Webinar
Negative Evidence: Making Something Out of Nothing
OnlineWhen is not finding a record nothing, and when does it signify something? Information that is not where you expect it to be may yi [...]
Ancestors’ Religions in the U.S.
OnlineReligious records are essential in genealogy research. Do you know all ancestors’ religions? Review the Protestant Reformation and [...]
Finding Fayette’s Father: Autosomal DNA Reveals Misattributed Parentage
OnlineTraditional documentation clearly identified Fayette's father without conflict. However, the DNA results of Fayette's descendants [...]
Abstracting Documents: An Essential Skill for All Genealogists
OnlineEvery document that is used during genealogical research must be thoroughly and accurately analyzed. Abstracting is a fundamental [...]
Misled by Records: Identifying Adam Cosner’s Parentage
OnlinePennsylvania and Ohio records, correlated with those of a German immigrant who died in Virginia revealed Adam Cosner's parents. Pr [...]
Their Mark Here: Signatures and Marks as Identifying Tools
OnlineMarks and signatures can be highly effective tools when researchers are attempting to untangle the identities of our forebears. Bu [...]
French Emigrants: They Were Not All Huguenots, or Nobles, or From Alsace-Lorraine
OnlineOne of the great difficulties for people researching their French immigrant ancestors' roots is that so little is known outside of [...]
Document Analysis: Digging into Details
OnlineAnalyzing documents for reliability, context, and information can help solve challenging research problems. Genealogists mine docu [...]
The Bengali and English Ancestry of Thomas Chapman: A Case Study with DNA
OnlineWe often talk about historical context like a side dish: it adds color and life to our narratives and deepens the analysis in our [...]
Uncovering Immigrant Origins Through Cluster Research
OnlineDescendants of an early Ohio family had no idea of their origins. Following an associated family brought success, even after wadin [...]
Urban Mapping Tools
OnlineThis presentation will suggest strategies to correlate large amounts of information often developed in urban research, with a sign [...]
Name Changes and the Law
OnlineNames weren’t changed at Ellis Island, but in courts, legislatures and elsewhere both formally and officially — and on the fly. As [...]