Category: Future Webinars

Webinar Abstract: Names are the most powerful means of identifying ancestors. Name-based research techniques can supercharge the investigation of European ancestral origins. We describe and demonstrate several of these techniques, leveraging name etymologies and origins, the shape and texture of…

Webinar Abstract: Migrating ancestors present challenges in discovering their actions and records. Land and tax records place an ancestor in a specific location in time and provide details to uniquely identify him from people of the same name. Learn key…

Webinar Abstract: Discover the power of Google My Maps, an essential tool within the Google app suite, for visualizing your ancestors’ lives. From mapping migration patterns and cemetery locations to planning research trips and validating historical documents, Google My Maps…

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Webinar Abstract: Follow Ebba – a women’s rights advocate with a complex marital history – as we reconstruct her story through a wide range of records, especially newspapers. We will resolve inconsistencies, reveal hidden details, and tell a rich nuanced…

Webinar Abstract: Bounty land was the reward for service to veterans from the Revolution through the Mexican War. Applications for bounty land from veterans or their heirs are bursting with genealogical information, but researchers rarely see it because records for…

Webinar Abstract: We know we need to do reasonably exhaustive searches for information in genealogy – but do we really think about WHAT we need to research?  I thought I knew all about my Great-Aunt Gwen – I had known…

Presenter: Bryna O’Sullivan is a Middletown, Connecticut based professional genealogist and French to English genealogical translator. As proprietor of Charter Oak Genealogy, she specializes in lineage society applications. Details to come

Webinar Abstract: The Genealogical Proof Standard calls for “reasonably exhaustive research”—but how do we know when we’ve reached it? This session explores what the standards actually require and how genealogists can recognize when they have gathered sufficient evidence to support…