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...
German Newspaper Research – Hybrid
Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New YorkPresenter: Teresa Steinkamp McMillin Germany does not have large subscription-based websites for accessing newspapers for genealogical research. In spite of that fact, there are thousands of digitized German newspapers available...
My Irish Boyhood – In Person
South Huntington Public Library 145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station, NYPresenter: Tom Phelan Tom will discuss his book "We Were Rich and Didn't Know It: A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood," a story of growing up in Ireland in the...
Kiss Me I’m Irish – Virtual
Presenter: Sarah Gutmann Learn how to trace the paths of your Irish immigrant ancestors. Discover how to gather information about them through U.S. records and then where and how to...
Ireland Adventure: The Wild Atlantic Way – In Person
Connetquot Public Library 760 Ocean Avenue, Bohemia, New YorkPresenter: Diane Haberstroh Learn about Diane's recent trip to Ireland and how she connected with a distant cousin who took her on a tour of her family's area in County...
Basilicata, Emigration and the Women Who Remained – Hybrid
Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New YorkPresenter: Victoria Calabrese
Working with JRI-Poland’s New Website -Virtual
Presenter: Robinn Magid JRI-Poland converted to a new website in April 2022 and the website has new features that greatly enhance the user experience. Come along a 40 minute tour...
Introduction to FamilySearch – In Person
Connetquot Public Library 760 Ocean Avenue, Bohemia, New YorkLearn about the records and research help available for free on FamilySearch.org.
Researching Church of Ireland Records – Hybrid
Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, New YorkPresenter: Sandra Doble
Jewish History of the Town of Islip – Hybrid
Mid-Island Y-JCC 45 Manetto Hill Road, Plainview, New YorkPresenter: Mollie Sebor Long Island has a rich Jewish culture and no more than in Islip Town. From decorated military veterans, to business owners and entrepreneurs and even an author...
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, NYPresenter: 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.