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Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
22 Jan 2020 DIRT Meeting summary
Our meeting today was well attended and we had 3 new members join us. Our focus items for this meeting were:
1) Review and feedback on the Genealogy Fair 2020 "Working Together - New Discoveries"
2) Summary of 2019 Genealogy activities
3) Bob's Corner focused on the card catalog in FamilySearch.org: Click here
4) List of Webinars since last meeting
5) Deadends : Know Alternate Approaches discussion, see two handouts
Click here for Genealogy Checklist
Click here for Alternate Sources
6) Each of the 5 tables used a different website to explore finding more information about Obituaries
7) Each of the 5 tables selected 2 people with death dates and used one or more sources to find obituaries on those individuals - hooray - most tables found new information from obituaries of their ancestors
8) Upcoming events for Feb/Mar were shared
Our meeting today was well attended and we had 3 new members join us. Our focus items for this meeting were:
1) Review and feedback on the Genealogy Fair 2020 "Working Together - New Discoveries"
2) Summary of 2019 Genealogy activities
3) Bob's Corner focused on the card catalog in FamilySearch.org: Click here
4) List of Webinars since last meeting
5) Deadends : Know Alternate Approaches discussion, see two handouts
Click here for Genealogy Checklist
Click here for Alternate Sources
6) Each of the 5 tables used a different website to explore finding more information about Obituaries
7) Each of the 5 tables selected 2 people with death dates and used one or more sources to find obituaries on those individuals - hooray - most tables found new information from obituaries of their ancestors
8) Upcoming events for Feb/Mar were shared
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Genealogy Fair 2020 - Working Together - New Discoveries held 14 Jan 2020
There were 42 attendees at the Fair and 15 were new. It was a great turnout. The session was designed with 1) Short introduction to the Genealogy Club, 2) Guest Speakers, 3) break and looking at information tables, 4) Working together in separate tables for New York/New Jersey; North Carolina ; Virginia ; Beginners with DIRT members sharing experiences and answer questions, then he final Raffle ticket prize giveaway.
We hope that many of the new attendees will join the genealogy club and attend our sessions. Starting in February the first meeting of the month will focus on Beginners and the steps to success, the 2nd meeting will be more in-depth topics. Let us get together and work together.
Here are the presentations and handouts used at the tables:
1) Overall presentation: Click here
2) South Carolina Room Charleston County Pulic Library
- Marianne Crawley - Click here
3) Charleston Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society
- Charlie Black - Click here
- for their website: Click here
4) Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints Family History Center
- Dave/Delsa Biorn - Click here
5) Genealogy Checklist : Click here
6) Beginners handout : Click here
(please experiment with the links on the page
7) Photo of raffle winners: Click here
For those of you who have FamilySearch.org and want to use the Relatives around me app, please follow these instructions to get this onto your phone.
1) download FamilySearch app onto your phone
2) open the app with your account and password
3) Select more
4) Select Relatives around me
If others with about 60 feet have the same application open on their phone, it will tell if you are related or not based upon the ONE FamilySearch tree.
Please send to Lynn Baker any feedback pertaining to the event. What did you like, what would you suggest for improvements
There were 42 attendees at the Fair and 15 were new. It was a great turnout. The session was designed with 1) Short introduction to the Genealogy Club, 2) Guest Speakers, 3) break and looking at information tables, 4) Working together in separate tables for New York/New Jersey; North Carolina ; Virginia ; Beginners with DIRT members sharing experiences and answer questions, then he final Raffle ticket prize giveaway.
We hope that many of the new attendees will join the genealogy club and attend our sessions. Starting in February the first meeting of the month will focus on Beginners and the steps to success, the 2nd meeting will be more in-depth topics. Let us get together and work together.
Here are the presentations and handouts used at the tables:
1) Overall presentation: Click here
2) South Carolina Room Charleston County Pulic Library
- Marianne Crawley - Click here
3) Charleston Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society
- Charlie Black - Click here
- for their website: Click here
4) Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints Family History Center
- Dave/Delsa Biorn - Click here
5) Genealogy Checklist : Click here
6) Beginners handout : Click here
(please experiment with the links on the page
7) Photo of raffle winners: Click here
For those of you who have FamilySearch.org and want to use the Relatives around me app, please follow these instructions to get this onto your phone.
1) download FamilySearch app onto your phone
2) open the app with your account and password
3) Select more
4) Select Relatives around me
If others with about 60 feet have the same application open on their phone, it will tell if you are related or not based upon the ONE FamilySearch tree.
Please send to Lynn Baker any feedback pertaining to the event. What did you like, what would you suggest for improvements
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
2020: Its the new year and our first meeting.
Remember there is the Seabrook / Kiawah Island Genealogy Club (DIRT) Annual Genealogy Fair on Tuesday, 14 January 2020 from 1:00-3:30 PM at the Live Oak Room, Lakehouse. Bring your friends and enjoy the speakers, food/drinks, working together and prizes.
Review of available webinars from December 2019 for members who bring USB drive to session.
Our focus today was on:
1) Beginners Step 4 "Know What Records are Available for the time period"
During the session we used the following sites to investigate time period
- FamilySearch Research Wiki: Click here
- The Family History Guide: Click here
- Google search
2) Presented what the new Baxter-Patrick James Island Library has to offer
- to get an appointment call: 843-795-6679 or
email: bpcreative@ccpl.org
3) Reviewed strategy for Genealogy Fair and got volunteers to help
4) Open session for questions and brick wall questions from participants
Remember there is the Seabrook / Kiawah Island Genealogy Club (DIRT) Annual Genealogy Fair on Tuesday, 14 January 2020 from 1:00-3:30 PM at the Live Oak Room, Lakehouse. Bring your friends and enjoy the speakers, food/drinks, working together and prizes.
Review of available webinars from December 2019 for members who bring USB drive to session.
Our focus today was on:
1) Beginners Step 4 "Know What Records are Available for the time period"
During the session we used the following sites to investigate time period
- FamilySearch Research Wiki: Click here
- The Family History Guide: Click here
- Google search
2) Presented what the new Baxter-Patrick James Island Library has to offer
- to get an appointment call: 843-795-6679 or
email: bpcreative@ccpl.org
3) Reviewed strategy for Genealogy Fair and got volunteers to help
4) Open session for questions and brick wall questions from participants
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