Category: Meeting Archives

February 2: Broad Context; How to Find it and Use it! presented by Jill Morelli
By understanding the broad context of our geographic area and the era we can interpret the evidence more accurately and thereby understand the decision-making of our ancestors more clearly. We sometimes view context as just the historical events that affected our ancestor. We will broaden that definition and explain the difference between it and social history. Examples clarify meaning and illustrate how this is a project long process and not effort applied at the end.

Bite-size: Guild of One-Name Studies (GOONS), with KDGS member, Marlene Crane

January 5: Prison & Court Records  – this recording is no longer available – see below for the Bite-Size presentation
Prison and court records can tell you a lot about your ancestors and their lives. Whether documenting legal battles or criminal activity these records will provide a wide variety of color and detail. We will look at records on everything from petty theft to illegal poaching to declaring someone’s husband dead. The scope includes Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and North America.
Bite-size: Don Rampone presenting Weird and Wonderful Obituaries

November 3: Every Source Matters: Using a variety of clues to find distant family members, presenter Dave Obee

We are sorry but the above video is no longer available.

Bite-size: My Mom: World War II Veteran, with KDGS member, Claire Smith-Burns

https://youtu.be/tXwGZD7h9OU?start=13

Creating an Ancestor Sketch presented by Thomas MacEntee
Face it: most genealogists never get around to publishing that family history book based on their genealogy research. How about a different approach: producing short 3-5 page “sketches” about an ancestor? You’ll learn how to include a cover, photos, facts, family stories, source citations and more! And guess what, once you get a few of these ancestor sketches done, you can compile them together for one big book!

Thomas MacEntee is a Baby Boomer guy with a love of punk rock music but also art history who somehow “fell” into the technology industry almost 40 years ago, and then left a lucrative IT career to pursue his love of family history and genealogy. Technology and historical research are opposites, but “tech people” like Thomas are needed to guide today’s genealogists through the maze of options so they can deploy the best apps and devices to break down research brick walls. Thomas MacEntee: author, educator, advocate, entrepreneur, and that “genealogy guy” who helps you accomplish your family history goals.

Taking Advantage of Google Translate on Foreign Language Databases for Better Results, with Vera Ivanova Miller – recording no longer available
 
Bite-size: Searching the KDGS Central Okanagan Obituary Database, with KDGS member, Xenia Stanford