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SUMMARY:Using Artificial Intelligence Tools for Land Records Analysis (Technology)
DESCRIPTION:Artificial Intelligence tools can be used to quickly extract and organize information from individual land records or multiple records simultaneously\, including all the parties involved and their roles\, metes and bounds\, public land descriptions\, geographic features\, and neighbors. \nThis introductory lecture will start with an overview of land records and their use in genealogy.  This will be followed by an introduction to Artificial Intelligence tools\, with examples of how they can be used in genealogical research such as text and image analysis. \nPutting it all together\, we will cover several AI use cases including deed analysis and summary\, tracing chain of title\, platting metes and bounds\, identifying neighbors\, and mapping neighborhoods.  The final section will discuss using AI to read handwriting\, and using websites that make use of AI to index handwritten documents and maps in their collections. \nA shorter version of this lecture was presented at the 2024 National Genealogical Society Virtual Conference.  It was viewed by over 400 people\, and was given most “likes” of all the lectures.   With GenWebinars you can see the full version with an extended Q&A session. \n**** Please note: Approximately 50% of this lecture overlaps with “Using Artificial Intelligence Tools in Genealogy” which was presented earlier this summer.
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/p117b-ai-land/
CATEGORIES:Land Records,Techniques,Technology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T210000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T153402Z
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SUMMARY:Using Historical Maps and Mapping Tools in Genealogy
DESCRIPTION:Historical maps can help identify your ancestor’s neighbors\, migration routes\, churches\, where they might be buried\, and much more. This lecture will review the types of maps available online\, where to find them\, what they mean\, and how to use various free mapping tools to combine different types of maps and data in order to create your own maps based on your research. \nOutline:\n1. How maps can be used in genealogy with several examples\n2. Map basics: location\, orientation\, and scale\n3. Cadastral maps\, includes overview of property definition in Federal Land and State Land states\n4. Other types of maps: transportation\, terrain\, soil\, aerial\, governmental\, statistical/data\n5. Finding maps online and offline: modern\, historical\, jurisdiction boundaries\, GIS systems\n6. Saving maps on your computer\n7. Georeferencing maps and map overlays\n8. Making and sharing your own maps: Google maps\, GIS software\, story maps\, and map overlays.\n9. Using Artificial Intelligence for map analysis \n*** Please note:  Some of the material in this lecture overlaps with “Understanding Time and Place by Finding\, Using\, and Creating Historical Overlay Maps” which was presented earlier this summer.
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/w630b-mapping-tools/
CATEGORIES:Land Records,Techniques,Technology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T193000
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DTSTAMP:20260803T201522
CREATED:20241002T151022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T151022Z
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SUMMARY:50 Overlooked & Underutilized Genealogy Gem Websites in 50 Minutes
DESCRIPTION:Let’s explore 50 off-the-beaten-path websites of interest to genealogists – a quick snapshot of these mostly free and genealogically relevant resources that have caught my eye\, from websites large to small\, broad to narrow\, based in the US or abroad.  Many of these are home-grown databases created by an organization\, entity\, or sometimes just one person.  You might find an invaluable piece of information. Let’s look at some hidden gems available at your fingertips that you might not be aware of. You will discover at least one (and usually more) new-to-you resources that fit your current research needs.  Or squirrel these resources away for a rainy day in the future. Even if some of these resources may not obviously suit your current research needs\, I guarantee you will want to check them out!  Many of these are already in my genealogy research toolkit.  After a recent update\, 40 of the 50 original websites are still included and relevant – they are that useful to genealogy research!
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/a752a-overlooked/
CATEGORIES:Records,Techniques
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241107T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241107T210000
DTSTAMP:20260803T201522
CREATED:20241002T143448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T035319Z
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SUMMARY:Using Artificial Intelligence Tools for Land Records Analysis (Technology)
DESCRIPTION:Artificial Intelligence tools can be used to quickly extract and organize information from individual land records or multiple records simultaneously\, including all the parties involved and their roles\, metes and bounds\, public land descriptions\, geographic features\, and neighbors. \nThis introductory lecture will start with an overview of land records and their use in genealogy.  This will be followed by an introduction to Artificial Intelligence tools\, with examples of how they can be used in genealogical research such as text and image analysis. \nPutting it all together\, we will cover several AI use cases including deed analysis and summary\, tracing chain of title\, platting metes and bounds\, identifying neighbors\, and mapping neighborhoods.  The final section will discuss using AI to read handwriting\, and using websites that make use of AI to index handwritten documents and maps in their collections. \nA shorter version of this lecture was presented at the 2024 National Genealogical Society Virtual Conference.  It was viewed by over 400 people\, and was given most “likes” of all the lectures.   With GenWebinars you can see the full version with an extended Q&A session. \n**** Please note: Approximately 50% of this lecture overlaps with “Using Artificial Intelligence Tools in Genealogy” which was presented earlier this summer.
