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Did My Family Get Skipped? Mining Census Records for Missing Ancestors – December 18, 2025

Webinar Abstract: Did your family get skipped in a census? Learn how timelines, city directories, and creative searches can help you find those “lost” ancestors. Presenter: Nicole Gilkison LaRue, CG®, AG®, is a full-time professional genealogist for the federal government.…
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Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools for Land Records Analysis – November 20, 2025

Webinar Abstract: AI tools can be used to quickly extract and organize information from single or multiple land records, including metes and bounds, public land descriptions, geographic features, and neighbors.   This introductory lecture will start with an overview of land…
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Obituaries and Other Death Information in Newspapers – October 16, 2025

Webinar Abstract: Finding obituaries for our ancestors in historic newspapers is always exciting, but there are lots of other ways we can learn of an ancestor’s death in the paper. Learn how to find obituaries and a whole lot more. …
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Murder in the Mountains: Grandpa’s Birth Father in Court Records: DNA Case – September 18, 2025

Webinar Abstract:  Murder in the Mountains: Solving a Paternity Case With DNA and Court RecordsExplore an old tangled web of family secrets with this intriguing DNA case study set against the backdrop of a 1928 murder in the mountains of…