PGS Events for the Week of 25-27 July 2023

 

Pinellas Genealogy Society Event Calendar (Class/Events schedule and details.) PinellasGenealogySociety.com/Calendar Bob Bryan  |  PGS Education Director Director.Education@PinellasGenealogySociety.com Classes & Events Tuesday, 25 Jul at 1:00 PM  DNA Interest Group

Learn how to interpret your DNA test results, and apply those results to your current family history research. Join our casual group as we research and learn together. Manning/Luce This is a Zoom Only meeting. Register using the button at the right. Register Thursday, 27 Jul 2023 at 1:00 PM  The Women of 1862 Today's 3rd great grandmother had 3 small children the first full year of the Civil War. Then she became a widow.  Life had changed for many women during that time.     We will meet pioneers who fashioned the first steps of modern life as we know it.  Nurses, abolitionists, enslaved, first ladies and more bring different perspectives to the abilities and successes that defined the female contribution to our emerging empire. We also delve into 1862 family relationships, medicine, and activism. Coffey This will be a hybrid meeting held in-person in the Local History Room and online via Zoom. Registration is only required for Zoom attendees using the button at the right.   Register

PGS Events for the Week of 10-15 July 2023

 

Pinellas Genealogy Society Event Calendar (Class/Events schedule and details.) PinellasGenealogySociety.com/Calendar Bob Bryan  |  PGS Education Director Director.Education@PinellasGenealogySociety.com Classes & Events Monday, 10 July at 1:00 PM  Writing Brief Narrative Sketches

Sharing Interesting Ancestors with Family--Do you want to share your family history research and enthusiasm with your relatives, but find that their eyes tend to glaze over when you pull out your pedigree charts and family group sheets? Try presenting the information to them in bite-size chunks, one interesting ancestor at a time, using brief, 1-3 page narratives with visual impact. Fortin This will be a hybrid meeting held in-person in the Local History Room and online via Zoom. Registration is only required for Zoom attendees using the button at the right. Register Wednesday, 12 Jul 2023 at 1:00 PM  Meet the Pilgrims You know them as monuments and myths, but in this session, we will get to know the Pilgrims as people! Understand their family ties, their jobs, their hopes, and their failures. Learn how our Pilgrim ancestors made gut-wrenching decisions while fleeing from England to Holland and finally to the New World where they survived to help found a new nation! Coffey This will be a hybrid meeting held in-person in the Local History Room and online via Zoom. Registration is only required for Zoom attendees using the button at the right. Register Saturday, 15 Jul 2023 at 11:00 AM Program Meeting--Summer Workshop Summer Workshop (2 hours) -Get Started on Your Family Tree. Learn to create your family tree – together! Whether you bring your family or attend alone, this is a great way to introduce genealogy into your family and learn the foundations of collecting family history. This easy, step-by-step training will bring you together as it brings history alive. We will show you that collecting historical facts about real family members is exciting, as we work on a fun project to Find Franklin! All participants will start on their own family tree at the event.   Because the 2-hour workshop includes lunch and a useful notebook, participants must register in advance by sending the names of those attending to  < Class.Reservation@PinellasGenealogySociety.com. > [Note: children are welcome when accompanied by an adult.] Various instructors. In-Person Only-Jenkins B Largo Library