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/p117a-ai-land/
CATEGORIES:Land Records,Techniques,Technology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241102T170000
DTSTAMP:20260803T201522
CREATED:20241002T191504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T192234Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T210000
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SUMMARY:Crowdsource Projects Around the World Benefit Genealogists (Techniques)
DESCRIPTION:The pandemic made crowdsourced projects go into overdrive!  With many stuck at home\, armed with the internet and a computer\, crowdsourcing confirmed itself as here to stay. Since the pandemic\, we have continued to see an explosion of crowdsourced projects genealogists want to know about\, either to benefit their research or maybe a project to lend a helping hand to.   \nWe’ll explore some larger platforms like From The Page\, Zooninverse\, CSI\, HistoryPin\, etc.\, which house hundreds of internationally and genealogically relevant crowdsource transcription projects. We’ll also check out some standalone projects of different types that interest genealogists.   \nAccessing crowdsourced projects usually gives us “early” access to records that will eventually be housed on a repositories’ digitized platform (and fully searchable). Crowdsourced projects greatly benefit genealogists because they take digitized information and make it fully searchable—priceless!
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/b530a-crowdsource/
CATEGORIES:Techniques
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T210000
DTSTAMP:20260803T201522
CREATED:20241002T020730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241018T212915Z
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SUMMARY:Break Through Genealogical Brick Walls with Timelines! (Techniques)
DESCRIPTION:Stuck in your research? Wondering why your ancestors made certain choices? Struggling to distinguish between same-named individuals? Trying to connect family members across generations? Timelines can help you overcome these challenges and more! \nBy creating a chronological\, multi-columned matrix\, you can: \n\nIdentify missing gaps in your research\nClarify conflicting information\nReveal hidden relationships\nPinpoint paths for future discoveries\nUse color-coding to highlight connections and overlaps\nAdd comments and footnotes to avoid duplicating research\n… and more …\n\nUnlike traditional timelines\, these visual representations are dynamic tools that will revolutionize your research. They’ll help you: \n\nEasily resume research where you left off\nQuickly share findings with others in a clear and concise format\nUnquestionably meet the Genealogical Proof Standard\nThoroughly understand your ancestor’s FAN club (friends\, associates\, and neighbors)\n\nDo create timelines that are unique to your research needs. Leverage this powerful tool to overcome genealogical obstacles and uncover new insights into your family’s history! This strategy need to be part of your genealogy arsenal of tools.
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/m129c-timelines/
CATEGORIES:Techniques
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T210000
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CREATED:20241002T015905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T050001Z
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SUMMARY:Tracing Land Ownership Over Time: Forwards\, Backwards\, and from the Middle (Land)
DESCRIPTION:Land ownership records can provide numerous clues not only about family relationships but also about the individuals themselves and the area they lived in.  They can be used to help reconstruct neighborhoods at a given point in time to assist with F.A.N. (Friends\, Associates\, Neighbors) research as conceived by Elizabeth Shown Mills. \nIn order to do this\, one needs to know who owned a particular parcel of land at a given time period\, or at least who lived there.  This information primarily comes from conveyances: the transfer of ownership of a specific piece of land from one party to another using deeds\, land grants\, or other methods.  These records theoretically should exist for every transfer\, but unfortunately they don’t.   Records get lost due to natural or human-caused catastrophes\, deeds never get recorded as they should\, and in the case of inheritance they may not even be required. \nThis lecture will discuss determining land ownership by either starting from the original owner and working forwards in time\, or from the owner today and working backwards.  You can also start at any point in between and trace ownership in either direction.  We will start with ideal examples where all records are present\, and then discuss what to do when they are not.  Creating neighborhood maps of the results will briefly be discussed. \nWe will also discuss how to use new Artificial Intelligence tools to assist in this process.
