Deeper Dive into Ancestry.com®: Mastering Your Family History Research
Unlock the full potential of Ancestry.com® in this 2-hour hands-on workshop designed for both beginners and intermediate genealogists. An Ancestry.com® subscription is helpful but not required. Through guided instruction and practical exercises, you'll develop essential skills to efficiently navigate its vast catalog of historical records - including census data, military documents, and immigration files - while learning techniques for downloading and managing your findings. Discover the differences between Ancestry.com and AncestryLibrary, plus gain valuable insights into complementary resources like FamilySearch Wiki. Bring your laptop or tablet and prepare to dive deep into your family's past!
Sun, Sep. 28, 2:00 – 4:00 pm #254016
Instructor: Carla Zimowsk
Location: Township Building
Fee: R $45/NR $55
Organizing Your Digital Genealogy Files
It’s an exciting time in genealogy with technology bringing so much to our fingertips. Yet things can become overwhelming and messy in this digital realm. Can’t find that family picture that you captured with your smartphone or scanned and transferred to your hard drive? An archivist might tell you, “You don’t own it if you can’t find it!” This technology class will explore strategies for staying organized in the digital realm including file naming best practices, file tagging for searchability, backups, storage, and research management! The only prerequisite for this course is to have a working device, a network connection, and a comfort in navigating your own computer. We will explore both free and paid resources to keep you organized.
Sun, Oct. 5, 2:00 – 3:30 pm #254017
Instructor: Carla Zimowsk
Location: Virtual
Fee: R $45/NR $55
Bundled Fee w/ Digitizing: R $70/NR $85
Digitizing Your Genealogy Archives
Hoping to digitize old family photos or documents but don’t know where to begin? Visiting relatives who have valuable family archives but not sure what digitizing equipment to bring along? This hands-on technology class will explore image capturing tools (hardware and software) and best practices as well as basic image editing options. A great companion class to Organizing Your Digital Genealogy Files! Bring your own laptop, tablet, and/or smartphone!
Sun, Oct. 19, 2:00 – 3:30 pm #254018
Instructor: Carla Zimowsk
Location: Township Building
Fee: R $45/NR $55
Bundled Fee w/ Organizing: R $70/NR $85