“Mixers and Shakers – Tracing Your Bootlegging, Shimmy-Shaking, and Repeal-Seeking Ancestors During and After Prohibition” by Debra Dudek

Webinar: Mixers and Shakers – Tracing Your Bootlegging, Shimmy-Shaking, and Repeal-Seeking Ancestors During and After ProhibitionSpeaker: Debra DudekWhen: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 8:00pm Eastern Program Description:Temperance advocates celebrated victory when America  went dry in 1920.  For a short time, the great experiment appeared to curb the ills associated with imbibing alcohol.  However,…

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VGA Book Club – May 2024

Join host, Sunny Morton, as VGA Members discuss the books: Genealogy Road Trip Organizer and Workbook: Plan Your Family Tree Research Trip & Family History Road Trip Organizer: Genealogy Planner for Investigative Road Trip both by Travel Tree. VGA Book Club will be discussing the books at our next meeting on…

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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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