That's New to Me: Unfamiliar Websites for Your Genealogy

Do you have a picture in your mind of your grandmother’s kitchen? What did she have? Do you remember her aprons, dishes, or that meat grinder that was mounted to the counter? Did you inherit something and wish you knew more about it? In this presentation we will take a look at the material culture of the kitchen and where you can find information about those items you remember and inherited.

Using a case study we will take a look at their lives and the records they left behind as well as what 19th century records might record your female ancestor’s life.

It's important to save all of your genealogy research - even the items that you post online. Learn how to save your website or blog to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine so that it will be accessible for the future.

Has a genealogy website disappeared on you? Learn how to search the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to find older versions of websites that have changed or disappeared.

Add social context to your family history by learning how to download free, publc domain images from the United States Library of Congress.

Learn how to use a site called TinEye to find images on the web that might lead to more images or information about your ancestors.

Learn how to save the books you want to read, are reading currently and have read into a personal catalog on the GoodReads app.

Put the power of eBay to work for you. Save searches for ancestral items and have the emails automatically sent to you.

Learn how to create quick and easy bibliographies from lists on the library catalog site WorldCat.