Methodology and SkillsBoard for Certification of GenealogistsPlaces and EthnicitiesUnited StatesNew YorkBCG
Finding Your One Among Millions: Methods and Tips for Urban Research, a New York City Case Study
Amy Larner Giroux, PhD, CG, CGL
Content
Welcome
59s
About BCG
4m 51s
Speaker's Introduction
54s
Introduction
5m 13s
Methods
3m 44s
Case Study
15m 20s
Map the Data
16m 39s
Which Church?
3m 26s
Other Maps
8m 53s
Announcements / prizes
1m 31s
Questions / answers
7m 6s
About this webinar
Family history research in a large city can be richly rewarding as urban centers typically kept better records. However, when it is your ancestor who does not appear in the vital records, how do you find them? Searching among the plethora of people in a city such as New York can be challenging. This presentation will give attendees some ways to navigate research in urban areas using a case study in 19th-century New York City to illustrate the methods.
About the speaker
Amy Larner Giroux, PhD, CG, CGL, is co-author of the Florida edition of the NGS Research in the States series and has published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly , the New York Genealogic...
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Comments (62)
Thank you great information
I appreciated the easy to follow directions that Ms. Giroux gave and her slides were very clear and legible. I enjoyed it and found it very helpful.
I have distant relations that lived in New York. This presentations gave me alot of information to help me. Amy Giroux was an excellent presenter and her exhibits were very informative.
So many great suggestions for finding information in larger cities! I was having difficulties finding information on family from Brooklyn; I am ready to dive back in now with my new search techniques. Thank you!
As always good practical research techniquoes.
Interesting information on the use of maps and church records.
The presentation motivated us to look into the churches our families attended, especially since one is mentioned in an obituary stating that our ancestor was active there. Thanks for the good lead!
Good information and a reminder to be more methodical when looking for churches or addresses where a family lived in an urban neighborhood.