Genealogy Resources on Archives.gov with Irene Walters (Special Interest Groups)
11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Online Only
Finding Genealogy Resources and Tools on Archives.gov
with Irene Walters
This presentation will provide an overview of what’s available for genealogists on the archives.gov website, and demonstrate how to navigate to its many resources and tools, including the National Archives Catalog, the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) system, the Microfilm Catalog, topic pages, articles, reports, and blogs. We’ll view a special video prepared by the National Archives exploring the Genealogy portal page, and showing how the website is organized, which will enable you to do even more expansive searches for information. Irene Walters will host the video and answer questions about the archives.
To register and for addition information, please go to Learn More
Saturday, September 10
Zotero for Genealogy with Donna Cox Baker (HGF Monthly Meeting)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
(Munchies and mingling start at 9:00 AM)
Auditorium
Bayland Community Center
6400 Bissonnet
Houston, TX 77074
and
Online Webinar
Zotero for Genealogy: Getting Your Ducks in a Row
Donna Baker first discovered the power of Zotero in graduate school, doing her doctoral work in history. This open-source, FREE software can store and/or reference digitized versions of all sorts of documents--text, images, sound, spreadsheets, and so much more. It can replace the binders, file cabinets, and other burdens that weigh the genealogist down. It also offers the structure for inputting citation information that can be output as properly formatted footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographic references in numerous different publishing styles. Zotero data can also be retrieved from wherever you travel to do research. In this presentation, she will give us a tour of Zotero and tell us how to get started in using it as a companion to our family trees.
For more information and to register, please go to Learn More.
Saturday, October 1
Gravestone Conservation with Lowell Herzog (HGF Monthly Meeting)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Gravestone Conservation
While researching cemeteries, genealogists routinely find gravestones in need of cleaning and restoration. In this session, you will learn of methods for safely cleaning gravestones, which methods to avoid, and when to seek help for more difficult restorations.
Lowell Herzog, a former high school history teacher, has been cleaning, restoring, and resetting gravestones professionally since 2014. For more information, please see texasgravestoneconservation.com
Registration: Online attendance will be available for all HGF monthly meetings. Unless new Covid restrictions are warranted, you may also also attend in-person at Bayland. More meeting information will available in August.
Saturday, November 5
Writing Your Family History with Lynn Palermo (All-day Seminars)
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
HGF Fall Seminar on Writing Your Family History
Genealogists know a great deal about discovering their family histories using records, DNA, photographs, and maps but what about writing their family stories. In this full day workshop you will learn how to put together a plan for your family histories, what to consider before you write, and how to structure, write, and share these stories.
Lynn Palermo is The Armchair Genealogist, a genealogy educator, author and family history writing coach. Lynn provides family historians practical guidance in researching and writing their family history. She helps family historians shape their genealogy into sharable stories through her webinars, workshops, workbooks and one-on-one coaching.
Registration: Online attendance will be available for all HGF monthly meetings. Unless new Covid restrictions are warranted, you may also also attend in-person at Bayland. More meeting information will available in August.
