We have two exciting webinars for you next week - Researching Your German Ancestors by Kory Meyerink (Wednesday June 6) and Genealogy Idol (Saturday, June 9). Registration (free) is available for both at www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp.

Researching Your German Ancestors by Kory Meyerink, AG

More Americans have German ancestry than any other ethnic group and German research sources are some of the most detailed and helpful in all of Europe, so what are you waiting for? Most German families can be documented back to the 1600s and this webinar will help you get started. You don’t need to speak German or travel to Germany to have wonderful research success. We’ll cover the basics, including the language, records, places and the tools you need to begin your journey to find your German ancestors.

The live webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 2PM Eastern U.S., so register today to reserve your virtual seat.

Genealogy Idol

The second-ever Genealogy Idol competition will be held Saturday, June 9, 2012. The three finalists have now been chosen and the winner will be decided by YOU! All you have to do is register for the live event (free), watch the 1-hour competition from your computer, and vote. In the three rounds of competition, the three contestants will demonstrate their gen-tech expertise and try to woo you with their favorite gen-tech secrets. Everyone will learn - but only one will leave with the title of "Jamboree Genealogy Idol 2012" AND a Flip-Pal mobile scanner.

Legacy Family Tree's Geoff Rasmussen will host the competition which will be broadcast live via the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank, California on Saturday. Contestants are: Gale French, Texas; Tammy Hepps, New York; and Tessa Keough, Oregon.

The one-hour competition will feature three rounds of topics. Each contestant will have five minutes to impress you with their demonstrations. Regardless of whether you will be in a seat at Jamboree or in a virtual seat from your home, you will see and hear it all - live! At the very end, YOU, the online audience will decide the winner by voting using the webinar's poll technology. Everyone will go home a winner, but the one with the most votes will go home with both the title of "Jamboree Genealogy Idol" and a free Flip-Pal Mobile scanner.

The live webinar is scheduled for Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 11AM Eastern U.S. (8AM California time), so register today to reserve your virtual seat.

Here's how to attend:

1. Register at www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp today. It's free!
2. You will receive a confirmation email containing a link to the webinar.
3. You will receive a reminder email during the week prior to the webinar.
4. Calculate your time zone by clicking here.
5. Make sure you have the latest version of Java installed on your computer. Check at www.java.com.
6. Click on the webinar link (found in confirmation and reminder emails) prior to the start of the webinar. Arrive early (30 minutes or so) as the room size is limited to the first 1,000 arrivals that day.
7. Listen via headset (USB headsets work best), your computer speakers, or by phone.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

With a little creativity and database know-how, locating the obituary of Virginia Brown was pretty simple. And just in case my grandmother, also named Virginia Brown, is reading this - I'm talking about my other Virginia Brown relative - not you.

First, here's what I know about Virginia Angeline Brown:

• She is my 1/2 3rd cousin twice removed (Legacy's Set Relationships tool made this easy)
• Born April 5, 1922 in Saint Louis County, Minnesota
• Daughter of Benjamin Franklin Brown and Nettie Mae Lutz

One of the envelopes waiting for me at the post office yesterday (after a 2 week mail-hold for our cruise) was from the Minnesota Historical Society. What a great way to return to real life! In it was a copy of her father's 1958 obituary I requested, which listed "Miss Virginia Brown" as one of his survivors. She would have been 36 years old by this time and unmarried.

Social Security Death Index

Wanting to locate her whereabouts, I began with the Social Security Death Index at Ancestry. It is also available at:

• GenealogyBank
• FamilySearch
• Archives.com $$
• Mocavo
• AmericanAncestors

For a side-by-side comparison of the different SSDI databases, click here.

Search #1

I searched for Virginia Brown with a birth year of 1922.

There were no matches.

Search #2

Next I took off her given name and just used her surname, but added her exact date of birth.

This returned 31 hits, meaning, 31 Browns who were born on April 5, 1922. None looked promising, and there were not any Jenny Browns either. I was surprised the first time I heard my grandfather call my grandmother "Jenny." So I was sure to search for these other variations too.

Search #3

Next I searched for only the given name of Virginia along with the exact birth date.

