Demystifying Eastern European Records – hybrid
Connetquot Public Library 760 Ocean Avenue, Bohemia, New YorkPresenter: Lisa Alzo This is a Zoom presentation that will be shown in the library but can also be viewed from home. There is a limit of 20 in person...
Guild Records – members only – virtual
Presenter: Fritz Juengling Quite often, family history researchers stick to the usual record types when researching their family history; birth/baptismal, marriage, and death records. Of course, these are useful sources...
Our English Ancestors – In person
South Huntington Public Library 145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station, NYPresenter: Susan Jaycox
African American Genealogy – hybrid
Patchogue-Medford Public Library 54-60 E. Main St., Patchogue, NYPresenter: Elyse Hill Discover the challenges, assumptions and myths involved in African American research. Learn how the presenter overcame obstacles in her research and strategies on how to locate and...
Introduction to African-American Genealogy – virtual
Presenter: Janice Lovelace Learn about unique resources along with standard censuses, probate records and vital records to identify emancipated enslaved persons and their prior slave owners.
Italian Migrations and Records – hybrid
Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New YorkPresenter: Loretta Bonacorso
A Rosenberg by Any Other Name – Virtual
Presenter: Kirsten Fermaglich Our images of name changing are frequently clichés: movie stars who adopted new names or Ellis Island officials who changed immigrants’ names. Kirsten Fermaglich upends these cliches...
Show and Tell – hybrid
Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New YorkAfter a pandemic-induced hiatus of three years, our genealogy show-and-tell will return. Do you have an interesting research story? Did you make any genealogical discoveries during the lockdown that you’d...
Genealogy Research Discussion Group – virtual
Get help with researching your ancestors. Come discuss strategies and learn how others have succeeded. Open to all. To register, go to: https://pmlib.libnet.info/event/6584182
Was My Ancestor a Spiritualist? – hybrid
Brentwood Public Library 34 Second Avenue, Brentwood, NYPresenter: Peter Ward Join librarian Peter Ward as he shares a few of his discoveries and tips for using the IAPSOP database which contains hundreds of newspapers and other publications...
The Jews of Long Island – Hybrid
Mid-Island Y-JCC 45 Manetto Hill Road, Plainview, New YorkPresenter: Brad Kolodny, president of the Jewish Historical Society of Long Island He will discuss his new book -- The Jews of Long Island, 1705-1918. The book tells the story...