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Genealogy Workshops Filling Rapidly
For the fifth year in a row, the Library-Archives Division is offering workshops for people interested in their families' history. Classes are geared to all levels of experience and offer something for everyone, from beginners to veterans. More than 400 genealogists have taken the workshops since 2003, and many people return each spring and fall. Some like to sit back and hear traditional lectures while others roll up their sleeves to try hands-on activities in the computer lab.
This spring's workshops are already filling up, and space is limited. To avoid being disappointed, follow the links below and register online today. All classes meet on Saturday mornings at Memorial Library on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus (across Library Mall from the Society's headquarters):
- March 1: Ancestry.com Library Edition (this class is now full). Should you subscribe to genealogy's most popular online service or not? What, exactly, does it do? Microforms librarian Lori Bessler will show the ins and outs of Ancestry.com and answer your questions.
- March 8: Genealogical Digital Books and Documents Online. Not just indexes, but scans of actual documents and rare books are appearing on the Internet every week. Reference archivist Dee Grimsrud will show you the most useful free digital collections.
- March 18: Swedish Genealogy: Tracing Your Swedish Heritage Using the Swedish Church Books. Kathy Meade and Peter Wallenskog of Genline, an online digital database of original Swedish church records, will demonstrate their research products.
- March 29: Canada's a Foreign Country!: Tracing Your Ancestors To, Through and From Canada. Jim Hansen, reference librarian, will explain the challenges of Canadian records and the most useful tools for finding and using them.
- April 5: African-American Genealogy (filling rapidly). Eric Smith, author, TV talk show host, and past president of Afro-American Genealogical & Historical Society of Chicago, will discuss how to use the unique records created during slavery, Reconstruction, and afterwards to trace African-Americans in U.S. history.
- April 19: Mapping Your Ancestors and Their Neighbors. Rick Pifer, director of reference and public services, will explain how to make sense of land descriptions and help you map your ancestors (protractors, rulers, pencils and erasers will be provided).
- April 26: FamilySearch.org: The Collections and Web Site for the Genealogical Society of Utah (only 8 seats left). Lori Bessler, microforms librarian, will show you how to locate and use the multitude of records available through the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and its 4,500 family history centers in 70 countries.
:: Posted February 13, 2008
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