Skill-Building for Genealogists
Presentation: Skill-Building Tips for Genealogists
Handout: Skill-Building Tips for Genealogists Syllabus
Getting Started
Presentation: Getting Started
Handout: Getting Started Handout
Citations
Presentations:
Organizing Your Research
Presentation: Organizing Your Research
Evidence-Based Research
Presentation: Evidence-Based Genealogy
FamilySearch Website
The FamilySearch.org website is an invaluable resource for genealogists, and includes many tools that may be overlooked by some researchers. The presentation FamilySearch Website provides an introduction to the main menu items: Records, Genealogies, Catalog, Books, and Wiki.
For tips on searching records online, see Tips and Tricks for FamilySearch
Handout: FamilySearch.org Handout
Presentation: FamilySearch Digitized Resources
Skill-building exercise: Catalog Scavenger Hunt Overview
Skill-building exercise: Catalog Scavenger Hunt Place Search
FamilySearch Indexing
Presentation: Family Search Indexing
Ancestry.com Website
For tips to getting the most out of Ancestry.com without a subscription, including resources available for free on your home computer and tips for navigating Ancestry Library Edition, see Ancestry.com Tips and Tricks
The Rest of the Best (Top sites for online research)
Presentation: Favorite Online Genealogy sites
Handout: Rest of the Best handout
Legacy Genealogy Software
Presentation: Legacy Software
Gathering Evidence
Gathering Evidence covers my favorite sources for records, including online, the West Florida Genealogical Library, and microfilm from the Family History Library.
Census Research
Presentation: Census Research
Handout: Census Research
Presentation: Census Analysis Tips
Presentation: Advanced Census Search Techniques
Vital Records
Presentation: Vital Records
Advanced Search Tips
Presentation: Computer Search Tips
Google Earth for Genealogists
Presentation: Google Earth for Genealogists
Probate Records
Presentation: Probate Records
Handout: Researching Probate Records Outline Handout
Church Records
Presentation: Church Records
Social Security Applications
Presentation: Social Security
Online Newspaper Research
Presentation: Newspaper Research
Presentation: Newspaper Research (2014)
Presentation: Newspapers: where to find them (2016)
Law in Genealogy
Presentation: Law in Genealogy
Presentation: Finding Compiled State Statutes and Annual Session Laws
Handout: Finding Statutes and Laws Handout
Tracking Family Migrations in the United States
Presentation: Tracking Family Migrations in the US
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Presentation: NARA Website and Finding Aids, Part I
Presentation: NARA Finding Aids Part II
Presentation: NARA research strategies
DNA and Genealogy
Y-DNA:
Presentation: Confirming a son’s origins with Y-DNA (part 1)
Presentation: Confirming a son’s origins with Y-DNA (part 2)
Autosomal DNA:
Presentation: Understanding Autosomal DNA
Presentation: Autosomal DNA Helps ID a G-G-G-G-Grandfather
Autosomal DNA Analysis:
Presentation: DNA results analysis
Instructions on uploading raw data to GEDMATCH and FTDNA
Computer Skills for Genealogists
Presentation: Computer Skills for Genealogists
Presentation: GEDCOM Files
Presentation: Smorgasbord 1
• ordering microfilm
• transcribing and analyzing records
• creating a research log
• separating incorrectly merged profiles
• navigating Family Tree source attachment screen
Presentation: Smorgasbord 2
• editing FamilySearch Family Tree
• transcribing records
Presentation: Smorgasbord 3 (Sam Vilen case study, part 1)
• maintaining the Family Tree
• managing your browser settings
• adding citations to image files
• Record Seek
• fold3 tips
Presentation: Smorgasbord 4 (Sam Vilen case study, part 2)
• recognizing relevant records
• maps as research tools
Presentation: Smorgasbord 5 (“Fleshing the Bones”)
- mining records for insights
- Google search ideas
- Wikipedia
- WorldCat
- Creating tables in Excel and Word
Case Studies:
Presentation: Albert Brejcha land records
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Case study based on “Tracking a Loner on the Move: J.W. Parberry Exposed by the Genealogical Proof Standard” by John Philip Colletta; National Genealogical Society Quarterly 93 (June 2005): 94-109
Presentation: J W Parberry and the Genealogical Proof Standard and Video
Presentation: Origins of James Wood Parberry
Presentation: Parberry’s Wife
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Case study based on “Crossing the Continent with Common Names: Indiana Natives John and Elizabeth (Smith) Smith” by Harold Henderson; National Genealogical Society Quarterly 103 (March 2015): 29-35.
Presentation: Origins of John and Elizabeth Smith
Presentation: Finding John Smith
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Case study based on “Mothers for Sophie (Kanetski) Howe of Scranton, Pennsylvania” by Melissa A. Johnson; National Genealogical Society Quarterly 103 (June 2015): 105-113.
Presentation: Sophie Howe
Presentation: Sophie’s Mother 2
Presentation: Sophie’s Mother 3
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Case study based on “Finding a Father for Isaac Young; A Virginia Native in California” by Shirley Langdon Wilcox; National Genealogical Society Quarterly 102 (September 2014): 177-188.
Presentation: A Father for Isaac (part 1) (focus on locating a newspaper obituaries)
Presentation: A Father for Isaac (part 2) (tips for confirming identities)
Presentation: A Father for Isaac (part 3) (focus on locating local published histories)
Presentation: A Father for Isaac (part 4) (focus on probate records)
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Case study based on “Identifying a Son for John Temple of Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama” by Rachel Mills Lennon, National Genealogical Society Quarterly 103 (June 2015): 139-150.
Presentation: Identifying a Son (part 1)
Presentation: Identifying a Son (part 2)
Presentation: Identifying a Son (part 3)
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Case study based on “Parentage of Martha Smith of Alabama and Mississippi: Overcoming Inconsistent, Incorrect, and Missing Records” by Laurel T. Baty; National Genealogical Society Quarterly 101 (June 2013): 85-102
Presentation: Who were the parents of Martha Crosby?
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Case study based on Ian’s research:
Presentation: Who were Isadore Stern’s maternal grandparents?
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