This returned 43 hits and if she were listed in this database with her given name of Virginia, she had to be one of these 43. This is assuming that she had died. One of the hits was for a Virginia A. Schipper, born April 5, 1922 and died April 21, 2010 in Duluth, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. Obviously the location stood out to me.

GenealogyBank

Wanting to learn more about Virginia Schipper, I next turned to GenealogyBank to see if they had obituaries for 2010 in Duluth. I started by browsing their Historical Newspaper titles, but unfortunately only 1887-1922 was covered for Duluth newspapers. Then I browsed the Newspaper Obituaries collection which says it contains obituaries from 1977 to the present. I wasn't sure how comprehensive it was so I took a look at their titles for Duluth. Fortunately the Duluth News Tribune was included for the years 1995 to the present.

After entering her name and clicking Begin Search, I was presented with one result. Its title was "Virginia Angeline (Brown) Schipper" published on April 23, 2010 in Duluth. It listed her parents as B. Franklin Brown and Nettie Lutz and matched the birth date and place I had.

Thanks to a little creativity with the Social Security Death Index search and my membership to GenealogyBank (disclosure: I have a free subscription from them, but oh how I love their site!) I was able to find Virginia Brown's obituary in a matter of minutes. The sad part was the obituary stated that she had lived in both Duluth and Sun City, Arizona. Sun City is minutes from where I live. I wonder if we ever crossed paths?

...the next day while writing this article...

As an afterthought, I wanted to see if the Duluth News Tribune had a website of their own. Maybe they would have more than just a transcription of the obituary. I located their website at http://www.duluthnewstribune.com, clicked on the obituaries link, and clicked on the Browse By Date link. I selected April 23, 2010 and located the same transcription. But it also had a color photograph of Virginia. What a great find!

If you have New York ancestors you need to watch the recording of Thomas MacEntee's webinar, Researching Your New York Ancestors. Thomas began with a brief history of New York, then explained New York migration patterns, followed by his 10 Resources You Should Now, and finished with a Knickerbocker's Secret Links. Well done Thomas!

View the recording

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 30 minute recording of Researching Your New York Ancestors is now available to view in our webinar archives. Visit www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp to watch. It is available for free until June 11, 2012.

Pre-order the webinar-on-CD

Own your own copy of Researching Your New York Ancestors by purchasing the webinar-on-CD for just $9.95. It includes the 1 hour 30 minute recording of the class, the complete Q/A session, and 4 pages of handouts. Click here for more information or to purchase.

All ten of Thomas MacEntee's webinar CDs are available here.

Special discount coupon

The special discount coupon of newyork that was announced during the webinar is valid for 10% off anything in our online store through Monday, June 4, 2012.

Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

• Researching Your German Ancestors with Kory Meyerink, June 6.
• Genealogy Idol Competition, June 9.
• Putting Flesh on the Bones with Ron Arons, June 13.
• Marriages and Anniversaries. Mining newspapers for engagements, marriages, anniversaries, and divorce records with Tom Kemp, June 20.
• Staying Safe with Social Media with Thomas MacEntee, June 22.
• Digital Images for Genealogists and Technologists: scanning, digitizing, editing, and preserving your photos with Geoff Rasmussen. June 27.
• The Quest for your English Ancestors with Claire V. Brisson-Banks. July 11.
• Plan Your Way to Research Success with Marian Pierre-Louis, July 18.
• The Genealogy Cloud: Which Online Storage Program Is Right For You? with Thomas MacEntee, July 27.
• Neglected History by Megan Smolenyak, August 1.
• Wikis for Genealogists with Thomas MacEntee. August 8.
• The 5 C's for Success in Genealogy Today with Barbara Renick. August 22.
• Building a Family from Circumstantial Evidence, with Judy G. Russell, CG. August 29.
• Beyond the Arrival Date: Extracting More from Passenger Lists with Lisa Alzo. September 5.
• What is a 'Reasonably Exhaustive Search'? with Michael Hait. September 12.
• Getting Started with Heritage Collector Software with Kathleen Bitter
• Use Your Digital Camera to Copy Records with Mary Hill. September 19.
• Digital Research Guidance, Research Logs, and To Do Lists: FamilySearch, Research Wiki, and Legacy Family Tree with Geoff Rasmussen. September 26.
• Privacy and our Ancestors with Thomas MacEntee. October 3.
• Researching Your Irish Ancestors: Beyond the Basics with Judy Wight. October 10.
• Ten Brick Wall Tips for Intermediate Researchers with Marian Pierre-Louis, October 17.
• Your Civil War Ancestors: Beginning Your Research with Michael Hait. October 24.
• Breaking Down Your Irish Brick Wall with Judy Wight. October 31.
• Researching Your Canadian Ancestors - an Overview with Claire Brisson-Banks. November 7.
• Genealogy for Novices: Where Do We Begin with Linda Geiger. November 14.
• The Big 4 U.S. Record Sources with Mary Hill. November 28.

