Tuesday Tidings

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 25 February

2 pm: Why use metadata for genealogy, by Art Taylor for OGS Sudbury District Branch.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/L78klIyrTWGPdYu3tIFeig

2 pm: Enhance your family tree accuracy with MyHeritage’s Timeline and Consistency Checker, by James Tanner for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/enhance-your-family-tree-accuracy-with-myheritages-timeline-and-consistency-checker/

2:30 pm:  Searching for the Smith’s, A Case Study, by Jessica Conklin for Allen Country Public Library Genealogy Center.
https://acpl.libnet.info/event/12680653

7 pm: City Streets to Rural Homesteads,
Tracing the Orphan Train Story, by Heather Bigwood for OGS Wellington County Branch.
https://wellington.ogs.on.ca/events/wellington-branch-the-orphan-trains/

Wednesday, 26 February

2 pm: Shootout at the Rhododendron Lodge: Reconstructing Life-Changing Events, by Judy Russell for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/shootout-at-the-rhododendron-lodge-reconstructing-life-changing-events/

Thursday 27 February

9 am: Trouvez vos ancêtres dans les recensements canadiens sur MyHeritage, par Kathleen Juneau Roy pour Legacy Family Tree Webinars
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/trouvez-vos-ancetres-dans-les-recensements-canadiens-sur-myheritage/

1:00 pm, BIFHSGO’s BHC Research Resources, by Sue Lambeth for OGS British Home Children SIG.
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/geItdYN-RU6HiS19_C3uRA

6:30 pm:  Tracing Lineages: Unearthing the Descendants of
UVA’s Builders, by Shelley Murphy for Allen Country Public Library Genealogy Center.
https://acpl.libnet.info/event/12680766

7 pm: One Team, Two Uncles, Three Victories, by Robert Yip for OGS Ottawa Branch.
https://ottawa.ogs.on.ca/events/ottawa-branch-presentation-details-tbd-2025-02-27/

Friday 28 February

12 pm: From Spit to Screen: The Journey of Your DNA Sample, by Paul Woodbury  for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/from-spit-to-screen-the-journey-of-your-dna-sample/

2 pm: Streamlining Genealogical Research Plans with AI: A Step-by-Step Guide, by Diana Elder for Legacy Family Tree Webinars (MEMBERS ONLY)
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/streamlining-genealogical-research-plans-with-ai-a-step-by-step-guide/

Saturday 1 March

FamilySearch Full Test Search

The video below is a particularly clear presentation. It also went along well with the presentation by Jane MacNamara on Monday evening for OGS Toronto Branch on the same topic, and with an extended discussion on following on with related Ontario records.

Progress on LAC scanning out of copyright books

On 20 February, Library and Archives Canada posted The plan to scan: digitizing out-of-copyright publications.

One year ago, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) embarked on a project with Internet Archive Canada (IAC) to digitize up to 80,000 out-of-copyright publications from 1322 to 1920. LAC reports over 10,847 books have been digitized, generating more than 2.5 million images. The project is set to conclude this spring, with all digitized materials, up to 80,000 publications, freely accessible online.  None of the three publications mentioned in the press release are presently linked through the LAC catalog. More patience is needed. Perhaps LAC plans to release the whole collection at once at a date yet to be announced.

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