FamilySearch has created a series of new live social media events as an opportunity for the family history community to connect virtually. Instagram Live events will take place on Tuesday and Thursday and the Facebook Live events will take place on Wednesday while there are social limitations relating to COVID-19. FamilySearch Instagram Live Tuesday, April 7,…
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Naturalization records added on GGG website
The German Genealogy Group (GGG) has recently added new records to its website. The latest addition is New York Eastern District Naturalizations, 1988-1990. This collection adds 93,725 records to the GGG website. To get started searching, go to: www.germangenealogygroup.com and click on Naturalizations on the left side of the page.
Genealogy society adds more free webinars in April
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society is extending its free webinar series. Below is a listing a new webinars being offered in April. Be sure to register as webinars can fill up quickly. A Celebration of Tartan Day with a talk by Prof. Donna Heddle Monday, April 6, 12:00 pm | Presented by Professor Donna…
Legacy Family Tree offers free webinars from membership library
Learning genealogy at home just became a little easier. Legacy Family Tree Webinars will be offering one webinar from its membership library for free each day in April. The webinars will be rotated by theme each week: Sundays – Methodology Mondays – DNA Tuesdays – Ethnic Genealogy Wednesdays – Technology Thursdays – Around the Globe…
New genealogy TV show to begin Saturday
Ancestry.com is sponsoring a new television show starting tomorrow, Saturday, April 4, on NBC at noon. The show is called “Roots Less Traveled” and follows a pair of family members who bond over their joint quest to learn more about their shared family history. People will solve mysteries in their family tree ranging from ancestors…
Free issue of Family Tree Magazine available
Looking for something to read while you’re stuck at home? It is possible to read the March/April issue of Family Tree magazine for free by using the following link: https://www.familytreemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FTM__MarApr20_giveaway.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2WyMU5BD2SC2HsuhmoTxotrh1KfafVGmxwnME5cI-QVrVtWainto0azZI In addition, if you have a Nassau County library card and your library subscribes to RBdigital magazines, you have access not only to the March/April…
More genealogy activities to do from home
Here are a few more ideas for some genealogy activities we can all do from home. Free genealogy lessons are being given on the genealogy blog “Digging Up the Dirt on My Dead People,” hosted by April Earle, a librarian at Farmingdale State College. To get started on her lessons, go to: https://diggingupthedirtonmydeadpeople.blogspot.com/2020/03/online-genealogy-lessons-1-5.html Those with…
MyHeritage offers free webinars in April
The genealogy website MyHeritage.com will be offering “Ask The Expert” webinars via GoToWebinars. The online webinars will be held twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. The webinars are free but you do need to register in advance in order to attend each webinar. April 2 – How to Work with…
Volunteers needed for indexing projects
With many of us staying at home right now due to COVID-19 restrictions, an indexing project may be one way to pass the time. One of the most well-known indexing projects is at the FamilySearch.org website, run by The Church of Latter-Day Saints. It is easy to get started indexing records for FamilySearch.org. You will…
Virtual genealogy meeting set for April 1
Instead of its regular in-person Genealogy Research Discussion Group meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, the Patchogue-Medford Public Library will be hosting a virtual Genealogy Research Discussion Group from 10-11:30 a.m. Get help researching your ancestors. Come discuss strategies and learn how others have succeeded. This meeting will be conducted using GoToMeeting. Join the meeting…