American genealogist Debra Dudek will deliver in August two free webinars about genealogical research in the United Kingdom and Ireland, each with a different topic.
This week, on Thursday, August 2, the Ontario Genealogical Society will present Ms. Dudek’s webinar, Crime, Prison, and Punishment: Researching UK Criminal and Prisoner Records Online. It will begin at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Whether by choice or circumstance, some of your ancestors may have found themselves on the wrong side of the law. The vast array of criminal and prison records available online and at the National Archives in Kew can offer researchers a great deal of information for their ancestors in a pre-census world.
You must register to watch the live OGS webinar. It will be recorded and available for OGS members afterward.
Later in August, Ms. Dudek will deliver the webinar, Discovering your UK/Irish Roots Online: Websites and Resources for English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish Ancestry. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, August 22, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time.
There is no such thing as “one stop genealogy shopping!” This webinar will lead you through the resources and search techniques for the three big UK and Irish databases: FindMyPast, ScotlandsPeople and RootsIreland. Learn what’s new on these databases, how you can apply them to your research and how privacy and information rights impact your quest for records.
You must register to watch the live GGS webinar. The recording will be available for GGS members.
Ms. Dudek is head of Adult and Teen Services at the Fountaindale Public Library District in Bolingbrook, Illinois. She specializes in British genealogy and technology topics and is currently pursuing a second masters degree in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
