TIG Meeting - AmericanAncestors.org: Searching the Online Databases with Karen Fortin
Date/Time
2/11/2025
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Eastern
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Eastern
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Event Type(s)
Technology Interest Group
Event Description
American Ancestors, the website for the New England Historic Genealogical Society, provides more than 1 billion records in over 470 databases online. Although much of the collection focuses on New England, records from around the U.S. and even some from other countries are available. This presentation will provide a brief overview of the website and will go through the basics of searching these valuable databases.Karen A. Fortin has degrees in History and Library and Information Science and a passion for research. She worked in a public library in Florida for 30 years before switching to genealogical lecturing in 2016. She is a member of various genealogical societies and loves to help people explore their family history so that they can better understand their ancestors and the world in which they lived.
Location
Setting: Live Virtual
Contact Person
Nancy Cowan
ncowan@nyrgs.org
ncowan@nyrgs.org
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