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This presentation will be on Saturday, November 12th at 10:15am Eastern. Click here to view the full conference schedule: https://virtualgenealogy.org/annual-conference/. Program Description:Don’t ignore academic resources in your research. Some great contextual information and abstracted/transcribed data can be found with breadcrumbs (aka bibliography) to further guide your research. Jstor, Libguides, OATD, and more…

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This presentation will be on Saturday, November 12th at 11:30am Eastern. Click here to view the full conference schedule: https://virtualgenealogy.org/annual-conference/. Program Description:‘Where are you from?’ is sometimes a difficult question to answer. With the advent of DNA testing, we can find out our ethnicity, and look at the implications of where our…

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Webinar: Sensitive Subjects – Writing About the Hard StuffSpeaker: Rhonda LauritzenWhen: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 8:00pm Eastern Program Description:Writing life stories that contain adversity can heal and inspire, but make sure you sending time capsules and not time bombs. If you discover troubling family history, learn how to write with empathy and…

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Webinar: ‘One Small Step or One Giant Leap’: Becoming a Professional GenealogistSpeaker: David RyanWhen: Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 11:00am Eastern Program Description:As a hobby genealogy is addictive. After gaining so much experience researching our own ancestors, it is only natural to consider making the transition to genealogy as a profession. From the…

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This presentation will be on Sunday, November 13th at 6:15pm Eastern. Click here to view the full conference schedule: https://virtualgenealogy.org/annual-conference/. Program Description:For most of recorded time, women didn’t leave much of a paper trail, but they still had remarkable stories to tell. Although it may appear that they haven’t left many documents behind, deeper research…

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This presentation will be on Saturday, November 12th at 9:00am Eastern. Click here to view the full conference schedule: https://virtualgenealogy.org/annual-conference/. Program Description:FultonHistory.com, or Old Fulton NY Postcards, is a free, historic newspaper website that contains archives of over 50 million pages of microfilmed newspaper images (mostly New York State newspapers,…

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Lots of good discussion was had at the October 2022 VGA Book Club were we discussed “Guide to Genealogical Writing,” 3rd Ed. by Penelope L. Stratton & Henry B. Hoff. Author Penny Stratton joined us! See the group picture below! ⬇️ The next VGA Book Club will be November 22nd,…

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This presentation will be on Sunday, November 13th at 5:00pm Eastern. Click here to view the full conference schedule: https://virtualgenealogy.org/annual-conference/. Program Description:Even if you’re not planning to join, the websites of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution can be a valuable resource for…

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This presentation will be pre-recorded. Click here to view the full conference schedule: https://virtualgenealogy.org/2022/10/16/2022-vga-annual-conference/ Program Description: The U.S. Social Security system produced lesser-known record types key to tracing families during the late 1800s/early 1900s (during a period of intense immigration, before widespread birth records and during the 1890 census gap).…

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Enjoy this interview with Sam Williams: To learn more about Sam’s upcoming VGA program, click here: https://virtualgenealogy.org/2022/10/05/turning-mystery-dna-matching-into-leaves-by-w-samuel-williams/ Find Sam at: Website: http://orthodoxgenealogist.blogspot.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OrthodoxGenealogist Twitter: https://twitter.com/sosonkyrie APG: https://www.apgen.org/users/w-samuel-williams

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