Historic Buildings in Southington (photos from the 1930s)

Posted on September 10, 2013 by southingtongenealogicalsociety

The Connecticut State Library is interested in mapping the current locations of buildings from its WPA Architectural Survey from the 1930s. If you can identify the Southington buildings in the collection , please email the society (southingtongenealogicalsociety@gmail.com) with the image number, the current street address and building information/history and we will report it to the CSL for their Historypin collection.

Southington photos:

http://tinyurl.com/cslwpasouthington

For example,images 21 and 21a are of the First Congregational Church, 37 Main St.,41.601645,-72.878047

http://cslib.cdmhost.com/cdm/search/searchterm/wpa_archsurvey_sotg021.jpg

August Meeting: Ten Hidden Resources Every Genealogist Should Know Ideas

Posted on September 1, 2013 by southingtongenealogicalsociety

So what did we learn from Lisa Alzo’s webinar ? Here are a few of the links mentioned.
http://www.lisaalzo.com/

Ten Hidden Resources Every Genealogist Should Know

1. Undiscovered personal and family items

http://deadfred.com
ancientfaces.com
http://www.ebay.com/
flea markets, estate sales etc.

2. Historical map collections

David Rumsey Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Atlas of Historical Country Boundries
http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/
Historypin.com http://www.historypin.com/
Darlington Digital Library: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/d/darlington/

3. coroner’s records
findagrave.com
billiongraves.com
Coroner Casefile Wiki

4. fraternal and social organizations records

http://data.genealogytoday.com/contents/Fraternal_Organizations.html
www.genealogytoday
Immigrant History Research Center http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/
Balch Institute (Historical Society of Pennsylvania) http://www2.hsp.org/collections/Balch%20manuscript_guide/html/contents.html
Balch Online Resources http://www2.hsp.org/exhibits/Balch%20resources/emigrationusa/html/body_intro_emigration_usa.html

5. old postcards and stamps

http://www.oldpostcards.com/
article:
http://polishroots.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=nOfwIbPWlU0%3D&tabid=60&mid=377

6. college, univesity and public library special collections

Cornell Digital Library http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/
National Union Catalog of Manuscript UCMUC http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
Library of Congress American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Digital Public Library of America http://dp.la/
Worldcat.org http://www.worldcat.org/
Archivegrid.com
http://www.jstor.org/

7. ethnic resources booklets, emigrant

Internet Archive http://archive.org/
Google Books http://books.google.com/

8. social media

DearMyrtle
Facebook.com
www.geneabloggers.com
https://plus.google.com/
http://www.youtube.com/
Twitter https://twitter.com/
http://pinterest.com/
http://www.linkedin.com/

9. Town and County History Pictorials

http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/

10. different databases

Familysearch.org
findmypast.com
fold3.com
http://www.mocavo.com/karma
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
https://www.mocavo.com/
http://www.myheritage.com/

From: http://www.familytreewebinars.com/ and Lisa Alzo.

August Meeting: Ten Hidden Resources Every Genealogist Should Know

Posted on August 25, 2013 by southingtongenealogicalsociety

On August 27, 2013 at 7:30 pm, the Society will be showing a prerecorded webinar, “Ten Hidden Resources Every Genealogist Should Know” by Lisa Alzo with permission from Family Tree Webinars and Lisa Alzo. The webinar was originally presented on May 22, 2013.

Description: Genealogists are creatures of habit. We tend to research the familiar – using the most common, popular, or convenient databases or records. But there are plenty of other resources available – if you know where to look! In this Webinar, we’ll review ten you might be missing!

Lisa A. Alzo. M.F.A. is a freelance writer, instructor, and internationally recognized lecturer, specializing in Slovak/Eastern European genealogical research, writing your family history, and using the Internet to trace female and immigrant ancestors. She is the author of nine books, including the award-winning Three Slovak Women, and hundreds of magazine articles, and writes the blog “The Accidental Genealogist.”

Connecticut State Library Collections in Ancestry.com (with a free account)

Posted on July 31, 2013 by southingtongenealogicalsociety

Free Connecticut State Library Collections in Ancestry.com include the following:
Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880
U.S. Federal Census – 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes
Connecticut, Passport and Birth Certificates, 1852-1928
Connecticut, Military Census, 1917
Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1629-1934
Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1639-1700

To access the State Library’s materials on Ancestry.com, you will need to create a free, individual account with Ancestry.com. In doing so, be aware that you may receive large amounts of e-mail from Ancestry.com unless you choose to opt out of receiving those e-mails.

http://rqst-agent.auto-graphics.com/LoginModule/Goto.aspx?cuid=rqst&dataid=1851

Findagrave PowerPoint slides

Posted on July 26, 2013 by southingtongenealogicalsociety

If you wish to view the slides from the 7/23/13 SGS meeting on findagrave.com, go to https://sites.google.com/site/laffertypresentations/home/sgsfindagrave to download them.

Questions or comments, email sheila at sheilauconn@gmail.com

Free Webinar: Top 21st Century Genealogy Resources – A Baker’s Dozen

Posted on July 23, 2013 by southingtongenealogicalsociety

Free Webinar on Wednesday, 7/24 at 2 pm:
Top 21st Century Genealogy Resources – A Baker’s Dozen
Save time and focus your research on the websites you will actually use and rely on: Find-A-Grave, Internet Archive, GenealogyBank, FamilySearch Wiki, Pinterest, Ancestry and more. Learn why you should rely on these essential tools for documenting your family online and leaving a lasting legacy for the rising generation.
http://www.familytreewebinars.com/webinar_details.php?webinar_id=32