VGA’s 6th Birthday: “Creating an Ancestor Sketch” by Thomas MacEntee

Thank you so much to Thomas MacEntee for sharing this presentation to help VGA celebrate its 6th birthday! A link to Thomas’ handout: https://virtualgenealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PREVIEW-SYLLABUS-Creating-an-Ancestor-Sketch.pdf Learn more about Thomas at: https://genealogybargains.com/thomas-macentee/ Watch Thomas’ RootsTech videos at: https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/speakers/thomas-macentee/en

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VGA’s 6th Birthday: “How Do I Know I Found Everything” by Kim Richardson

Thank you so much to Kim Richardson for sharing this presentation to help VGA celebrate its 6th birthday! To visit Kim’s website: https://www.southernheritagegenealogy.com/ To follow Southern Heritage Genealogy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southernheritagegenealogy To learn more about Brick Wall Buster Cards: https://www.brickwallbustercards.com/ To follow Brick Wall Buster Cards on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brickwallbustercards

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VGA’s 6th Birthday: “A Quick Look at the Ohio Regional Archives” by Kelli Bergheimer

Thank you so much to Kelli Bergheimer for sharing this presentation to help VGA celebrate its 6th birthday! To learn more about Kelli: https://www.apgen.org/users/kelli-bergheimer To subscribe to Kelli’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@messonthedesk–genealogy–3868 For Kelli’s website: https://messonthedesk.weebly.com/ For Mess on the Desk’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MessOnTheDesk

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VGA’s 6th Birthday Party – Saturday, April 13th, 2024

Come join the celebration on Saturday, April 13th, 2024 starting at 9:00am Eastern! Open to the Public! Zoom Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUocuyurTIpEtKcytz86DrA-1sQNOtXVeGl Live presentations will include: There will also be Genealogy Trivia Games, Door Prizes, and lots of FUN! The program is expected to end around 12:00pm Eastern. Scroll down to…

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VGA’s 6th Birthday – Call for Volunteer Proposals

Virtual Genealogical Association’s (VGA) 6th Birthday Party is on Saturday, April 13th, 2024! The tentative time frame of the live event is 9:00am – 12:00pm Eastern. VGA is looking for short presentations (between 5 – 30 minutes in length) that are either pre-recorded or presented live on the day of…

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VGA Book Club – March 2024

Join host, Sunny Morton, as VGA Members discuss the book: Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy by Drew Smith. VGA Book Club will be discussing this book at our next meeting on Sunday, March 24th, 2024 at 6:00pm Eastern. VGA Members can find the registration…

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“Going Beyond in Public Libraries” by Rhonda Hoffman

Webinar: Going Beyond in Public LibrariesSpeaker: Rhonda HoffmanWhen: Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 11:00am Eastern Program Description:A veteran genealogy librarian teaches how to go beyond classic genealogy records when researching at public libraries. Learn her top resource picks and how to use them effectively. Speaker Bio:Rhonda Hoffman is the Genealogy Specialist for the…

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