Presenter: Jean King Passport applications can be a useful source of information when researching your family. In this lecture, learn about the history of U.S. passport applications and where you can find them online. The focus will be on passports issued up to 1926. Genealogist Jean King will use examples from her family to illustrate...

Presenter: Nancy Gavin Koester Learn about how the presenter used modern techniques to find her family on the Orphan Train.

Presenter: Lisa Louise Cooke

Presenter: Linda Harms Okazaki This is an overview of the history that has impacted Japanese immigrants and their descendants and how they relate to researching Japanese genealogy. To register, go to: https://brentwood.librarycalendar.com/event/introduction-japanese-american-research

Presenter: Susan Jaycox

Presenter: Renee Steinig Most of us have relatives who shortened their names, fudged their ages, or reported birth places that were not quite right. We will look at some instances where such changes were taken to a whole new level - cases of deliberate coverups intended to hide past scandals, or advance careers or social...

Presenter: Anne Sibert Buiter This webinar focuses on the records of the federal immigration service. The presenter will give a brief history of Ellis Island and the processing experience of immigrants and how that pertained to the collection of immigration lists and development of contemporary online databases. Topics such as passenger manifests, detainment, special inquiry,...

Get tips and tricks and help with researching your ancestors. Come discuss strategies and learn how others have succeeded. To register for the program, go to: www.pmlib.org and click on the Events & Classes.

Presenter: Jim Bartlett Segmentology is about DNA segments. Questions to be answered: What is a DNA segment? What are the three ways to measure a segment? How can we “see” our DNA segments? What is the difference between our DNA segments and shared DNA segments with a Match (they are different)? Where do our DNA...

Presenter: Patrick Young Learn about the effect of the Civil War on Irish immigrants; their participation in the military; the effect of the massive loss of life on the Irish in the U.S. and on their families at home. The presenter will talk about the politics of war from the decision to join the army,...

Presenter: Michael Waas Since the genetic genealogy revolution beginning in the late 1990s, more and more people have undertaken DNA testing to solve genealogical riddles on their family trees. For genetic genealogy, there are three main types of tests -- Y-DNA, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), and autosomal DNA. In his talk, Michael Waas will focus on...

Presenter: Anthony King Learn how the presenter journeyed to China to discover his grandfather's ancestral village, sharing the genealogical techniques he used and interesting features of Chinese genealogy discovered along the way. To register, go to:https://brentwood.librarycalendar.com/event/journey-through-chinese-genealogy