The Villages Genealogical Society sponsors live virtual broadcast presentations as part of your membership. Learn more about our live monthly General Meetings and Monday Evening Webinars, presenter bio's and how to register to attend Here...
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November Monthly Meeting Update
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Michele Tucker
Chubenko
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Congratulations to President Pat Adams and VP Annette Burke-Lyttle. Today they were reelected for another two year term to their respective positions for The VGS. In other news, the membership voted to approve a by-law change raising our annual dues to $10.00 a year from the present $5.00 that was approved 10 years ago. Michele Tucker Chubenko was our guest speaker for two presentations today. |
| Her first topic was "The Holiday Talk: Getting to Know Your Families History" and the bonus presentation was "Genealogy Research Using Online Resources." |
| The recordings and handouts are now available in the "Members Only" section of our website, under "Webinars and Meetings." |
November Monday Evening Webinar
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Nancy A. Peters
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“Cards, Clevises, and Calomel: What Probate Files Reveal about Our Ancestors” was our November Monday evening webinar presented by Nancy A. Peters, CG, CGL. She explained that probate files not only help us discover relationships but also provide details of the ancestral lives provided we know how to find and interpret the documents. Understanding state probate laws helps us determine how the estate was administered, taxed, and distributed. |
| She spoke about probate process and administration can produce many different documents for the estate. Petition, Bond, Inventory, Accounts, Final Settlements just to name a few. |
| The recording is available in the "Members Only" section of our website, under "Webinars and Meetings." |
October General Meeting Update
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Annette Burke
Lyttle
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Luana Darby was scheduled to be our guest speaker but due to circumstances beyond her control, she had to cancel. She will be a presenter at a later date. Our talented VP, Annette Burke-Lyttle, took charge with two outstanding presentations “Finding and Using Digitized Manuscript Collections for Genealogical Research” and “Doing a Deep Dive into Ancestry.com Collections.”
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| If you just type a name in the generic search field on ancestry.com, this is a must presentation for you to become a more accomplished researcher. |
| Both sessions were well attended and contained information on where to research your family were many researchers would not normally look. The recordings are now available in the "Members Only" section of our website, under "Webinars and Meetings." |
October Monday Evening Webinar
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Diane
Richard
MosaicRPM
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At our Monday Evening Webinar in October, Diane asked "Have you explored ledgers?" She said that we can learn so much about your family and the neighborhood through these records. Store, business (e.g., hotels, livery, stable, distillery, blacksmith, etc), and health related (e.g., Physician, Insane Asylum, etc.) ledgers can link family members and provide many interesting details invaluable to your family history narrative. |
| Diane said many ledgers are only available off-line, you can determine their existence online using Archivegrid! The recording is now available in the "Members Only" section of our website, under "Webinars and Meetings." |
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“Admission to 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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Tuesday, Dec. 1st
9:30 am Adoption & Mystery Kin SIG Meeting
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Wednesday, Dec. 2nd
9:00 am French Canadian Genealogy SIG Meeting
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Thursday, Dec. 3rd
1:00 pm Eastern European Genealogy SIG Meeting
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Friday, Dec. 4th
9:30 am British SIG Monthly Meeting
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Monday, Dec. 7th
10:00 am Jewish Genealogy SIG Meeting
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The 1940 Census lists answers to several new questions never asked before including where they lived in 1935 and what was their income for the previous year.
[Census]
Source: Original This source is in its first recorded form. (ie: the original marriage record license)
[Sources & Evidence]
The 1930 census marks Civil War veterans with the abbreviation "CW."
[Census]
Federal Census records are available to the public 72 years after they are taken.
[Census]
Always record females using their maiden names.
[Basic Genealogy]
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