DIRT Meeting on:


1) Discussion
2) New websites: for replay click here

Creating a Genealogy Research Plan Like a Detective – ThoughtCo.

NARA’s Access to Archival Database (Social Security database):
   Genealogy Roots Blog explaining SSD : Click here

Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War Graves Registration Project:

RootsWeb Family History Wiki: Red Book / State / County

On-line historical directories website  Source Book and Red Book (state, county)

The topic of Family Interviews will be covered at another meeting in the future

DIRT Meeting: You are all welcome to join our sessions via the virtual link.

We had a good round the room discussion of what people are working on and their new discoveries.

The recorded session was on: 

   Finding Graveyards and Cemeteries: click here for replay

   Click here for handout

Hi everyone!  I hope you are all safe.

We had a DIRT meeting today and talked about:

1) General discussion about member reseasrch
2) Brend Larsen took us through her results upon using the Mind Mapping exercise
3) Reading and understanding the 1790 t0 1840 US Federal Census: Click here for recorded session
     - getting Census Cheat Sheets from FamilySearch.org Click here

Two other sources recommended:

Correspondence and writings from Founding Fathers: Click here
FamilySearch is offering 20 minute free consultations: Click here

See you next week.

DIRT Meeting today.  We covered the following major topics:

1) New Free webinars, Family Tree Maker Places, Using Mind Mapping and group help to break down brickwalls (an example): To see the video recording: Click Here
  - I used FreeMind software (free) : Click Here
  - Examples of Mind Mapping for Genealogy use: Click Here

2) Overview on Reading 1850 to 1900 US Census Records: To see replay: Click Here