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SUMMARY:Focus on North Carolina: Introduction to NC Genealogy Research
DESCRIPTION:Are you just starting to research your North Carolina ancestors\, or have you researched for a while and hit brick walls and need a refresher?  This webinar will first review the history of North Carolina\, the various groups that migrated to it\, and some of the major events that impacted the state.  It will then cover many of the different types of records available\, both common and obscure\, how to use them in your genealogical research\, and most importantly where to find them and how to search them. \nNorth Carolina was the site of some of the earliest settlements in this country\, predating the Mayflower settlements by over 30 years.  However\, a treacherous coastline caused Europeans to prefer settling to the north in Virginia and south in South Carolina.  There was migration into NC\, and in 1663 the Carolina Charter was issued creating a vast region known as Carolina with its own government and governmental records. \nCarolina was originally governed by eight Lords Proprietors who ruled from England\, followed by being governed as a Royal Colony.  Although a number of records for this time period remain in England\, most of the records of genealogical interest were local and remained local\, and a surprising number still exist today.  After the Revolutionary War\, the new State of North Carolina continued with many of those local institutions and their records\, along with creating their own new ones. \nMany of these records will be found online\, but quite a few have never been digitized and will require visits to various repositories\, especially the State Archives of North Carolina.  Record groups discussed include vital records (birth\, marriage\, death)\, land records\, court records\, state government records\, and military records. \n\n	*** IMPORTANT ***  This webinar is part of our Focus on North Carolina series of four webinars.  You may purchase a Series Pass for all four weeknight webinars for $85 (a $15 discount)\, or a ticket for this webinar individually.  Please select which option you prefer below.  We also have Saturday and other options for this series.  For more information see Focus on North Carolina\n\nIf you are not purchasing a Series Pass\, you must use code nctwo85 at checkout to get all four Focus on North Carolina Webinars for $85 (saving you $15 off the regular price). All four of your mix and match sessions must be purchased in the same order.   This coupon will expire at midnight February 10\, 2025\, and is only good for the Focus on NC Series. Please note\, you may not combine this coupon with any other discount.
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/c285b-nc2-intro/
CATEGORIES:Birth and Death,Events,Land Records,Military,North Carolina,Records
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SUMMARY:Focus on North Carolina: Introduction to NC Genealogy Research
DESCRIPTION:Are you just starting to research your North Carolina ancestors\, or have you researched for a while and hit brick walls and need a refresher?  This webinar will first review the history of North Carolina\, the various groups that migrated to it\, and some of the major events that impacted the state.  It will then cover many of the different types of records available\, both common and obscure\, how to use them in your genealogical research\, and most importantly where to find them and how to search them. \nNorth Carolina was the site of some of the earliest settlements in this country\, predating the Mayflower settlements by over 30 years.  However\, a treacherous coastline caused Europeans to prefer settling to the north in Virginia and south in South Carolina.  There was migration into NC\, and in 1663 the Carolina Charter was issued creating a vast region known as Carolina with its own government and governmental records. \nCarolina was originally governed by eight Lords Proprietors who ruled from England\, followed by being governed as a Royal Colony.  Although a number of records for this time period remain in England\, most of the records of genealogical interest were local and remained local\, and a surprising number still exist today.  After the Revolutionary War\, the new State of North Carolina continued with many of those local institutions and their records\, along with creating their own new ones. \nMany of these records will be found online\, but quite a few have never been digitized and will require visits to various repositories\, especially the State Archives of North Carolina.  Record groups discussed include vital records (birth\, marriage\, death)\, land records\, court records\, state government records\, and military records. \n\n	*** IMPORTANT ***  This webinar is part of our Focus on North Carolina series of four webinars.  You may purchase a Series Pass for all four Saturday webinars for $85 (a $15 discount)\, or a ticket for this webinar individually.  Please select which option you prefer below.  We also have weeknight and other options for this series.  For more information see Focus on North Carolina\n\nIf you are not purchasing a Series Pass\, you must use code nctwo85 at checkout to get all four Focus on North Carolina Webinars for $85 (saving you $15 off the regular price). All four of your mix and match sessions must be purchased in the same order.   This coupon will expire at midnight February 7\, 2025\, and is only good for the Focus on NC Series. Please note\, you may not combine this coupon with any other discount.
