This Week’s Online Genealogy Events
Choose from selected free online events today. All times are ET except as noted. Assume registration in advance is required; check so you’re not disappointed. Find out about a few more, mainly US events, at Conference Keeper.
Tuesday 11 February
2 pm: Norwegians in the New World: Tracing Norwegian Immigrants in the American Midwest, by Phoebe Cooper for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/norwegians-in-the-new-world-tracing-norwegian-immigrants-in-the-american-midwest/
2:30 pm: Give Your Past a Future – An Introduction to WeAre.xyz, by Simon Davies for Allen Country Public Library Genealogy Center.
https://acpl.libnet.info/event/12687468
6:30 pm: What’s New at MyHeritage, by Daniel Horowitz for OGS Lambton County Branch.
https://lambton.ogs.on.ca/events/lambton-branch-zoom-meeting-whats-new-at-myheritage/
7 pm: Mapping Early Black Settlement in Amherstburg and Colchester Township, by Karleigh Kochaniec for OGS Essex Branch.
https://essex.ogs.on.ca/meetings/essex-county-branch-october-webinar-photo-preservation-and-storage/
Wednesday, 12 February
2 pm: Finding Your Elusive Female Ancestors in Local Archives, by Melissa Barker for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/finding-your-elusive-female-ancestors-in-local-archives/
7 pm: Black History in Ottawa Streets, by Jean-Marie Guerrier for the Ottawa Historical Society,
https://www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca/activities/events/eventdetail/156/16,17,18,19,20,21,22/black-history-in-ottawa-streets
7:30 pm: Celebrating Black History Month, by members of the Lakeshore Genealogical Society.
Registration at: LGSregister@gmail.com
Thursday 13 February
6:30 pm: The Genealogy Proof Standard in Action: Finding the Parents and Siblings of a Civil War Ancestor, by Lindsey Harne for Allen Country Public Library Genealogy Center.
https://acpl.libnet.info/event/12680543
Friday 14 February
12 noon: Creating Children’s Stories from Ancestral Lives, by Michael John Neill for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/creating-childrens-stories-from-ancestral-lives/
2 pm: Introducing 10 Million Names, by Cynthia Evans for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/introducing-10-million-names/
Saturday 15 February
10 am: “Exciting Cause: An Investigation into Women Confined in the 1890s to the Kingston Asylum for the Insane (Rockwood), Kingston, Ontario.”, by Laurie Fyffe for OGS Kingston Branch.
https://kingston.ogs.on.ca/
11 am: Canada and the Great War, by Glenn Wright for the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History.
https://isbgfh.com/event/winter-webinar-glenn-wright/
MyHeritage Launches MyStories
MyStories is “a new global service that enables people to capture their personal stories in a beautiful printed book.”
New on Ancestry: Kensington and Chelsea, UK, World War II Related Records, 1939-1956
These 7,384 records contain information about air raid precautions, bomb damage, refugees and war relief, welfare work and relief, and rolls of honour. They include employee cards, applications for military medals, London Gazette articles, death and burial registers, refugee lists, and lists of air raid wardens and messengers.