Date: Monday, June 5, 2023 – 11am
Library of Congress
Speaker: Librarian Sheree Budge
Discussion: This Gen Chat will be an orientation of the Library of Congress website and some of the ways that it can be utilized in genealogical resources. Sheree will be doing an overview of the site and will be taking questions about some of the available resources. The Library of Congress website is one of the largest library collections and preservation sites of genealogical documentation, including immigration, land deeds, books, music, and so much more.
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Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 – 11am
WikiTree
Speaker: Eowyn Walker
Discussion: Eowyn will be educating us on how WikiTree got its start, and give us an orientation of how to become familiar with the program. We will learn how to navigate the search options and some of the best practices that Eowyn has found helpful in her work with WikiTree.
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Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 – 11am
Access Genealogy Website
Speaker: Pastfinders Lisa Yeager
Discussion: Lisa will be walking us through the Access Free Genealogy website. There is a huge collection of resources that is easily searched on this site. We will be talking about how best to utilize the search function to navigate the thousands of pages of documentation and how to save it as a source in your research. The Access Genealogy site is an underrated wealth of free knowledge of digitized books and localized documents.
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Date: Thursday, June 29, 2023 – 11am
GedMatch
Speaker: Swathi Kumar
Discussion: This will be an overview of Gedmatch and how to utilize the website along with some of the best practices of research on the site.
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Registration Link same for all sessions : https://form.jotform.com/PastfindersSLC/summer-genchat