Click here to register.

See you online!

We're back from our 9th annual Legacy Genealogy Cruise. I finally made it to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, saw the Queen of England, participated in 21 hours of Legacy and genealogy classes, biked down the mountains of Geiranger, Norway; and ate way too much food. While we had the time of our lives, it's also great to be home. I sure missed my four "descendants."

While gone I wrote about each day and tried so hard to publish it here. I tried on the ship, but the 60-cents-per-minute-Internet was soooo sloooowww, and the free Internet at McDonald's in Liverpool worked but my blog software's Publish button wouldn't work. So in the next few days I'll publish the articles and pictures here. And so it's time to get back to work. But I don't feel like I've worked a day in my life - I love my job!

Saturday, May 12

After a much needed nap I’m finally able to write my first report from our cruise. There’s just been no time in between eating, touring, and visiting with our Legacy guests. The funny thing is that I’m not even exaggerating. During my nap I even heard my room’s telephone ring – I’m certain it was Luc wanting to go play shuffleboard again. But we’ve had such a great first 3-4 days so far!

My Day One got off to a great start. We had a few hours to play with before we boarded the ship so I walked around the city of Oslo. Guess what caught my eye? A cemetery of course. This wasn’t any ordinary cemetery. Situated just behind the city hospital, was the cemetery with all kinds of sizes and shapes of tombstones – calling my name. We found what we thought was the entrance but the gate was locked. After taking a few distant pictures we crossed the road and browsed an old Norwegian bookstore. I found a book of the history of Ole Rasmussen. When we came out, we looked again at the cemetery’s locked gate and noticed just to its left, but around the thick column, was an opening – not even a gate – it was wide open. I think there’s a good metaphor there. Nonetheless, we explored one of the most beautiful cemeteries I’ve seen, both from the ground and its second level.

Later we boarded the Vision of the Seas, ate some lunch, and got set up to meet our Legacy guests and distribute name tags and schedules. Many of them looked very tired – most had been awake for at least 30 hours traveling but were happy to be there.

Luc and I played a little shuffleboard, but it was already time for our first sit-down dinner. Our group had 20 tables reserved for the 170 or so of us. Our travel coordinator, Christy, arranged with the head waiter to let us sit round-robin style throughout the cruise (usually you are assigned a table number and must remain there) so we are able to meet and get to know everyone in our group. After dinner, my wife and I skipped dessert and went to the evening show where we were entertained with music, dancing, and even some acrobatic ballet. At the end of the day, I put the finishing touches on my classes I would give the next day.

Two years ago Tanya and I were on our way to Paris with our friends. It was the day after our European cruise ended and we stayed an extra day because Paris was so close to London. On the subway Ken asked, “does everyone have their passports?” Everyone did – except for us – they were still in the hotel. We bid our adieus as we got off on the next stop to make our way back to the hotel with the hope of catching up in time to take the chunnel to Paris. I think we would have had better luck had we known what stop our hotel was nearest. Instead, our search for the hotel turned into a self-guided tour of London. Although we had a great time together we knew we missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Today we checked and rechecked several times to make sure we had everything we needed. About sixty others from our Legacy grouped joined us on the 2 ½ hour bus ride into Paris from LeHavre. Here’s a picture of our first view of the Eifel Tower.

