoma
This presentation takes an understanding of the DNA report to the next level. As a warm-up, we will touch on the DNA Ethnicity Report, the DNA Circles, and the DNA Story; more importantly, we will calculate found matches, evaluate the degree of relationship, and compare DNA. This course is geared for those who are beyond beginner and looking to build a greater knowledge of the power of genetics in genealogy.

Finding Our Scottish Immigrant's Home with American Documents
2020-03-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Roy & Helen Hall Memorial Library, 101 E. Hunt Street, McKinney, TX, 75063, United States
Robert Gillespie, husband, father, and miner emigrated to the United States in 1869; he never became a United States citizen. Without naturalization information, it becomes more difficult to find the birthplace of the émigré before 1900. This presentation concentrates on looking for other sources and sites to find his hometown.

16 Death Records that Will Bring Your Research to Life!
2020-03-10 19:00 - 20:00 | George W. Hawkes Arlington Downtown Public Library, 100 S. Center Street, Arlington, TX, 76010

Forgotten Treasures in the Texas Courthouse: Discovering Miscellaneous Records
2020-02-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Granbury TX Stake Center, 1226 Ross Ln, Granbury, 76048, United States

Brick Wall Busting Strategies: Hammering at the Wall
2020-02-22 10:30 - 11:30 | Granbury TX Stake Center, 1226 Ross Ln, Granbury, 76048, United States

Researching in 3 Steps: Documents, Citation & Context
2020-02-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Tyler Public Library, 201 S College Ave, Tyler, 75702, United States
Combining beginning and intermediate opportunities, this presentation combines fascinating stories of humanity paired with opportunities for compassionate context with citations for the documents utilized.

Researching in 3 Steps: Documents, Context, and Citation
2020-02-08 14:00 - 15:00
Combining beginning and intermediate opportunities, this presentation combines fascinating stories of humanity paired with opportunities for compassionate context and an analysis of appropriate citation for the documents utilized.

Armchair Mysteries Solved at Home: Old School Communication and New School Technology
2019-10-19 10:30 - 11:30 | Sussex County (DE) Genealogical Society
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