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Month: May 2020

Ancestry.com continues to offer remote access

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 by GFLI editor

Some good news for local genealogists — Ancestry.com is providing free remote access now through the end of June to anyone with library cards in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Just go to your home library website, go to the database section and look to see if your library subscribes to Ancestry.com. As previously mentioned in…

MyHeritage offers free access to military records

Posted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 by GFLI editor

In honor of Memorial Day, MyHeritage.com is offering free access to all military records from May 20–26, 2020.  The MyHeritage collection consists of 57 million records and includes draft, enlistment, and service records, pension records, and other military documents from North America and around the world, dating back to the American Revolutionary War in the…

New genealogy show to begin May 26

Posted on May 15, 2020May 18, 2020 by GFLI editor

A new genealogy show will be aired on ABC beginning Tuesday, May 26 at 10 p.m. Eastern time, not June 2 as previously reported. The show, “The Genetic Detective,” will follow investigative genetic genealogist CeCe Moore as she uses her research skills to help with crime solving. By working with police departments and crime scene…

Ancestry.com offers free access to NARA records

Posted on May 15, 2020May 14, 2020 by GFLI editor

Ancestry.com is allowing free access to nearly 500 million records and images from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) from now until June 1. Some of the types of records you can find are: military records, naturalization records, census records, passenger lists, passport applications, IRS tax lists, homestead records and consular reports of births…

Host of ‘Extreme Genes’ presents genealogy talks on Facebook

Posted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 by GFLI editor

Scott Fisher, host of the Extreme Genes podcast, is hosting a week of half hour genealogy webinars on the Extreme Genes Facebook page at 6 p.m. Eastern Time each day this week. Day 1: Hidden Secrets for Finding Ancestral Heirlooms, Photos and Documents Day 2: Finding Family Records That Are Not Online To see past…

Ontario Ancestors provides free access to webinars

Posted on May 11, 2020May 9, 2020 by GFLI editor

Ontario Ancestors, the website of The Ontario Genealogical Society, will be offering many of its webinar presentations in the Ontario Ancestors library free to non-members from now until Aug. 31, 2020. Normally these webinars are only available on the Members Only page. Webinars that are free to non-members will show as live links on the…

Family History Library to offer free webinars

Posted on May 9, 2020April 28, 2020 by GFLI editor

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City will be offering several free webinars during the month of May. Monday, May 11 – 3 p.m. – To America and Back: Crossing the Pond with Your Swedish Ancestors Thursday, May 14 – 3 p.m. – Strategies for Using Civil Registration in the British Isles Monday, May…

Ancestry UK provides free access to WWII records

Posted on May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 by GFLI editor

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, Ancestry UK is allowing free access to its United Kingdom World War II collection from now until 7:59 p.m. on May 10. Some of available collections include: 1939 England and Wales Register, prisoner of war records, military discharge indexes, alien internees, World War II civilian deaths, and…

Free access available to ‘NGS Monthly’

Posted on May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 by GFLI editor

The National Genealogical Society is offering non-members free access to five years of the “NGS Monthly” now through July 31, 2020. “NGS Monthly” articles help researchers of all levels. The articles cover methodology and recommendations on genealogical research by considering the techniques of researchers and scholars, and how they solved difficult research problems. Topics often…

Legacy Family Tree Webinars offers free webinars from its library

Posted on May 4, 2020May 3, 2020 by GFLI editor

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will continue to offer one webinar from its membership library for free each day in May. The webinars will be rotated by theme each week: Sundays – Methodology Mondays – DNA Tuesdays – Ethnic Genealogy Wednesdays – Technology Thursdays – Around the Globe Fridays – Beginners Saturdays – Tech Zone To…

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Upcoming Events

  1. From Old Worlds to New Worlds: Genealogy in Passenger Lists – Hybrid

    July 13 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
  2. Brentwood Genealogists – virtual meeting

    July 15 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
  3. What’s New in Family Tree Maker – Virtual

    July 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  4. Genealogy Research Discussion Group – virtual meeting

    July 27 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

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Blog Posts

  • Plainview FHC announces Saturday schedule
  • Family History Center announces July schedule
  • Terryville FHC announces June schedule
  • Terryville FHC announces its May schedule
  • German Genealogy Group updates databases
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