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SUMMARY:Texas State Genealogical Society 2024 Family History Conference (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:GenWebinars instructor Diane L. Richard will be giving 3 lectures at the Texas State Genealogical Society 2024 Family History Conference – 1 live and 2 recorded for on-demand playback.  This virtual event will feature TxSGS Live! on Friday and Saturday\, November 1-2\, 2024\, and offer an additional 31 pre-recorded lectures for more than 40 sessions designed to help you discover resources and develop skills to pursue your family history. Registrants will be able to access these recordings through midnight on February 2\, 2025.  For more information and to register see https://www.txsgs.org/family-history-conference. \nDiane’s Live Lecture\n– Follow Your Compass to U.K. Resources and Beyond Benefiting 17th-18th Century U.S.\, Caribbean Research\nThough a trip across the pond would be fun and rewarding\, we can explore resources to fill in details of British Colonial Era ancestors without leaving home. Some platforms for doing so are U.S.-created\, while others come to us from the U.K. (free and subscription). There has been an explosion in our access to U.K. databases\, which is priceless. Let’s discuss several of these Colonial-Era gems as we explore our pre-Revolutionary War era ancestors. \nDiane’s On-Demand Lectures\n– Free Persons of Color – Some Were Required to Register \nIn the early 19th century\, FPOC rights eroded\, and registration requirements ensued. We’ll explore laws and extant records for NC\, OH\, TN\, VA\, GA\, IN\, and more. We’ll navigate the extant records available and explore what information they contain—names\, birthplaces\, birth years or age\, and sometimes even physical descriptions. \n– Your Genealogy Research Journey is Not Complete Unless You Explore Scholarly/Academic Resource\nAcademicians do deep dives into genealogically relevant topics. Most genealogists don’t take advantage of this already-done\, FREELY accessible research located on non-genealogical platforms—we should! Whether it’s digitized books\, scholarly articles\, theses/dissertations\, datasets\, or more\, we benefit from the in-depth research done by non-genealogists into topics relevant to our research. Let’s explore a sampling of these “nerdy” platforms (with examples from the U.S.\, Canada\, and U.K.) that we frequently ignore! \n 
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/z024d-txsgs/
CATEGORIES:African American,Events,Records,Techniques
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SUMMARY:Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) National Conference (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:GenWebinars instructors David M. McCorkle and Diane L. Richard will be giving a total of 4 lectures online followed by live Q&A at the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) National Conference.  The 3 day conference theme is “Fighting Erasure: Staying Visible by Keeping African American Genealogy and History in Focus.”  For more information and to register\, see https://aahgs.org/conference-2024. \nDiane’s Lectures\n– The Story of Rachel — 20 Years to Be Freed; Manumission Was Often a Complex Process\nLearn about manumission — the laws and challenges and the involvement of Quakers and abolitionists in a southern state like North Carolina.  Then\, we’ll talk about Rachel & her family guide us in exploring their manumission story via the documents created\, which were found in multiple jurisdictions. We also discover a previously unidentified son of Rachel. One would think that if someone “freed” a slave via their will\, their dying declaration\, it would happen. If you assume this\, you might be quite mistaken.  We’ll explore the odyssey of Rachel\, who was seemingly freed by her owner’s will in 1782\, and yet\, it wasn’t until about 1796 that she and her children were freed and assumed a new surname. We’ll trace the efforts to free Rachel as they played out \n– Freedmen’s Savings Bank — Though Short-lived\, Rich Records Survive\nThe Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (abbreviated as Freedman’s Savings Bank) documents those who were previously enslaved and are now free. As always\, others are also recorded. The post-Civil War impoverishment of the southern states makes these invaluable when researching ALL southern ancestors. These are one-of-a-kind records for documenting ancestors in the period before the 1870 census.  Diane will discuss a short history of the bank\, what types of records survive\, what information they will convey\, and where you can access them for FREE. \n– Sign of the Times – The Organizational Power of Timelines\nHit a brick wall? Wondering why your ancestors did what they did? Learn about timelines and how they might just help you solve your puzzles! Visual representations of data can make gaps\, conflicts\, and paths to future discoveries easy to spot. Connections sometimes jump out at you if you use color-coding or other distinguishing methods to highlight locale or surname overlaps. These are NOT the timelines you learned to make in school! NO special software is needed. You can use word processing or spreadsheet programs to create it.  They are “living” summaries of your knowledge. As you acquire new data\, add it in! \nDavid’s Lecture\n– Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools To Find Your Hidden Ancestors\nFinding evidence of people you are researching in unindexed or handwritten documents is an overwhelming task\, even when so much is available online. Artificial Intelligence tools are now widely available and can greatly assist in this process.  These free or inexpensive and widely available tools can pick out personal names from long\, complicated documents\, determine if a word such as “Creek” is referring to a person’s surname or a body of water\, find names that often occur together\, and more. This is especially helpful when researching enslaved ancestors where you typically only have a first name and possibly the enslaver’s name. Large organizations such as FamilySearch have started applying these techniques to their collections\, but any researcher can easily do the same with materials or copies of materials that they have.
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/z025a/
CATEGORIES:African American,Events,Techniques,Technology
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SUMMARY:Uncovering Hidden History: The Freedmen's Bureau Records (African American)
DESCRIPTION:The Civil War had a profound impact on many lives\, particularly those from Delaware to Texas. The Freedmen’s Bureau Records offer a treasure trove of information\, extending beyond the experiences of freed slaves. While these records do contain valuable information about freedmen\, they also provide insight into the lives of all impoverished Southerners. \nDiscovering Ancestors in Unexpected Ways \nIf your family tree includes Confederate soldiers who were wounded or killed in action\, you may find their surviving family members in these records. They may have received rations\, been declared destitute\, or sought assistance. Additionally\, you may uncover records of: \n\nImmigrant ancestors\nFree Persons of Color (FPOC)\nIndividuals attempting to reclaim abandoned land (typically “white” males/females)\nEmployment contracts\nSchool attendance\nHospital admission\nCivil War-era unions (marriages)\nMilitary service\nCourt suits (the bureau sometimes augmented the local court system)\n\nPersonal Correspondence: A Window into the Past \nPersonal correspondence within these records can be emotionally powerful\, as it often refers to individuals who were illegally enslaved\, non-payment for work performed\, and other personal struggles. \nTransportation Records: A Key to Unlocking Family History \nDon’t overlook the significance of transportation records! They can connect your ancestors from distant locations (MS\, LA\, FL\, and beyond) back to their birthplaces in VA\, NC\, or SC. These records have the potential to reveal new chapters in your family’s history\, sparking excitement and anticipation in your genealogical journey.
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/r471a-freedmans-bureau/
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