Every Friday we're pleased to offer Legacy Family Tree Webinar subscribers a new bonus webinar just for them! This Friday enjoy two webinars "The (Underground) Railroad Runs Through Here" and "Researching Black Loyalist Communities in Canada" by Janice Lovelace, PhD. 

The (Underground) Railroad Runs Through Here

The Underground Railroad was a loosely organized way to assist people to leave enslavement in the South and find freedom in the Northern U.S. or in Canada. Do you have ancestors that might have been involved in the Underground Railroad? How do you find records of those who were involved?

Researching Black Loyalist Communities in Canada

Thousands of Black people (primarily men) fought on both sides of the Revolutionary War – as Patriots and Loyalists – hoping that freedom from slavery would come with the end of the war. This session looks at those who fought with the British - Black Loyalists. Who were they and what happened to them after the war when they fled to Canada? Learn where to locate records to find out more about the people and their communities.

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The recording of today's webinar, "Seven Steps to Manage Digital Files” by Denise May Levenick, is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 13 minute recording of "Seven Steps to Manage Digital Files" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time. If you have a webinar membership, it is available anytime.

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• 5% off all products at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com (must be logged in at checkout)
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• Chance for a members-only door prize during each live webinar
• Access to register for bonus members-only webinars
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Tuesday's Tips provide brief how-to's to help you learn to use the Legacy Family Tree software with new tricks and techniques.

The Tools Toolbar is where all of the cool stuff is (in my opinion). You will probably access this toolbar every day you are working on your file. I will let you click on all of the options on your own so that you can see what all you can do here. Don't forget that every screen in Legacy has it's own Help button that will take you to the correct place in the Help File so that you don't have to do a search.

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There are three icons that have submenus, Merge Duplicates, US County Verifier, and Other Tools. The Other Tools also has a secondary submenu (Research Tools).

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Next time we will look at the Search Toolbar.

Find tech tips every day in the Facebook Legacy User Group. The group is free and is available to anyone with a Facebook account.

For video tech tips check out the Legacy Quick Tips page.  These short videos will make it easy for you to learn all sort of fun and interesting ways to look at your genealogy research.

Michele Simmons Lewis, CG^® is part of the Legacy Family Tree team at MyHeritage. She handles the enhancement suggestions that come in from our users as well as writing for Legacy News. You can usually find her hanging out on the Legacy User Group Facebook page answering questions and posting tips.

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With our Google Calendar button, you will never forget our upcoming webinars. Simply click the button to add it to your calendar. You can then optionally embed the webinar events (and even turn them on and off) into your own personal calendar. If you have already added the calendar, you do not have to do it again - the new webinar events will automatically appear.

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The webinar will be live on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at:

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

We look forward to seeing you all there!

The recording of today's webinar, "Decoding Secret Societies: Finding Your Female Fraternal Ancestors” by Michael L. Strauss, AG, is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 29 minute recording of "Decoding Secret Societies: Finding Your Female Fraternal Ancestors" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time. If you have a webinar membership, it is available anytime.

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• On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 1,047 classes, 1,327 hours of genealogy education)
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• On-demand access to the live webinars' chat logs
• 5% off all products at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com (must be logged in at checkout)
• Access to all future recordings for the duration of their membership
• Chance for a members-only door prize during each live webinar
• Access to register for bonus members-only webinars
• Ability to view which webinars you are registered for
• Use of the playlist, resume watching, and jump-to features

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Every Friday we're pleased to offer Legacy Family Tree Webinar subscribers a new bonus webinar just for them! This Friday enjoy "Decoding Secret Societies: Finding Your Male Fraternal Ancestors" by Michael L. Strauss, AG. 

Decoding Secret Societies: Finding Your Male Fraternal Ancestors

Were your ancestors members of the Masons? Did your family have membership with the I.O.O.F. or another secret society. Discover the rich history and genealogical material that await with membership records, historical research, and photographs of family who may have belonged to one or more of these secret societies. Focus is placed on men in these organizations.

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The following fun newspaper article appeared in the Providence Evening Press on 29 April 1870.

Read the following story and see if you can answer the questions. You will have to do some detective work (ie. research) to find out the answers. In addition to answering the questions, determine what type of records would provide answers to the questions and where you will start. Also, are there any other clues in the article that would lead you to more information about this family? Because the type did not render well, the name of the town where the family lives is Somerville.

The answers will be posted next Friday, 1 November 2019.

