Researching Military Records and More on Fold3 with Marian Wood

For people researching family history, Fold3.com is a convenient gateway to millions of military records and more, including naturalization documents and city directories. This program will provide an overview of Fold3’s wide-ranging genealogical content and will demonstrate, step by step, how to navigate the site, with specific examples of research strategies for military and non-military documents. Attendees will also learn how to create or expand memorial pages for ancestors who served in the military, accessible to anyone who searches on Fold3.

Tip: Fold3 can be accessed for free through the Connecticut State Library with a CT State Library Card. See https://ctstatelibrary.org/about/library-card/#How
Hybrid Meeting: via Zoom (M. Wood) and on screen at the Southington Historical Society

Join us this year as the Society celebrates its 40th anniversary.

The next Southington Genealogical Society Meeting will be on Tuesday January 23, 2024, at 7 pm. We will be showing a pre-recorded program, “U.S. Census 1790-1950 for Genealogy Research: Grow Your Family Tree Using Census Records” by Connie Knox of GenealogyTV. This meeting will be available both via Zoom AND in person at the Southington Historical Society Museum at 239 Main Street, Southington. For the zoom link, email southingtongenealogicalsociety@gmail.com .

Webinar: https://youtu.be/A-VLDyZbuto?si=7T58aefagESYAAKl
Genealogy TV: https://genealogytv.org/
GenealogyTV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GenealogyTV/featured

Cyndi’s List on US Census Records; https://www.cyndislist.com/us/census/
US Census Forms: https://www.cyndislist.com/us/census/forms/

The Society will be hosting a discussion roundtable at 7 pm at the Southington Historical Society.

Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 7 pm via Zoom.  The zoom room will be open by 6:45 pm if you wish to connect early.

Our guest will be Courtney Appell from Atlas Preservation, a Southington monument and building restoration supply company” . The company sells preservation, restoration, & repair products from all over the world. Courtney will share information about the cleaning of gravestone monuments and the work of her family’s business in this area. 

The following handouts will be provided prior to the meeting:

• Atlas supply list – cleaning sheet
• D/2 cleaning card – postcard w/ instructions and tips & tricks on how to clean with D/2
• D/2 facts, YouTube links, and cleaning kits offered by Atlas
• Atlas Preservation 2021 D/2 cleaning contest winning transformations

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86343741645?pwd=dGkxQXZNUU5jYUJKdDVMOTBTL1FxZz09

May 26: joint meeting with Southington Public Library, Marian Wood, “Planning a Future for Your Family’s Past.” Zoom or in person at the library.

Genealogy Basics: Planning a Future for Your Family’s Past (Online)
Tuesday, May 24th, at 6:30 p.m.
Marian Burk Wood will show you how to: organize and store your family history collection; determine what is important to keep and what you can consider giving away; write a “genealogical will” to safeguard your collection’s future; and share your family’s history now—before joining your ancestors.

https://tockify.com/southingtonlib/detail/1317/1653431400000

About this webinar

You’ve researched facts; you’re ready to write. How do you imagine ancestors’ lives? Family histories are dull and boring if they reflect only the factual information found in historical documents. Historical fiction and social history can provide context and enhance your writing.

Beth A. Stahr, CG is a recently retired academic librarian and college instructor with over forty years of genealogical research experience. She is a past trustee, treasurer and president of the Board for Certification of Genealogists. She was born near Chicago, and has lived in Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Louisiana, and now in Tennessee. She was first certified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists in 1990, is an alumnus of National Institute of Genealogical Research (NIGR), now the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed), and the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research and Excelsior College’s Genetic Genealogy class. She has lectured for local, state and national genealogical societies, and published in academic and genealogical journals. Her personal research includes her paternal Polish ancestry and her maternal Southern and Native American ancestry.

This program will be online on April 26 at 7 pm. Email the society, southingtongenealogicalsociety@gmail.com for the meeting link.

Program offered with permission from the speaker and from Legacy Family Tree Webinars.

Get Ready for the 1950 US Census! by Marian Wood – Live Virtual presentation.

GET READY FOR THE 1950 US CENSUS! If your parents, grandparents, siblings, or other family members were counted in the 1950 US Census, you’ll want to be ready to look for them when these records are made public on April 1. Learn about the treasure trove of genealogical information in this mid-century Census and about important quirks and assumptions built into the enumeration process. See, step by step, how to plan ahead so you can try the US National Archive’s basic search and also prepare to browse Enumeration Districts (EDs) to find ancestors prior to full indexing.

Contact southingtongenealogicalsociety@gmail.com for the meeting link.

Marian Burk Wood is the author of the best-selling genealogy book, Planning a Future for Your Family’s Past. An experienced speaker and a long-time genealogy blogger (at https://ClimbingMyFamilyTree.blogspot.com), she earned an MBA from Long Island University and a BA from the City University of New York. Based in Southbury, Marian has been researching her family tree for 24 years, with special emphasis on preserving family history for future generations.

Our next meeting is Tuesday, Feb 22 at 7 pm. We will be meeting virtually using webex. Email the society if you need the webex link.

Pre-recorded Webinar “Finding the Elusive Maiden Name” by Ann G Lawthers

About the webinar: 

Searching for the maiden name of our ancestress can be frustrating. This webinar presents a hierarchy of search strategies for tracing the maiden name. Begin by trying to locate a marriage record, keeping in mind the record will vary by time period and geographic location. If a marriage record search proves fruitless, a second tier of sources is recommended including children’s death records, the women’s death record, census and other sources. Finally, the webinar presents strategies specific to the maiden name search such as following the husband and learning about history where the couple lived.

About the speaker:

Ann G. Lawthers, Sc.D. is a Genealogist with the Brue Family Learning Center at the New England Historic Genealogical Society – American Ancestors. When at the Boston Research Center, she works with patrons to help them explore and expand their family history. She lectures regularly on behalf of American Ancestors at conferences, workshops and meetings. At American Ancestors she collaborates to prepare multi-week online courses, single day online conferences, and single session webinars. Ann focuses on New England and Mid-Atlantic research, and migration patterns. Secondary interests include the Southern Colonies and Atlantic Canada. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Harvard School of Public Health with degrees in Health Policy.

Presented with permission from FamilyTreeWebinars and Ann G Lawthers.

The regular 4th Tuesday society meetings will be held virtually until further notice. January and February will be pre-recorded webinars.

For March, we will be hosting Marian Burk Wood for a live online lecture about the 1950 census.

If you want to attend our online meetings and are not a member, just email the society to request the meeting link.

The Society invites all to an online webinar program on the Godfrey Memorial Library Resources presented by Carol Ansel at 7 pm, November 23.

The Godfrey Memorial Library was founded in 1947 by Fremont Rider, retired Head librarian at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut who had a keen interest in genealogy. He started out by donating his own personal collection of material, which amounted to
over 800 books. The collection expanded and grew from there, today comprising over 40,000 works.

In addition to genealogies and biographies, the library offers vital records, local town and county histories, city directories, military muster rolls, family Bible records, and unique collections like the Laput Cemetery Collection, with its data and photos for gravestones in 1,030 Connecticut cemeteries (and counting).

We will introduce you to “The Scholar,” the online research element of the library, and show you how to search it effectively, with an emphasis on the collections which are unique to us.

Non-members can email southingtongenealogicalsociety@gmail.com to request the meeting link.