Fall is here along with
Family History Month. Usually in October
I would be announcing events around the region but now in 2019 I have three
very local meetings plus TV, YouTube and lots of live-streaming of prominent
conferences. Everything listed is free. This is an established trend toward offering
free online access to education without the airline and hotel expenses.
Here’s a special word
about Family Search (always free all the time).
Some day we will wish we kept our family information up over there. Like it or not, it is an ideal place to
preserve our families for posterity while other services are controlled by
venture capitalists who don’t have our best interests at heart. Notice that Mary Kathryn Kozy is speaking
about Family Search at the WGS meeting and also the announcement of 90,000
articles published on the Family Search Wiki at the end of this post.
Join us at:
Ferndale RootsMagic Group: We are continuing to meet monthly.
There are three more meetings this year, all on on Saturdays at 1:00. Next
Saturday, October 5 we will be viewing a video about how media is handled,
especially between RootsMagic and Ancestry. Everyone is welcome as we are
all learning together. If newcomers have a device, you can ask for help
to load at least the free software ahead of time or we can help you at the
meeting. Remaining dates are Nov 2 and Dec 7.
Ferndale Genies Monthly Meeting: 3rd
Monday, 1:00-3:30 at Ferndale Library. Next
meeting: Monday, October 21.
Whatcom Genealogical Society (WGS): 2nd
Mondays, 2:00-3:30 or so. Bellingham Elks Lodge at 710 Samish Way. Park
around back and enter the lower level.
Everyone welcome!
October 14: Mary Kathryn Kozy, who has been working
on her own family genealogy for over 35 years, and has been a speaker for 10
years, will present "Using Family Search and Family Search Wiki."
TV: A new season of
"Finding Your Roots" starts Tuesday, October 8 at 8 pm on PBS,
Channel 9.
MyHeritage
Amsterdam: The second annual user conference, MyHeritage
LIVE 2019 in Amsterdam, was a huge success!
Free lectures by many of our best-known lecturers are online. Full list for DNA and MyHeritage Genealogy
tracks is here: https://blog.myheritage.com/2019/09/myheritage-live-2019-lectures-now-online/
RootsTech London: For the first time RootsTech is presenting a conference
in London October 24th – October 26th, 2019!
One blogger has said they will have free livestreaming and videos and that
is what I would expect. No mention on
the RootsTech website yet. It won’t hurt
to mark your calendar. Also there will
be free live-streaming and videos from RootsTech 2020 in Salt Lake City February
26-29, 2020.
National
Archives Hosts 7th Annual Virtual Genealogy Fair LIVE on YouTube October 23!
Here’s Thomas MacEntee’s
post about it with a full schedule and links:
#Project Genealogy YouTube videos announced
for the first time.
Kick-off Family History Month by celebrating
the migrations of our ancestors via a stimulating YouTube video Series.
Spearheaded by Jarrett Ross, the GeneaVlogger, and Matt Baker, of UsefulCharts, the ambitious #ProjectGenealogy collaboration features seven genealogy YouTube channels and their hosts showcasing the migration of people around the world.
Spearheaded by Jarrett Ross, the GeneaVlogger, and Matt Baker, of UsefulCharts, the ambitious #ProjectGenealogy collaboration features seven genealogy YouTube channels and their hosts showcasing the migration of people around the world.
Grab your favorite beverage and savor 1½ hours with your favorite beverage and enjoy the video journey. Learn the history behind various migrations, discover how to research their journey and which records to explore, and ultimately, follow the tips for writing about your ancestor’s journey.
1. 5 Tips For Writing About Your
Immigrant Ancestor - Family History Fanatics (https://youtu.be/qMtAI-YVeJs)
2. How Dutch Jewish Migration Led
to the 8 Hour Work Day - GeneaVlogger (https://youtu.be/qbm4b5SILYY)
5. Did Your Ancestor Move West for
FREE Land? | Homestead Act of 1862 - Boundless Genealogy (https://youtu.be/T0vlFJoRuzk)
6. 19th Century Migration to
America & The Railroads Westward Expansion - Genealogy TV - (https://youtu.be/4J2UyYXAYWs)
All migration themed videos go live on each creator’s channel
at 2 PM Eastern (GMT-4 ) on Friday, October 4. To ease you
through your journey, start the YouTube video journey via this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5Ag9n-o0IZBXX_Yanzvh4LrOJhtlf4nG
90,000 Articles Published on the Free FamilySearch
Wiki
The
FamilySearch Research Wiki has published its 90,000th help article,
with more added weekly. The free service launched 12 years ago to help
patrons quickly with their personal family history research questions. Explore
it for free at the FamilySearch
Research Wiki.
The FamilySearch Wiki is like
discovering an unexpected treasure along your family history discovery journey.
In a day when online consumers want what they are seeking within a few
keystrokes and seconds, the FamilySearch wiki delivers. Go to the main page,
and suddenly a world of databases, maps, countries and tutorials are at your
fingertips.
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