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Month: June 2020

Ancestry.com offers remote access for library patrons

Posted on June 29, 2020June 27, 2020 by GFLI editor

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

Ancestry Canada offers free access to some records

Posted on June 27, 2020June 27, 2020 by GFLI editor

From now until 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, July 1, Ancestry.ca is providing free access to a large selection of Canadian records. These include: Quebec’s Drouin Collection (baptisms, marriages, burials), Ontario births, marriages, deaths, and border crossings between Canada and the US. You will need to set up a free user name and password….

JSTOR extends its free online reading program

Posted on June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 by GFLI editor

JSTOR, a digital library for researchers, students and genealogists, will expand its free online reading program until the end of 2020. You can read 100 articles for free each month without needing an institution affiliation. All you need to do is set up a free account. There are more than 12 millions academic journals articles,…

Free webinars to focus on Jewish genealogy research

Posted on June 12, 2020June 10, 2020 by GFLI editor

JewishGen.org will be offering a series of free webinars in June and July about Jewish genealogy research. All webinars will be offered on Wednesdays at 3 p.m. June 17 – Researching NYC Resources RemotelySpeaker: Jordan Auslander June 24 – Privacy and Genealogy: What Are The Rules?Speaker: E. Randol (Randy) Schoenberg July 1 – Rescue and…

Legacy Family Tree Webinars offers free webinar weekends

Posted on June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 by GFLI editor

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will be offering Free Webinar Weekends during the month on June. Each weekend you will be able to attend a different track of classes for free. For June 12-14, it will be Technology classes; on June 19-21, learn about Great Britain and on June 26-28, the track will be African American…

MyHeritage.com offers free access to collections

Posted on June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 by GFLI editor

Each day in June, MyHeritage.com will open one of its subscription-only historical record collections to the public, providing free access to view the collection. Many of the collections are exclusive to MyHeritage. MyHeritage will be posting regular updates on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram about the collections, so be sure to check out these platforms. The…

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

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

View All Events

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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