Findmypast live events free on Facebook this week
Did you know that each week Findmypast offers a variety of free online events via their Facebook page? Here is the lineup for this week:
June 2, 2007 till now. That’s a lot of genealogy blogging for me!
2007 seems so long ago. Both of my parents were still alive. I lived in Saint Paul. Many changes have taken place in life and my residence since then. Yes, I am still in Minnesota. I’ve been busy with my genealogy business of research for clients, consultations to get clients going, and lecturing all across the U.S. 2020 has seen no travel since January but many virtual presentations. I am not a daily nor a weekly blogger. At times, the client work and prepping for presentations take precedence. After all, that’s what pays the bills. Then there are days when time with all my descendants and other extended family take precedence. I kinda like all of them!
For more than the last two years, I have been involved in a research case involving 20th and 21st century work. With some assistance from a subcontractor, thousands of descendants of early 1920s U.S. residents have been identified. No DNA, no contacting individuals to ask questions, just thorough research. Prior to that and since that time, I have done extensive research involving Native American tribes.
After my teaching online in July for six days for the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, I plan to blog a bit more regularly. I plan to discuss more about wonderful Minnesota records for historical and genealogical research. Then I plan to do more on Native American research topics.
Stay tuned and thank you for reading since 2007 or whenever you started!
MyHeritage offering a daily FREE collection in June..
MyHeritage has something special planned for the month of June! Starting today, June 1, each day of the month a different and significant historical record collection will be available for free!
From the Press Release: “The collections we have chosen for this offer were handpicked for their value for family historians and include collections that are exclusive to MyHeritage. Among them are the Sweden Household Examination Books, 1840–1947, 1940 Denmark Census, and U.S. City Directories. Altogether, we’ll be providing free access to more than 2 billion historical records throughout June! All the collections are available on www.myheritage.com/research, and you can find the full schedule for the free collections, including direct links, on our blog.”
My New Course! Researching U.S. Government Records 101
Researching U.S. Government Records 101 by Paula Stuart-Warren, CG®, FMGS, FUGA.. Yes, that would be me. I haven’t only been twiddling my thumbs during these stay-at-home months. The course is designed for those who don’t know a lot about U.S. government records and the U.S. National Archives. If you read until the very end, there is a special offer for you! I have enjoyed working with Liza Alzo’s company Research Write Connect Academy on this.
This new four-session course is designed to introduce students to the vast number of records held by the United States government. Federal records are found with the U. S. National Archives (NARA) (in many locations), Library of Congress, Federal Depository Libraries, Family History Library/FamilySearch, state historical societies, university libraries, state archives, and via many of today’s genealogy subscription websites. Others remain with the designated federal agency. Many are one-of-a-kind documents. The details found in the records are astounding and help to compile a better picture of our ancestors and their families. From birth, marriage, and death details all the way to how great grandpa’s leg was injured or what happened to the family business can be found. The federal census and military pension records you may know about are only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. We will focus on NARA and you may be surprised at all that you can find online and learn more about what can be done on future visits to NARA locations. Once you have completed the course and a few assignments, you may return to the recorded lessons at any time to refresh what you learned. The course is accompanied by a six-page handout filled with details and an extensive list of books and websites. A special way of learning more, asking questions, and sharing discoveries is shared at the end.
This course has a regular price of $79.00 and you are not restricted to viewing it only once. Through Sunday, May 31, 2020, use this code to save $20.00 off that price. PAULA20
Where to register? https://www.researchwriteconnect.com and look under Genealogy Courses. Liza Alzo has more details on her blog https://www.theaccidentalgenealogist.com/2020/05/learn-how-to-research-us-government.html and explains how the course evolves for students.
