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• Event Education-Let's Discuss It!

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    Saturday, July 27, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Let's Discuss It! by John Ware

  Join our popular discussion group and learn what is trending in Genealogy. John Ware will examine the latest websites, software programs, technologies and tools.

  County Corner: Decatur and Gibson

  John is a retired Pharmaceutical Research Chemist and Project Systems Analyst. John has been married for over 48 years to his high school sweetheart and they have two children and two grandchildren. He began family research in the 60’s Investigating both his adopted and biological lines. He is a member of several genealogical societies. He has served as a board member of the Tennessee Genealogical Society in several capacities and is the current Director of Education.

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• Event Education-Penn's Land Records

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    Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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       Penn's Land Records by Sandy Rumble

  William Penn and his heirs kept detailed records of their early land transactions. The process consisted of 5 steps: application, warrant, survey, return, and ends when the buyer receives a patent to his land. In the interim, the settler paid taxes on the land, but finalizing the purchase could take 40 years or longer. Indexes to these invaluable records are available online but are challenging to locate and work with as they are not computer-searchable. Once critical pieces of information are located, detailed records of the transactions can be ordered from the Pennsylvania State Archives.

  Sandy started her career as a software developer and trainer. For over 30 years, Sandy was the go-to person to train new users in cutting-edge software developing in-house training programs for new development tools. Expanding her interest in teaching outside the software industry, Sandy began teaching genealogy, DNA testing, the Constitution, Congress, and the judicial system at the Delaware Valley University Center for Learning in Retirement. Sandy recently began speaking at genealogical institutes, conferences, genealogical and historical societies, and DAR Chapters. As a course coordinator for GRIP, Sandy coordinated Documentation for Lineage Societies and co-coordinated Answering the Call of Uncle Sam, an exploration of 18^th & 19^th century American military records. 

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

  
  

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• Event Education-Ink and Ancestors: A Journalist's Perspective on Using Newspapers in Family Research

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    Saturday, August 03, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Ink & Ancestors: A Journalist's Perspective on Using Newspapers in Family Research by Jason Terrell

  Most of us have the experience of searching for family information in newspapers, but how accurate are the results you find? Where does this information come from and is it reliable enough for me to include in my family tree? In this presentation, you'll not only learn how to best leverage newspapers in your research, but you'll also get some behind-the-scenes information about how news content is gathered and prepared for publication from a second-generation journalist, former journalism instructor, and family historian with over 30 years of experience working in newspapers - including a stint writing obituaries. Equipped with this knowledge, participants will be better positioned to research newspapers more efficiently and critically evaluate the information they uncover. 

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

  
  

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• Event Education-Digging Deeper into New York Records on FamilySearch

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    Wednesday, August 07, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Digging Deeper into New York Records on FamilySearch by Annette Burke Lyttle

  FamilySearch has millions of records. Putting a name in the search form only gets you a percentage of their indexed records. Beyond that, they have unindexed collections and other digital materials that will never show up in a general search. Learn how to dig deeply into FamilySearch's New York record collections and come up with amazing finds. 

  Annette Burke Lyttle holds the Certified Genealogist® credential. She provides professional genealogical services in research, education, and writing. She speaks on a variety of genealogical topics at the national, state, and local levels and loves helping people uncover and share their family stories. Annette is a course coordinator for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and the British Institute. She is a published writer whose research interests include Quaker ancestors and ancestral migrations in the US. She is past president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and editor of The Florida Genealogist.
  

   Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.  

  
  

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• Event Education-Writing Your Family History SIG

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    Wednesday, August 14, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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    Virtual via GoToMeeting
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  Writing Your Family History SIG

  Facilitator - Carla Maitland

  Join us for four workshops this year in our GoToMeeting platform as we meet together, face-to-face, and discuss, share, and critique each other’s family history writing. Whether you choose journals, blogs, newsletters, books, or some other form of writing, we can all use the input of others. These sessions will be led by a facilitator, who will not directly teach, but who will guide the discussions, ensuring the involvement of everyone. Bring your pen, pencil, computer or whatever you use to write, and join the sessions with ideas to share with others as well! 

  These sessions are currently scheduled for one Wednesday morning every three months at 10:00 a.m. (CST), and will last approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours each session. YOU MUST REGISTER FOR EACH DATE SEPARATELY!

  Session 3-Wednesday Aug 14, 2024

  Session 4-Wednesday Nov 20, 2024

  
  

  
  

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• Event Education-Navigating Maritime History: A Comprehensive Webinar.

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    Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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   Navigating Maritime History: A Comprehensive Webinar by Peter McCracken

  Dive into the world of maritime history with renowned expert Peter McCracken, co-founder of ShipIndex.org, in an exciting, informative webinar hosted by the Tennessee Genealogical Society. This one-hour session, tailored to both amateur and seasoned researchers alike, will navigate you through the vast ocean of maritime historical research. Peter will guide you through the process of uncovering historical ship records, maritime voyages, and personal narratives, and how these can add depth and richness to your genealogical studies. Using the extensive resources of ShipIndex.org as a primary focus, he’ll demonstrate how to leverage its unique citation database to locate and learn about specific vessels, their voyages, and the people they carried.
  
