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!!

 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

• Handout: 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

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

 Great discussion today

Two new potential members joined: Bob and Judy Townsend from Kiawah Island

Two Case Studies:

• Grandma Had a Sister by Marian Chamberlain - Click Here
• Finding Tennessee Women by Charlotte Stanton - Click here

Main Topic:

• Christmas Projects - Click here
• Christmas Projects handout - Click here

Upcoming Events - Click here

• Case Study by Brenda Larsen: Meek Inheritance - click here
• What is new in Ancestry - click here
• Prior August 24, 2022 Meeting on using Google Earth and map overlays - click here
• Handout for Using Google Earth and overlayas - click here
• Upcoming Events - click here
• It was suggested that we have a "Book" day in January 2024, members would bring genealogy books that they no longer need and are willing to give up - others might want those books for research.  We will talk more about this before January 2024 meeting.

 Organizing Genealogy Group Project

We divided into two groups with 4-5 people per group.  Each group had a series of questions to discuss about how they organize their own genealogy.  After sharing their different approaches, each group then shared with everyone their recommended approach (the audience would be a beginner genealogist).  I think everyone had fun and it was a good chance to share stories, approaches and get to know each other better.  There is no video recording for this session.

 Organizing Genealogy

We had a great discussion of the July 12 Johns Island Presbyterian Church Cemetery field trip.  All the discoveries and lessons learned about Find A Grave.  The church administrative staff appreciated the help with the cemetery map.

Events Update: Click Here

Main topic was Organizing Genealogy, for the full video replay Click Here

• Started with a youtube video: How to Organize Your Family HIstory
• Color Coding diagram: Click Here
• Digital photo crib sheet: Click here
• How to make the computer work for you: Click here
• Organizing folders and files: Click Here

 Case Study and Gravestones

Those were our topics for today.  

Upcoming Events: Click here

Charlotte Stanton did a wonderful presentation on Moving West: Garret Family Pioneers First Landowners, Click here

An overview of Gravestones and Cemeteries along with a tutorial on Find A Grave: Click here

Original Find A Grave youtube link: click here

 Case Study - Ancestry DNA Thrulines - Irish Research

We had a great attendance at the meeting today.

Main Topics:

1. Case Study: Genealogy Surprises you can find when researching your Ancestors by Lynn Maney-McIntosh: Click here
2. AncestryDNA Thrulines overview: Click Here
• DNA Shared cM Chart: Click Here
• Ancestry's Thrulines youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyJJiL6g50&t=3s
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3. Irish Research quick overview: Click Here

Links to Free Webinars:

Legacy Family Tree Webinars: https://familytreewebinars.com/

BYU webinars: https://fh.lib.byu.edu/classes-and-webinars/online-webinars/webinar-recording-index/

   or: https://www.youtube.com/@BYUFamilyHistoryLibrary

June 14, 2023 Meeting is Cancelled

 Case Studies and DNA for Genealogy Part 1

Great meeting.  Topics covered were:

Case Study: I'm a Hogg by Valerie Wiggins: Click here

Case Study: Looking for Love by Brenda Larsen: Click here

DNA for Genealogy Part 1: Click here

 Case Study and PERSI

Great attendance today.  Two new members joined: Anthena Wagner and Mike Turner.  Review of upcoming events and sharing of "Where are we now wih our Genealogy" from each member.

Our two main topics were:

• Case Study: Finding Ancestors in Ireland with Census Substitutes by Marian Chamberlain: Click here
• Using Periodical Search Index (PERSI): Click here

Good question and answer session about qualifying for SAR (Sons of American Revolution)

 Case Study and Military Records

After having each member talk about their current family history work, we showed a slide of upcoming events: Click Here

• Case Study presentation by Bob Silkett: Finding a Forrest Among the Trees: Using VA Chancery Records to Find a Missing Link: For replay: Click Here
• Military Records Research by Glenn Soden: Click here

 RootsTech 2023 Recap and First Frontiersmen Scots-Irish

Another successful hybid meeting with folks on the zoom and in the room at the Lakehouse.