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/c285a-nc2-intro/
CATEGORIES:Birth and Death,Civil War,Events,Land Records,Military,North Carolina,Records
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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:North Carolina Genealogical Society Fall Conference (Hybrid Event)
DESCRIPTION:Join GenWebinar instructors Diane L. Richard and David M. McCorkle at the North Carolina Genealogical Society Fall Conference either in person in Raleigh\, NC or online.  They’ll be giving 3 lectures and 1 workshop\, and GenWebinars will have a table in the vendor room so you can meet them in person!  For more information and to register\, see https://ncgenealogy.org/fall2024 \nThis 2 day conference will feature 15 lectures on topics such as Artificial Intelligence tools\, effectively working with your DNA results\, North Carolina records and resources\, research techniques\, and more.   All lectures will be recorded for on demand playback until December 31\, 2024.  The cost is only $89\, or $79 for NCGS members. \nFeatures speakers are Dana Leeds\, Genetic genealogist and creator of the Leeds Method DNA tool\, and Steve Little\, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Program Director for the National Genealogical Society.  In addition to David and Diane\, there will be additional lectures from Gay H. Baynes\, Cheri Hudson Passey\, Jon Marie Pearson\, Renate Yarborough Sanders\, and Edward J. Swierczewski Jr. \nDiane’s lectures\n– Mining for Figurative Gold in Colonial North Carolina Records\nColonial research can be quite challenging due to extensive record losses\,. The further back we go\, the fewer extant records we find. That said\, there are goldmines to be explored. We’ll discuss the extensive record collections that survive beyond those found in the North Carolina County Records collections\, including some UK-based resources (after all\, we were a British colony)\, and what else you will want to pursue when researching this period. \n– Finding Females – 18th & 19th Century Small Business Ledgers Document Important Everyday Minutiae\nFemale ancestors can be challenging to research due to their underrepresentation in government records. So\, let’s explore non-government records and see what we can learn. A great type of these records where women are almost always listed are small business ledgers! We are talking general stores\, blacksmiths\, physicians\, lawyers\, milliners\, livery stables\, post offices\, and more. Found entries provide intimate details about their and their family’s lives plus genealogical leverageable insights into their FAN club. \nDavid’s Lectures\n– Introduction to North Carolina Genealogy Research\nNorth Carolina has a wide variety of records useful to genealogical research dating back to its founding in 1663. However\, understanding how to use those records in your research often requires knowledge of the region’s unique history and conditions. This lecture will discuss that background\, the types of records generated and why\, where to find them\, and how to interpret them. \n– Workshop add-on: Land Platting Using Metes and Bounds (In Person only)\nProperty boundaries in the original 13 colonies were described using a system called metes-and-bounds. This hands-on workshop will teach you how to find\, read and understand these records\, how to create maps of properties and neighborhoods using traditional hand drawing and specialized software\, and how to locate the property today.
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/z024c-ncgs-2024-fall/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Carolina
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SUMMARY:York County Library Genealogy & Family History Expo (In Person Event)
DESCRIPTION:Want to see GenWebinars instructors Diane L. Richard and David M. McCorkle lecture in person?  Even better\, it’s free!  Come see is at the York County (SC) Library Genealogy & Family History Expo on Saturday\, October 12.  We will also have a GenWebinars table in the vendor area so you can just stop by and chat.  This event is in-person only and includes 13 lectures and lunch\, all free!  To register see https://www.yclibrary.org/genealogy-expo \nDavid’s Lecture\n– Finding\, Understanding\, and Using Deeds\nDiane’s Lectures\n– Sign of the Times: Timelines in Genealogy\n– 50 Overlooked Genealogical Gems in 50 Minutes!
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/z024b-york-2024/
CATEGORIES:Events
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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/
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