We saw many of Paris’ famous landmarks and ate lunch at Chez Jenny’s. Our first course was a plate of sliced tomatoes in a delicious olive oil dressing. Delicious:

Dave, who has spent his life cursing tomatoes, didn’t think so. His plate ended up looking like this:

Our main course was duck and potatoes. The last time I had duck I was a child – I remembered liking it as much as I like squash or spinach. This time, to be brave in front of our guests, I ate it and it kind of tasted like – chicken.

We next took a boat ride where we saw more of the sights, including the bridge of padlocks. A new tradition in Paris, couples attach their padlock to the bridge and throw the key in the river, thus locking their love in Paris. I’m a romantic and I like the idea.

The guide then pointed out the “most romantic bridge” in Paris and suggested that we do something about it. So Tanya and I did, which was fun, but looking at the pictures afterwards I discovered for the first time that I had the beginnings of my first bald spot. Grrrr….

Finally we made our way to the Eifel Tower which was really, really, really tall. We didn’t have time to climb it. But thinking back, it would have been fun to miss our ride out of Paris and have an extra day or two there.

Sunday, May 13

This morning my wife and I were wide awake at 4am. I guess our bodies were still on Arizona time. We watched the sun rise at about 4:30, got dressed, and were first in line when the continental breakfast opened at 6. After enjoying some orange juice, pastries, and fruit, we checked out the conference center. It was already set up with about 100 chairs, a projector, and screen. Good to go! We then admired the art gallery and made our way back to the buffet for our second breakfast. The omelet, crispy dark bacon, and another tall glass of orange juice got me ready for a morning of teaching Legacy classes.

Dave Berdan, Legacy’s co-founder, spoke first. He officially welcomed everyone, introduced our Legacy team, and answered a few questions. Christy had a nice presentation and small gift for all the mothers in room. Happy Mother’s Day to everyone! I was a good boy this year. Because I would be gone on Mother’s Day, I ordered flowers to be sent to my mother, mother-in-law, and even our babysitter. I surprised my wife with her first-ever pearl necklace and earrings. The day was off to a great start, and it kept getting better. I spoke on the use of timelines, events, sources, Research Guidance, the To Do List, and a few miscellaneous topics. I was surprised when later that night, I had two non-genealogists  (supportive spouses) comment that they really enjoyed the classes. Judy Wight taught an excellent class on tips for finding our English ancestors.

After lunch Luc and I began our shuffleboard tournament. This is a yearly tradition of ours dating back to our first Legacy genealogy cruise nearly ten years ago. We’ve played in the sunshine, torrential rainstorms, and today in 50-mile-an-hour wind. After our first two games Randy Seaver appeared. We invited him to play, he seemed hesitant at first, but then accepted the invite, with the qualifier that he hadn’t played in years. After the first game we knew that couldn’t be true – he has some real skills.

Since it was formal night tonight I had to put an end to today’s tournament and put on my suit and tie. My wife was beautiful – I love formal night! Dinner was great, but the highlight was that both Christy and Tanya had the same dress. I think this usually bothers women but after the initial surprise, they laughed about it. What a coincidence. Better get some sleep, Paris is tomorrow.

Tomorrow we leave to begin our 9th annual Legacy Genealogy Cruise, this year to the British Isles. About 200 of us will cruise together, departing from Oslo, Norway and visiting Le Havre (Paris), France; Cherbourg, France; Dublin, Ireland; Liverpool, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Arhus, Denmark; Bergen, Norway; and Geiranger, Norway. We will sail on Royal Caribbean's Vision Of The Seas. We've also got 22 hours of personal Legacy and genealogy instruction from six different instructors, including Irish expert Judy Wight and blogger, Randy Seaver. I'm looking forward to the one-on-one and small group sessions we have planned also.

Just because I will be gone for 17 days enjoying the sun (well, actually the snow and rain...), the food (I promise to spend time in the gym), and time alone with my wife (oh how I will miss my four kiddos at home) doesn't mean I will forget about all of you. I hope to keep you updated - here on this blog (and probably over on our Facebook page too) - nearly every day, with pictures and play-by-play accounts of everything we're up to.

And by the way, even though we won't have our weekly webinars and their traditional coupon codes while we're gone, watch these articles for special coupon codes. In fact, I just had an idea. Why don't we issue a Bon Voyage 10% off-anything-in-the-store coupon code? Here's the code:

bonvoyage

It's good for 10% off anything in the online store through the first day of our cruise, Saturday, May 12, 2012.

