PGS Events Events for the Week of 13 - 18 March 2023

 

Pinellas Genealogy Society Calendar (Class schedule and details) PinellasGenealogySociety.com/Calendar/ Bob Bryan PGS Education Director Director.Education@PinellasGenealogySociety.com Class Schedule

1:00 PM, Tuesday, 14 Mar 2023 Ancestry.com—Foundations, Features and Fixes

Whether you are new to Ancestry.com or a power user, in this session you will learn ideas to make your journey through this powerful tool even better. First, we explain the foundational tools you may have missed. Then we show you features that make this the number one ancestral search tool. And then, because it happens to all of us, we review fixes to common errors we can make. Coffey Register

11:00 AM, Saturday, 18 Mar 2023 Lecture Series: Finding the Women and Interpreting the Handwriting

Finding the Women Finding the women in your family tree can be a difficult task. Even having the first name can help, but how do you find it when women generally don’t appear in the early records? This training will provide tips and strategies to get better results when locating our elusive female ancestors. Interpreting the Handwriting Alphabets, abbreviations, and symbols can act like a big STOP sign when you’re researching original records or derivatives. We may figure out that Geo is short for George, but what could a “kno. wedding” be? This training will uncover tips for interpreting the handwriting in early documents. Margo Fariss Brewer