Join us for a Genealogy Workshop: Irish Famine Orphan Scheme with Bryan Mulcahy. Come and hear about one of the greatest schemes of all time after the Irish potato famine, many orphan girls were shipped off to Australia to find husbands, settle down and make a new life for themselves. Not all were so lucky though. Webinar Only
April Meeting: MyHeritage Records Collection with Daniel Horowitz. With billions of records at your disposal, where do you even begin? The MyHeritage Search Engine is a state-of-the-art tool that can help you search for information about your relatives online. In a matter of seconds, it can search across billions of historical records to pinpoint the ones most relevant to your research. Its advanced algorithms can identify spelling and phonetic variations, understand nicknames, and handle synonyms and ethnic variations. Daniel will show you how to use the MyHeritage Search Engine to find information about your relatives quickly and efficiently.
May Meeting: DNA Painter's Tools: Shared cM Project, What are the odds? And Chromosome Mapping with Mary Eberle DNA Painter has tools for researching your DNA matches. We’ll cover their […]
Join us along with guest speaker, Geoff Rasmussen who will be giving us an overview of Legacy 9.0 software. You will hear the benefits of using the software for your […]
July Meeting: Unusual Source Records for Genealogical Research with Sue Kaufman. Program overview: Some of the more interesting bits of researching our families are the stories that we hear and […]
August Meeting: Ancestry ThruLines: Maximize your Ancestry DNA Results with Patti Smith ~ Understanding how to effectively use ThruLines can help individuals avoid common pitfalls such as the temptation of […]
Uncover Your Family’s Story Using the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) presented by Elizabeth Hodges MA, MSLIS who is with the Allen County Public Library. PERSI was recently made free to […]
September Meeting: WikiTree’s DNA Features with Mags Gaulden. What would happen if there was only one single family tree – in the world? We would all be able to find our […]
Technology to the Rescue: Tools Every Genealogist Needs in Their Tool Box with Linda Debe. Attendees will learn how to work smarter, not harder with free tools from programs to extensions, to built-in features from their operating system. These tools help with organization, research, writing, and plotting land deeds, as well as abstracting, extracting, and transcribing records. There is something for everyone, and who doesn’t love FREE?!?!
November Meeting: Facebook as a Tool to Break Thru Brick Walls with Drew Smith. Learn to use Facebook successfully to find living relatives or to share your questions, problems, and […]
Please RSVP that you are coming and if you plan to bring a dish. That way we make sure there is plenty of food. To RSVP or to attend virtually, […]
Join us for our January 2024 monthly meeting with speaker Bryan Mulcahy as he presents his program on Types of Libraries. Libraries are not all the same. From a genealogical […]