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/n327c-tracing-land/
CATEGORIES:Land Records,Techniques
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241012T170000
DTSTAMP:20260803T201522
CREATED:20241002T164836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T192559Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240713T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240713T120000
DTSTAMP:20260803T201522
CREATED:20240520T011244Z
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SUMMARY:Using Artificial Intelligence Tools in Genealogy (AI)
DESCRIPTION:Artificial Intelligence is here\, and the hype is real.  Although it is not the answer to all the problems we encounter with genealogical research\, it can be a useful assistant in many ways. \nDocument analysis: summarizing information from long documents or even groups of documents such as wills and deed abstracts. \nReading handwriting: Many important documents have never been transcribed or abstracted.  AI tools can be used to assist with these tasks\, even producing an index of names that appear. \nImage processing: AI tools can process images such as maps and pull out all the names that appear. \nWriting assistance.  AI can help organize your ideas and even write detailed research results or at least summaries for you.  If you’d prefer to do the initial writing yourself\, AI can proofread and provide suggestions for improvement. \nGenerating illustrations: It is often difficult to find a public domain image to illustrate a concept you are writing or talking about.  AI can provide many images to chose from\, and allows you to refine them. \nHistorical context: AI can provide information about a specific time and place or event\, but always be careful to double check.
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/n600b-ai-genealogy/
CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Techniques,Technology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240627T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240627T210000
DTSTAMP:20260803T201522
CREATED:20240520T001552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240721T155141Z
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SUMMARY:Break Through Genealogical Brick Walls with Timelines! (Techniques)
DESCRIPTION:Stuck in your research? Wondering why your ancestors made certain choices? Struggling to distinguish between same-named individuals? Trying to connect family members across generations? Timelines can help you overcome these challenges and more! \nBy creating a chronological\, multi-columned matrix\, you can: \n\nIdentify missing gaps in your research\nClarify conflicting information\nReveal hidden relationships\nPinpoint paths for future discoveries\nUse color-coding to highlight connections and overlaps\nAdd comments and footnotes to avoid duplicating research\n… and more …\n\nUnlike traditional timelines\, these visual representations are dynamic tools that will revolutionize your research. They’ll help you: \n\nEasily resume research where you left off\nQuickly share findings with others in a clear and concise format\nUnquestionably meet the Genealogical Proof Standard\nThoroughly understand your ancestor’s FAN club (friends\, associates\, and neighbors)\n\nDo create timelines that are unique to your research needs. Leverage this powerful tool to overcome genealogical obstacles and uncover new insights into your family’s history! This strategy need to be part of your genealogy arsenal of tools.
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/m129b-timelines/
CATEGORIES:Techniques
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T210000
DTSTAMP:20260803T201522
CREATED:20240516T173917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240614T171125Z
UID:10000044-1718307000-1718312400@genwebinars.com
SUMMARY:Break Through Genealogical Brick Walls with Timelines! (Techniques)
DESCRIPTION:Stuck in your research? Wondering why your ancestors made certain choices? Struggling to distinguish between same-named individuals? Trying to connect family members across generations? Timelines can help you overcome these challenges and more! \nBy creating a chronological\, multi-columned matrix\, you can: \n\nIdentify missing gaps in your research\nClarify conflicting information\nReveal hidden relationships\nPinpoint paths for future discoveries\nUse color-coding to highlight connections and overlaps\nAdd comments and footnotes to avoid duplicating research\n… and more …\n\nUnlike traditional timelines\, these visual representations are dynamic tools that will revolutionize your research. They’ll help you: \n\nEasily resume research where you left off\nQuickly share findings with others in a clear and concise format\nUnquestionably meet the Genealogical Proof Standard\nThoroughly understand your ancestor’s FAN club (friends\, associates\, and neighbors)\n\nDo create timelines that are unique to your research needs. Leverage this powerful tool to overcome genealogical obstacles and uncover new insights into your family’s history! This strategy need to be part of your genealogy arsenal of tools. \n 
URL:https://genwebinars.com/upcoming/m129a-timelines/
CATEGORIES:Techniques
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