FamilySearch overview - new features

FamilySearch Overview: Click Here

 Ancestry overview: Click Here

 Family Tree Maker Answers and Tips: Click here

Time saving ideas: Click Here

 Family Tree Maker

Main topics: 

Family Tree Maker Overview

• 24 July 2024 Recording Here
• 15 May 2024 Recording Here

Suggested Research Log and Notes for Genealogy: Recording Here

 Brick wall: John Brick Wall by Charlotte Stanton - Click Here

Brick wall: Two Maneys-Two Brick Walls by Lynn Maney-McIntosh - Click Here

FamilySearch Full Text Search Tips - Click Here

Reviewing Original Records - Click Here

 Brickwall: 

• A Tale of Two Peters and Finding the Link with the Past by Bob Silkett: Click here

Genealogy Tips: 

• Click here for video
• Click here for handout

Planning a Genealogy Research Visit: 

• Click here for video 
• Click here for handout

 Brick wall and Finding Your Impossible Immigrants

Today's session focused upon:

1. Discussion with members on their own genealogy
2. Brick wall: What was I Made of? the Big Y by Glenn Soden: Click Here
3. Finding Impossible Immigrants by Lynn Baker: Click Here

  Brickwall and Finding your Ancestors in Maps

Our meeting included:

Brickwall: Wherefore Art Thou by Mike Turner

Finding Ancestors in Maps

 Lot's of topics today:

• Brickwall: Who are Oliver Smith's Parents by John Cheney
• GenealogyBank: Click Here
• Geneanet: Click Here
• State Newspapers: Click Here
• Extracting US Census data to Excel: Click Here

Brickwall and Digital Afterlife

We had a great meeting today with lots of discussion and sharing.

Our main topics were:

• Roots Tech 2024 recap and recommended sessions to watch
• Brickwall: Who is the Father of Johann Phillip Holtschue by Adam Holtzschue - Click Here
• Digital Afterlife by Lynn Baker - Click Here
• Handout
• Digital Assets - excel
• Digital Assets - MS Word

 Digitizing Photos and Documents

We had a good session today, covering 

• Preparation for RootsTech 2024
• Digitizing Photos and Documents (click here for video) (handout)

 2nd Brickwall presentation

Main Topics were:

• Upcoming Events: Click here
• Brickwall Topic: Jehu John Fletcher by Val Wiggins: Click here
• 2024 Sessions: please sign up for a date to share your Brickwall: Click here
• Using Google Wildcards: Video Replay  and handout

 Great kickoff meeting for 2024

Topics were:

• Upcoming Events: Remember RootsTech is February 29 - March 2
• Setting 2024 Individual Genealogy goals and sharing those goals
• Introduce new Brick Wall sharing project and request for signup
• First Brick wall project presented: Is James Scott (1783-1841) the grandson of Isabella Scott who came Aug 21, 1771 to Augusta County, Virginia - by Brenda Larsen
• Book Exchange - members bring in lists of Genealogy books to be loaned or given to other members