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TIG Meeting - Doing a Deep Dive in Ancestry’s New York Collections with Annette Burke Lyttle, owner of Heritage Detective, LLC
12/10/2024
Filling out a search form on Ancestry only returns a small percentage of the millions of records available on the site. There is so much more you can find by searching in individual collections on Ancestry. Learn how to search so you can find all records your ancestor may be mentioned in.
Annette Burke Lyttle owns Heritage Detective, LLC, providing professional genealogical services in research, education, and writing. She speaks on a variety of genealogical topics at the international, national, state, and local levels and loves helping people uncover and share their family stories. She is coordinator of the Foundations: The Research Process course and the Writing the Stories of Our Ancestors course for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. Annette leads Best Practices Study Groups, providing in-depth education on the genealogical research process in an interactive setting. She is past president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and editor of The Florida Genealogist.
12/10/2024
Filling out a search form on Ancestry only returns a small percentage of the millions of records available on the site. There is so much more you can find by searching in individual collections on Ancestry. Learn how to search so you can find all records your ancestor may be mentioned in.
Annette Burke Lyttle owns Heritage Detective, LLC, providing professional genealogical services in research, education, and writing. She speaks on a variety of genealogical topics at the international, national, state, and local levels and loves helping people uncover and share their family stories. She is coordinator of the Foundations: The Research Process course and the Writing the Stories of Our Ancestors course for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. Annette leads Best Practices Study Groups, providing in-depth education on the genealogical research process in an interactive setting. She is past president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and editor of The Florida Genealogist.
TIG Meeting - AmericanAncestors.org: Searching the Online Databases with Karen Fortin
2/11/2025
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.
2/11/2025
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.
TIG Meeting - Overview of Family Tree Magazine's 2024 101 Best Genealogy Websites List with Nancy Cowan
4/8/2025
Each year, Family Tree Magazine puts together a list of the 101 Best Genealogy Websites. Many websites appear on the list year after year. During this program, we will be concentrating on the sites that are NEW to the list this year.
Nancy Cowan, 2nd VP of the RGS and Retired Librarian, will be presenting. She has been working on her own family history for the past 14 years and has helped others find the answers to questions about their own family histories.
4/8/2025
Each year, Family Tree Magazine puts together a list of the 101 Best Genealogy Websites. Many websites appear on the list year after year. During this program, we will be concentrating on the sites that are NEW to the list this year.
Nancy Cowan, 2nd VP of the RGS and Retired Librarian, will be presenting. She has been working on her own family history for the past 14 years and has helped others find the answers to questions about their own family histories.
TIG Meeting - How to Develop Critical Online Newspaper Research Skills with Kenneth R. Marks, Founder of The Ancestor Hunt website
6/10/2025
This webinar is intended to build newspaper research skills for genealogy and history
researchers. Online newspaper research can be a frustrating endeavor for several
reasons. The goal is for the audience to understand why it can be difficult and to learn
some skills that will drastically improve search results. There are four sections in the
webinar:
Why search old newspapers?
The challenges in searching old newspapers online
7 critical skills and techniques to successfully search newspapers online
A demonstration of these skills and techniques
6/10/2025
This webinar is intended to build newspaper research skills for genealogy and history
researchers. Online newspaper research can be a frustrating endeavor for several
reasons. The goal is for the audience to understand why it can be difficult and to learn
some skills that will drastically improve search results. There are four sections in the
webinar:
Why search old newspapers?
The challenges in searching old newspapers online
7 critical skills and techniques to successfully search newspapers online
A demonstration of these skills and techniques