So many statutes required notice that someone wanted something done, and the legal notices in newspapers can be priceless sources of genealogical clues.
A genealogist with a law degree, Judy G. Russell is a lecturer, educator and writer who enjoys helping others understand a wide variety of genealogical issues, including the interplay between genealogy and the law. She has a bachelor’s degre
Anatomy of a Union Pension File: A Civil War Case Study
Wed, March 25 2026: 18:00 UTC
Learn the particulars of the Civil War pension approval process and what a pension application file for your Union Army veteran may contain. This lecture will review the history and background of military pensions in the United States. It will also cover specific details about the Civil War pension approval process for Union soldiers and their widows. A case study will illustrate the contents of the Civil War Union pension application file for George W. Tillman and his widow, Corabelle.
Learn the particulars of the Civil War pension approval process and what a pension application file for your Union Army veteran may contain. This lecture will review the history and background of military pensions in the United States. It will also cover specific details about the Civil War pension approval process for Union soldiers and their widows. A case study will illustrate the contents of the Civil War Union pension application file for George W. Tillman and his widow, Corabelle.
WWII internment of Japanese immigrant “enemy aliens” in the San Francisco Bay
Wed, June 24 2026: 18:00 UTC
Before World War II, the FBI had dossiers on many German, Italian, and Japanese immigrants. Immediately after Pearl Harbor, thousands of them were arrested and sent to "temporary detention centers" and internment camps throughout the country. Learn about these men and women, focusing on the Japanese immigrants held at Sharp Park and Angel Island in the Bay Area. Newly digitized documents available online create new opportunities to learn about their stories.
Before World War II, the FBI had dossiers on many German, Italian, and Japanese immigrants. Immediately after Pearl Harbor, thousands of them were arrested and sent to "temporary detention centers" and internment camps throughout the country. Learn about these men and women, focusing on the Japanese immigrants held at Sharp Park and Angel Island in the Bay Area. Newly digitized documents available online create new opportunities to learn about their stories.
From the mundane to the unusual, you never know what old newspapers will tell you about your relatives. Whether they are your ancestors, in-laws, or outlaws, researching in newspapers is essential. Newspaper articles can fill in the gaps in a person's life, add context to their story, and provide evidence of birth, marriage, and death when original records don’t exist.
From the mundane to the unusual, you never know what old newspapers will tell you about your relatives. Whether they are your ancestors, in-laws, or outlaws, researching in newspapers is essential. Newspaper articles can fill in the gaps in a person's life, add context to their story, and provide evidence of birth, marriage, and death when original records don’t exist.
Essential Skills for New Genealogists 4 of 12: Read All About It! Newspapers, Periodicals
Fri, August 7 2026: 18:00 UTC
Accessing newspapers both in local repositories and via online resources; beginning information on periodicals and specialized publications; ethnic newspapers for research in the 19th Century; newspaper research for context of time and place.
Accessing newspapers both in local repositories and via online resources; beginning information on periodicals and specialized publications; ethnic newspapers for research in the 19th Century; newspaper research for context of time and place.
Military maps are an invaluable source of information for determining where our ancestors may have served in a specific conflict. Knowing your ancestor’s military unit or organization can help place his regiment, battalion, brigade, or division on the field to determine the precise footsteps you family trod during a specific engagement. This lecture focuses on those maps that contain valuable military information from the colonial period through the Vietnam War of the mid twentieth century.
Military maps are an invaluable source of information for determining where our ancestors may have served in a specific conflict. Knowing your ancestor’s military unit or organization can help place his regiment, battalion, brigade, or division on the field to determine the precise footsteps you family trod during a specific engagement. This lecture focuses on those maps that contain valuable military information from the colonial period through the Vietnam War of the mid twentieth century.
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