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PERSI 2.0: The New PERSI for Everyone

Sunny Morton
Mar 22, 2023
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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PERSI Success Stories
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What You Want to Find
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Searching PERSI
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

You may be missing 30% of genealogy discoveries if you’re not digging into issues of old periodicals for biographical profiles, stories about ancestral churches or schools, how-to tips for researching a locale, indexes and transcripts of local records. Learn to find and access this content using PERSI, the Periodical Source Index, NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE on the Allen County Public Library website, and hear success stories that can inspire your own searches.

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Sunny Morton
Sunny Morton is a popular lecturer for the global genealogy community. She’s a Contributing Editor at Family Tree Magazine and the author of hundreds of articles and blog posts, as well as the brand new book
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    Teresa Carlow
    2 years ago

    Absolutely excellent! Presentation was beyond clear and understandable. I now know precisely what PERSI is and how to utilize the website. Thank you very much. TLC

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    Jo Johnston
    2 years ago

    Very informative!

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    Stephany Wingard
    2 years ago

    A quick “down and dirty” review of PERSI and how-to use it. Very helpful as I’ve struggled with PERSI in the past and avoided it as a resource.

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    Maria Capaldi
    2 years ago

    Such an excellent overview of Persi it was beneficial to have a refresher from Sunny Morton!

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    Beth Roberts Brown
    2 years ago

    Have not used Persi so this webinar was very helpful.

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    Theresa Marquess
    2 years ago

    What an excellent resource to explore! Thank you for a great presentation!

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    Dusty Darlene Oess
    2 years ago

    Very good presentation of PESI

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    Patrcia Diane Godinez
    2 years ago

    I always like to hear Sunny speak. Thanks for the information about PERSI. I will see the recording and then try it out.

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