by TheEventsCal | 14 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn In her most requested presentation, Ms. Lauritzen offers guidelines on where and how to research female ancestors in records created by the women themselves or records created about them. Speaker Peggy Clemens Laurtizen Handout Click here to view...
by TheEventsCal | 14 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn Quaker groups were a vital element in the valley’s growth and economy. In two sessions, Ms. Lauritzen will focus on Quaker culture and customs, where these immigrant groups came from, and what may have influenced them to stay in Virginia or...
by TheEventsCal | 14 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn History of the Frankfort Cemetery Chapel. Short history of important people buried in the Frankfort Cemetery. Kentucky Cemetery laws and how they pertain to descendants. Access to family cemeteries. Best documentation methods. Best stone cleaning...
by TheEventsCal | 14 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn Many Americans descended from 19th- and 20th-century European immigrants have surnames that are different from the original form: Rogarshevsky has become Rogers, Waldemar has become Walters, etc. Why? Many people have concluded that these names...
by TheEventsCal | 14 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn The U.S. government has been overseeing travel from outside its borders since 1813 and over time has developed a changing protocol for what information needs to be recorded on ship passenger lists. The lists from the peak years of immigration are...
by TheEventsCal | 14 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn A discussion of the authorizing warrants for the Tellico, Kentucky Land Warrants, and County Court Order patents series and the process for patenting land in the Jackson Purchase. Speaker Kandie Atkinson Handout Click here to view handout...
by TheEventsCal | 14 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn Fundamentals of land patenting and the types of warrants that authorized the Virginia, Old Kentucky, and South of Green River patents series. Speaker Kandie Atkinson
by TheEventsCal | 7 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn Are you organizing them and finding a good method to store them? What about on-line trees and those annoying passwords? The biggest danger to your work is procrastination. As you continue to research, you can start to organize and preserve your...
by TheEventsCal | 7 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn Story is at the heart of all we do. Tell your family stories by using on-line publishing companies and those digital family pictures stored in your computer. Create amazing projects that your family will love and you will be proud to share. Publish...
by TheEventsCal | 7 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn HeritageQuest is a genealogical website available through many local libraries. Most of those libraries offer at-home access to patrons with library cards. HeritageQuest Online is a bounty of American genealogical sources in five core data sets:...
