Topic:

My Ancestor by Deborah Getter: Click Here

 After hearing the great successes on genealogy from our members. there were two main topics:

My Ancestor Research by Charlotte Stanton: Click Here

FamilySearch Tips: Click Here

 Add information onto FamilySearch and Ancestry Site: Click here

 Getting the most out of US Census Records - click here

 My Ancestor - Thomas Burke by Marian Chamberlain, including Use of US Census Records, click here

AI Discussion - click here

Making of a genealogical Poster - click here

My Ancestor - Cox by Brenda Larsen - click here

Using AI for Genealogy - Click here

 Main topics

RootsTech 2025 Preparation: Click here

Ancestry overview and new tips: Click here

Find our Ancestor by Bob Silkett: Click here

 Find My Ancestor

We had a great start to the New Year 2025.  Our member participation project is Find My Ancestor.  A Member brings in key information about one ancestor, then we all pitch in to do a live demo on how to use Ancestry.com, FamilySesrch.org, GenealogyBank and Google to find information about the ancestor.  Everyone pitches in with their idea how to approach the research question and directs how to use the tools to get the answers.  Thank you to Mike Turner for being the first to help with this new approach.  

You can see the replay by clicking here

 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