Top Ten Techniques for Finding More in Library Catalogs

Genealogies, local histories, historic publications and more are available through the Internet Archive for FREE. This in-depth look at how to use this site covers publications, video and the WayBack machine. This is a live presentation with input from the audience.

Genealogists love manuscript sources because they are often primary sources. Because of this interest many genealogical, historical, patriotic, and lineage societies seek out and publish manuscript sources. Typically, these sources are also found in archives, libraries, and private collections. Today's Internet makes many important finding aids for manuscript collections available…

There are definable trends today in the application of technology to genealogy. The buzzword for 2014 is SYNERGY: [Google's definition] the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents [technology] to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. This lecture looks…

Things have changed radically in the genealogy community since the typewriter era. Some problems have been overcome, others have worsened. Meanwhile prognosticators predict technology users face three C's in the future: greater Convergence, Convenience, and Connectivity which are already impacting how we do genealogy today and have even greater consequences…

Today's genealogists can often solve problems that stumped them just a decade ago by combining computer and classic resources. This webinar focuses on advanced search techniques and new ways to use them.