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VGA Cemetery Week 2024: White Bronze Monuments (aka Zinkers!)
White bronze monuments are often very easy to find in a cemetery as their blue-grey color and hollowness easily gives them away. Their production was short-lived, but their legacy lives on as the material’s longevity and legibility makes them a desirable find for genealogists. You can find a copy of…
VGA Cemetery Week 2024: Author & Speaker Tui Snider
Today kicks off VGA Cemetery Week 2024, and you might want to check out author and speaker, Tui Snider. She has written many books including Understanding Cemetery Symbols: A Field Guide for Historic Graveyards. Besides your local library, you can find the book online at places such as Amazon. You…
VGA Cemetery Week 2024: Scavenger Hunt
This is a special VGA members-only event for the week of July 21-25, 2024! Details:
VGA Cemetery Week 2024 Preparation: Author Joy Neighbors
As you prepare for VGA Cemetery Week 2024, you might want to check out author and blogger, Joy Neighbors. She wrote the book The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide: How to Find, Record, & Preserve your Ancestors’ Graves. Besides your local library, you can find the book online at places…
“Preparing for 3rd Party DNA Tools” by Sara Cochran
Webinar: Preparing for 3rd Party DNA ToolsSpeaker: Sara CochranWhen: Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 6:00pm Eastern Program Description:You may discover a need to use third-party DNA tools to better understand your results and further your genealogy research. We will discuss how to get the most out of the site you tested with, various…
