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| Are those my Parents? Proving Kinship: A Case Study with Dana Palmer Class Description:Proving kinship for a child to parents can be challenging. Learn how to successfully navigate the kinship puzzle in this Ohio / New York case study. |
| Ohio Catholic Records Research with Dana Palmer Class Description:Many Catholics settled in Ohio. Learn which diocese covers your locality and has church records for your ancestor. |
| Connect your family using Findagrave with Dana Palmer Class Description:Find-a-Grave can help you discover where your ancestor is buried. Connect your family using this website and other resources found online! |
| Ohio Deed Research with Dana Palmer Class Description: Did you know early marriages can be found in deeds? Come learn where to find Ohio deeds and what’s in these useful records. |
| Italian Genealogy I: Introduction with Mike Garrambone Class Description: If you listened to the early Italian-Americans, they told stories about their families coming to America and earning a living in a land of opportunity. While eager to become Americans, they retained their Old World culture and customs. What they did not always do was pass their written history onto the next generation. They spoke and lived their heritage, but they wrote little and rarely kept significant documentation. The onus is on us to search out this heritage, but unfortunately, the trail is often cold and somewhat disjointed. No fear though, for there is a way to put bark on the branches of your Italian family tree. Come to this Italian Genealogy presentation to see how to find those elusive family members. The presentation will show you what you need and how to search for it. We will talk about the country, the people, the records, and mostly what you need to track down those “paesanos.” |
| Italian Case Study: Ianni Family Search with Mike Garrambone Class Description: This is a most colorful human story that carefully shows you how to do Italian research using FamilySearch.org. The presentation takes you stepwise on how to find those long-lost relatives that have been hiding from your current family tree. With an Italian flavor you will hear the tale of discovery that is part of every search and will be shown the techniques and examples most applicable to any ethnic group. Be aware, the search like all genealogy efforts has points of great despair and elation. You will be shown terrific maps, screen captures, juicy documents, along with thoughtful explanations. Come see an enjoyable genealogical adventure where the story is real, the graphics are hot, and the ending is priceless. |
| Irish Case Study: Part 1 The Beginning with Mike Garrambone Class Description: This presentation is the result of a friend asking for help in finding her Irish ancestors and wanting to know exactly where they family came from in Ireland. The story begins with very little initial information causing some long and serious searches in nearby Ohio counties. Stateside searching is important as needed ground work before venturing to Irish records. We describe how we found her kin who arrived around 1850 and the progression of her family in Ohio. We honestly did not know how difficult the search was going to be, but you will find it very interesting and certainly rewarding. There was some luck to be found in this research, but then again, they were Irish. Come hear the tale that you might someday do your own Irish research. |
| Irish Case Study: Part 2 Into the Deep Green with Mike Garrambone Class Description: In this presentation we continue the discovery of the many needed details of the Irish families we were seeking. We describe how we gather the data we would need to find the records in Ireland such as family member names and family locations. We talk about the sources of records and the various helping aids Irish genealogists are currently using. Discussed are the important historical settings that we needed to understand to track these special people. By attending, you will learn about these records, government motivations, and the immigration processes that Irish families had to endure to reach America. While the story is cool, most interesting, and enlightening, the real treasure to those who wear the green, is the successful finds. |
| Fundamental Mysteries 6: It Just Ain’t So! with Mike Garrambone Class Description: Fundamental Mysteries are designed to help beginning genealogists learn some highly useful ideas and novel research techniques. In this sixth presentation we begin by examining some faulty information that is readily available from the Internet but to the uninformed person it appears to be true. We continue to describe several unusual circumstances and interesting phenomena that may be counterproductive to our good research efforts. We caution genealogists that information from the many online family trees may be helpful but traditionally contains serious errors. This information normally displayed as fact often has little, weak, or even no documentation. Shortfalls like this can easily lead us astray. Finally, we ask that you be open minded to hear examples about information that came to us from “mysterious sources”. |
| Military Records with Jim Phillabaum Class Description: Info to come |
| Cemetery Records with Jim Phillabaum Class Description: Info to come |
| Ohio Genealogy Databases with Anne Wachs Class Description: Info to come |
| Newspapers.com Library Edition with Anne Wachs Class Description: Learn to navigate the newspaper archive owned by Ancestry.com! With over 10,000 worldwide newspapers, some dating back to the late 1600’s, a wealth of genealogy primary source materials is at your findertips. |
| Beginner German Research with Karynne Moses Class Description: Info to come |
| German Handwriting with Karynne Moses Class Description: Info to come |
| Put Your Family Stories Between the Covers with Andrew Rohrbach Class Description: For years I heard the “Family Stories” so I set out to prove or disprove them and put them in books along with photos and newspaper articles about my family for my children and grandchildren to read. Then I found out the outrageous cost of have a book printed and bound. So, I printed and spiral bound them myself. With a little work you can do it to. We will look at some hints on research as well as best practices and compiling your book from start to finish. If I can do it, you can do it. |