Digitized, shelved, and some in obscure places. Online indexes and searchable images. Genealogical and historical society periodicals remain as important tools. This session illustrates the kind of treasures in those periodicals that might not be found anywhere else. Decades upon decades of articles have covered culture, migration, ethnicity, military, churches, cemeteries, family connections, queries, and other aspects of town, city, county, and state ancestral research. Indexes and record explanations with hundreds of names that are not on major genealogy websites. The webinar demonstrates how those periodicals are useful and vital for research, how to access them, and special considerations for using them to benefit your research.
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“I hope no one ever told you that it would be quick research . . .”
Honestly, no one ever, until Paula today and Elizabeth Shown Mills, ever says it’s not. Many . . . too many . . . are given the impression by ancestry, genealogy shows such as Who Do You Think You Are? Finding Your Roots and the Genealogy Road show that “research” is both quick and easy. It is the single most disappointing thing to me about these websites, particularly Ancestry, and these shows.
Paula is so easy to follow in her presentations. She does wonderful work.
I always enjoy Paula’s presentations and come away with lots of rabbit holes to go down.
Loved the subject the enthusiasm of the speaker and the rapport with the host.
Introduced many genealogy sources I never knew about and offered lot of great tips on how to find what you need for your research!
Excellent lists of resources – may I add West Coast resources: (1) The Fiske Genealogical Library in Seattle WA has an online catalog of its superb collection and does InterLibrary Loans of genealogical books and periodicals: (2) The Sutro Genealogical Library in San Francisco has an awesome collection.
Paula always has great information and enjoy listening to her ideas. Thanks for the refresher course on periodicals.
I just love hearing from Paula Stuart Warren. She has so much knowledge in her head and gives me so many new ideas on where to find additional resources. I can’t wait to start diving into some of the new books and periodicals she gave us today. Sadly, my housecleaning will have to wait . . .