The Charleston Family History will change its hours beginning on May 1, 2019.   The new schedule is as follows:

11 am to 7 pm - Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays
11 am to 3 pm - Fridays
11 am to 3 pm - 2nd & 4th Saturdays only
Closed Sundays & Mondays

DIRT Meeting - Doing State Research in the USA

We discussed and showed 9 websites for doing research at the state level.  Then each person pick "one" site (not to overlap) and took 45 minutes to investigate that site for information.  Then each person discussed with everyone else what they had found and how to use the site.  Here is a handout with the 9 suggested sites for today:  Click here

Items that were re-enforced:
- Use different websites for looking up the same information, do not depend upon only one place
- Use different search criteria
- Go back to the site later, there is always new information being posted
- Write down your path and what you find or do not find
- Explore
- Have fun

We also discussed the following:
Charleston Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society: https://charlestongenealogy.org/
Upcoming: Census Puzzle, do you know all the pieces by Pat Kruger
          - Sunday, 28 Apr, 2:30-3:30 Masonic Temple, 1285 Orange Grove Rd, West Ashley
Upcoming Creating your own Free Blog for Genealogy: May 23: 7:00-9:00 PM

There is a change in topic for the next meeting on May 8, we will demonstrate and for those of you with Family Tree Maker, have you create a book of one of your ancestors.

Our session on April 10th was an overview and update on "Interpreting Your AncestryDNA" and included the new tagging of your Matches and the new Thrulines analysis.

The group had a great discussion about what information they had found about their ancestors and how they had found the information.

Here is a copy of the new handout: click here