Our Club Schedule of meetings and topics for 2023: Click here

Upcoming events in March (free webinars): Click Here

We had an open discussion about what people had found a RootsTech 2023 and went through some slides, specifically summarizing two of the presentations "What's new in FamlySearch" and What's new in Ancestry".  To watch the replay: Click Here

We talked about First Frontiersmen Scots-Irish.  For access to the video: Click here

• For the list of references and weblinks: Click Here

Our last topic was understanding Cousins: Here is a good reference chart: Click here

Here is a link to Glenn Soden's "Circumstantial Proof" presentation done on 8 Feb 2023.  Click Here

 Case Study and Preparing for RootsTech 2023

We are changing our name to "Genealogy Club - Seabrook-Kiawah Island", the DIRT has been a  wonderful and cute title, however you always have to explain we are a Genealogy Club.

We had a good hybrid session with several on the zoom and many in the room.  

Glenn Soden's case study on: Circumstantial Proof was wonderful.  Thank you, Glenn.

RootsTech 2023 is on March 2,3 and 4, 2023 - free virtual Genealogy Conference (largest in the world).  Our presentation on Getting the Most out of RootsTech 2023 was well received and a link to the replay video is here: Click Here

Other items covered were:

• How to get ClipGrab, a free application for copying youtube videos: Click Here
• Upcoming Events: Click Here
• 12 Month outlook for our sessions: Click Here
• Youtube Website for getting BYU Webinars: Click Here

 Case Study and Migration Routes in U.S.

    Our meeting went well today, both using zoom and in-person.  We welcomed two new members Debora and John Rowland.

    Our updated events list is posted (February): Click here

• For access to the Legacy Tree Webinars (free for 1 week): Click here
• BYU Webinars (free): Click here

    John Cheney did an incredible job presenting his case study on "Stewart Family Mystery".  Thank you John.

    I presented a short segment on "Migration Routes in the U.S.".  For the replay : Click Here.  Several of the references for this session are:

• FamilySearch Wiki: Category: US Migration Trails and Roads: Click here
• FamlySearch Wiki: US Migration Trails and Roads: Click here
• Wikipedia: Historic trails and roads in the United States: Click here
• America's Great migration project: Click here
• 1755-1855 Bounty Land Warrants: Click here

We had a discussion about our name Digging into Roots Together and decided to change the name to Genealogy Club Seabrook - Kiawah Island for better communication of who we are.  All attending the session thought it was a good idea to change the name.

 Kickoff 2023

    We had a good turn out for our Kickoff 2023 DIRT meeting.  We talked about individual goals from 2022 and those set for 2023.  Goals help you to stop and focus on what you want to get done.  Please stop and determine what your goals are for 2023.

    I showed some of the upcoming events (not all, just some of those coming up).  Click here.  The link to the YouTube channel for free BYU webinars is here: Click here

    I presented an Example Project Approach for someone who is begining to organize their research and wants to get a tree going (knowing full well that the sources and proof need to be done to prove out each family member at a later date).  I don;t know if this is useful, but here it is: Click here.

    We discussed some future topics for our upcoming meetings in 2023 (if you want a specific topic, please send me the request):

• Breaking Down Brickwalls
• Church Records
• DNA use for genealogy
• Finding Impossible immigrants
• Organizing Genealogy materials
• Land Records
• Lost Carolinas
• Migration patterns in America
• Military Records
• PERSI
• Using Photo enhancement on gravestones

    We will also start having select DIRT members give a case study on their work (not only telling the success story of what they found, also including what resources or steps they took to find that answer.

    We discussed how to bring in new members and decided to use Tidelines more for advertising and showing what we do.  Also, investigate how to get our meetings on the Kiawah list and use there eblast as well.

    There will also be several group projects on selected states within the USA with you all working together.

     Remember to bring your questions, your stories, your computer and your eagerness to do genealogy.

    See you at the next meeting!