Class description: Citing your sources is very important – even if you are only a casual genealogist. A source is the record from which we get information. A citation is how we connect a source (evidence) to our conclusion (verdict). Citing sources also allows other researchers to confidently use the information we’ve collected. And lets …
Pam Brown has lived in the Panama area pretty much all of her life. Even though she retired from her position at Jamestown Public Schools as the district’s Records Management Coordinator in 2016, she still works on special projects as needed. She serves as the municipal historian for the Town of Harmony and Village of …
Class description: In this class, Janet will talk about cemeteries in Chautauqua County: how to find them, how to find those that have been transcribed, and where these transcriptions can be found. Rick Roll will talk about Find A Grave website and will walk the group through how to use it. Instructor biographies: Janet Wahlberg …
Class description: If you have been using Ancestry.com for a while now and want to take your researching to the next level and get more out of your subscription, this course is for you! In this course, we will expand more on some topics covered in the “Beginning Ancestry” course as well as narrow our …
Class description: In this class, you will learn about information located in Repositories and Archives and how to access this information. You will also learn how to organize your own family history in order to potentially donate them to a repository. Finally you will be treated to actual examples of locally held archival information. Instructor …
Class description: Women are often hard to research due to the laws, social norms, and record keeping practices of times past. In this class you will learn about sources and strategies to find your female ancestors. Instructor biography: Rhonda Hoffman has been a genealogy librarian for 20 years and currently serves as the Genealogy Specialist …
Class description: In this class you will discover ways to not only organize your research, but also your paper documents, photos, and your on-line records and documents. Instructor biography: Janet Wahlberg is a research assistant at the Fenton History Center’s Hall House Research Library. She has been doing genealogy for 20+ years. She has attended …
Class description: This class will provide a general review of the Family Search website. The next portion will be an in-depth look at using the catalogue and general record search. The third section of the class will focus on the Research Wiki, a powerful tool that will enable you to access classes, How To tools, …
Class description: School records can be a great wealth of information for your genealogy research. Resources like school yearbooks, report cards, school census information, local newspapers (just to name a few) may provide that piece of information you’ve been seeking. Pam will offer advice on how to find and use different types of school records …