Access to these individual packages ended June 30, 2020. Thanks to everyone who participated in TxSGS’s first webinar series program. Stay tuned for information about upcoming TxSGS virtual events and other activities.
TxSGS is bringing the 2019 Family History Conference experience to the comfort of your home!
- Would you like to learn new genealogy research techniques from nationally-recognized speakers?
- Did you miss some presentations at the recent TxSGS Family History Conference?
- Did you attend the conference and see a lecture you’d like to hear again?
Choose either a Virtual Pass Package 1 (Lecture Series A) or Virtual Pass Package 2 (Lecture Series B) and enjoy access to presentations by five well-known speakers from the 2019 TxSGS Family History Conference. Selecting one of these packages allows you to rent access to these videos for six (6) months from the date of purchase.
The following packages are for individual use only and are not to be accessed during a gathering or Partner Society meeting. See the Webinar Series Partner Society Program for information about streaming options for Partner Societies.
Pricing: $49.95 for each package
To order, click the appropriate button below.
For those who attended the 2019 TxSGS Family History Conference, we are pleased to offer a “Conference Special” on these packages for a limited time. Details about this special offer have been emailed to those who attended the conference in Houston. Contact registrar@txsgs.org if you did not receive this email. The Conference Special offer expires October 31.
Virtual Pass Package 1 (Lecture Series A)
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| Research Treasures in the W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration) | Sharon Gillins |
| Whether researching an ancestor or looking for historical context in the 30s to 40s, there’s something of interest in the W.P.A. records. This lecture introduces the structure and major projects of the W.P.A. including how to use finding aids to locate information to support research goals. | |
| Read ‘Em or Weep: Promise and Pitfalls in Newspaper OCR | Mary Roddy |
| Learn where to find free and pay newspaper sites online. Understand how to put OCR mistakes to work for you to increase search results. Discover a method to make sure you do thorough searching in every newspaper every time. | |
| Advanced Y-DNA Tools and Analysis | Gale French |
| This class will allow you to delve into your Y-DNA details and know how it affects your genealogy. Y-DNA STR and SNP testing is the process of getting your Y-Chromosome results for comparison with other testers. Tests such as the BigY700 and others provide advanced ways of analyzing your Y-DNA. | |
| Using Digital Libraries: Search Strategies for Family Historians | Elizabeth O’Neal |
| Looking for books about your family history? You may be able to find them without leaving the comfort of your home! Millions of books have already been digitized and are free to use as well as download to your personal library. Learn where to find the best digital book collections, how to strategically search them, and how to save your finds to your computer or cloud storage for later reference. | |
| Way Up Yonder in the Indian Nations: Oklahoma Native American Basic Research in the Five Tribes | Nancy Calhoun |
| Learn the basics of researching Oklahoma’s Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes. The introduction will demonstrate how to explore the Dawes Roll and the resulting documents including census cards, packets, applications for allotment, and allotment maps, followed by a look at many other resources for researching members of these tribes. Most examples will be from Cherokee records. |
Virtual Pass Package 2 (Lecture Series B)
Virtual Pass 2 (Lecture Series B)
| Roman Catholics, Record, and Rites of Passage | Lisa Toth Salinas |
| Each life has rites of passage, ceremonies through which an individual passes before moving on to the next stage in life. Important events within the lives of Catholic ancestors are recorded within sacramental records, and clues to their important milestones and to their life stories can be found within these and other key records of the Church. | |
| Organizing Your Genealogy While Downsizing and Planning for Your Retirement | Devon Noel Lee |
| Are you drowning in so much research that you’re wasting time and not climbing your family tree? Are you concerned that no one will want your research when you’re finished with it? Learn how to organize your research with an eye toward efficiency and preserving for the future. | |
| From Microfilm to Hyperspace: Billions of Family Records at Your Fingertips | Andrew Lee |
| While indexes help us access records on genealogy websites, there are lots of genealogically valuable records that are not searchable. The Family History Library has digitized hundreds of thousands of microfilms. Most of these images are available for online browsing. Learn how to find and browse these records on FamilySearch. | |
| Birds of a Feather – Y-DNA Research and Group Projects | Janine Cloud |
| Y chromosomal DNA passes only from father to son, but while the path of inheritance is simple, choosing which Y test to take can be confusing, and using the results once you have them can be even more confusing. Group projects can help alleviate some of that confusion as well as help focus research through comparison with other testers beyond simple one-to-one matching. | |
| Orphans, Infants, and Minors: Genealogy Nuggets, and Pitfalls in Guardianship Records | Melissa Corn Finlay |
| What happened when an ancestor died and his heirs could not legally manage their inheritance? A guardian was appointed. But, don’t be confused or led astray by the terms used in these records such as orphan, infant, and minor! Learn more about guardianship records, the legal terms used, and the genealogy nuggets that can be found in this unique group of records. |