LEGACY GENEALOGY SOFTWARE USER GROUP
Mon, Mar 5, 2018: 10 am-noon
CCGS Education Center
If you use Legacy Family Tree Software for tracking your genealogy research, there is a Legacy Users Group that meets monthly to discuss tips, tricks and problems. You will always come away with some new ideas. The meetings are held regularly on the first Monday of the month. Members and non-members are welcome
– GETTING STARTED TRACING YOUR FAMILY ROOTS CLASS
Tues, Mar 6, 2018: 10 am-12 noon – Free Class
CCGS Education Center
Are you clueless about unraveling the mysteries in your family tree? This class will get you started with your research. Topics include collecting information from the family, family group sheets, pedigree charts, genealogy database programs and best practices for research. This free introductory class is taught by CCGS president and expert genealogist, Brian Runyan.
OVERCOMING BRICK WALLS CAUSED BY RECORD LOSS
Wed, Mar 07, 2018: 11 a.m.- 12:30 pm
CCGS Education Center
Many old records have been lost due to climate, poor storage, and war. This Legacy Family Tree webinar will give tips about finding alternative records if you know where to look. For instance, Federal records such as the census, and cemetery records both local and national are just two of the many record types to check to find ancestors who lived in areas where records were destroyed or lost.
– SCANDINAVIAN ROOTS FOCUS GROUP
Thu, Mar 8, 2018: 10-11:30am
CCGS Education Center
If you want to discover your Scandinavian roots, attend this monthly meeting and learn how to conduct your research. Meet with other like-minded individuals who have discovered their ancestors going back many generations. Geographic areas include Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. This group meets regularly on the second Thursday of the month, September-May. Members and non-members are welcome.
SECRETS IN THE ATTIC: BREAK DOWN BRICK WALLS WITH HOME SOURCES
Fri, March 09, 2018: 11 a.m.-12:30 PM
CCGS Education Center
Solve genealogical mysteries with clues located in family sources. You’ll get inside tips on what to look for in this Legacy Family Tree webinar. Photos and examples show where to find hidden details about your ancestors’ lives in the things they left behind, including old documents and letters, and unidentified photographs.
IRISH RECORDS RESEARCHING CLASS
Tues, Mar 13, 2018: 10 am – 12 pm
CCGS Education Center
Are you one of over 50 million Americans with Irish heritage? Come learn about all of the new resources available in the last two years, plus a few often overlooked sources. Instructor and Irish genealogy research expert Barbara Schrag encourages students to bring your laptop or tablet and “bookmark” sites as we explore them together.
THE CASE OF THE BROKEN LINK: DECODING THE URL
Wed, Mar 14, 2018: 5-6:30 pm
CCGS Education Center
Web site addresses appear to be long, complicated, and mysterious. How can you track down a new URL for a broken link or a broken bookmark? What happens when your source citation for a web site contains a URL that suddenly disappears? This Legacy Family Tree webinar will break down this technical topic to help you easily hunt for the URL you need.
– RESEARCHING MILITARY RECORDS CLASS
Tues, 20 Mar 2018: 10 am-12 pm
CCGS Education Center
Military events and records often hold surprising family clues beyond an individual’s service records. Even from our earliest American settlements, the need for defense produced military records, thus providing useful family search resources. Learn useful tips for researching these sources from expert genealogist and CCGS board member, Marcia Grubb.
FROM BALTIMORE TO BURLINGTON: NEIGHBORS REVEAL MAN’S HOME
Tues, Mar 20, 2018: 5-6:30 pm
CCGS Education Center
A Maryland resident claimed an 1816 Vermont birth to Vermont-born parents, but no known records provide proof. Studying his ties to his neighbors and associates who shared close geographic, vocational, political and religious proximity brings a Maryland man home to his Vermont family. Learn how the presenter in this Legacy Family Tree webinar analyzed, correlated, and assembled common and lesser-known records to build a persuasive case.
HANDS-ON WITH MYHERITAGE DNA
Wed, Mar 21, 2018: 11 am-12:30 pm
CCGS Education Center
Whether you upload your raw DNA data to MyHeritage or are ready to move forward with the results from your MyHeritage DNA test, this webinar will guide you through your ethnicity estimates, DNA matches and more. On hand to walk Geoff Rasmussen through his personal results is MyHeritage’s Director of DNA, Yoav Naveh.
INTRODUCTION TO DNA TESTING IN GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY
Fri, Mar 23, 2018: 11 am-12:30 pm
CCGS Education Center
DNA is an increasingly important tool that can help us discover amazing things about ourselves and our families. This Legacy Family Tree webinar will provide a brief refresher of human genetics and review the different types of DNA tests available today. There will be an in-depth discussion of autosomal DNA tests and how these tests can be used to solve genealogical problems when evidence from traditional records in scarce.
– GENEALOGY ENTHUSIASTS MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Tue, Mar 27, 2018: 10 am to noon
CCGS Education Center
Viking Roots Revealed: Hear how CCGS member Kay Cooke identified the leaves on her Norwegian and Swedish family trees. With scarce information, she discovered name changes, scoured the internet, searched foreign parish records, befriended Scandinavian genealogists, connected with cousins, and eventually, walked in her Nordic ancestors’ footsteps.
FORMULATING A DNA TESTING PLAN
Wed, Mar 28, 2018: 11 am – 12:30 pm
CCGS Education Center
DNA testing can be expensive, but DNA evidence is a component of exhaustive research when it is available. In this Legacy Family Tree webinar, Dr. Blaine Bettinger explains how to identify some of the ways you can minimize costs while maximizing results by formulating a DNA testing plan early in your research.
“The good things you do and throw in the river of life, will be returned to you in the desert of life.” Sa’adi