Our sincere thanks go out to our entire technical support and sales staff who will continue to provide sales and support services while we are away. Thanks Jim, Sherry, Brian, Ron, and Sarah for keeping us afloat!

We'll either see you here, on Facebook, or on the ship!

It's no wonder some of our ancestors are so difficult to find. If I would have known that Asa Brown's name in the 1850 census would be indexed as Asa Prowse (Ancestry's index) or Asa Preuss (FamilySearch's index) he would have been easy to find. To have greatest success in finding our indexed ancestors, we must think like indexers.

Here are a couple of tips that have been helpful in my research.

Tip 1 - Years ago, before anything was online, I found this family living in Neshannock, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. Because of how they were indexed, it was difficult finding this record in any online database. I eventually located them by searching for just the given name of one of their children. I searched for William because I figured most indexers can decipher that name. I combined the given name with his age of 9 and added Lawrence County to the search parameters. Try different combinations.

Tip 2 - Correct the index if you can. If you're using the Ancestry index, when you are looking at the actual image, click on the View All link in the upper left. This should split the screen, showing you the indexed entries. Then, hover your mouse in the far lower right (just above the View Updates button) and click on the Add Update button. Here you can add alternate names, which will then be included in the index so future researchers can more easily locate the same person.

Tip 3 - Do some indexing. Through my indexing efforts I've become a better researcher. It helps me think like an indexer. Now when I see a "J" I know that it can easily be interpreted as an "I". An "L" and an "S" are nearly identical as well. In fact, in Kip Sperry's Reading Early American Handwriting, he explains potential problems and solutions with every letter of the alphabet. Here's his example for the letter F:

Two small ff(s) were used to form a modern capital F. A small f or backward lower case f may look like an s. A capital F may be confused with a capital H.

If you are not yet familiar with the long s you can easily mistake it for an f as is the case with the name of this township in the 1840 census:

Many compiled records have published this name as "Scrubgrafs" when it should be Scrubgrass. My semester-long paleography class as part of my genealogy degree was well worth it. At the beginning of the class I could not read anything our professor presented, but by the end, with the tips and techniques I learned from Kip Sperry, I could easily read the same documents. I strongly recommend that you read his book.

Tip 4 - Be creative! Try to think like the indexer and the enumerator. I don't think the enumerator double-checked that his spelling was correct for every name in the household. Try to think of all the surname variants and spellings. When you've exhausted your own creativity, use the three online tools I wrote about in Three Free Resources to Find Surname Variations.

Tip 5 - Use Legacy's Soundex tool. In Legacy, go to Tools > Soundex Calculator. Fill in the surname and click on the Search Name List button. This will give you a list of all surnames that share the same soundex code, so you might locate other variations of the same name.

Have you located someone in an online index where the name was terribly transcribed? What techniques did you use to locate your ancestor?

While many of our ancestors may have come from New York, finding them and the records left behind is another story. New York research offers certain challenges and it helps to know the strategies needed to tackle those Empire State records. In this webinar, you’ll not only get a quick lesson in New York State history and understand why the different regions are important, you’ll also learn about special record sets and resources unique to New York. Whether your ancestor was a Knickerbocker or an immigrant, you’ll be in a “New York State of mind“ with these research tips, tricks and tools.

The live webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 2PM Eastern U.S., so register today to reserve your virtual seat. Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to join that day. Join at least 15-20 minutes early (maybe 30-40 minutes early due to the popularity of this webinar) to ensure your virtual seat. When you join, if you receive a message that the webinar is full, you know we've reached the 1,000 limit, so we invite you to view the recording which should be published to the webinar archives within an hour or two of the event's conclusion.

About the presenter

Thomas MacEntee is a professional genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogical research and as a means of interacting with others in the family history community. Utilizing over 25 years of experience in the information technology field, Thomas writes and lectures on the many ways in which blogs, Facebook and Twitter can be leveraged to add new dimensions to the genealogy experience. As the creator of GeneaBloggers.com he has organized and engaged a community of over 2,000 bloggers to document their own journeys in the search for ancestors. Through his business High-Definition Genealogy, Thomas is available for speaking engagements, workshops and other events. In addition, he can appear via WebEx for virtual presentations and distance education events. High-Definition Genealogy also performs market research within the genealogy industry and has proven track-record of mapping out the genealogy industry landscape for clients seeking to transact business and interact in the field. 

