Family Research Gold in Real Estate Records (Monthly Meetings)
10:00 am to 11:30 am
VIRTUAL MEETING
Kathleen Bird is a graduate of Texas A&M University and Southern Methodist University School of Law (JD, 1980) and lawyer in Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri prior to her retirement in 2018. Kathleen's passions in genealogy, historical research, preservation of historical documentation, and writing have evolved into a full-time second career. Her presentation will explain how real estate records document the adventure of western expansion from colonial times to the present and discuss the various ownership schemes and the types of records that are most useful in family research.
"Think You Know the Census? Think Again" (Monthly Meetings)
10:00 am to 11:30 am
VIRTUAL MEETING
Peggy Judewill speak on researching your ancestry using census data. Peggy has been conducting genealogical research for her family and clients for over 40 years. She is the Vice President for Special Projects of the Manatee Genealogical Society, administrator for the MGS Facebook page, and project leader of the DNA Special Interest Group. She is an alumnus of the Institute for Genealogy and History Research (IGHR) and has attended numerous National and Regional Conferences.
Tuesday, November 3
To Be Announced (Monthly Meetings)
10:00 am to 11:30 am
VIRTUAL MEETING
The program speaker is Lisa Louise Cooke, the author of a variety of multi-media offerings, including the Genealogy Gems websitesubscription featuring her classes on video and the Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast (ad free), and four books: The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox, Mobile Genealogy, How to Find Your Family History in Newspapers, and Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies, and the video series Google Earth for Genealogy. Check out Lisa's website:
Google Technology for Genealogy (Monthly Meetings)
10:00 am to 11:30 am
VIRTUAL MEETING
Lori Coffey – “Trainer Lori” on YouTube – has spent 20 years training computer skills and 40 years researching her family tree. Lori will discuss how to use Google effectively to research your family data. She will start with the basics of how to create a simple request that will find exactly what you seek. Then she will progress into tips and tricks on advanced Google tools to uncover credible, accurate information that will further enhance your family tree research.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Getting Past Brick Walls (Monthly Meetings)
10:00 am to 11:30 am
VIRTUAL MEETING
The speaker, George G. Morgan, is the prolific, award-winning author of hundreds of articles for magazines, journals, newsletters, in genealogical publications, and at online sites internationally. He is also president of Aha! Seminars, Inc., and an internationally recognized genealogy expert who presents in the U.S., Canada, England, on cruise ships, and webinars. Research impasses are inevitable in genealogical research, but they do not have to be permanent stoppers. George will present a number of methods that can be employed to get past your brick walls.
Strategies on Finding Your Irish Ancestors (Monthly Meetings)
10:00 am to 11:30 am
VIRTUAL MEETING
Donna Moughty will speak on Strategies for Finding Your Irish Ancestors. A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Genealogical Speakers Guild, Donna frequently consults and speaks on Irish genealogy. Success in Irish research is highly dependent on discovering the exact location in Ireland where your ancestors were born and typically clues to the location are in records in the United States or other country where they emigrated. This presentation focuses on strategies for finding the critical locality information so important to those starting their Irish research.
