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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