Wednesday, September 30, 2020

 Great session today, here are the highlights

1) Discussed the upcoming Family History Center Workshop on October 17

    - if you want to join the fun for $10, Click here

    - if you want to know more, here is a link to the flyer: Click here

2) Marian Chamberlain shared her approach to Irish Genealogy Research

    - for website links click here

    - for handout from Genealogical Treasures in Irish Archives: Click here

    - for handout from Irish Foundations 1 Syllabus: Click here

3) Making Short Stories from Family History

    - mind map: Click here

4) AncestryDNA Ethnicity calculations - how it works

5) Ten Steps to Organizing Genealogy

Full video recording of this session: Click here

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

 You Won't Want to Miss It! The world’s largest family history conference will be virtual and completely FREE!

FamilySearch’s RootsTech conference is known for incredible keynote speakers, the latest industry news, and inspiring classes to help you discover your family story. This next year, it will also be FREE! Join us on February 25–27, 2021, as we uncover more about the story of you. Sign Up for Free  at  https://www.rootstech.org/?lang=eng

 DIRT Meeting on Land Records For Genealogy part 3 - Metes and Bounds


I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.  I look forward to when we can meet at the Lakehouse again.


For the recording of today's session: Click Here

For the glossary of Deed terms: Click Here

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

DIRT Meeting Sept 16 Land Records part 2

 I hope this finds everyone safe and healthy.  

Our session today was on: Using Land Records for Genealogy Part 2

    Click here for the recording of today's session

    Click here for Glossary of Deed terms


Other announcement:

RootsTech 2021 is virtual and free.  Sign up: Click here

Marian Chamberlain has found two wonderful free sources on Facebook, join their group page

  - FindMyPast: has great records on Britain and Ireland: Weekly Q&A Webinar - Click Here

  - Irish Family History Dublin: Weekly Q&A Webinar: Click Here

Ten Tools for Writing Genealogy: Click Here