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Online genealogy, week of August 16-22

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Our weekly roundup of upcoming genealogy events. Numerous associations offer online genealogy classes every week, many of them free. To register for an event below, click on the name of the host organization.

CONFERENCES and SEMINARS

August 16-19: “Empire State Exploration” (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)

CGS EVENTS:

ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY GENEALOGY CENTER

August 17: “Lifting the Curtain on East European Family History Research” by Joseph B. Everett

August 19: “I Seek Dead People: Using America’s GenealogyBank to Find Obituaries and More!” by Allison DePrey Singleton

AMERICAN ANCESTORS

August 17: “Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America” by Scott Borchert

August 19: “Stories from the Archives: Family Bible Records” by Judy Lucey and Todd Pattison

BYU FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY

August 18: “The Early British Census Project” by Sarah Jorgensen

August 22: “Discovering Your Ancestors in Wales” by James Tanner

LEGACY FAMILY TREE

August 17 & 18: “Standards for Genealogical Documentation” by Tom Jones

August 18: “Using Zotero to Organize and Annotate Your Family History” by Colleen Robledo Greene

August 20: “Early Ontario Research” by Janice Nickerson

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

August 18: “Profile of a Quaker – Finding a Friend in Colonial America” by Steven W. Morrison

OTHER LISTINGS

>Sutro Library’s BAY AREA GENEALOGY CALENDAR lists a wealth of Bay Area events and exhibits, including regular genealogical group meetings. This week’s highlights:

August 19: “Essential U.S. Records for Genealogical Research” (Napa Valley Genealogical Society)

>CONFERENCE KEEPER has a large calendar of classes (too many to list) hosted by genealogical organizations around the country and abroad. Lots to explore, and new events are added often, so be sure to browse the entire calendar. Here’s a sampling of the coming week’s offerings:

August 16: “Records Not Revenue: Genealogy and Public Policy” by Rich Venezia (Association of Professional Genealogists)

August 17: “Looking after your books and documents at home” (Norfolk UK Record Office)

August 18: “Born in St. Louis, Naturalized in Newark. Why?” by Hal Bookbinder (Genealogical Society of North Orange County California)

August 19: “Digital Collections of the Library of Congress and National Archives” by  Bryna O’Sullivan (Portsmouth NH Public Library)

August 20
: “To Common Defense: Military Records for Genealogical Research” (Library of Virginia)

August 21: “Achieving Equity in Genealogy (Pinellas FL Genealogy Society)

August 22: “Online resources at Yad Vashem” by Serafima Velkovic (Orange County Jewish Genealogical Society)

See our post “Genealogy Learning in the Time of Coronavirus” for links to classes archived online at Ancestry, FamilySearch, RootsTech, and more. Be well, stay safe, and happy learning!

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