Every year, the National Archives hosts a virtual Genealogy Fair via live webcast on YouTube. The sessions offer family history research tools on Federal records for all skill levels. Thousands of family historians participate in the live event.

https://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair

 

For the One-on-One help sessions, Pastfinders will provide an experienced genealogist for a 1 hour session to help you get started if you are new or help you solve a road block years in the making.

 

 

Reservations will be required and they will be made available online at our website starting in September. 

Up against a brick wall? Can’t find that missing Great Great Grandmother or unable to prove that Uncle Ben was your Great Grandfather's brother?  Come bring your research. Pastfinders Volunteers have a few tricks up their sleeves, using our research sledge hammers. We will help you chip away at those brick walls. 

Up against a brick wall? Can’t find that missing Great Great Grandmother or unable to prove that Uncle Ben was your Great Grandfather's brother?  Come bring your research. Pastfinders Volunteers have a few tricks up their sleeves, using our research sledge hammers. We will help you chip away at those brick walls. 

Learn how to create your own Evernote research collection in this hands-on seminar with Librarian and Archivist, Kevin Arms. You’ll learn how to use the Evernote web clipper to collect information from websites, how to drag and drop information into new notes or existing ones, send content from anywhere using your Evernote email address, and how to search, tag, and sort your information to find tidbits on the fly.

 

Attendees are encouraged to create their Evernote account in advance on the Evernote website (evernote.com/Registration.action), but help will be available in person during the seminar. 

Up against a brick wall? Can’t find that missing Great Great Grandmother or unable to prove that Uncle Ben was your Great Grandfather's brother?  Come bring your research. Pastfinders Volunteers have a few tricks up their sleeves, using our research sledge hammers. We will help you chip away at those brick walls. 

Our subject this month is:  The War of the Regulation

 

 The War of the Regulation was an uprising in the British North America's Carolina colonies, lasting from about 1765 to 1771, in which citizens took up arms against colonial officials, who they viewed as corrupt.

 

Allan Lane of Winter Garden, FL where he resides with his wife of 47 years, near their two sons and three grandchildren. Allan was born and raised in North Carolina, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina in 1969. He received an MA from Central Michigan University in 1972. After service as a commissioned officer in the USAF, he entered on duty as a Special Agent with the FBI, retiring from that career in 2000. He is now (mostly) retired. His Current hobbies are history, genealogy, hunting, and collecting historical firearms. Allan and his wife travel as much as possible. One of their sons is a Lieutenant with an area Police Department, and represents the fourth consecutive generation of law enforcement officers in his family. Their other son is an IT specialist with a local children's hospital. Allan's wife was a career teacher and administrator and is currently active with the DAR. Allan is also a member of Pastfinders.

Up against a brick wall? Can’t find that missing Great Great Grandmother or unable to prove that Uncle Ben was your Great Grandfather's brother?  Come bring your research. Pastfinders Volunteers have a few tricks up their sleeves, using our research sledge hammers. We will help you chip away at those brick walls. 

 

This month of November we will present Chapters 8 - 10:

   Chapter 8 - Researching your tree online

   Chapter 9 - Creating Family Tree Charts

   Chapter 10 - Running Reports

 

Up against a brick wall? Can’t find that missing Great Great Grandmother or unable to prove that Uncle Ben was your Great Grandfather's brother?  Come bring your research. Pastfinders Volunteers have a few tricks up their sleeves, using our research sledge hammers. We will help you chip away at those brick walls. 

Up against a brick wall? Can’t find that missing Great Great Grandmother or unable to prove that Uncle Ben was your Great Grandfather's brother?  Come bring your research. Pastfinders Volunteers have a few tricks up their sleeves, using our research sledge hammers. We will help you chip away at those brick walls. 

Up against a brick wall? Can’t find that missing Great Great Grandmother or unable to prove that Uncle Ben was your Great Grandfather's brother?  Come bring your research. Pastfinders Volunteers have a few tricks up their sleeves, using our research sledge hammers. We will help you chip away at those brick walls. 

 

This month of December we will present Chapters 11 - 14:

   Chapter 11 - Creating a Family History Book

   Chapter 12 - Working with trees

   Chapter 13 - Tools and preferences

   Chapter 14 - Family Tree Problem Solver

JIm Lannin will be speaking to Pastfinders on the subject  - Genetic Genealogy 101.  Jim is Past President of The Villages Genealogical Society and is the Coordinator of The Villages Genealogical Society Genetic Genealogy Special Interest Group.

 

Mr. Lannin's presentation will start at 6:00 PM. 

Terry and Jim Willard will be presenting on the subject, TBD,

 

From 1995-2000, they served as co-hosts for the popular PBS Television series Ancestors, traveling around the country conducting workshops and promoting the series from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco, CA, and from Dallas, TX, to Portland, ME. They co-authored (along with Jane Wilson) the book ANCESTORS: A Beginner’s Guide to Family History and Genealogy that accompanied the series. They also wrote the teacher’s guide that helped teachers and students benefit from viewing the series. Since then they have conducted workshops throughout Florida, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, and each of the New England states. They especially enjoy getting feedback from their beginners’ workshops as they are freelance writers who specialize in genealogy. They have published over 40 articles in Ancestry Magazine and they write a monthly column for The Villages Daily Sun. They have spoken at genealogy conferences throughout the United States and take a group of adult students to Salt Lake City for a research trip annually 

Save this date for a DNA Workshop with details to be announced at a later date.