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Upcoming Monthly Program
October General Monthly Meeting
Savannah Center or Online via Zoom
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 / 10:00 a.m.
Featuring: Annette Burke Lyttle
 Topic: A Deeper Dive into Family SearchFamilySearch has millions of records. Putting a name in the search form only gets you a small percentage of their indexed records. Beyond that, they have unindexed collections and other digital materials that will never show up in a general search. Learn how to dive deeply into FamilySearch's record collections and come up with amazing finds.
Speaker's Bio: Annette Burke Lyttle owns Heritage Detective, LLC, providing professional genealogical services in research, education, and writing. She speaks on a variety of genealogical topics at the international, national, state, and local levels and loves helping people uncover and share their family stories.
For more details, and to register to attend, visit our Coming Events listing.
Admission to in-person meetings of The Villages Genealogy Society
is limited to VGS members and paid guests.
You must be a resident of The Villages, FL for membership.
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October 17, 2024
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Northeastern Genealogy SIG Meeting – Special Session
SPECIAL SESSION We will be meeting in the Genealogy Section of the Leesburg Public Library. At noon, Dusty Hill Matthews, Library Adult Services Supervisor, ...
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October 18, 2024
11:00 am to 12:30 pm Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting
Topic: TBA Coordinators: Per Andersson & Kris Petersen-Gauthier
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October 21, 2024
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Best Practices SIG Meeting
Coordinators: Annette Burke-Lyttle & Pat Adams Topic: Digitized Books & Manuscripts The SIG accepts new members throughout the year, but those who join ...
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October 22, 2024
2:00 pm to 3:50 pm Midwest SIG Meeting
Topic: Immigrants in the Midwest This session will include group sharing and Co-Chair presentations. Coordinators: Lynn Hall & Karen Pickelsimer
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October 23, 2024
8:30 am to 9:30 am Brick Wall Solutions SIG Meeting
Topic: TBD Coordinators: Nancy Oster Heydt, Mark Mullinax, & Beverly Hulett
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The 1840 Census asks about names and ages of Pensioners for Revolutionary or other Military Service.
[Census]
Newspapers are wonderful hometown records. In addition to looking for obituaries, be sure to look for articles about special events... births, baptisms/christenings, weddings and pre-nuptial events (bridal showers, etc.), birthdays (parties), anniversaries, etc.
[Hometown Records]
General Land Office is now called Bureau of Land Management of the United States Department of Interior. Some federal land records are here, some in the National Archives and some are in state and university libraries. Public domain land states are largely available on the Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office-Eastern States free website.
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