Saving Our Legacy (FGS Meeting)
John F. Germany Public Library 900 N. Ashley Dr., Tampa, FLDescription As part of Estate Planning, genealogists should plan what will happen to their research once they have died. Have you planned for your research? Planning now will ensure the years and money will not end up in the landfill at your death but will be passed to future generations. Agenda Below is the event ...
FGS Writing Workshop (FGS Special Interest Group)
FGS Writing Workshop (FGS Special Interest Group) Description FGS Tampa is hosting a 10-series workshop to assist our members with writing their family history. Each 90-minute session will cover a new topic or aspect of writing followed by peer reviews of participants writing. During the workshop you can expect to learn about different writing methods, ...
DNA Workshop with Jean Sanner (FGS Special Interest Group)
Description Our DNA Workshop to share matches and discuss strategies to incorporate into you research.
Proving Your Pedigree: Achieving Proof at Every Generation (FGS Meeting)
John F. Germany Public Library 900 N. Ashley Dr., Tampa, FLDescription A chain is only as strong as its weakest link! Learn to prove each generation in an ancestral line using the Genealogical Proof Standard, and when and how to use DNA data in the process. Agenda Below is the event itinerary (all times are Eastern timezone): 10:00 - 10:15 - Greetings and sign-in (in-person) ...
Canceled FGS Writing Workshop (FGS Special Interest Group)
FGS Writing Workshop (FGS Special Interest Group)h3.gb-headline-c84424e2{color:#f605fa;}Writing Tools Description FGS Tampa is hosting a 10-series workshop to assist our members with writing their family history. Each 90-minute session will cover a new topic or aspect of writing followed by peer reviews of participants writing. During the workshop you can expect to learn about different writing ...
Tackling a Research Project (FGS Meeting)
John F. Germany Public Library 900 N. Ashley Dr., Tampa, FLDescription Do you want to research your great-grandma? Great! Now what? After you spend time looking online what do you do next? It’s easy to hit a brick wall and not know what to do. Tackling a research project is so much more than entering names into a database. Learn more about planning, creating, and ...
FGS Writing Workshop (FGS Special Interest Group)
FGS Writing Workshop (FGS Special Interest Group) Description FGS Tampa is hosting a 10-series workshop to assist our members with writing their family history. Each 90-minute session will cover a new topic or aspect of writing followed by peer reviews of participants writing. During the workshop you can expect to learn about different writing methods, ...
USCT Civil War Widows Pension Records Tell the Story (FGS Meeting)
John F. Germany Public Library 900 N. Ashley Dr., Tampa, FLDescription Explore the challenges faced by widows and/or former slave descendants of soldiers in the United States Colored Troops Widows' Pension Applications. Agenda Below is the event itinerary (all times are Eastern timezone): 10:00 - 10:15 - Greetings and sign-in (in-person) 10:15 - 10:25 - Opening remarks and society news 10:25 - 10:50 - DNA ...
FGS Writing Workshop (FGS Special Interest Group)
FGS Writing Workshop (FGS Special Interest Group) Description FGS Tampa is hosting a 10-series workshop to assist our members with writing their family history. Each 90-minute session will cover a new topic or aspect of writing followed by peer reviews of participants writing. During the workshop you can expect to learn about different writing methods, ...
Keys to Writing an Engaging Family History (FGS Meeting)
John F. Germany Public Library 900 N. Ashley Dr., Tampa, FLDescription One of the best ways to preserve and share the work you’ve done on your ancestry is to write a genealogy book. Remember, though, that family history is more than just names, dates, and places. Two keys to stimulating reader interest and connection are stories and images. Learn how to write compelling stories with ...
No Easy Button: Using Immersion Genealogy to Understand Your Ancestors (FGS Meeting)
John F. Germany Public Library 900 N. Ashley Dr., Tampa, FLDescription: Family history is so much more than just names, dates, and places, or boxes, lines, and charts. For 21st century genealogists, it is easy to limit our research to the documents or other facts we find online, or to what others tell us to be true. Learn how to take your research a step ...
2022 Annual Holiday Party with Show and Tell (FGS Meeting)
West Tampa Branch Library 2312 W. Union St., Tampa, Florida -3423, FL2022 Annual Holiday Party with Show and Tell Program Description Let’s begin the holiday season with our 5th Annual Holiday Party and Show & Tell. Share the joy of the holidays, our community of genealogists, and wonderful family stories. Spouses are welcome. We will be hosting a catered brunch for your pleasure, so come prepared in ...
An NGSQ Case Study: DNA Corroborates Oral Tradition (FGS Meeting)
John F. Germany Public Library 900 N. Ashley Dr., Tampa, FLProgram Description This lecture is based on a case study that was the lead article in the June 2020 edition of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. The speaker will provide information needed to make sound decisions on when DNA tests can or should be used in genealogical research, and how to meet the DNA-specific genealogy ...
2022 Annual Seminar (FGS Annual Seminar)
C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Library 2607 E. Dr. MLK, Jr. Blvd., Tampa, FL
FGS Book Club (Book Club)
Program Description Rue Lynn Galbraith facilitates our next book in our book club series, Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques by George G. Morgan and Drew Smith. The book covers how to use innovative methods to unearth hard-to-find ancestors. Each chapter will provide professional advice on formatting a research strategy, understanding the details you discover, keeping careful ...
Using Fold3.com (FGS Meeting)
John F. Germany Public Library 900 N. Ashley Dr., Tampa, FLProgram Description Our September meeting is pushed to the 2d Saturday to avoid the Labor Day weekend. A more in-depth tour focusing on www.Fold3.com. We will review available documents and resources, many military and governmental, digitized from the National Archives, Library of Congress, and other institutions, not previously available on-line. Also includes a tour of ...
Conducting an Effective Oral Interview (FGS Meeting)
John F. Germany Public Library 900 N. Ashley Dr., Tampa, FLProgram Description Below is our itinerary for today's program: 10:00 - 10:15 - Greetings and sign-in (in-person) -- webinar will be available for greetings as well.10:15 - 10:25 - Opening remarks and society news10:25 - 10:50 - DNA Special Interest Group10:50 - 10:55 - Break10:55 - 11:00 - Door prize, recap society news 11:00 - 12:00 ...