Please join us on Oct 18, Nov 1 and Nov 15
for 3 sessions on zoom led by
Lynn Baker, Geneaologist
on how to get started doing your family's geneology.
Oct 18: Session 1: BEGINNING & ORGANIZING SESSION OBJECTIVES
Provide an overview of an effective genealogy research process:
· How to begin your research.
· How to maintain effective research.
· Highlight some of the commonly used terms.
There are two aspects to organizing your genealogy.
· You need to organize your physical items (papers & photos as well as computer files).
· You also need to keep your research efforts organized.
REASONS WHY YOU MIGHT BE ATTENDING
People undertake genealogy research for a wide variety of reasons:
· Leaving a family legacy
· Studying your medical history
· Joining lineage/hereditary societies
· Solving a family mystery
· Confirming a family legend
Nov 1: Session 2: USING ON-LINE DATABASES SESSION OBJECTIVES
Highlight some favorite on-line resources.
· Explain why some indexed records are hard to find.
· Explain how to get better search results from indexed records.
· Using of Family History Center - 343 Court St Brooklyn NY
WEBSITES WITH READY ACCESS
No fee sites
· FamilySearch
· Find A Grave
· Google
Fee-based sites
· Ancestry
· Fold3
· GenealogyBank
Nov 15: Session 3: Questions Answered
Lynn Baker bio:
Retired from US Naval Reserves (29 years) and IBM Corporation (37 years). He runs an active Genealogy Club on Seabrook Island / Kiawah Island and Kiawah River Estates, South Carolina called “Digging into Roots Together”. He has been doing genealogy since 1980 and loves helping others. He is a frequent speaker at the National Society Daughters of American Revolution, Summerville Genealogy Club, Charleston Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society and the Charleston Family History Center.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please register for for each session, Oct 18, Nov 1 & Nov 15 or save the zoom information to use. Same zoom info for all 3 sessions.
Reminders with the zoom link will only be sent the weeks you have registered.