American - Canadian Genealogical Society Spring Workshops - April 28th 2012

American-Canadian Genealogical Society 

Spring Workshops - April 28th 2012

It’s Free! It’s Free! It’s Free! It’s Free! It’s Free! It’s Free! It’s Free! It’s Free!

DISCOVER GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES: IN HOUSE – ON LINE – AND ELSEWHERE

ACGS LIBRARY BUILDING – 4 ELM ST. IN MANCHESTER, NH

(The library building is next door to Blessed Sacrament Church – PARKING: in lot behind building)

TELEPHONE: 603-622-1554

www.acgs.org

8:00 -REGISTRATION [enter at back of building – lower lever] No pre-registration required.

9:00 -Welcome: Primary, secondary & tertiary sources, assessment and evaluation.

9:15-10:15 – Some Online Resources

Ancestry.com: the best and worst; Library vs. home editions

Heritage Quest: Persi (periodical source index for journals) books and more

Family Search - Mormon website now searchable online

10:30-11:30 -Library Tour: Six stations, four 15 minute blocks, you choose!

Indexes, repertories and references, Canada and US

Available Computer Databases

Vital records &other sources on film and fiche

Family genealogies, family files

Periodicals, obituaries, directories

In the stacks: Loyalists, Indian captives, Soldiers, Acadians

11:30-1:00 - Lunch out or bring your own and join others in our lunch room

1:00-2:00 - Online and about

Websites – with a dedicated focus (Gen Web, Library & Archives Canada and many more)

NH libraries, town & city offices, museums and societies.

NEHGS

2:15-3:15 - Results: Seriously? A French Canadian in the DAR

Persistence, many records and luck: Scaling a Wall.

Refreshments will be served. There will be a used book sale.