Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Brickwall and Digital Afterlife

We had a great meeting today with lots of discussion and sharing.

Our main topics were:

  • Roots Tech 2024 recap and recommended sessions to watch
  • Brickwall: Who is the Father of Johann Phillip Holtschue by Adam Holtzschue - Click Here
  • Digital Afterlife by Lynn Baker - Click Here

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

 Digitizing Photos and Documents

We had a good session today, covering 

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

 2nd Brickwall presentation

Main Topics were:


Wednesday, January 24, 2024

 Great kickoff meeting for 2024

Topics were:

  • Upcoming Events: Remember RootsTech is February 29 - March 2
  • Setting 2024 Individual Genealogy goals and sharing those goals
  • Introduce new Brick Wall sharing project and request for signup
  • First Brick wall project presented: Is James Scott (1783-1841) the grandson of Isabella Scott who came Aug 21, 1771 to Augusta County, Virginia - by Brenda Larsen
  • Book Exchange - members bring in lists of Genealogy books to be loaned or given to other members



Wednesday, December 13, 2023

 Last meeting of the year - great friends, food and stories


We had a great get together today to celebrate our year in genealogy and the upcoming Holiday Season.

Everyone brought something to eat or drink (except those on zoom, they had to fend for thenmselves).

Some of the topics shared were:

  • Documentary: Kiss the Ground
  • Audiobook: Gallup Towards the Sun
  • Podcast: Ben Franklin World by Liz Covart: Click here
  • Upcoming events: Click here
  • Ancestry tips: Click here
  • Discussion of the 2024 Proposed topics: Click here

Happy holidays!!



Wednesday, November 8, 2023

 Terrific Meeting Today!

We had two great Case Studies presented:

  • My Aunt Martha's Family Chart by Lynn Maney-McIntosh: Click here
  • Outsider's Revenge: Discovery of my Maryland Ancestors by John Cheney: Click here

Additionally we had two short search tips by Lynn Baker  : Click here

We had a good discussion about 2024 sessions.  See proposal: click here
  • If you have suggestions for 2024 topics, please send them to Lynn Baker
  • 45 minutes of every session from February through May will be devoted to giving members feedback on how to tackle their research questions - Lynn will develop a format for recording your question and supplying your background information.  Please sign up for time for you question.
Upcoming Events 8Nov2023: Click here

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Great meeting.

Potential new member participated - welcome to John Holschuh

Upcoming Webinar Events: Click here

Two Case Studies:

Chasing Down Ancestors with low DNA matches by Mike Turner - click here

DNA Painter: What are the Odds, Who is your Grandfather by Glenn Soden - click here


Genealogy University Conference - 21 Oct 2023 Handouts - Click Here