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
The 1950 Census – In person
Brentwood Public Library 34 Second Avenue, Brentwood, NYPresenter: April Earle Have your questions answered about using the 1950 census for research.
Introduction to Genealogy – In person
Brentwood Public Library 34 Second Avenue, Brentwood, NYPresenter: Peter Ward Learn about topics such as DNA research and the census. Bring your questions.
Adoption Searches Past and Present – Hybrid
Patchogue-Medford Public Library 54-60 E. Main St., Patchogue, NY, United StatesPresenter: Matt Rutherford, Curator of Genealogy at the Newberry Library Learn about ways of unearthing details of an adoption when they aren't readily available. Go to the library's calendar of...
Using Ortssippenbücher to Research Your Family History – Virtual – members only
Presenter: Robin McDonough. St Louis County Library rtssippenbücher contain genealogical information about families within a specific town, village, or parish. Information can cover many generations of a family going back...
Enemy Aliens: Italian American Interment During WWII – Hybrid
Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New YorkPresenter: Joe Giordano In this webinar, author Joe Giordano will discuss the history leading up to the Italian-American internment during WWII, the actions taken by the U.S. Government against Italian...
Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury – Hybrid
Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New YorkPresenter: Nicola Morris The Virtual Record Treasury combines historical investigation, archival discovery, conservation, and technical innovation to reimagine and recreate, through digital technologies, the archive lost on June 30, 1922,...
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
Navigating FultonHistory.com – Hybrid
Connetquot Public Library 760 Ocean Avenue, Bohemia, New YorkPresenter: Jeannette Sheliga FultonHistory.com, or Old Fulton NY Postcards, is a free, historic newspaper website that contains archives of microfilmed newspaper images. Learn about the content of the website and...
Alphabet Soup of Naturalization Records – Virtual
Presenter: Renee Carle Just when you thought you knew all the names of all the record sets from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now called USCIS), there’s another one. This...
Exploring DNA – Virtual
Presenter: April Earle The presenter will answer your questions about using DNA to discover your family history.
Finding Relatives in Russian Empire Records for non-Russian Speakers – Hybrid
Mid-Island Y-JCC 45 Manetto Hill Road, Plainview, New YorkPresenter: Lara Diamond Lara leverages her mathematics background and her endogamous Ashkenazic genome to augment document-based research with genetic genealogy and teaches how others can have successes in genetic genealogy...
There’s More to Immigration Than Ellis Island – Hybrid
Patchogue-Medford Public Library 54-60 E. Main St., Patchogue, NY, United StatesPresenter: Diana Crispin Smith Join guest genealogist Diana Crispin Smith as she talks about other ports of entry, basic immigration process and where to find resources. Attend in person or...
Introduction to Family Tree Maker – Hybrid
Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New YorkPresenter: Mark Olsen Join us for a live Q and A discussion to answer all your questions about Family Tree Maker, the latest version, updates, features and more. This is...
Inspiring Genealogy in the Next Generation – Virtual
Presenters: Nolan Altman, Alexander Luis-Kaminer, Anya Morgulis, Yonah Paley A panel discussion will be led by the following participants: Nolan Altman is a past president and longtime board member of...
Lunacy and Asylums: Mental Health in the 19th Century – Virtual
Presenter: Janice Lovelace Join us for a fascinating introduction to the world of mental health in the 19th century.
Ethical Dilemmas in Italian Genealogy – Hybrid
Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New YorkPresenter: Dr. Penny Walters Dr Walters will present via Zoom live from England on the controversial and somewhat challenging issues we often face in genealogical research: from the awkwardness of...
Genealogy Research Discussion Group – Virtual
Get help with researching your ancestors. Come discuss strategies and learn how others have succeeded. To register, go to: https://pmlib.libnet.info/event/8065555
Online Repository Assistant – Members Only – Virtual
Presenter: John Cardinal John Cardinal will demonstrate how to use ORA, an automated assistant for use with online repositories including Ancestry, FamilySearch, and others. ORA combines a Windows program with...
Breaking Down Irish Brick Walls – Hybrid
Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New YorkPresenter: Kerri Tannenbaum Do all your U.S.-based records for your Irish immigrant ancestors only list “Ireland” as the place of origin? Are you unable to trace your ancestry further back...
The Industrial Removal Office – Virtual
Presenter: Risa Daitzman Heywood The Industrial Removal Office - How a little-known program scattered Jews throughout the United States. The Industrial Removal Office, a little-known organization in operation from 1900...
Finding My German 2nd Great Grandfather: Part I – Hybrid
Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New YorkPresenter: Mary Eberle, JD Learn how genealogical records with inconsistent dates and parents suggested her 2nd great grandfather wasn't biologically correct. At a later date, Part II will discuss how...
Facebook’s 16,700+ Genealogy/History Pages and Groups – Virtual
Presenter: Katherine R. Wilson Learn how to use Facebook as a genealogical research tool to access its many thousands of regional and surname-specific genealogy/history pages and groups.
Italians, Eugenics, Restrictive Immigration Laws, and Related Topics – Hybrid
Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New YorkPresenter: Richard Graziano Dr. Richard Graziano tackles the complex issues of restrictive immigration laws and eugenics, as they pertained to Italians–and may have affected your ancestors– in the nineteenth and...
19th and Early-20th Century Newspaper Research – Virtual
Presenter: Nancy Levin Did you know that your relatives, the Myers and Goldsmiths, were among the founders of a local Jewish congregation and that their request for incorporation was published...