Presenter: Barbara McGeachy

 

Everyone uses the popular population schedules but the non-population records have surprising details about your ancestors! Learn about the Veteran (1890), Agriculture (1850-1880), Mortality (1850-1880), Defective, Dependent and Delinquent (1880) and Slave Schedules (1850-1860)

 

 

 

 

Near the top of your match list, you’ve got this mystery match that just might be the key to your research. The only problem is: they don’t have a visible tree and they didn’t respond to the message you sent two years ago. But that doesn’t mean that you should give up!  This class will give users of every skill level more tools to crack that difficult case. You’ll learn about strategies for logically approaching your search, what you can glean from your match’s profile, how free & paid resources can help you, and you’ll receive a research template that will help you ensure you have left no stone unturned. This is an entertaining, fast-paced, so join us with whatever note-taking device you prefer, and bring your questions for the Q&A session at the end.

 

 

 

Face it: most genealogists never get around to publishing that family history book based on their genealogy research. How about a different approach: producing short 3-5 page “sketches” about an ancestor? You’ll learn how to include a cover, photos, facts, family stories, source citations and more! And guess what, once you get a few of these ancestor sketches done, you can compile them together for one big book!

 

 

 

Presenter: Ashley Latta, Military Collections Archivist

 

The mission of the Military Collection at the State Archives of North Carolina is to document and preserve records detailing the State of North Carolina’s rich military history, from the state’s period as a British colony in the seventeenth century to the present day.  Join us for this informative program on how to use the Military Collection at the NC archives.