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December 2019
Annual Holiday Brunch and Show & Tell (FGS Meeting)
Let’s begin the holiday season with our 3rd Annual Holiday Party and Show & Tell. We will be hosting a catered brunch from Cracker Barrel for your pleasure, so come prepared in festive attire, appetite, and an interesting story to share. As our festive occasion also falls on the 78th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Rue Lynn ...
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Immigration — Which Port? When? Why? From Where? (FGS Meeting)
Unless your ancestors were Native Americans, they were immigrants and as genealogists and family historians, we want to find a record of their arrival. Our success depends on the time frame and what we already know about our ancestor. This lecture will put into perspective what records are available and the likelihood of finding an ...
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Using AncestryDNA Today (FGS Meeting)
AncestryDNA continues to add new tools to help with matching other testers, categorizing the matches into groups, and discovering the right relationships. This presentation focuses on how to use the latest AncestryDNA tools (ThruLines, groups, etc.) to identify relatives near and distant.
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The 1950 US Federal Census – Are You Ready? (FGS Meeting)
Many genealogists remember the amount of excitement in April 2012 around the release of the 1940 US Census. Following the “72 Year Rule” for records at the National Archives, the results of the 1950 US Census will be made public on Friday, April 1, 2022. It’s never too early to prepare for this valuable data ...
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