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6/26/2021 Learn How to Find Descendants in Your Family Tree at the UGA Summit of ExcellenceRead Now Summit of Excellence 2021 | Finding Descendants in Your Family Tree | Diane Henriks
Do you need to break down some brick walls in your research? Would you like to find relatives you never knew about, locate living relatives for DNA testing, find or return family heirlooms, find out more about your medical genealogy, find living relatives to an unclaimed estate, and more? Come learn how to find descendants in your family tree! UGA’s 50th Summit of Excellence is coming up in September, and I’ll be presenting “Finding Descendants in Your Family Tree”! The Summit of Excellence is the Utah Genealogical Association’s annual virtual conference that provides premier genealogical education. Register for UGA’s 50th Summit of Excellence and come hear “Finding Descendants in Your Family Tree”, under their methodology track! Distinguished genealogical speakers will be giving presentations on a wide range of topics given over a four-day event, from September 15-18, 2021. On Wednesday, September 15th, they will have a "Getting Started Day". This day is FREE, and will be on beginning genealogy; it will include such topics as introduction to record types, beginning research methods, tools for online research, and more. Thursday, September 16th will include methodology, general records, and regional/ethnic specialties. On Friday, September 17th, there will be presentations on DNA, legal records, regional/ethnic specialties, and professional topics. Saturday, September 18th, topics will include technology, military records, and regional/ethnic specialties. The best thing about a virtual conference is that you can still attend sessions that you’ve missed, and you will have access to the digital recordings of the sessions for several months after! Registration began April 24th, and ends on September 4th; you won’t want to miss out! View the schedule here to see all the premier genealogical presentations being offered this year!: Summit of Excellence 2021 Conference Schedule There will be speakers from Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Brigham Young University, the Board for Certification of Genealogists, the Family History Library, and more! View the list of renowned speakers and read their bios here!: Summit of Excellence 2021 Presenters Learn about more fantastic genealogy events, classes and presentations in Genealogy Events. P.S... My older site theme does not support the "Leave a Reply" field labels; if you'd like to leave a comment on a blog, the fields are : Name, Email, Site (if you'd like), and Comment, the standard fields 😉
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 Are you having a hard time searching for an ancestor, and have hit a brick wall? Have you ever considered your ancestor having a hidden identity? Follow my journey on a brick wall case I had in my family tree, years ago, for some research tips and methods I used!
Years ago, the first year I started my genealogy research, I was given a hand drawn family tree chart by my father; that's what got me started on the genealogy craze!😉In the hand drawn family tree chart, my grandmother's father was listed with the name Frank Smith. How common is that name!? I didn't know where to start with him. Because I knew where they lived at the time, I was able to find my first record. The first record I had found was the 1930 Census, in which the entire family was shown; after finding that record, the rest was like finding a needle in a haystack with that name! When I told my father that I was interested in finding out more about Frank Smith, he gave me a few records he and my uncle had gathered when they were interested teenagers. These were now the only records I had to go by; a copy of Frank Smith’s death certificate, some miscellaneous letters to the government, and now the 1930 Census. Each of these documents showed his name as Frank Smith. I was able to locate his 1900 Census, which was just him at the time, stationed in the Philippines during his military service. The only reason why I was able to ascertain that it was the correct census, with such a common name, was because it showed where he was born, his month and year of birth, not to mention it was where he was stationed during his time in the service. There were also MANY Frank Smiths stationed in the Philippines at that time, which is why I also searched specifically for a Frank Smith born in Wiesbaden (he was extremely proud of that fact, so it was an IMPORTANT search clue), and used the keyword “Carpenter” in my search, as that was his occupation (this was another fact that he was also very proud of, so it was also an IMPORTANT search clue). Other than the 1900 census, the 1930 census, the copies of the death record and the few governmental letters that were given to me, I could not find any other information on him. I hit a major brick wall! Stay tuned for part 2, you won’t want to miss it; this gets crazy! 😉 Follow my other posts on Genealogy Brick Wall: The Case of an Ancestor's Hidden Identity below, and find more brick wall research tips under the Genealogy Brick Wall Cases category : Genealogy Brick Wall the Case of an Ancestors Hidden Identity- Part 2: Here Genealogy Brick Wall the Case of an Ancestors Hidden Identity- Part 3: Here Genealogy Brick Wall the Case of an Ancestors Hidden Identity- Part 4: Here P.S... My older site theme does not support the "Leave a Reply" field labels; if you'd like to leave a comment on a blog, the fields are : Name, Email, Site (if you'd like), and Comment, the standard fields 😉 This post is a participant in the 6th Annual Genealogy Blog Party! ←Back to Genealogy Research Tips Page  Genealogy Jamboree 2021 | Publishing Your Family History | Diane Henriks |
Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family The live portion of Jamboree 2021 has come to an end, but all the 70 sessions of Genetic Genealogy and Genealogy Jamboree are available in the recorded library until Oct.10, 2021! You can choose your sessions (depending on your registration), and have until Oct. 10th to watch them, or watch any of the ones you’ve already watched, again! You can still register for the 70 Jamboree sessions! Register here Congratulations to all the winners of the 2 Hours of FREE Research with Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family, and all the winners of the fantastic prizes drawn from all the vendors in the Jamboree 2021 Exhibit Hall, such as Ancestry.com, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeMaker, FamilyTreeDNA, the Southern California Genealogical Society and more! I used a spinner wheel to choose my winners out of the almost 100 entries for my prize, and of course as the days went by, and there were more entries, it made it more difficult to win. 😉 Congrats to... 6/4/21- Sharon Hall 6/5/21- Debra Geesner 6/6/21- Pamela Pressney 6/7/21- Cyndi Davis 6/8/21- Ramona Roller 6/9/21- Sara Martin 6/10/21- Lynnette Bates 6/11/21- Stephanie Liss 6/12/21- Linda Campbell 6/13/21- Sue Fitzpatrick This was such fun, that I have decided to offer this prize again! Stay tuned to my blog, to see when I’ll be offering this prize, so you can enter for a chance to win! Follow Genealogy Jamboree and learn about more fantastic genealogy events, classes and presentations in Genealogy Events. Check out the Family History and Genealogy Services offered by Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family to see what you've won: Here 6/4/2021 Jamboree 2021 Daily Prize Winners of 2 Hours FREE Family History and Genealogy Research!Read Now
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Jamboree 2021 started today (6/4/21), with Genetic Genealogy! Genetic Genealogy will continue tomorrow (6/5/21), followed by JamboFREE classes on Monday (6/7/21) and Wednesday (6/9/21), then Genealogy Jamboree next Friday and Saturday! The Virtual Exhibit Hall opened this morning, and will continue till next Sunday the 13th! Stop by my booth to get a special offer, or enter the daily prize drawing for 2 hours of FREE family history and genealogy research with Diane Henriks at Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family! I will be adding the name of a new winner each day, to this blog post, who put in an entry for my prize through the Jamboree Exhibit Hall, until June 13th! There is also still time to register for the conference at https://genealogyjamboree.com! Check back each day to see the new winner for the day! Congrats to... 6/4/21- Sharon Hall 6/5/21- Debra Geesner 6/6/21- Pamela Pressney 6/7/21- Cyndi Davis 6/8/21- Ramona Roller 6/9/21- Sara Martin 6/10/21- Lynnette Bates 6/11/21- Stephanie Liss 6/12/21- Linda Campbell 6/13/21- Sue Fitzpatrick Follow Genealogy Jamboree and learn about more fantastic genealogy events, classes and presentations in Genealogy Events. Check out the Family History and Genealogy Services offered by Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family to see what you've won: Here |
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