  But the journey won’t stop there. Peter will also explore other tools and techniques to further your maritime research, casting a wide net to ensure no stone is left unturned in your search for seafaring ancestors and maritime connections. Finally, the session will conclude with a Q&A, providing an opportunity for you to ask Peter your most pressing maritime history and research questions. Don’t miss this chance to deepen your understanding of maritime history research, uncover new resources, and add a new dimension to your genealogical investigations. Sail into the past with us and explore your history like never before.
  

  Peter McCracken is co-founder and publisher of ShipIndex.org. He holds a Masters in Library Science and a Masters in Maritime History, and has worked as a reference librarian at East Carolina University and the University of Washington. In 2000, he co-founded Serials Solutions with his brothers and a high school friend; the company was acquired by ProQuest in 2004. Since 2016 he has been Electronic Resources Librarian at Cornell University. McCracken has written a quarterly column on “Maritime History on the Internet” in Sea History magazine since 2004; in 2014 he received a Sea History Award of Appreciation for this work. In 2012 he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of North Carolina School of Information & Library Science, and in 2011 he received the ALCTS Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award.

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

  
  

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• Event Education-Let's Discuss It!

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    Saturday, August 24, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Let's Discuss It! by John Ware

  Join our popular discussion group and learn what is trending in Genealogy. John Ware will examine the latest websites, software programs, technologies and tools.

  County Corner: Overton and Wayne

  John is a retired Pharmaceutical Research Chemist and Project Systems Analyst. John has been married for over 48 years to his high school sweetheart and they have two children and two grandchildren. He began family research in the 60’s Investigating both his adopted and biological lines. He is a member of several genealogical societies. He has served as a board member of the Tennessee Genealogical Society in several capacities and is the current Director of Education.

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

  
  

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• Event Education-9/11: Ordinary People on an Extraordinary Day

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    Saturday, September 07, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  9/11: Ordinary People on an Extraordinary Day

  by Mike Ellicott

   

  At 9:03 AM on September 11, 2001, seventeen minutes after American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center, life in America changed.  When the second airliner, United Airlines Flight 175, slammed into the World Trade Center South Tower, America knew this was a deliberate attack, not a horrific accident.  On a day filled with unfathomable tragedy, Americans reacted with extraordinary courage, resourcefulness, and selflessness.  Join us for a discussion of Ordinary Americans on an Extraordinary Day.

  The original NARA caption for this photo reads: "From the roof of 201 Varick Street, just one floor up from NARA’s office, archivist John Celardo captured the moment a hijacked airliner crashed into the second tower."

  Mike Ellicott retired as a Colonel after a 26-year career in the Army Corps of Engineers and he retired again 16 years later as the Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning and Construction for the Texas Tech University System.  He now focuses on his love of WWII and Civil War history and leads, with his wife Marilyn, tours of the Normandy and Gettysburg Battlefields.  Marilyn and Mike live in Collierville, TN and he is the Past President of the Friends of the Morton Museum in Collierville. 

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Educational Event - Records of Our Quiet Ancestors

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    Wednesday, September 11, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Remote via GoToWebinar
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  Records of Our Quiet Ancestors

  by Ann Blomquist

  Includes legislative petitions, Grand Army of the Republic, agricultural census, courthouse records, Genweb, city directories, Persi, church records.

  Ann K. Blomquist, M.Ed., is the administrator of the First Families of TN program at the East TN Historical Society in Knoxville. She is the author of 13 genealogy books, the editor of three genealogy magazines, and a presenter at genealogy conferences and workshops.

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

  
  

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• Event Education-Breaking the Brick Wall: Tracing an African American Family from Freedom to Slavery

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    Saturday, September 21, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Breaking the Brick Wall: Tracing an African American Family from Freedom to Slavery by Deborah Abbott

  The most difficult part of genealogical research for African Americans is finding and identifying slave ancestors and their owners. Using a case study, learn the importance of basic tools of family history research. This lecture will focus on the clues and resources needed to recreate an African American family's journey from freedom back to slavery. Learn the importance of analyzing information and realizing how important collateral/cluster line research is in helping to move you toward success in the genealogical process. Starting with oral history and the 1950 U.S. Federal Census, we will follow an African American Kentucky family from freedom to slavery.

  Dr. Deborah A. Abbott, PhD, is a professional genealogist, specializing in African American research, manuscript collections and genealogy methodology.  She is an associate with the Kentucky-Tennessee Associates based in Springfield, TN; past president of the African American Genealogical Society, Cleveland, OH; and a retired professor of Counseling from Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. She holds both the BS and M.Ed. degrees from Tuskegee University in Alabama and the PhD degree from Kent State University in Ohio.  
  

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

  
  

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• Event Education-Let's Discuss It!

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    Saturday, September 28, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Let's Discuss It! by John Ware

  Join our popular discussion group and learn what is trending in Genealogy. John Ware will examine the latest websites, software programs, technologies and tools.

  County Corner: Carter and Unicoi

  John is a retired Pharmaceutical Research Chemist and Project Systems Analyst. John has been married for over 48 years to his high school sweetheart and they have two children and two grandchildren. He began family research in the 60’s Investigating both his adopted and biological lines. He is a member of several genealogical societies. He has served as a board member of the Tennessee Genealogical Society in several capacities and is the current Director of Education.

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

  
  

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