Family History   

It’s WAY more than gravestones! While FindAGrave.com is not a “records” database like the major genealogy sites, the website has less-known features that can be powerful tools for your genealogy work. Learn some tips and techniques that will help you get the most out of using this free resource for your family history research. Includes 6-page handout.

This class offers "workarounds" to compensate for the loss of the 1890 census, showing how to access data for that era, including records for immigration, probate, state censuses, and military. 

The History of the Witch explains how the Catholic Inquisition, more specifically Bishop Kramer, invented the word "witch" and used it to persecute female healers - midwives, herbhelists, etc.

This class shows how to avoid the major genealogy mistakes: trusting "old-time" data; trusting family stories; connecting the wrong people; failing the logic test; and trusting all original data. 

This class is designed for students who have already taken Beginning Memoir Writing. We will continue work with your memoirs, introducing new writing concepts as necessary. Every week participants will be given a prompt, which they may wish to respond to.

This class shows how to find 1776-era service, pension, and DAR/SAR records. For the early 1800s, examples show how to find newspaper, book, property/tax, church, and city directory records. 

This class offers strategies to find the most challenging ancestors: collaboration with others; using major search engines; genealogy books; property data; DNA; a broader search; and on-site research. 

This class presents solutions to common genealogy problems: finding correct names when dealing with nicknames and Americanized names; working with questionable data; and handling conflicting data.