During the past ten days, the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana has added several more videos to its YouTube channel.
Most of the presentations have a handout. To find the handout, click on the links below, and then look at the end of the video description to see if a link to a handout is available.
Explore the Research Indiana Index by Vicki Casteel
Learn about the new updates to the Research Indiana Index, formally known as the Indiana Digital Archives. Vicki Casteel of the Indiana State Archives and Records Administration demonstrates the new search features and many new tables added to the Research Indiana Index. Volunteers have been working hard to increase accessibility to our collections, building new indexes to help you locate your Hoosier Ancestors.
Wait, What? You Want to Know My Story? by Curt Witcher
How Telling One’s Own Story Can Get Other Family Members Interested in Their History. Hear how interest in you, your life experiences, and your thoughts and musings, can generate unexpected and welcome interest from other family members.
Meet the Genealogy Center Online Portal Version 2 by Melissa Tennant
Join Melissa Tennant for Part 2 of the virtual tour of the recent updates to the Genealogy Center website and discover navigation techniques that will have you discovering your family.
Who, What, Where, When, How to Look at Your Photographs: Analyze, Organize, and Preserve by Kay Spears
You know that box of photographs you’ve been meaning to get to, but it just seems so overwhelming? Well, join us as we sort through some tips, hints, and clues on how to identify, organize, and preserve those family photographs.
Legalese for Genealogists by David Singleton
Are you stumped on where to look for a birth certificate or divorce record? Are you confused by all of the legal jargon in your ancestor’s will? This presentation may help solve these mysteries. Attorney David Singleton presents on many common legal terms with simple explanations and examples of where you might find them. He also answers questions you may have on archaic legal terms you have discovered in your ancestors’ documents. Note that no legal advice is given during this talk. The purpose of this presentation is solely to provide a general understanding of legal terms.
Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors by John Beatty
This class is designed for the intermediate researcher and focuses on resources and techniques for researching Ulster Scots and Protestants in Irish records. It examines books and websites and will discuss the challenges of locating Irish records from the eighteenth century, when many Ulster Scots immigrated to America. Many record examples are shown and explained.
City Directories: More than Basic Facts by Melissa Tennant
City directories provide more than just a name and address for a particular year. Discover the stories held within these volumes.
Lifting the Curtain on East European Family History Research by Joseph B. Everett
Learn how to approach eastern European research, what strategies should be used, and how to locate records to advance your family history pursuits.
Using the Genealogical Proof Standard and DNA as Power Tools and Problem Solvers by John Beatty
Genealogists facing brick walls in their research often neglect to use or fully understand some of the power tools at their disposal. This talk explores, through case studies, how to use the methodology of the Genealogical Proof Standard and the intricacies of DNA to solve genealogical problems. The researcher discusses how to get the most from the evidence you uncover and make it work for your own research.
I Seek Dead People: Using America’s GenealogyBank to Find Obituaries and More! by Allison DePrey Singleton
America’s GenealogyBank is one of the twenty-four on-site databases at the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. It contains database collections of Historical Newspapers (1690-1922), Historical Books (1749-1900), Historical Documents (1789-1994), and America’s Obituaries (1977-current). The obituary components of this resource make it a particularly valuable tool for genealogy research.
