Upcoming Webinars
September 2025
Tech Skills for Genealogists
- Presenter: Natalie Webb
- Date: Tuesday September 16, 2025
- Time: 7:00 PM Central
- Webinar Description: Coming to genealogy from a long career in IT, I quickly realized how many genealogists could benefit from education on basic tech skills. In today's world, so much of genealogical research is intertwined with technology, and this course aims to give genealogists the basic tools they need to succeed.
Note: This program is designed to be software agnostic, making it suitable for both Microsoft and Apple users. I will be utilizing free tools such as Google Sheets and ChatGPT for live demonstrations and homework assignments, ensuring that it will be accessible to everyone.
- Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5570907002546827866
October 2025
Alienation of Affection Divorce in the United States
- Presenter: Christine Cohen
- Date: Tuesday October 21, 2025
- Time: 7:00 PM Central
- Webinar Description: Divorce is not just a 20th Century phenomenon. At first, granted by the State Legislature and then by the Courts, these are public records. The case files can include marriage date and place, names and ages of children, current and former residences, and affidavits by the spouses about their marriage and reason for divorce. Clues are in the Census, City Directories, Military Pensions, County Histories, County Courthouses & especially in Newspapers. This could be the reason for a "lost spouse".
- Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8363356474818860639
November 2025
Society Briefs, Village News … or the other “Gossip Columns”
- Presenter: Mary Risseeuw
- Date: Tuesday November 18, 2025
- Time: 7:00 PM Central
- Webinar Description: Before Facebook there was an interesting tradition in journalism: the society and small-town correspondent columns. You could read about anniversary celebrations, illnesses, business trips and who came from out of town for a visit. These columns can provide useful, and often amusing, tidbits that can fill in the blanks and connect the dots about your family and community. Examples are from around the world and also chronicle 54 years of a woman’s life through the use of one-liners in the village news.
- Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/754838265622191703
December 2025
Are you a Quebec Daughter or Son of the American Revolution?
- Presenter: Lisa Elvin-Staltari
- Date: Tuesday December 16, 2025
- Time: 7:00 PM Central
- Webinar Description: In this presentation we will be examining the role that Quebec( French) citizens played in the American Revolution, helping the Cause, and defying the British government. This involvement by these “French Canadian Patriots” can become the source of admission to the D.A.R. or S.A.R. We will explore the history of Quebec (New France) prior to 1776, and the locations where the War of Independence was fought in Quebec. Following a short description of the Lineage societies, we will explore some resources to create a lineage to a French-Canadian Patriot. Finishing up, three case studies will be examined.
- Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8484357730506614880
