20 November 2014

FREE Webinar - Sat. 06 Dec - Billie Fogarty - Bundling, Banns, and Bonds: Love & Marriage in Early America

Please join us for a free webinar for genealogists sponsored by the Southern California Genealogical Society. This presentation is Billie Fogarty speaking on  "Bundling, Banns, and Bonds: Love & Marriage in Early America"



Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/432875208
6:00 p.m. Pacific time

A peek at some of the courtship and wedding customs of our ancestors may bring a blush or a giggle!

Billie Stone Fogarty, M.Ed., is a full time professional genealogist, conducting research for others since 1998. Her efforts to equip herself for this endeavor have included attending NGS and FGS national conferences and a multitude of state conferences and classes.

The initial webcast of each session is offered to the public free of charge. Webinars are archived and available only to SCGS members as a benefit of membership in the society. The webinar archive can be found at http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/webinar/archive-index.html. Webinars are available about a week after the session closes.

The list of upcoming webinars can be found at http://scgsgenealogy.com/webinar/jes-index.html

In addition to 24/7 access to the webinar archive, SCGS members enjoy a number of other benefits, including free from-home access to World Vital Records. Learn about all these benefits at http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/membership/benefit-memb.html. You'll also find membership information in the handout.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Please join us, and please invite your friends, relatives and fellow genealogical society members!

16 November 2014

REMINDER: FREE Webinar - Weds 19 Nov - Tim Pinnick - The WWI Draft Card: Don't Do Research Without It!

Join us for a Webinar on November 19
Tim Pinnick - "The WWI Draft Card: Don't Do Research Without It!"
6:00 p.m. Pacific Time




Please join us for this FREE webinar sponsored by the Southern California Genealogical Society.

World War I draft registration cards contain valuable imbedded pieces of information that can become leads in solving some genealogical roadblocks for researchers.

A national lecturer with more than 27 years overall research experience including all the major U.S. repositories, Tim Pinnick is author of "Finding and Using African American Newspapers" released May, 2008. He is a former board member of APG and FGS and instructor in the African American track at the summer Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research.


A goal of the Southern California Genealogical Society is to provide educational opportunities to genealogists and family history enthusiasts everywhere. The Jamboree Extension Webinar Series helps provide those opportunities.


The initial webcast of each session is offered to the public free of charge. Webinars are archived and available only to SCGS members as a benefit of membership in the society. The webinar archive can be found at http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/webinar/archive-index.html. Webinars are available about a week after the session closes.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

UPCOMING WEBINARS
The list of upcoming webinars can be found at http://scgsgenealogy.com/webinar/jes-index.html

MEMBER BENEFITS
In addition to 24/7 access to the webinar archive, SCGS members enjoy a number of other benefits, including free from-home access to World Vital Records. Learn about all these benefits at http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/membership/benefit-memb.html. You'll also find membership information in the handout.

05 November 2014

REMINDER: FREE Webinar - Sat. 08 Nov - Pamela Weisberger - Historical Newspaper Research for Genealogists


 

Please join us for this FREE webinar sponsored by the Southern California Genealogical Society.

Pamela Weisberger 
Historical Newspaper Research for Genealogists
Saturday, 08 November
(Date changed from November 1)
10:00 a.m. Pacific time
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:

Be astonished by the appearances your ancestors make in old newspapers and journals. Learn how to follow the “paper trail” to mine this under-utilized digital resource covering births, obits, court records and wills.

Pamela Weisberger is the program chair for the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles, president and research coordinator for Gesher Galicia, and was a co-chair for the 2010 International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. She is a professional genealogist and international speaker, with a specialty in historical newspaper research. She created the Galician Archival Records Project and has researched extensively in Eastern European archives.

The initial webcast of each session is offered to the public free of charge. Webinars are archived and available only to SCGS members as a benefit of membership in the society. The webinar archive can be found at http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/webinar/archive-index.html. Webinars are available about a week after the session closes. In addition to 24/7 access to the webinar archive, SCGS members enjoy a number of other benefits, including free from-home access to World Vital Records. Learn about all these benefits at http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/membership/benefit-memb.html. You'll also find membership information in the handout.


The list of upcoming webinars can be found at http://scgsgenealogy.com/webinar/jes-index.html