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  • September Meeting ~ Mixers and Shakers – Tracing Your Bootlegging, Shimmy-Shaking, and Repeal-Seeking Ancestors During and After Prohibition with Debra Dudek

    Fort Myers Regional Library ~ In Person 1651 Lee Street, Meeting Room A, Fort Myers, FL, United States

    Join us along with Debra Dudek as she presents her program "Mixers and Shakers - Tracing Your Bootlegging, Shimmy-Shaking, and Repeal-Seeking Ancestors During and After Prohibition."  Temperance advocates celebrated victory when America  went dry in 1920.  For a short time, the great experiment appeared to curb the ills associated with imbibing alcohol.  However, American drinking […]

  • What’s New at FamilySearch with Maureen Brady ~ Genealogy Workshop ~ Virtual Only

    Zoom via LCGS

    Join us along with Maureen Brady when she presents her program on What's New at FamilySearch.  FamilySearch’s resources are much more than searching records. This presentation will review the little used options of FamilySearch, such as the Research Wiki, Digital Library, Genealogies and the FamilySearch Labs. This is a genealogy workshop and is virtual only. […]

  • October Meeting ~ Your Ancestor’s FAN Club: Using Cluster Research to Get Past Brick Walls with Drew Smith

    Join us along with Drew Smith as he presents his program "Your Ancestor's FAN Club: Using Cluster Research to Get Past Brick Walls." Our ancestors were each surrounded by family, associates, and neighbors. By researching them, we discover additional records pointing to our own ancestors. Speaker will be remote. To attend in person, see directions below. […]

  • November Meeting ~ Probate Records: Wills and a Whole Lot More with Annette Burke Lyttle

    Fort Myers Regional Library - Meeting Rm A & B - Hybrid 1651 Lee Street, Room A & B, Fort Myers, FL, United States

    Join us along with Annette Burke Lyttle as she presents "Probate Records: Wills and a Whole Lot More." Probate records can be some of the richest genealogical resources. Yes, they can contain wills, but often the best information comes from the other records in the packets – and our ancestors didn’t even have to die to […]