GENEALOGY
AT
CARL
SANDBURG COLLEGE
Galesburg,
Illinois
March
and April 2010
Presentations
made by Michael John Neill
Columnist for Casefile Clues, & nationally known genealogy researcher and
author
Michael’s website’s www.rootdig.com and www.casefileclues.com
USING ANCESTRY.COM --26 March 2010
LEI
C37 601 Cost:
$35
Ancestry.com
provides online access to a wide variety of United States genealogical information,
including census records, passenger lists, published books, military indexes,
and much, much
more. Attendees will have complete access to the Ancestry.com site for the
duration of our workshop and our morning will provide an overview of what is on
the Ancestry site and the afternoon will discuss effective search techniques,
organizing your online search and determining what offline records complement
what is found on Ancestry.com. Limited to 20 students.
Friday, meets 03/26/10 only, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Room B026
USING FAMILYSEARCH.ORG—27 March
2010
LEI
C53 600 Cost:
$35
This
day-long session will focus on what databases are on the Mormon genealogy
website, FamilySearch.org., including online images that census records; Cook
County, Illinois, records; some state census records, and more. Sessions will provide
an overview of the main databases on the site, how to search those databases,
using the site to prepare for a trip, and interacting with other researchers
via the site. Limited to 20 students.
Saturday, meets 03/27/10 only, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Room B026
FAMILY TREE MAKER 2010—4&9
April 2010
LEI
C44 600 Cost:
$70
Many
changes were made to this program when FTM 2010 was released. This two-day set
of sessions will discuss those changes and also include discussion on data
entry, reports, publishing, data correction, online searches, using FTM to manage
your research, using FTM to manage your sources, customizing FTM, and more as
time allows. Attendees are encouraged to send specific questions to mneill@sandburg.edu before the workshop for possible inclusion into class
discussion. Limited to 20 students.
Friday & Saturday, meets 04/09/10 and 04/10/10,
9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Room B026
MORE PROBLEM
SOLVING—16 April 2010
LEI
C30 600 Cost:
$35
This
half-day session will look at several of Michael’s problems and discuss
strategies for attempting to solve them. Areas and time periods covered
include:
•
German natives to Illinois 19th century
•
Irish natives to Illinois 19th century
•
Locating a 1913 birth in Chicago
•
Establishing a ca. 1800 birth in Kentucky
•
More as time allows
Techniques
and methodology are applicable beyond these time period and locations. Focus
will be on sound genealogy methods and citation. Limited to
20 students.
Friday, meets 04/16/10 only, 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m..,Room B026
SEARCHING FREE ONLINE SCANNED BOOKS—30
April 2010
LEI
C53 601
Cost: $35
This
day-long session will focus on searching and locating scanned historical books
at books.google.com, the Brigham Young University Library, and Archive.org.
These three sites
together
have free scanned images of thousands of county histories, family histories and
other historical materials. Users can perform full-text searches of these sites
in an attempt to locate historical and genealogical information and download
complete scans of the book. One can easily spend days searching these sites. Limited to 20 students.
Friday, meets 04/30/10 only, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Room B026
Registration?
By
phone: call Linda in Community Ed at 309- 345-3501
By
mail: Email Michael John Neill at mneill@sandburg.edu and you will be sent a PDF version
of the registration form.
Galesburg
is easily accessible by Interstate and there are ample lodging facilities
within a mile of the college. Questions about location, facilities, etc. can be
sent to Michael at mneill@sandburg.edu