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The Providence Evening Press, 29 April 1870, p. 3, col. 5; digital image, MyHeritage.com (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10620-519702/the-providence-evening-press?s=282563811 : accessed 24 October 2019), Rhode Island Newspapers, 1778-1938.                                                                    

Questions

What state is Somerville in? How do you know from the context of the article?

What is the full street address of the Gurney family? List one document you can use to find out. Extra credit for each additional type of document that will provide the same information.

What are the names of the daughters who were at home that night?

Who are the other people in the family not mentioned?

What does en deshabille mean? Why would a newspaper use the French phrase instead of English?

What was the occupation of Henry L. Gurney? From that, what can we guess he was doing in Washington?

Extra Credit:

How would you find out if the same house is standing today?

The answers will be posted next Friday, 1 November 2019.

Marian Pierre-Louis is a genealogy professional who specializes in educational outreach through webinars, internet broadcasts and video. Her areas of expertise include house history research, southern New England research and solving brick walls. Marian is the Online Education Producer for Legacy Family Tree Webinars where she produces online genealogy education classes. Once a month you'll find her as the evening host of Legacy Family Tree Webinars. Check out her webinars in the Legacy library.

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With our Google Calendar button, you will never forget our upcoming webinars. Simply click the button to add it to your calendar. You can then optionally embed the webinar events (and even turn them on and off) into your own personal calendar. If you have already added the calendar, you do not have to do it again - the new webinar events will automatically appear.

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The webinar will be live on Friday, October 25, 2019 at:

• 2pm Eastern (U.S.)
• 1pm Central
• 12pm Mountain
• 11am Pacific

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Here's how to attend:

1. Register at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com today. It's free!
2. You will receive a confirmation email containing a link to the webinar.
3. You will receive a reminder email both 1 day and 1 hour prior to the live 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. Check your GoToWebinar connection here.
7. Click on the webinar link (found in confirmation and reminder emails) prior to the start of the webinar. Arrive early as the room size is limited to the first 1,000 arrivals that day.
8. Listen via headset (USB headsets work best), your computer speakers, or by phone. 

We look forward to seeing you all there!

This month Google celebrates 15 years of providing digitized books to the world by updating the Google Books website. If you’ve heard any presentation I’ve given you know that I believe Google Books is the best non-genealogy genealogy website there is. Google Books provides family history researchers with free digitized books that include local histories, city directories, genealogically relevant periodicals, family history books and more. In addition, there are “card catalog” entries for books under copyright protection with the ability to find that book in a library or bookstore.

Google’s  blog post unveils the new changes and reminds readers that over 40 million books in 400 languages are available on the website.[1] This new redesign allows you to access everything you want to know about that book in one place. About the update, Google writes “We’ve redesigned Google Books so people can now quickly access details like the book’s description, author’s history and other works, reader reviews and options for where you can purchase or borrow the book. And for those using Google Books for research, each book’s bibliographies are located prominently on the page and the citation tool allows you to cite the source in your preferred format, all in one spot.” (Watch the video found on the blog post to catch genealogist Lisa Lisson talk about how she uses Google Books for genealogy). 

The new look is clean and allows you to easily read more about the book, the author, view the table of contents and a source citation.

By clicking on the Search inside button you can page through the book or use a search engine to find your keywords of interest.

Don’t forget the Add to my Library button which allows you to place books on virtual bookshelves. This is a great feature for creating bookshelves for the surname, location, or topic you’re researching. You will need a Google Account (your Gmail credentials serve as a Google Account) in order to access this service.

Scrolling down the screen for the book you are interested allows you to easily find  a place to buy the book or enter your zip code for the library nearest you with that item via the worldwide library catalog WorldCat. The book’s page also shows other editions of that book.

Are you using Google Books? If you’re not, start today! Conduct a search on your ancestor’s name or the place they called home. I know that you will find something you can use for your research.

[1] “15 Years of Google Books,” The Keyword (https://www.blog.google/products/search/15-years-google-books/: accessed 20 October 2019).

Gena Philibert-Ortega is an author, instructor, and researcher. She blogs at Gena's Genealogy and Food.Family.Ephemera. You can find her presentations on the Legacy Family Tree Webinars website.

The recording of today's webinar, "Privacy: How to Protect Your Information Online” by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL, is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 18 minute recording of "Privacy: How to Protect Your Information Online" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time. If you have a webinar membership, it is available anytime.

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• 5% off all products at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com (must be logged in at checkout)
• Access to all future recordings for the duration of their membership
• Chance for a members-only door prize during each live webinar
• Access to register for bonus members-only webinars
• Ability to view which webinars you are registered for
• Use of the playlist, resume watching, and jump-to features

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• Annual membership: $49.95/year

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