Texas Genealogy Events Calendar
To submit an item for the calendar email calendar@txsgs.org
The following genealogical events are currently scheduled. This calendar includes Partner Societies that are offering one-day or multiple-day workshops and seminars, as well as national and international conferences. It does not include monthly meetings.
Check each Partner Society’s listing or website for their regular meeting information.
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Leaping the Pond: Online Research in Great Britain
October 22, 2022
Fall Seminar with Paul Milner
Leaping the Pond: Online Research in Great Britain
- Are you Lost? Using Maps, Gazetteers and Directories for British Research – Brief Summary: Learn what maps, gazetteers and directories are available for researching your ancestors in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Learn from examples how to make good use of these tools to find where your ancestors are, what they did, when, where, and why they may have moved.
- Effective Use of England’s National Archives Website – Brief Summary: Learn how to effectively use the research tools, indexes and catalogs on this large website to find your ancestors and to put them into their correct historical context.
- Effective Use of GENUKI: England’s Largest Free Genealogy website – Brief Summary: Learn how to effectively use the largest free website for British Isles research. Understand how the site is organized and to find it’s many resources tools on the site. Plus see how to find its gems for specific local research.
- Using FindMyPast for British Isles Research – Brief Summary: FindMyPast is the premiere commercial genealogical website for British Isles research. Learn what is on the site, and the navigational options to find what you need. Identify the free instructional materials that are available to you, with case studies. Learn what is unique here, and what may be found on other sites.