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