PGS Events for the Week of 2-7 August 2021

 Thursday, 5-Aug-2 at 7:00 PM. DNA Basics I (Ethnicity): This one hour class defines DNA, gives examples of DNA inheritance patterns and discusses the different types of DNA tests and the companies that provide them.  It gives ideas for the best ways to make the most of your DNA dollars and how you might want to "target test" some of your relatives.  In addition, the class provides information on the ethnicity estimates provided by each company and how you might use them in your research.  Luce/Manning.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpc-qorTooE9JW5OMnaJJkM9Fh1VeHegJM 

Saturday, 7-Aug-21 at 10:00 AM. Family Tree Maker User Group--Questions & Answers and Demonstration of how to use the Family Tree Maker genealogical database software. Bryan

Register in advance for this meeting: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uJIqcuusrjgj-d8heG8CDgJP3UdqO8QVYw

"Northville Record" Newspaper from Northville, Michigan Available Online

 The Northville Record Indexes contains issues from 1869 to 2016. It can be searched by keyword and date. 

Before you leave the landing page, check out the link to Northville Historic Records where you will find lots of genealogy information.

http://www.northvillehistory.org/keyword.html

Genealogical Society of Broward County Features Dr. Josh Goodman at 12 September Meeting

 This just in from our friends at the GSBC:

Sunday, September 12

"Documenting the Troops: United States Military and Militia Records" 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET GSBC Live FREE Webinar

Presented by Dr. Josh Goodman, Ph.D., Archives Historian, State

Archives of Florida. 

Registration information at:  https://gsbcfl.org/ 

PGS Events for the Week of 26-31 July 2021

All scheduled PGS classes are posted on the society calendar at https://pinellasgenealogysociety.com/calendar.  

You must pre-register for each of these events. This may be done at the time of the event or earlier. Do so by following the links given after each class description below. After registering, you will receive an email with another link to use to join the event at the specified date/time.  

Tuesday, 27-Jul-21 at 1:00 PM. DNA Interest Group--Learn how to interpret your DNA test results and apply those results to your current family history research. Join our casual group as we research and learn together,

Register at 
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAocO2hrDIiH9VDe2BaW6l0D-bC2kaQ3yclLuce/Manning

Wednesday, 28-Jul-21 at 1:00 PM. Occupation Research--This class explores the world of ancestor occupations--what our ancestors did for a living, where to find that information, and what to do with it once found, Summers.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsdOmhpzwjGNRq2p1vtnJy6uvbajOtE3T0

Saturday, 31-Jul-21 11:00 AM—4:00 PM. Family History Assistance Day--Genealogists from the Pinellas Genealogy Society will be on hand to help you find your ancestors.  Free, individual assistance will be provided to each person who attends.  Be sure to bring what you know (names, dates, places of birth, death, marriages, residence, etc.) concerning your parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. We will help you find earlier generations. Instructors: Various PGS genealogists.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYof--hrTwoHtZup2baXsF9IPyJYllvWzsP

Harmar Township, Pennsylvania Offers An Index of Henderson Cemetery burials

 Thanks to the southwestern Pennsylvania communities of Harmerville and Acmetonia for this cemetery listing. burials date back to the early 1800's and contain veterans of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

Here is the website explanation of the resource:  

https://hendersoncemetery.com/surnamesA.html

PGS Events for the Week of 19-24 July 2021

 All scheduled PGS classes are posted on the society calendar at https://pinellasgenealogysociety.com/calendar.  

You must pre-register for each of these events. This may be done at the time of the event or earlier. Do so by following the links given after each class description below. After registering, you will receive an email with another link to use to join the event at the specified date/time.  

Monday, 19-Jul-21 at 6:00 PM. Google Earth tours can be a fun way to share your genealogical research with relatives. This class will show you the basics of how to create, save, and share a tour that can visually illustrate the life and travels of your ancestors using the Google Earth free program, Fortin.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcOGurTwqE9QO8G4zQKZBDiImjLwBmpjt

Saturday, 24-Jul-21 at 10:00 AM. RootsMagic User Group--Questions and answers and demonstrations of how to use the RootsMagic genealogy database software program, Summers.

Register in advance for this meeting at:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upMpf-2rqT4uDsD_bqYog2joIPrnT_FVqg

Saturday, 24 July at 1:30 pm--Backup and Protecting Computer Data—Suncoast Genealogy Society is hosting this presentation by Bob Bryan of the Pinellas Genealogy Society on:

How to assure your genealogy (and other) computer data is safe from natural disasters, computer failure, viruses, spyware, etc. We will discuss what data you need to backup and specific means to safely backup that data. We will show how to protect your computer from viruses and spyware.

If you would like to attend, request the link to sign in from suncoastgensoc@gmail.com.

