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Saturday, February 20
Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestor  (Program)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Online - Zoom
Presented by Craig R. Scott 
 
Do you have Colonial America ancestors?  Have you heard stories of great heroes in your family?  Are you trying to join a lineage society?  Learn about records created during and after the Revolutionary War that will allow you to learn about your patriot ancestor.
 
Craig Roberts Scott, MA, CG, FUGA is the President and CEO of Heritage Books, Inc., a genealogical publishing firm with over 8,500 titles in print. A professional genealogical and historical researcher for more than thirty years, he specializes in records of the National Archives, especially those that relate to the military. He has coordinated the Military tracks at IGHR, SLIG and GRIP in years past. He is currently the Coordinator of the SLIG Consultation Track, helping students solved their brick wall problems.
 
Meeting Information will be included in your registration confirmation email.
Registration closes Friday February 19 at 5:00 PM
 


Saturday, March 20
Who Needed it Anyway? Researching Around the Missing 1890 Census  (Program)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Online - Zoom
Presented by Sara Cochran
 
The loss of the 1890 Federal census is a source of great frustration for American Genealogists, but all hope is not lost! After a discussion of the fate of 1890 and what remains, learn strategies, and gather tips for success in locating your family in other records that were created between the 1880 and 1900 Federal censuses. These strategies are also helpful for tracing your family between any set of census records.
 

Sara is a full-time professional genealogist with over twenty-five years of research experience. Her research has taken her into nearly every State in the USA as well as Ireland, Italy, Austria, and Britain. She holds a Boston University Genealogical Research Certificate, a Bachelor’s Degree in Library Science, and is an alumnus of the ProGen Study Group. She started breaking down  brick walls, discovering the stories of black sheep ancestors, and helping individuals preserve their photographic legacy, in 2016.

 

Meeting Information will be included in your registration confirmation email.

Registration closes Friday March 19 at 5:00 PM

 


Saturday, April 17
Scotland’s Resources: There’s more to Scottish Research than Scotlandspeople!  (Program)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Online - Zoom
Presented by Tina Beaird
 
There are dozens of sites available to help you in your Scottish research; Scotlandspeople is just the tip of the iceberg! Sites likd GenUKI, ScotlandsPlaces, SCAN and the National Library of Scotland are all free websites available to you from 'across the pond.'
 
Tina Beaird is the owner of Tamarack Genealogy and is the Genealogy / Local History Librarian at the Plainfield Public Library in Illinois. She lectures nationally on military research, genealogical methodology, Scottish records, and archival preservation. She is First Vice President of the Illinois Historical League and the Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board. Tina volunteers her time with several local historical and genealogical societies scanning and indexing historic records. Tina loves to travel with her husband and her sons. An obsessive baseball fan, she has visited 22 of 30 Major League ballparks.
 
Registration opens January 17