He is the author of:

• Google for Genealogists webinar-on-CD
• Backing Up Your Genealogy Data webinar-on-CD
• Building a Research Toolbox webinar-on-CD
• Dropbox for Genealogists webinar-on-CD
• Google Docs for Genealogists webinar-on-CD
• Google Forms for Genealogists webinar-on-CD
• Facebook for Genealogists webinar-on-CD
• Finding Ancestors Amid the Rubble of Disaster and Misfortune webinar-on-CD
• Navigating the 1940 U.S. Census webinar-on-CD

 Upcoming webinars by Thomas:

• Staying Safe with Social Media, Friday, June 22, 2012. Click here to register.
• The Genealogy Cloud: Which Online Storage Program Is Right For You, Friday, July 27, 2012. Click here to register.
• Wikis for Genealogists, Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Click here to register.
• Privacy and Our Ancestors, Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Click here to register.

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7. Listen via headset (USB headsets work best), your computer speakers, or by phone.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Our 2012 webinar schedule just got even better. We have opened registration for six additional webinars bringing our number of webinars in 2012 to 44. That's over 65 hours of the highest quality of genealogy education available to you - from your computer - and all at no cost to you. 

Genealogy Education Where You Are!

Here's the lineup for the rest of the year. The brand new classes are in red. Our webinar brochure has also been updated so we encourage you to print it, email it, and share it with your friends, family, genealogy society and local Family History Center.

• Researching Your New York Ancestors with Thomas MacEntee, May 30.
• Researching Your German Ancestors with Kory Meyerink, June 6.
• Genealogy Idol Competition, June 9.
• Putting Flesh on the Bones with Ron Arons, June 13.
• Marriages and Anniversaries. Mining newspapers for engagements, marriages, anniversaries, and divorce records with Tom Kemp, June 20.
• Staying Safe with Social Media with Thomas MacEntee, June 22.
• Digital Images for Genealogists and Technologists: scanning, digitizing, editing, and preserving your photos with Geoff Rasmussen. June 27.
• The Quest for your English Ancestors with Claire V. Brisson-Banks. July 11.
• Plan Your Way to Research Success with Marian Pierre-Louis, July 18.
• Tips for Taking the Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner to Your Family Gatherings by Gordon Nuttall, July 25.
• The Genealogy Cloud: Which Online Storage Program Is Right For You? with Thomas MacEntee, July 27.
• Neglected History by Megan Smolenyak, August 1.
• Wikis for Genealogists with Thomas MacEntee. August 8.
• The 5 C's for Success in Genealogy Today with Barbara Renick. August 22.
• Building a Family from Circumstantial Evidence, with Judy G. Russell, CG. August 29.
• Beyond the Arrival Date: Extracting More from Passenger Lists with Lisa Alzo. September 5.
• What is a 'Reasonably Exhaustive Search'? with Michael Hait. September 12.
• Getting Started with Heritage Collector Software with Kathleen Bitter. September 14/21/28
• Use Your Digital Camera to Copy Records with Mary Hill. September 19.
• Digital Research Guidance, Research Logs, and To Do Lists: FamilySearch, Research Wiki, and Legacy Family Tree with Geoff Rasmussen. September 26.
• Privacy and our Ancestors with Thomas MacEntee. October 3.
• Ten Brick Wall Tips for Intermediate Researchers with Marian Pierre-Louis, October 17.
• Your Civil War Ancestors: Beginning Your Research with Michael Hait. October 24.
• Breaking Down Your Irish Brick Wall with Judy Wight. October 31.
• Researching Your Canadian Ancestors - an Overview with Claire Brisson-Banks. November 7.
• Genealogy for Novices: Where Do We Begin with Linda Geiger. November 14.
• The Big 4 U.S. Record Sources with Mary Hill. November 28.
• Researching Your Irish Ancestors: Beyond the Basics with Judy Wight. December 5.

Click here to register.

See you online!