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.
Dr. David Mc Donald, The Preacher Genealogist, has been an active genealogist for nearly 50 years. He took his first client as a sophomore in high school, and taught his first classes in genealogy as a teen. Dave’s lectured nationally and in
Advertising the Law: The Gems in the Legal Notices
Wed, April 8 2026: 18:00 UTC
So many statutes required notice that someone wanted something done, and the legal notices in newspapers can be priceless sources of genealogical clues.
So many statutes required notice that someone wanted something done, and the legal notices in newspapers can be priceless sources of genealogical clues.
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 1 of 12: Hail the Hunter Gatherer—Finding What You Already Have
Fri, February 6 2026: 19:00 UTC
An overview of home resources and outreach to family members whose memories and insights can help start the process off right—how things on a bookshelf or a storage box can be of especial use, and a source of clues…if not outright answers.
An overview of home resources and outreach to family members whose memories and insights can help start the process off right—how things on a bookshelf or a storage box can be of especial use, and a source of clues…if not outright answers.
Essential Skills for New Genealogists 2 of 12: Vital Records—Records of Hatchings, Matchings & Dispatchings
Fri, April 24 2026: 18:00 UTC
General Discussion of access to vital records; breakdown and analysis of the types of information on what’s included in each of these records; locating the records, and gaining access; privacy restrictions; some early lessons in evidence analysis.
General Discussion of access to vital records; breakdown and analysis of the types of information on what’s included in each of these records; locating the records, and gaining access; privacy restrictions; some early lessons in evidence analysis.
Essential Skills for New Genealogists 3 of 12: U.S. Census Records from 1790-1950 and Beyond
Fri, June 5 2026: 18:00 UTC
Background on census creation; constitutionally-mandated headcount; pre-1820 tables and their use; 1830 & 1840, with the slave schedules; 1850-70, including the mortality schedules; 1880, and relationships to heads of household; 1890 and its destruction; 1900-1910, with special questions; 1920-1950 with their special characteristics (1920: date; 1940, informant’s identity, etc.).
Background on census creation; constitutionally-mandated headcount; pre-1820 tables and their use; 1830 & 1840, with the slave schedules; 1850-70, including the mortality schedules; 1880, and relationships to heads of household; 1890 and its destruction; 1900-1910, with special questions; 1920-1950 with their special characteristics (1920: date; 1940, informant’s identity, etc.).
Essential Skills for New Genealogists 5 of 12: Let Your Fingers Do the Walking—Local Directories of All Sorts
Fri, October 2 2026: 18:00 UTC
City directories, telephone books; trade directories and yearbooks (schools and community organizations); the resources’ use in placing a research target in their own time and place.
City directories, telephone books; trade directories and yearbooks (schools and community organizations); the resources’ use in placing a research target in their own time and place.
Essential Skills for New Genealogists 6 of 12: Church & Religious Records for Fun & Prophet!
Fri, December 4 2026: 19:00 UTC
Typical church records in the Christian context and their use. Evaluation of baptismal/dedication records and their use as substitutes when vital records are absent; marriage records with additional clues included; burial records and their utility; cemeteries, public and private; discussion of Jewish congregational records.
Typical church records in the Christian context and their use. Evaluation of baptismal/dedication records and their use as substitutes when vital records are absent; marriage records with additional clues included; burial records and their utility; cemeteries, public and private; discussion of Jewish congregational records.
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