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April 20
Arriving in America
Presenter: Sharon Hodges, Past President, MVGS Description: Millions of immigrants have come to call America home. For some the process was easy. For others it was more difficult and more restrictive, but none more so than New York ...
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April 29
Poor, Misplaced and Misunderstood (Institutional Records)
INSTRUCTOR: SHARON HODGES Sometimes our ancestors seem to go "missing." We don't want to believe they may have been in some sort of distress, financial or otherwise, but these types of records should not be overlooked as they may ...
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May 11
Finding Information on Your Ancestors Who Lived in Virginia Before 1700
INSTRUCTORS: JEFF WELCH AND JIM DREWRY Class will cover, among other topics, how settlement started at Jamestown and then expanded out from there; who the "Ancient Planters" were and how to get info on them; the 1624/5 Muster; county ...
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May 17
NGS 2021 Live! National Genealogical Society 2021 Family History Conference
Registration for the NGS 2021 Family History Conference opens 1 February 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (EST). Plans for the forty-third annual conference include a full week of virtual events* for individuals, societies, and organizations 17-21 May 2021. ...
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May 18
Making a Federal Case Out of It
Presenter: Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist Description: Even genealogists who have a good background in court records often overlook the wealth of detail available in the records of the federal courts: the District Court, the Circuit Court, the modern ...
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