Digitized Newspaper collection for Peterborough, New Hampshire Available Online

 The Peterborough, New Hampshire Library offers a searchable collection of six local newspapers. One dates back to 1849. In addition to searching by key word and date, you can browse by newspaper title or by date range.

You search will produce a short transcription of text surrounding you search term. Clicking on the title will take you to a viewer showing the digitized newspaper.

Check it out at:  http://peterborough.advantage-preservation.com/

PGS Events for the Week of 12-17 July 2021

 All scheduled PGS classes are posted on the society calendar at https://pinellasgenealogysociety.com/calendar.  

You must pre-register for each of these events. This may be done at the time of the event or earlier. Do so by following the links given after each class description below. After registering, you will receive an email with another link to use to join the event at the specified date/time.  

Wednesday, 14-Jul-21 at 1:00 PM--Newspapers Online in Genealogy. This class will explore the genealogy data to be found in newspapers (obituaries, weddings, human interest stories, etc.) and show where to find the online repositories and how to use them, Summers.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIoc-Ghrj0tGNa_swKufRS6awoGmQU8p1mE

Saturday, 17-Jul-21 at 11:00 AM--Program Meeting. The Pinellas Genealogy Society presents Dr. Penny Walters who will lead us in a workshop exploring the “The Psychology of Searching” and “Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy”.  Join us from 11:00am-1pm on July 17, 2021 on Zoom for our live monthly meeting. Dr. Penny Walters will lead us with polls and discussion groups as we take a step back from the search for the next ancestor to tack to our family tree and examine what we are really trying to achieve.  This session will look at kinship, homelands, heritages, race memory and more.  Why do we research ancestors we share so little DNA with? Are we searching for who they were, or who we are? 

After a short break, Dr. Penny Walters, author of recently published ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’ will discuss what ethics and morality mean, and what these have to do with genealogy.  Then she will break us out into groups to discuss how to best handle some of these issues including: exposing secrets and lies, and unexpected DNA results.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqcOuvrzkiHtbHl9fjiJlf1G3ttzDAEd9N

Obituary Index covering South Carolina, Georgia, and Southern North Carolina Available Online

 

Wofford University, located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has an online obituary index for obituaries published in the Southern Christian Advocate and its successor the South Carolina United Methodist Advocate. The following is from the website:

"The Archives maintains an index of obituaries that have appeared in the Methodist Conference newspaper, the Southern Christian Advocate, since its inception in 1837, and in its successor newspaper, the South Carolina United Methodist Advocate. The Advocate covered South Carolina and Georgia until about 1887, and the southern part of North Carolina until about 1870."

The newspapers containing the obituaries have not been digitized, but can be ordered for a small fee.

http://connect.wofford.edu/mywofford/library/archive/archiveobituary.aspx

PGS Events for the Week of 5-10 July 2021

 All scheduled PGS classes are posted on the society calendar at https://pinellasgenealogysociety.com/calendar.  

You must pre-register for each of these events. This may be done at the time of the event or earlier. Do so by following the links given after each class description below. After registering, you will receive an email with another link to use to join the event at the specified date/time.  

Tuesday, 6-Jul-21 at 6:00 PM.  National Archives,–Ordering Data. This is an in-depth explanation of how to order several different records from the National Archives. The records include military (both historic and modern), naturalization, census, land, and microfilm. Both online and postal mail ordering procedures will be covered, Summers.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkf--hpjoqEtfpWW4IDyqLqH38cJhT6B1c

Saturday, 10-Jul-21 at 1:00 PM. Advanced Genetic Genealogy. This is a series of discussions led by David Vance, author of The Genealogist's Guide to Y-DNA Testing for Genetic Genealogy.  Each month will address a different chapter in the book, starting with Chapter 5 on July 10th, 2021.  Learn how Y-DNA is helpful in your genealogy (and how it is not!), understand Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) and how they can be analyzed to help solve genealogy problems; examine how to evaluate and use DNA Projects; Develop testing strategies and much, much more.  Attendees are expected to have read the monthly chapter(s) prior to the session. The book is available on Amazon.com, free through Kindle Unlimited, $28.60 for digital Kindle purchase or $48.94 for the print version.  Luce/Manning         

Description:Register in advance for this meeting: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtce2oqzsjHdG3ngvmXUFMc62VYtGw1LmY

Burial Index for City Cemetery of Marion, Illinois Available Online

 The Marion, Illinois Cemetery was established in 1884 and consists of three sections: Rose Hill, Maplewood, and Odd Fellows section. to open a search form, click on the "Burial Search" tab at the top of the landing page.

You can search by first and last name, date range interred, and plot location, as well as a special "AKA" search.

The hit list includes first/middle/last name, birth date, date of death, date interred, location (section/block/lot/grave), funeral home, and place of death.

Check it out at:  http://marioncemetery.com/