Join me on June 6th Orange County [CA] Genealogical Society for 2 free webinars
“Preserving Family History, Experiences, and Stories From the Pandemic” is available to organizations
On May 14th I did a new presentation “Preserving Family History, Experiences, and Stories From the Pandemic.” for the Dakota County Historical Society (Minnesota) via Zoom. I have had inquiries about other organizations having me present this. The live presentation and accompanying handout is now available to genealogical societies, historical societies, archives, libraries, museums and other organizations. Please contact me for details and date availability. Payment can be made via Paypal or check. PaulaStuartWarren at gmail.com.
The description: Have you been documenting your own story during this time of the Covid pandemic? Do you need some tips on doing this? Do you need ideas on what to preserve and how to do it? What do you want to exist in the future to tell people about your experience of dealing with and memories of living through this pandemic? The ideas include those for adults, children, and even about your pets. Your experience may have included online family get-togethers, social media, signs in the window, journaling, blogging, photographs, parents learning new math, working from home, working on the front lines, and other things from daily life. We need to preserve with an eye towards what will be saved and will endure, versus not valued and tossed away. Comments from historical societies, archives, and other institution about preservation will be shared. The presentation and accompanying handout provide all this and more.
Free Virtual Genealogy Event: “Preserving Family History, Experiences, and Stories From the Pandemic.” May 14th
Free Virtual Genealogy Event: “Preserving Family History, Experiences, and Stories From the Pandemic.” Thursday, May 14 at 6:00 p.m. CDT online.
I’ve developed this with and for the Dakota County Historical Society here in Minnesota. We are all a part of this experience through the good times and the bad times. We need to preserve information for future historians and genealogists. Don’t you wish great grandma had left you stories about the 1918 flu pandemic? Don’t you wish you knew how they spent their days and weeks?
Have you been documenting your own story during this time of the Covid pandemic? Do you need some tips on doing this? Do you need ideas on what to preserve and how to do it? What do you want to exist in the future to tell people about your experience of dealing with and memories of living through this pandemic? The ideas include those for adults, children, and even your pets. Your experience may have included online family get-togethers, social media, signs in the window, journaling, blogging, photographs, parents learning new math, working from home, working on the front lines, and other things from daily life. We need to preserve with an eye towards what will be saved and will endure, versus not valued and tossed away. Comments from historical societies, archives, and other institutions about preservation will be shared. The presentation and accompanying handout provide all this and more.
Advance Registration is required. More information: https://www.dakotahistory.org/…/789-may-14-virtual-genealog…. This program is offered free of charge, but I encourage you to make a donation to the Historical Society to offset the loss of revenue they have from all in-person programs cancelled from March thru May.
Findmypast’s WWII collection in honor of VE Day
While reading through the Findmypast blog today, I realized that I never asked my Dad where he was on VE Day. 8 May 1945 is remembered as the day that WWII ended in Europe. 75 years ago today. I am still going to look at more of the photos and records in this huge set of material that is free until 15 May. Then I will go page through my Dad’s photos from WWII. I need to find the one with the monkey.
85th Anniversary of the WPA
85 years ago today, on May 6, 1935, the Works Progress Administration became a part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal programs to get the United States back to stability. It was on that date that he signed Executive Order 7034. In 1939 it was retitled the Work Projects Administration and it had many divisions.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) affected so many lives and some projects still do that today. For family historians, it produced much that we may still use today.
The National Genealogical Society’s NGS Magazine Volume 45, Number 4, Oct-Dec 2019 is filled with WPA-related articles. My contribution was based on 25 years of research and presentations on the topic.
I also did a video for Ancestry Academy on the WPA and it is accompanied by a handout. https://www.ancestryacademy.com/the-wpa-a-good-deal-for-genealogists
My U.S. Native American Research Tips on The Genealogy Squad
I was invited to do a Guest Post on The Genealogy Squad Facebook group. It’s a private Facebook group with almost 35,000 members! Not a member? Search for it on Facebook and ask to join. You will be asked some simple questions so the administrators can be sure you are an active genealogist. My post has ten tips for doing U.S. Native American research plus some handy links. To find the April 15th post, look on the right hand side of the main page for the topics. One of the Topics is Guest Posts and you will find the tips and links under that topic. Enjoy!