GETTING THE MOST OUT OF ANCESTRY CLASS
Tues, Apr 10, 2018: 10 am-Noon
CCGS Education Center
Are you frustrated by your search results in Ancestry? Do you feel like there are untapped record resources you aren’t able to find? Expert genealogist Elsie Deatherage will show you how to find some of the less popular databases by changing the way you search. Feel free to bring your computer device so that you can follow along. The CCGS Library provides free wireless internet! Advance registration requested as classes with insufficient attendance may be cancelled. Fee for each class $12/members, $15/Non-Members.
GEORGIA: GATEWAY TO WESTWARD EXPANSION
Wed, Apr 11, 2018: 5 – 6:30 pm
CCGS Education Center
Georgia holds a critical place in the history of the expansion of the United States west. Learn the common mistakes that can stall your Georgia research. In this Legacy Family Tree webinar, you’ll learn about repositories, history and collections unique to the state to get your family history adventure off on the right foot.
SCANDINAVIAN ROOTS FOCUS GROUP
Thu, Apr 12, 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. Speaker Kay Cooke will discuss how she identified her Swedish ancestors by discovering name changes, scouring the internet, searching parish records, and befriending Swedish genealogists. She connected with cousins and walked in her Nordic ancestors’ footsteps. The focus group meets regularly on the second Thursday of the month, September-May. Members and non-members are welcome.
RESEARCHING YOUR OREGON ANCESTORS
Fri, Apr 13, 2018: 11 am-12:30 pm
CCGS Education Center
This Legacy Family Tree webinar is perfect if your ancestors made Oregon their new home. You’ll learn at least a dozen solid research tips along with a bit of history, the best websites to find information, and the places to include if you plan a research trip across the Columbia River to the Beaver State.
BETTER TOGETHER: MAKING YOUR CASE WITH DOCUMENTS AND DNA
Tues, Apr 17, 2018: 5-6:30 pm
CCGS Education Center
The genealogical proof standard requires reasonably exhaustive research in solving ancestral-identity problems. DNA evidence is now often part of that research. Even the best DNA evidence must be combined with some traditional research. This Legacy Family Tree webinar will show different ways that genealogical problems have been solved by integrating DNA evidence with the paper trail.
LINCOLN’S LAWS AND THE RECORDS OF WAR
Apr 18, 2018: 11 am – 12:30 pm
CCGS Education Center
President Abraham Lincoln’s General Order 100 – “Instructions for the Government of Armies … in the Field” – revolutionized the laws of war. Discover how this directive created new records for genealogists to research in this Legacy Family Tree webinar.
GET THE MOST FROM THE MYHERITAGE SEARCH ENGINE FOR HISTORICAL RECORDS
Tues, Apr 24, 2018: 11 am – 12:30 pm
CCGS Education Center
MyHeritage SuperSearch™ is a versatile tool for beginners and advanced genealogists alike. In this webinar, you will learn how to leverage this search engine and the more than 8.5 billion historical records it includes to expand your family history research.
GENEALOGY ENTHUSIASTS GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Tue, Apr 24, 2018: 7-9 pm
CCGS Education Center
Fur Trade at Fort Vancouver and the Village
National Park Service Pacific West Region’s historical archaeologist, Dr. Doug Wilson, will talk about the inhabitants of both the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Fort Vancouver and the adjacent Village. Most of the villagers were involved in the Fort’s fur trapping and trading industry, but they did not leave any written records. Wilson will discuss the lives of the diverse people at both the Fort and Village based on the historical records and artifacts.
VERIFYING INFORMATION YOU FIND ONLINE
Wed, Apr 25, 2018: 11 am – 12:30 pm
When genealogists stumble into brick walls and other challenging genealogical puzzles, they look anywhere for clues that can help build their family tree. These can include online trees and other information with unknown sources. This Legacy Family Tree webinar will demonstrate how to verify the information as true or not.
“The good things you do and throw in the river of life, will be returned to you in the desert of life.” Sa’adi