Once you’ve finished enjoying the beautiful fall weather, looking at the colours of the leaves and raking them, and putting your garden to bed, you may want to check out the latest videos the Allen County Public Library’s Genealogy Center has posted on their YouTube channel.
During the past few days, the Genealogy Center, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has added eight videos of recent presentations, and one of them includes a handout under the presentation description. The length of the presentations varies from about 45 minutes to an hour.
Here are the latest genealogy videos:
Unlocking Your Roots DNA by Sara Allen
Join Senior Genealogy Librarian Sara Allen to learn how to use the autosomal DNA test ethnicity estimate and genetic matches to learn about family.
Listening to the Voices of Your Ancestors by Megan Reilly Koepsell
When it comes to genealogy and discovering details about the lives of our ancestors, we tend to chalk similar experiences up to coincidence and luck. But is that all it is? Or is it something more? Through a series of extraordinary experiences with ancestors visiting her in dreams and through heightened senses and feelings of inexplicable knowing, author Megan Reilly Koepsell came to realize that her ancestors were reaching out to her. In her presentation, Megan shares experiences featured in her book, Listening to the Voices of Our Ancestors: A Practical Manual for Developing Your Intuitive Genealogical Abilities. She also gives practical advice for helping to develop your own intuitive genealogical abilities to become aware of how your own ancestors might be working in your own research and life to help you keep their memories alive.
Look for the link to the handout below the presentation description on the YouTube channel.
Tips for Doing Reasonably Exhaustive Research by Curt Witcher
We hear a lot about the Genealogical Proof Standard, and have for years. However, do we really embrace it? The first of the five elements is to conduct reasonably exhaustive research. Do we really know what that means? Do we really embrace that? Learn how to get closer to conducting reasonably exhaustive research with some straightforward steps.
Are We (Really!) Fully Using Compilations by Curt Witcher
Explore how there may be much more to the online resources at the Internet Archive, HathiTrust, Google Books, and similar sites than we initially might think. With context being so important for family historians, learn how exploring not just the text block, index, or specific name references but also the notes, bibliographies, forwards, appendices, and prefatory matter may pay significant dividends.
Exploring My China Roots: A New Database for Researching Chinese Ancestors by Clotilde Yap
Join Clotilde Yap, Global Collections Manager at My China Roots, as she introduces key challenges in Chinese genealogy and what resources are available on My China Roots, a platform for Chinese family history research available at the Allen County Public Library. Designed for individuals who don’t read or write in Chinese, My China Roots features millions of historical records of Overseas Chinese communities from North America to Southeast Asia and the Caribbean, including jiapu (Chinese family tree books), exclusion records, directories, tombstones, and more. Participants will learn: How to find their Chinese surname; How to locate their ancestral home in China; How to search records of Chinese immigrant ancestors; and How to find their jiapu (Chinese family tree book).
How to Be a Good Ancestor by Karen Urbec
Karen Urbec explains how to preserve your personal archives for future generations. She reviews the preservation issues that most archivists must cope with, and identifies attainable strategies for a family historian to use to give their family records the best chance of long-term survival.
Family History Sprint: Q&A to Accelerate Your Brick Wall Research
Whether you’re just beginning or looking to overcome research hurdles, this Q&A will provide expert tips, answer your burning questions, and offer practical advice to enhance your family history research. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights, discover new resources, and set yourself up for a successful Family History Month!
The Power of Story Revisted — It Is a Big Deal by Curt Witcher
Discover again why finding, preserving, and telling our families’ stories is so important for both today and tomorrow.
